You Lived Long And Well Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

You have shown how life's late eve should transcend,
The silver of century-kissing years
Turning rosary beads from end to end,
Watching four generations' joys and tears,
Going thru how life moves in varied gears
With changing times— forward, fast or reverse;
Weighing with your values, times good and worse,
You've taught us life's lessons joys, jeers or fears.
Now that you're there in time but not in space,
Wheresoever this mind's eye look for you,
I find traces of your leftover grace,
For, memories rush in to render clue
That you've not just lived long but also well,
And that I'm sure for long will spell its spell.
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Sonnets | 02.09.15 |