Culmination Of A Full Circle

I was in breathing range of life and death within a short span of 24 hours. Overwhelmed by the power and mystique of both. Of how incomplete one is without the other…..

One evening I was part of a near fatal accident, and miraculously came out of it without a scratch. I lived to watch the birth of my friend’s child the very next evening, at almost the same hour.

Both the experiences were stunning and eye-opening. The exact opposites, yet each as powerful as the other, complementing the other.

Life is rendered so evanescent by destiny. We are helpless at the hands of fate, never know when it’s our time to go. Each moment we get to breathe makes all of life’s hassles worth it.

And the first time a new life opens eyes and takes its first breath, is nothing short of a miracle.

A beginning today is an end tomorrow. Today’s end is a new commencement tomorrow. And so completes a full circle.

An attempt

(Writing poetry has never been my area of forte, though I very much aspire it to be. But I do try my hand at it once in a while. This is one such amateur attempt. )

Sweet Stranger

Life...teasing, playful, full of surprise
At every bend it is difficult to surmise
What the new day will bring and who you will meet today
Someone you've just seen but feel you've known from far away

It throws at you treasures that you travelled the world to get
Simple sweet moments in disguise that you can never forget
In a hundred reasons to cry it will send you one to smile
In the form of a sweet stranger amongst this world of guile

So it is true after all, life never gives up on you
It gives you second chances, perhaps a third too
In all its twists and turns, don't you see a pattern?
There is always daylight after the dark, and you are not to give up!

- Sandhya