The Countdown-3 Poem by Smrui Ranjan Mohanty

THE COUNTDOWN-3

Is that so easy
The journey from certainty to uncertainty
A voyage into the unknown
Where you never lived?

Is that so easy
To make a complete departure from the present
Things and people
You valued till date?

Is that so easy
To change habits and priorities overnight
Forget yourself, forget the people around
Their smile and tear
With whom you have been
In moments of your agony and fear?

Is that so easy
To move away from the big banyan tree
Under the shade of which
You breathed, grew and developed
Which made you what you are
Of which you are still a part?
Is it a cakewalk, if at all possible
to move away from it
Deeply entrenched in your flesh and blood?

Is that so easy
To forget the voices you listen
The faces with which you interact
The moments, little pleasures, stresses
You share and the extra mile
You run for each other?

Is life so easy
So tender
Like the dazzling petals of a silver rose
Fluttering under the golden sun
Or it pricks like a thorn
When you go near
To feel it, feel its spellbinding grandeur?

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty©
3.11.2022
India