So, I see the date I published my last post and I feel the need to write a new one. But, I have absolutely nothing to say at the moment or maybe I have a lot to say but my mind has sort of degenerated to be able to put it into words.
So, I'm going to post this little thing that I wrote - I call it a mini poem, you may call it anything you wish to. I wrote these lines when I was in Rajasthan this year for a month in June and had the experience of a lifetime! That one month enlightened me and changed me in many many ways. The changes weren't dramatic or explicit, except maybe the glorious tan I came back with. It was more like a reality check, a rekindled sense of gratitude, more satisfaction with what I have and less with respect to how I'm giving back or doing my bit of good in this world, amongst a host of other things.
I don't know if I've become a better person and I don't know for certain how much of a change this actually brings about in my life, but I will definitely be thankful to destiny or whatever it was that made me go there(I'm not a fatalist, just a bit of a believer).
This one is for the extraordinary people I met, the things I heard and witnessed, the simple lessons they taught me, the way they live their lives, their enthusiasm, contentment and unbelievable hospitality. Most of all, to their struggles, which don't seem to have an end - but that only propels them to fight harder and not give up out of dejection. Everyone has a lot to learn from these supposedly illiterate and less enlightened people.
Here it is -
Shining stars in the darkness of the sky
Dreams that wonder, hopes that fly
Colours that shine on barren lands
Unanswered questions are their true friends
Eyes that pray, hands that fend
Is there an answer, will there ever be an end?
P.S. I'll try not to take such long breaks now!
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