The Long – Small Voyage

 

Ten months inside a belly

cared, sheltered, protected and nurtured,

like plants we grow,

part by part; in dribs and drabs

first cry, precious and delicate,

parents overwhelmed with delight

 

Time flies…

from crawling to walking,

nursery to high school,

memories to nostalgias,

joys to tensions,

dream job to life situations,

marriage to being parents,

parents to grandparents…

 

A journey through life,

searching for myself,

fed up with toilsome chores,

looking back to all the good old days…

 

Stopping a while, thinking;

when did I discover myself ?

Never, Never atleast once

 in this busy voyage of life…

 

And now it’s time

to leave behind all these chaos

and move to a World,

the World of fairies,

the World without bedlam,

the so called ‘Afterlife’

from journey through life,

to the journey to the grave…

 

I thought the trek from

womb to tomb was lengthy

but, did I get a time

to breath in between ???

                                                        

                                                 Rekhisha Henza Zehak H