Eternal Longing

Just another day, she thought. So ordinary, so normal it felt

Just another meeting, she thought. So abuzz, so usual it felt

Just another face, she thought. So many around, so crowded it felt

Just another cuppa, she thought. So to the brim, so hot it felt

Just another stare, she thought. But so transfixed, so enigmatic it felt

Just another moment, she thought. But so rare, so crazy it felt

Just another smile, she thought. But so shy, so silly she felt

Just another conversation, she thought. But so loved, so comfortable she felt

Just another soul, she thought. But so connected, so drawn to it she felt

Just another night, she thought. But so eager, so awake she felt

Just another feeling, she thought. But so blessed, so sorry she felt

Just another desire, she thought. But so elusive, so helpless she felt

Just another of life’s teaser, she thought. But so sad, so agitated she felt

Just another memory, she thought. But so wishful, so hopeful she felt

Life's Strife

Here, they say 'be yourself'

and when you gather your guts to give it a try

a hundred thoughts and a hundred people can make you cry

even before you try, you begin to ask why

Here, they say 'take the road less travelled'

This seems to be the glorified thing to do

You travel the realms of reality and reach peaks of practicality

Struggling to rather make your road the best travelled

Here, they say 'have no regrets'

and you wonder, how can that be

when I am given this, I think about that

and when I am here, I cannot be there, right?

Here they say 'be the change you wish to see'

In this pursuit, what you grew up believing seems no longer true

this shakes your confidence and you begin to feel the blues

But, things change, people change and you grapple each day changing for change

Here, they say 'have fun'

Many rules are not to be shunned

You are told, 'Don't do this', 'Never go there'

Agitation urges you to run, but you don't know where

Here, they say 'be positive'

Let go your past, have faith in your present

pin hope in your future, pretty please

After all it is in your blood to B+

Do you know what lies in between

The here and there

The past and present

The ifs' and buts'

The yes and No....

your life!, simple isn’t it?