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Little Things

Found this old book tucked behind the cupboard a few weeks back. Today, at this moment, it is my only source of salvation. Finding this book out of nowhere is like a metaphor for life ; you never know what hidden treasures lie ahead of you, pieces of this world scattered in different places. I can never tell what I'll find tomorrow, and why or how it might just bring me the peace I always needed. Just like this book today, at this very moment. We spend all our lives thinking about success, happiness, relationships, material wealth etc. However, this large entity that we call the universe was after all born out of a single entity, a single atom. Why is it then, that it is an accepted practice to ignore the microcosmic aspects of the same? The touch of a hand, the warmth of a sweater, a single petal falling from a rose, water droplets that lie floating on the surface of lotus leaves, a smile on an innocent child's face, a single strand of hair lying on the pillow.. To me, pe...

An Ode

I'm an image in black and white A shadow that envelopes your emotions A warmth that illuminates your eyes Touch me, feel me, for I am whole A myriad potpourri of love, strength and courage Come feel my essence, like lemongrass A fragrance that can only attract I can be felt in the depths of your soul I enter, but I never leave I'm a presence that's almost supernatural Like the light at the end of a dark tunnel Or the sudden darkness, when you switch off the light Yes, I'm an image in black and white. - Dedicated to my sister, the light of my life.