Flow – An original poem by Jyoti Shah
Life is like
A riverbed
A path marked out
Upon which we’ll tread
A trail to follow
Bespattered with rocks
For rivulets to trickle
And collect glistening drops
Just like water
Never stops
When boulders interrupt us
Don’t let the head drop
Everyone has
Their own seeds to sow
So, adopt your water
And simply flow
Like water has
No time to weep
It dances and surges
Through crevices deep
Keeps moving forward
Creating its road
Overcoming all obstacles
Accepting its load
As the dark night rises
And the bird sings its last song
Under the care of the moonlight
It’ll manoeuvre along
Through brooks and creeks
Streamlets will glow
As winds kiss its surface
It’ll simply flow
The sun may gleam
Or gales may caper
A stream doesn’t wait
It doesn’t say ‘later’
It won’t rest
Till it’s made its way
In a thousand years
Or even a day
Slowly but surely
We all will return
Once we’ve faced our challenges
Peace, we shall earn
No one shall listen
To the tale of our woe
Like a lone cerulean river
We must simply flow
Inclement weather
Doesn’t bring a stream down
It holds its own
And traverses those grounds
Even when
The sky turns grey
And deluges of water
Are sent its way
Accepting all challenges
Accepting its fate
Moving past those obstacles
Waiting for the storm to abate
Just as a river endures
And is willing to grow
Embrace your water
And simply flow