OPEN YOUR HEART


THERE COMES A TIME IN EVERYONE'S LIFE
WHERE EVERYTHING IS NICE AND BRIGHT
WITHOUT A  STRIFE.
DON'T STIFLE THE FEELING, FOR IT WILL NOT LAST,
CHERISH AND BEHOLD;
FOR IT MIGHT STAY A MEMORY--PLEASANT, GONE,
BUT NOT LOST.

THESE MOMENTS OF JOY ARE EVERYWHERE,
IN SMALL LITTLE  THINGS  AROUND  US HERE   AND THERE.
IT NEEDS AN EYE, A SENSE DEVELOPED,
OVER PERIODS OF LONG   NEGLECT  ,LEFT  UNNOTICED........
UNTOUCHED.

REACH OUT-----
JUST SCRATCH THE SURFACE A LITTLE,
THE THINGS THAT SEEMED FRIVOLOUS, TRIVIAL,
HOLD A LOT OF MEANING, MAKE SO MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.
EACH MOMENT CAN BE A LIFETIME OF LOVE,
OF CARING, SHARING  , RECEIVING
OF LOVE THAT LIES BENEATH THE LAYERS OF
INDIFFERENCE.

FRAGILE EGOS MUST CRASH,
INSTEAD, FILL YOUR HEART WITH LOVE.
LET IT FLOW,
GIVING  RISE TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF A GLOW.
IT SHOWS IN WORDS AND DEEDS
WHICH WE THOUGHT WERE GONE, FORGOTTEN
LONG AGO.

YOU WILL HEAR THE STRINGS, THE MUSIC GALORE,
IN THE SAME SMALL THINGS
YOU EARLIER CHOSE TO IGNORE.

~VANDANA SHARMA PATNAIK~

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