The Exotic Path

A Poem by Safiya Yuana

Ahead of me lies a path,

Which will lead me to another ghat,
Perilous and enticing;it is
And yet I walk on this path,
To see what lies beyond.

The soothing sonance and serenading birds,
Gives me an euphoria.
Enraptured I stand,as they
minstrelled on.
Left behind have I,
the deafening peals and dissonance,
Pervading in a place from where I came by.
From the birds considered I;mere
learned I, a lesson
That even in all this cacophony, a melody can always be found.

Here every step I take
A new leson I gain,
Through those frail blades of grass who manage to seep out even through impregnable rocks,
Or through those ants
Who through their teamwork and determination,
Carry grains twice what they can stand!

Continued my feet to trudge along,
On this path which seemed like the rest,
But taught me things that were the best.
Just a walk on this exotic path,
Gave me cognizance and led me to another ghat!