Wisdom Gained

 Wisdom Gained


I stood still in front of the sea,

Feeling frolicsome and calm,

Watching a rich cobalt-hue wash up against my feet,

I found myself lost in thoughts.


A sight of the fine beige sands,

The sync melody of the waves

Oh, how wonderful it was

To experience warmth from the sun,

And this cool, cool sense of relief and peace 

From the blues of the waves ahead of me.


Watching the mighty sea,

I smiled as I realized my foolishness,

My trivial, insignificant groans

At how I loathed routine life

The monotonous cycles of being stuck,

This sense of being lost in time.


The sea never gave up, you see

Each time it pounced and lashed onto the shore,

Dedicating dominance with each ounce of power and energy,

Pulling the waves back with all its might, 

Only to roll them all out once more.


This taught me to work harder than I'd done before,

And my heart filled with joy,

For the wisdom I'd gained so far.

As I lingered on for more,

My awakened soul said - 

"Stay on, learn from Nature itself",

And I did so.


The breeze was light,

My hair was on flight,

As the glorious sun set away into the darkest of nights,

I was in store for the most splendid of all sights.


How was it that everything seemed so pretty?

That beautiful, powerful flowing crystal of Lapis Lazuli,

Scenes of rustic reds and fiery oranges,

Warming me up as the icy-coldness set in.


I witnessed the reaps of Nature,

Spreading its delicate magic with dedication and joy,

I'd truly been oblivious,

What with how much I'd been living in my head.


As I took a glance at the sand below,

There were these Ghost-crabs, marching on, ever so slow,

"Why do they keep digging out these tunnels", I wondered

"For them to be washed out, over and over again?"

Such painstaking effort, truly

Absolute allegiance and endless patience,

as they labored away into the pale moonlight.


I had learnt lessons that day

Which my words failed to convey,

"True Beauty is success and joy from having worked hard,

Your every effort, with none being the last,

Striving to find purpose and meaning somehow,

You keep moving on, despite the hardships that may follow".


I walked away with this awakened understanding in me,

But left footprints that marked my presence behind. 



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