Theme: Life

The Wait

When one looks back on life

At different stages of it,

When young for all it would be

Happy and with expectations

When in forties when one looks

It would be a surprise that

How many challenges 

One had faced and crossed

 

In the late fifties, it would be 

Satisfying if the life had taken 

On the way they expected 

In the late sixties and seventies 

Though it would be a mixture of 

Happiness of achievements

There is also depression 

From some failures

 

But after the seventies and 

At the onset of the eighties

One is bound to feel the 

Superfluousness of wealth, 

Health, time and purpose

Contradictions and confusion

How wealth is superfluous

How health is exasperating

 

There is always either the 

Fear of the finale or dismay

Of several changes and challenges

Yet, one’s wait continues for the

Nature alone to take care! 

21-Sep-2024

More By  :  G Swaminathan

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