A Look At Life-148 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

A LOOK AT LIFE-148
BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

Let me lose
So that I may savour my victory to the full.

Let me endure
So that my moments of happiness feel certain and true.

Let me part
So that I may cherish the beauty of reunion.

Let me work
So that I may discover and feel the grace of leisure.

Let me remain awake
So that sleep may come to me as a blessing.

Let me remain in want
So that I may truly value affluence.

Let me go close to death
So that I may feel the deeper charm of life.

Without darkness
Light has no meaning.

Without one,
the other remains incomplete.

I am not afraid of either.
I want both—
for in their union
life becomes full and complete.

And perhaps it is in this quiet balance of opposites
that the true taste of living unfolds.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
16.3.2021