In the process of writing a book
full of words which
the nuns in the convent
taught me many years back
lessons which I forgot then,
but are surprisingly fresh now
I think of the words
of loyalty, responsibility, commitment
heavy words and to lessen the sombreness of the words
I smile
my muscles stretch in directions unexplored
and so I stop smiling
and go back to the thinking
and now it becomes clear why I forgot all those lessons then
because I would have to live those words
each second, each moment, each hour, each day
and when , blasphemy, I dared to turn away
from those heavy words
brought back like an errant child
I am writing a book
of words lived
full of words which
the nuns in the convent
taught me many years back
lessons which I forgot then,
but are surprisingly fresh now
I think of the words
of loyalty, responsibility, commitment
heavy words and to lessen the sombreness of the words
I smile
my muscles stretch in directions unexplored
and so I stop smiling
and go back to the thinking
and now it becomes clear why I forgot all those lessons then
because I would have to live those words
each second, each moment, each hour, each day
and when , blasphemy, I dared to turn away
from those heavy words
brought back like an errant child
I am writing a book
of words lived
Life is the best teacher, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteYes it is - the only problem being that by the time one has learnt all it is too late...
DeleteVery nice..
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rahul.
DeleteWell written!! It made me pause for a minute and remember the lessons i learned in my school days.....
ReplyDeletewell ! it seems you had a great teacher in those days...
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