I was walking down the sidewalks one day with a euphoric smile on my face. I look up I look down I look left and right. And I Saw.
Life without Life
And I wondered- Where are all the people who reached to the stars letting their minds loose to the far ends of the galaxies
Where are all the people who sang with their hearts letting their body dance to the songs of their inner-self
Where are all the people who sailed the seas of life conquering storm after storm to get to the land of hope
Where?
Because all I see ---
Are people who have their heads hung low with their hands reaching towards the ground
all I see
are people who have lost the muchness in their eyes their eyes open, but not seeing.
Here they are.
not looking not reaching not dancing not sailing
Not Living!
These people Walking on the sidewalks With their pace picking up speed
faster and faster as if they were running.
I say, Stop! Slow down! and Live!
Stop not seeing Life for what it is! full of wonders and wanderers!
Stop not looking For hope, and for joy! Because if we keep looking Only then would we discover.
Stop not reaching For greater heights! Because there are still more stars to hold.
Stop not dancing for if you listen closely you would hear the sounds of life making music for what it is.
Stop not sailing Because across the vast ocean of life There maybe storms, and tsunamis but at the end might we find the land of treasures
Stop not Living! because there is nothing more unfortunate than to see a man who lives life in death.
Wrote this awhile back for my fellow commuters. There is more to this than I was able to write, but I hope (Whoever is reading this) this poem will give you guys a different kind of perspective.