Over smart is foolish,
Jack of all, Master of none;
Smart is hardworking and wise, creating brilliance
Master of all, one by one.
Over smart is foolish,
Jack of all, Master of none;
Smart is hardworking and wise, creating brilliance
Master of all, one by one.
Being a vegetarian, I came from where grass made the man
In my mid twenties I got transported and teleported to where ‘the man made the grass’
It is sometimes called ‘shrubs and bushes’ here
That way it can make sure it amuses the viewer
Little did i know why it got cut and sharpened in ways man preferred
As i wondered if i cud stay alive in this ‘made by man’ world
Nature is particular and strict and sharp here sometimes
While it can also grow naturally beautiful ‘when untold of’ at other times
For when I came all the way here,
like the grass, I felt expected to be shaped up for the job
The cutting and trimming, in just the needful form felt sharp
And i let a little sigh dying away into ‘nay’
And little was that ever heard,
in the flamboyant, uptight, sharp world
And upon dying and waking up again
From the grassy green grave
I came to learn, That I was meant to live
No matter short or tall, I had to upheave
Against my own notions of freedom and sharp bindings
Against my own beliefs of my role per my origin’s findings
It was not only ok but important to earn my bread here
Not for the means it gave but also for the joy of it
It was ok to ask and live through such joy
Where freedom breathed easily in my own smile
Where me was me an active part of the community
And not just the one living a life in some impunity
So much of that old world now, truthfully, stinks like some rotting hurt
Although I still miss the sweet smell
of the once happy uncut grass trying to root in its own moist Earth…
Dear life how is it
that u are u still holdin on
While It hurts me to make you move your old barren bones
How is that u have so much vigor
While the parts of ur vessel are bearly in balance of each other
They are all sleeping in u
The flesh the fluids the food
The heart is running I see
And its keeping up through as little as it cud be
I am not trying to be the devil here
Ofcourse I love u “no matter what” :)
But I do wonder how u have such amazing light still
Is it ur hope ur prayer or ur wish to live
Whatever it is, its amazing and glorious
I wonder if i shall be anything like u
if I cud be in my Nineties
U are a teacher a beautiful example
To teach me of what all of it is worth
Such sweet smile, is it even close to the end
What cud I give to be such alive and not dead
In fact All life and not just then!
Ur liveliness thrives on your prayer
But I have seen so much misery
That to me, keeping on living, i dont even know if its fair
If fair to the maker to the bearer to the carrying timid soul
May i be just you when I wanna feel all well
The woman in the nineties
With thoughts bright and shining mighty
With thoughts smiling softly
You aint budding spring anymore
But u are the beautiful colorful fall for sure!
Book: Coming out of COVID.
Location: South Windsor Public Library, CT, US
Title: In this lesson of time…
Page: 58
Author: Shubhangi Saraf
Published: January, 2023
In this lesson of time…
I donot know if I can fix it,
I donot know if I can solve…
Is it a daunting puzzle,
Or is it broken for ‘all’?
There’s more darkness in the bark than the color in
leaves
More story in its depth than in Them falling thieves
Beautiful has been another word for life
Then why in so much pain did we strive
Is it fair to keep asking more from the Giver
Especially when He has begun to return the opposite
endeavor
My my!! why why? Has it not been strong enough?
This fragile life of day break, is rotting now through dusk!
Are we dark and keep praying or are we full of light but in
misery!
That we see the shadow of death linger, yet want to claim a
share of merry…
Be better, be there, be nice, can we?
Or is it going to take life and death to reach eternity?
Dark may be, the darkness of the bark upon the trees,
It has a story to tell, of will and wisdom deep.
The falling leaves have left them branches dry and dead it
seems…
But theres’ more life in holding on, than in fallen colors
of grief!
Is it green or brown or dark yet growing…
Or is it extravagantly colorful?
Is it flying to fall into the gravel?
Or Is it rising up to be meaningful …?
Shubhangi Saraf
(Shay)
10/25/2021