ONE DAY AT A TIME

IT REALLY PAINS TO LOOK BACK AND COUNT..
HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE SPENT AND
HOW MUCH I AM LEFT WITH...
AFTER SPENDING ALL THE TIME,
I HAVE REALISED ATLEAST THAT,
LIFE SHOULD BE LED,
'ONE DAY AT A TIME!',

I KNOW LIFE IS PERISHABLE
AND THAT MAKES THE PAST MORE CHERISHABLE,
THOUGH, I WILL LEAVE THE PEOPLE AND THE PLACES WHERE THEY WERE BUT.....
I HAVE TONNES TO TAKE ALONG WITH ME IN MY JOURNEY......

THE HANDS WHICH I NEVER HELD,
THE JOKES AT WHICH I NEVER LAUGHED,
THOSE EYES WHOSE TEARS I NEVER SHARED,

AND FINALLY.....
THE LESSON TO LIVE LIFE......
'ONE DAY AT A TIME!'

THE DUMB BIRD

THE EARTH LAYS UNMOVED,
WINDS STAY FREEZED,
PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED CHATTING,
THEY SAY,
THE DUMB BIRD HAS STARTED TALKING....

THE FLASHING FAKE LIGHTS OF PRETENTION ARE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN,
THE CUPS OF PREJUDICES ARE FULL BUT UNDRUNKED,
ANGELS OF TRUTH ARE HOWERING ALL AROUND,
THEY SAY,
THE DUMB BIRD HAS STARTED TALKING....

THEN COMES THE DAY LONG AWAITED,
BUT THE TRUTH CRASHES ALL HEARTS,
IT WAS THE MYTH THAT WE READ,
A FAKE LIGHT THAT WE LED,
BUT NOTHING CAN BE DONE NOW AS......
THE BIRD HAS BEEN KILLED,
THEY SAID.....
THE DUMB BIRD HAD STARTED TALKING.