A surprised glance at the months gone by,
for just like last year
this year has also passed softly, lightly.
The perfect accompaniment for these deliciously nippy evenings.
Books left untouched on shelves
which, not too long ago, I swore ardently ‘to read’
A year older, a year wiser?
Change has crept up on me
Calmly
For I may yet live
more expansively
in the days to come
I will not let these months pass
Without ridding
myself of heavy clutter
Without bonding
over cards
in houses twinkling with laughter and goodwill
Without looking
at an old space
and breathing new life.
Without affirming that
though I may seem the same,
my life the same,
my spaces the same
I have ridden the waves of Time
for even as I write this
I am not the same
my life is not the same
my spaces are not the same.
[WORDS DO MATTER! This post is written for the 3rd edition of #WordsMatter linkup hosted by Corinne, Parul and Shalini. The prompt for this edition of #WordsMatter linkup is ‘It’s not that time of the year without…’]
I received this tag from Anamika at https://thebespectacledmother.com/. It’s my pleasure to pass on this tag to Shinjini at https://moderngypsy.in/. There were 38 of us on this Blog Hop and it was spread over 3 days – 4, 5, 6 October 2019. Do follow the #WordsMatter Blog Hop, you’ll love our musings!
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So true! From the outside looking in, it may appear as though nothing has changed. But each year, each day, changes us in small and subtle – and sometimes large and significant – ways.
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Beautiful. Loved your spirit of enthusiasm.
Thanks! Now just need to keep it going until year end 🙂
Lovely! I sense your resolve and it gives me new hope for my own life. Not to dwell on what didn’t happen, but to focus on all that is and can be.
Absolutely! I feel optimism always adds to the festive mood of the season.
Most change creeps upon us and alters us while we’re not aware of it. Hope the coming year changes you, and us, only in good ways.
Here’s hoping for the same !
On the outset, it does like everything is the same as it is every month and every year but something somewhere – in us or around us, does change. And, I can go on and on about those unread books on the shelves which we had bought with the promise of ‘I will read as soon as I get home.’
Blogging does help with ‘tracking’ changes that are happening!
Beautifully written, Pragya. Changes are happening every second without our knowledge, even when we don’t see it happening. It’s a blessing to be in these moments and to look back at them years later.
True! Sometimes we value things only in retrospect, but better late than never.
Now thats one poem defining resolve to get things done. You are right change just sneaks up on us and then either we get comfortable with the routine of it or we react and flounder at it. All the best for getting things done as planned Pragya.
Thanks!
Change is good isn’t it? Beautiful write up.
Thank you ?
I like the positive tone of your lovely poem, Pragya and the resolve that you will make the best of it in the days to come! We may not always like every change but some changes are absolutely essential for our growth and well-being! May those always lead us to better and more fulfilling lives.
Thanks for reading 🙂
This is really beautiful. “I have ridden the waves of time” absolutely quoteworthy!
Thank you Sunita
Well said! Even if we feel that nothing is different from the years before, yet we grow with each passing year. We might not even realize it ourselves.
We only realise in retrospect ?
We often take for granted the ‘now’ and only after it is gone we realise how important or good it was. We change every single day but get to see the cumulative effect after a long time. I loved this poem and the indomitable spirit of this poem.
This was beautiful Pragya. How change changes us but we don’t realize the small ways often. I loved reading your take and then how you ended this.
So glad to read you on #WordsMatter. Have you joined the upcoming edition?