The sky is the limit, for a few fortunate!!

“What language is thine, O sea?”

“The language of eternal question.”

“What language is thy answer, O sky?”

“The language of eternal silence.”

          Rabindranath Tagore (Stray Birds)

I wonder what you would've felt when you wrote these words, Tagore!

But I know what I feel right now as I agree to your words, gently.

When the sea of life roars and beats against the rocks and returns,

It knows its limit is a few metres from the shore.

When its fury can kill many and even swallow some land,

It knows it has to go back and settle in its place.

The sea strives to be, but it seems like a performance!

Its waves and tides are sites that others watch.

Life of the sea looks like a dance of water!

So does an average life on earth, a drama to the human eye!

Limits! Limits! Limits! All doors closed!

There you stand! Not a step forward!

Injustice! You cry! Salt water mingles with salt water,

Your tears don’t change anything anywhere!

The clouds will pass, the rain will fall,

And you’ll watch it all from below.

Life of the affluent, powerful, and intellects

Will shine above you like stars.

You’ll rise in rage when moon pulls you

And burn in heat when sun hits you.

Everything has the power to affect you

Still you have to be, you have to bear!

You never have a rainbow, never an array of colours

You just have to live in the borrowed colours that you ought to reflect.

Your looks are not for you to create

It has to change with the tones of the sky!

But then, O sea, it is the story of your troubled waters atop,

Beneath, you store a mysterious world of baffling magic.

Years and years of all that you went through

Have turned to precious incomparable rare treasures.

Amber, Coral and Pearl and much more

Are formed in your heart as a reward for all that you endure.

Nothing much can be changed in your life,

Yet, look within your wondrous self, when you cannot reach the sky!

Sky is not the limit for everyone. I've seen in this life that the upward journey is mostly decided by the number of blocks that a person has to cross on his way. Remembering the lives of many unfortunate people who never could live their dreams due to their situations and circumstances, yet inspiring everyone to value their lives and strive to take the next step in faith and gratitude to God, I post this blog...Sindhu