With the winter solstice having just passed and the new year approaching, there’s a sense of reflection and renewal. It is that time when one looks at the year gone by and moves to the one ahead. In that vein, I offer you this poem:
Minute By Minute
Light lingers
minute by minute
Hope grows
minute by minute
As seasons pass
through birth and death
The cycle closes
And then starts again
Earth warms
minute by minute
Sun climbs
minute by minute
Calenders marked
with future plans
Days to meet
And then look back upon
Live purposefully
minute by minute
Make it matter
minute by minute.
(c) Shobha Vanchiswar 2012