WINGS AND CHAINS

HERE I STAND , FROM WHERE

I CAN SEE THE GOLDEN SUN .

EACH GOLDEN RAY WHICH I FEEL ,

YIELDS PATH TO NEW GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES ;

 FROM THE VOID AND BLACK DARKNESS

EMERGES THE GOLDEN FAME TO FRAME MY FUTURE .

YET , TURNING BACK I FIND

I AM STILL CHAINED TO MY PAST .

AND THEN THE REALIZATION DAWNS UPON ME---

BASELESS MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHERE I STAND ,

WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WHO CAME MY WAY

AND BECAME , OF MY PAST , A PART .

FRIENDS ARE THOSE WHO ARE THE POTTER---

THEIR SKILL THEY USED TO MOULD A PERSON ;

TEACHERS THOSE WHO HELD A FINGER

  TO GUIDE ME THROUGH THE STORMS ,

TO RESCUE THE CONFUSED THOUGHTS

WHEN THE MIND HIT THE CROSSROADS .

PARENTS ARE NOT TYRANTS , I KNEW ,

WHEN " RESTRICTIONS IS THEIR LOVE " , I LEARNT .

THEY PROVIDED ME THAT STRAPPED FREEDOM ,

WHICH TAUGHT ME THE CODES OF MORALITY ;

TO STAND WTHOUT SUPPORT AND INDEPENDENT ,

AND TO RESPECT THE IDENTITY THAT IS MINE .

THIS PROCESS OF INFORMAL EDUCATION

HAS NOT YET FOUND THE FINISHLINE---

ETERNAL AS THE IMMORTAL LIFE ,

AND CONTAINING PLEASURE IN EVERY LESSON .

A BEAST WHEN MOVES WITHOUT CHAINS ,

ENJOYS THE FREEDOM TO BE WILD .

TO BE , BUT , UNCHAINED IS FOR ME

NOTHING LESS THAN SOME ANONYMOUS PAIN .

UNUSUAL ( AS THEY SAID ! ) , THIS FREEDOM , I FEAR ;

FEAR THAT OMETHING MIGHT BE LOST---

SOMETHING WHICH FORMS OF ME A PART ;

WHICH CAN' T BE CUTT OFF AND THROWN

IN SOME SINGLE MOMENT OF SOME DAY .

IT HURTS , IT PAINS , I FEEL IT .

BOTH MY ARMS LIKE STRETCHED APART---

ON ONE SIDE LIES THE GOLDEN SEA ,

THE SEA THAT I HAVE TO SWIM

IN QUEST OF GOALS TO BE ACHIEVED ;

ON THE OTHER ARE THOSE FOND MEMORIES ,

SO TACTILE AND YET INTANGIBLE IN FORM .

( ADHERED ARE THEY , STILL , TO ME ! )

A MORTAL' S LIFE IS FULL OF COMPROMISES ,

AND COMPROMISE WILL I , HERE TOO---

NOTHING LOST IS NOTHING GAINED ;

PAST WILL BE PAST , AND REMAIN UNCHANGED .

PRESENT MUST BE LIVED TO FRAME THE FUTURE .

ATTATCHMENTS TO THE PAST RESTRICTS THOUGHTS ;

THAT TO THE FUTURE , EXPANDS THE SAME .

SO , THOUGH INCAPABLE OF CARRYING THE PAST

ALONG WITH EVERY TICK OF THEW FUTURE' S CLOCK ;

YET , IT WILL OCCUPY A ROOM IN MY MIND ,

AND REMAIN THE BASE OF THE FUTURE FOUNDED .

STILL LEARNING FROM THE PAST , I AM ,

PAST EXPERIENCES , YIELD PLACE FOR NEW ONE'S---

EXPERIENCES TO ADVENTURE , TO EXPLORE ,

AND WHAT MORE ! TO COMPLETE ME .

~ Rachit Arora ~

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