If Only Poem by Shankaran Kutty
If Only
“If Only I had not drunk and drove”
“If Only I had gone for a morning walk daily ”
“If Only it had not begun to rain”
If Only I would stop saying “If Only”
Remember our life is like a sheet of snow
That would melt its way by spring
So make your snowballs, have the fun
Enjoy the thrills it would bring
Every minute we walk in the past
Or wallow in our troubles and woe
That minute is gone, never to come
So our past, let us let it go
We worry each day on what the future
Would bring for us the morrow
Yet all it does is to enhance
Our tensions, our sorrow
On times when we stumble and fall
Don’t blame it on the stone
Don’t wait in life for a helping hand
Brave the pain and trudge alone
It does not sit and moan its fate
The worm inside the cocoon
But struggle its way to a butterfly
Whose beauty the poets will croon.
No one teaches the peacock to
Break into its colourful dance
Or when hungry, seeing a passing prey
A tiger, to seize the chance
The rainbow does not seek a reason
To spread across the sky
Yet we do, at the slightest chance
On our fate, bemoan and cry.
But why do we, the intelligent ones
Our brains and intellect use
To construe reasons and excuses galore
To justify our views
God’s gifts are given to one and all
If is for us to grab
Yet, we miss them and sit and moan
That life has become so drab
“if only”, “but”, “because”, “had it been”
re words we all should shun
HE has given the power to win
Hidden in everyone
Our future is for us to make
It is there within our mind
All we need is to look within
And success, we shall find
You can't go back and change the past events, but what you can do is let the past be a guide in what not to repeat, if it's detrimental.
Think of no one but self find our from shelf what treasure is there on your behalf?
Remember our life is like a sheet of snow That would melt its way by spring So make your snow balls, have the fun Enjoy the thrill it would bring- -Highly motivational the poem tells us to live in the present and to the fullest without worrying for the unforeseen future or for the lost chances that slipped from your fingers in the past.Thanks for sharing such a beautiful piece of poem.
The power of positive thinking and optimism well depicted in the poem. A well articulated piece of poetry insightfully penned with lovely rhyme scheme. If the mind can conceive and visualize it, the dream can be achieved. One also needs to take things in stride and let bygones be bygones in other to remain focused. A lovely poem indeed. Thanks for sharing. Please read my poem MANDELA - THE IMMORTAL ICON.
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In our troubles and woes of life. Thanks for sharing.