A Path Poem by vaishnavi raghuraman

I TREAD ON A PATH THAT IS UNWINDING
I TREAD ON A PATH WHICH IS NEVER-ENDING
I TREAD ON A PATH THAT GOES ON AND ON…
SEARCHING FOR DREAMS, IF AT ALL I HAD ONE!

I LONG FOR A DESTINATION
WHERE I COULD STOP, CHERISH ALL THAT WHICH I LEFT APART
EVERY MEMORY THAT MY HEART KINDERS
LONGS FOR THE TIME WHICH HAS GONE PAST
FRIENDS, PLACES AND DEAR ONES
OH! ITS ONLY THEIR SWEET MEMORIES THAT I HOLD,
THEY’LL ALWAYS BE MINE
SAFELY CAPTURED IN THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART
WHERE NOT NOT A SOUL HAS INROADS…

WHY MUST I FIND A GOAL FOR LIFE
ISN’T IT ON HOPE THAT THE WORLD SURVIVES..
IT’S THE HOPE FOR A BETTER, BEAUTIFUL FUTURE THAT WE ALL STRIVE
WHERE LOVE AND HAPPINESS SHALL SPREAD LIKE A RAGING FIRE…
WHERE KINDNESS AND COMPASSION GO HAND IN HAND
THAT’S THE WORLD I WANT TO FIND…
BUT THE ENDLESS PATH I TREAD ON
WILL I EVER FIND IT, I RECKON?
A PATHWAY FULL OF HAPPINESS AND JOY
WHERE LOVED ONES WALK ALONG BY MY SIDE
FOREVER…..IT LASTS, IS WHAT I WANT
BESIDES THIS I DONT CHERISH A DIME.

EVEN IF GOD GRANTED ME A WISH
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’’LL I ASK,
WITHOUT A GOAL OR DESIRE
I LONG FOR NONE

A SECRET THING I LONG FOR….
WAS THERE EVER ONE?
IS THERE A PERSON TO WHOM I BELONG?
FINDING A GOAL WAS IN ITSELF A TASK
BUT I THINK I NEVER FOUND ONE
OH! LIFE I’VE BEEN HAPPY FOR THIS LONG
NEED I SEARCH FOR SOME UNKNOWN GOAL FOR WHICH I NEED TO WORK FOR LONG?

IT IS THUS I SAY
LIVE LIFE BY CHERISHING MOMENTS
LIVE FOR WHAT YOU WANT, NOT FOR WHAT LIFE WANTS OUT OF YOU
FOR LIFE IS JUST A JOURNEY
YOU NEED TO ACCOMPLISH IT SUCCESSFULLY.

AT THE END OF IT ALL
I STILL STAND THERE WAITING FOR SOMETHING THAT I MIGHT LONG FOR
YET MY MIND IS BLEAK, FOR IT TELLS ME NOTHING
THE PATH THAT I TREAD ON GOES UNWINDING…

I SAW IT VARIOUS FACETS, GOOD AND BAD
BUT WHAT’S BEHIND THAT MASK, I STILL ASK! .
WITH NO ONE TO GUIDE EXCEPT MY HEART
THE PATH IS INDEED LONG..
TO FIND A DESTINATION AND STAY THERE
IT TAKES A MIGHTY EFFORT, FOR THOSE WHO MAKE IT TILL HERE

NONETHELESS, I’M HAPPY TO EXPLORE THIS UNWINDING PATH
WHERE HAPPINESS AND SORROW BLOCK MY PATH
BUT THERE’S STILL A LOT OF HOPE IN MY HEART
LIFE’S JUST BEAUTIFUL, I LIVE IT IN PARTS.
I THANK THE GOD WHO MADE US SO WONDERFUL
FOR WITHOUT HIM, LIFE WOULDN’T SEEM SO HOPEFUL! ! ! !