Wednesday, 3 January 2018

BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND


In the garden is a sign
“Do not Pluck the Blossoms “
But the Wind it cannot read
Old Japanese saying 

Breeze or wind
Storm or hurricane or even
Twisting tornados in varying degrees
They rush through our lives

Emotions
Blind to their effects
Plucking flowers of Nature
Which is always good

Blinded by distant lightning
Deafened by roaring thunder
We fail to heed the gentle patter
Of those little drops

Incessantly tapping on
The panes of our conscious
Seeking moments of refuge
In the warmth of our reason

If taken in, they will irrigate
Our Inherent nature
To bring forth                                                 
Flowers of well being

In the aftermath
Heightened feelings recede
Leaving numbness and dread
Of the consequences

Actions dictated by emotion
Not watered down with reason
Forcing us to wander wondering
Seeking to answer the question

WHERE ARE MY BLOSSOMS ?

We have the right to ask
We have the duty to seek
The answer is not around
It is within

Heed not the elements
The breath taking son-et-lumiere
Natures distractions, but
Look within – the answer is there

Vikaas Nafde “ Emoticons of a Rambling Life “

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