The Eternal Tussle
We visualize
We plan
We try to execute
Yet-even best laid plans
Can go awry
In the blink of an eye!
We try to move mountains
By the sheer force of will
Yet the inscrutable forces of nature
Can level it in no time!
Like water over sandcastles
All comes to naught
Obilerated into oblivion!
Now in reconciliation
Live one day at a time
Take things as they come
Believing that we are a mere cog
In the mighty machinery of the
Big Chief in the sky
And thus all is hunky-dory
And time passes merrily on and on..
Originally Published: October 19, 2001
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The gardener
The barren earth
Lifeless n arid
Full of delta-like
Veins n crevices
Dry red and molten
Begged for succor
A gardener came along
Took charge and
Tended it
Showering
Loving care
Life-giving water
And nutrients.
Suddenly the earth came to life
Under his benign presence
Little creatures peeped out
Of the numerous burrows
Scurrying all over.
Fledgling saplings
Raised their heads
Breaking loose
From out of the earth
Growing in abundance
A burst of delicate
Green leaves sprouting
On tender stems
In response to the wave
Of the magic wand
Of the gardener!
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust
French, Author Quotes
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
Jean Cocteau
French, Director Quotes
More grows in the garden than the gardener knows he has sown.
Spanish Proverbs
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
James Allen
American, Author Quotes
Originally Published: October 19, 2001
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