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