Days After-23 Poem by Smrui Ranjan Mohanty

And after

DAYS AFTER-23

Are you worried
Thinking that your best days
Are in the womb of the past
Are you feeling insecure and disturbed
Coz you know not what is in store

Are you feeling sad and pathetic
Expecting the worst to come
Do you feel sorry foreseeing
Your dependence upon others
As your think your body and mind
Are not responding anymore

Are you feeling disturbed
Thinking that your years ahead are numbered
Fail to concentrate and feel out of the game
Fearing that your end is very near

My friend!
You may be in your sixties or seventies
No matter, let me know
How many years you have lived for yourself
How much time you have spent
On your love and passion?
It may be hardly a few days, months or years
Your entire life might have been consumed
By anxieties and tensions
In grooming and satisfying others
Or in pursuit of meaningless endeavours

Tell me at what point of time
Your future was under your control and
You were pretty sure about your tomorrow
Let me know
When you were absolutely independent
Not depending upon others at all

Come on my friend! be yourself
If you take the quality of life into account
The time left with you
May be more than the time spent
Be your priority and on something
Which is to your liking
Be with your love and passion
The time remaining will be much more
Than the time spent for nothing at all

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
23.12.2022
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