Days After-13 Poem by Smrui Ranjan Mohanty

And after

DAYS AFTER-13

I know
You are not happy with your present
Your mind is in the past
Interacting with faces and events
Which are no more part of your living present

My dear!
Let me know
How much you enjoyed your past
When your past was very much with you
As your living present

Tell me!
Whether you were satisfied with yourself
With your surrounding at any point of time?
Your mind has been seeking felicity
Either in the past or future
You have never been in the present

What about the events and persons
Which you love so much right now?
Were you really in love with them
When they were part of your present?
Tell me, my friend!
How much time have you spent
With your parents
Whom you miss so much
When they were with you in your present

You realise the value of persons and moments
After losing them
You cherish and long for something
When nothing is in your hand
That is the sad and pathetic reality
Through which most go through in life

Your present is not as bad as you think to be
Live it before time snatches
Your moments away
And you mourn
For missing it once again

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
13.12.2022
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