A little story

An oft-repeated story I can tell
Not one that has not been heard or
felt.
Felt it has...
by you and me..
A feeling that can be explained as sorrow?
expectation?...a simple want.



A little flower wishes there were
similar souls out there in the world
That would smile when the rain fell
Clap when another caught a droplet
Hug when there is a new flower blooming somewhere
Jump with joy when the pollen was caught by a new
bud..

Saddened by the thought that noone..
heard her clap!
smiled with her
or felt her joy,
she looked up at the sky and wondered
'why would there be only of my kind!'

Could a flower survive in singularity (yes!)
could a rain be felt by one drop? (yes!)
Could love be held within one heart?
Did you not hear me say that there is
so much more I have to say??

Long she stood,
heart growing heavier with each thought.
....
feeling her warmth seep out
head lowering to the ground,
until she felt a small hand in hers..

looking around, she found so many other faces pointing upwards.
She suddenly heard them saying
"thankfully there is yet one left who can smile!
for another
feel another's joy
and pain..
Long have I searched but only now,
a kindred soul have we found!"

How many times have you wished
for a kindred
and turned to find them at your side
all along?
Even if it has happened once,
You are blessed. :)

May I always...

This one is by Rmani

May I always take the time to feel wonder..
Fight the numbing effects of pressure and pace..
to thank someone who bothered to think of me
and to greet someone well, whom I have missed.

To spare a moment..
to think of a tender moment and smile
Feel the warmth that grows inside and nurture it.

Let me never assume that there are more important
things than being human,
kind,
and alive!
to smell, feel and touch,
brave enough to feel;
be it pain, extreme joy,
uncertainty, disappointment,
or pure emptiness.

The difference between existing and being alive!
rings all true when you think..
how fleeting life can be!
what is today, disappers tomorrow.

Hence let me smile today!
Smile for the sun hath yet risen again
thank that my breath continues to this moment
There is yet another day to say!
all the love I have is yours, world!
That the almighty blesses love coursing through
my veins.

May the thankfulness effulge my soul
spring out of my eyes into those I love
seep through my skin to the air around
and spread far out into the world.

Before the spirit bows
to the pressure
or the pain
the silence or the torture of it all
Let me atleast exhale one more word of thankfulness.