Something I Look At-458 Poem by Smruti Ranjan Mohanty

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-458
BY - SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY

Enough riches you have —
pelf and power,
beauty and grace in abundance.
People come crowding to you,
praising your charm and elegance.
You have everything
one needs
to make a life look complete.

You have seen the violent sea —
high tides and tsunami.
What you have not seen
are its beauty and serenity,
its spellbinding grace
and grandeur.

You understand love-making,
but you have not seen love,
felt it, breathed it
the way you breathe
your abundance.
If you have love,
the whole world lives in you;
if you don't,
you stand like a beggar
in the midst of everything —
holding plenty
yet missing the one thing
that makes it all worthwhile.

When love surrounds you,
the outer glitter fades.
A quiet richness develops inside —
deeper than whatever you have seen,
steadier than affluence and opulence,
name and fame —
and you come to realise
you are the richest person alive.

When love leads,
there are roses and roses
all the way,
and you rise gently
to a height that welcomes you.
There, nothing but love speaks —
in its own voice:
soft, simple,
to fill your emptiness.

Be a lover —
life will turn into
a small garden of Eden;
spring will return every day.
The cuckoo's voice
will echo in every corner,
and even the smallest chore
will feel warm and easy,
as if the heart
is humming along with you.

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
India
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20.11.2025