The Golden Summit

"What you see as brown

Seems Golden to me.

I have experience

I can tell

It's Golden.

Probably you can't notice it

After all you are so close to it

Its shine escapes your eyes

You don't notice the glittering surface

You don't appreciate what you got

I can even say-

You are thankless

I am sorry for my callousness.

But a gap of 20 long years

Gives me the authority to say this

Look at my cliff

It's actually brown

Full of drudgery, routine, bills, job- hard and thankless

Look at me carefully

May be you start appreciating

That you stand on a Golden mountain

Full of possibilities, adventure, friends, youth, Life.

Look at me - What do you see."

"Mama, I see you standing on a Golden Summit- 

much achieved, some dreams fulfilled, 

stability achieved- so as to say.

May be we are mirror images. "

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Stand and Stare

"What is this world ,
so full of care,
There is no time
to stand and stare"
- Leisure by William Henry Davies

Look the time has come to a halt-
Stand and stare at what is on offer,
Sunrises and sunsets
Afternoons and evenings
Passing by.

Mingled with voices lesser known,
Least heard
Murmurs of something always close,
But never felt
Leaving early for work
Forgetting to say good-bye
Forgetting to look back
I realise its now a substantial presence.

The day I planted it
It was a tiny sapling
I looked at it today
Its a full grown tree.

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