by Shreemoyee Mandal
Just like a river does life flow,
sometimes swift and sometimes slow.
It may twist and turn, or jump and bend
but it also knows how to heal and mend.
Flowing through terrains smooth and rough,
neither is life too easy,nor a bit too tough.
Do stormy nights give any hope of a new dawn?
Alas! The river can’t stop! It must move on.
After a spell of eerie darkness,
the sun is bound to shine.
Life sparkles once again!
Everything’s just fine.
Every single day is a new reason to live;
A new lesson to learn, a new way to give.
Many streams and brooks come its way.
Some flow with it,some soon drift away.
Still, the river stands strong to see
what the next day has in store.
It moves forward on its own,
knowing there is a lot lot more.
Not getting lost
in the whirlpool of ‘why’ and ‘how’,
it gets to cherish all the beauty
that’s in this now.
So what is life all about?
The destination? Or the journey?
Isn’t there so much to know,so much to see?
So much to learn and so much to be?
An unknown quest it is
of tales told untold.
At any random bend,at any abrupt end,
a new journey might just unfold!
Thus flows the river
to finally meet the sea.
Similarly,never does this life end.
It simply merges into infinity.
Shreemoyee Mandal, BE – Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.