Poetry 2019 Longlist, Aman Saxena

Living It To The Fullest With A Smile!

It all comes down to the fact

that everything in everyone's life

comes to an end

and

that the wheel of time takes away

what it makes you feel

that you are a part of

without even giving you

a chance to react.

Remember there are certain things

that we take for granted

while they last in our life

and

then one day

when they no longer exist

we feel shallow.

Grab those things

and

cherish them to the fullest.

Celebrate them, live them!

because they deserve that.

I hate to admit

but I do become anxious

and full of tears

when reality hits hard

that one fine morning

when I will wake up

I will not have

the option of thinking

about this part of the life

Again.

I read about "What men live by"

in a Tolstoy's short story,

and

now I know one of the answers

in my life,

i.e. Living it to the fullest with a smile :)