two feet and ice

a moment of reflection during my walk on an icy cold day ...

isn't this life much like, 

walking on a thin ice sheet?

if you push too hard,

you might slip, fall, and slide, 

bruising your bottoms.

if you push too slow,

you might be stuck on the ice,

with icy cold feet.

it's all about finding balance, 

isn't it?

my two feet,

and I tiptoe a step,

then another step,

then another, 

I'm past the

glassy ice sheet. 

it's strange how we know,

and yet, we still don't know.

then, I thought to myself,

don't be too happy when you win,

don't be too sad when you lose,

don't lose your heart and mind over,

just do your thing,

and let it be.

- AH, 02/21/2025

Reviews

[Martiya Daman]

I really like the poem! It makes me think about life like walking on ice. Sometimes, if you go too fast, you might fall, and if you go too slow, you get stuck. The poem talks about finding a balance.

I like how you say we should not be too happy when we win or too sad when we lose. It's cool how the poem teaches us to just keep going and not worry too much. It’s a nice reminder to take things step by step!
Lovely work, Abhi! Keep going!

Martiya

[A.H.]

Thanks for such a lovely review, Martiya. Appreciate your thoughts. I'm amazed how deep you thought and expressed it, so nice.. yes, baby steps, step by step :)

[Arundass TP]

Excellent writing. You are great observer. Loved this poem

[A.H.]

Thank you dear TP. I'm glad to hear you loved the poem :)

[Dorian]

Great explanation about balance. Meaningful poems are the best.

[A.H.]

Thank you Dorian for your visit and sharing your thoughts on this poem. Appreciate it much!

[Beren]

I'm here back again, I needed peace and balance. Thank you friend. Your poems does it's job more than you think.

[A.H.]

Thank you Beren for the visit. Really nice of you to stop by to read this poem and share more thoughts. Appreciate it very :) Take care, my friend.

[red93]

Great Work A.H. and so true in your observations. Finding the balance is everything. Really Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[A.H.]

Thank you red. Appreciate your thoughts!

[red93]

I mean it as well A.H. This is yr best Work to date IMO, and I will retutn and read this again and again ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[A.H.]

Those words means a lot, I'm grateful. thank you so much, red :)

[red93]

Yr Piece meant a lot to me in my current situation A.H., where I am tip-toeing to when I receive my 1st State Pension Payment on 20.3.2025. As I said, Really Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[A.H.]

thank you for sharing, wishing you best always, take care, red.. :):)

[Lorry]

We can but try to make sense of it all, but that doesn't mean it will make any sense anyway, so try, try and try again. And if it still doesnt make any sense, move on to something that does! 😀

[A.H.]

Thank you for reading and sharing your words. Appreciate it much, Lorry.

[Poetic Beauty]

Life is definitely about finding balance and what a tricky feat that can be. We need work and play to be happy. We need love and pain both to understand love and joy. It’s all a delicate move.

I love the whole thought poured into this piece with the visuals of ice sheets to bring it together

[A.H.]

Thank you for those wonderful thoughts and so true what you say. I'm glad to hear your perspectives. Thanks Poetic Beauty.

[Poetic Beauty]

You are welcome

[Stella Armour]

The last verse says it all for me , not to be proud, take life as it comes , be humble and appreciate the small things .... just be yourself.
I enjoyed reading about your reflective moments when you were alone and realizing that balance in all things matters..

[A.H.]

so true, just be yourself and take life as it comes. thanks so much Stella for your thoughts. Appreciate it!

[emmajoygreen]

Maybe it's life that's ice.. and, if we mislay our rights we go slipping off our planet! Off and away floating in space with the flotsam snowballs, bad language, melting sleet and bad will win if we're not careful with the stakes! Is how it is.. either obey the rules or slip down in someone's opinion! We all walk a slippery path, and are either helped or harmed as we take dodgy routes which leads to.. dodgy holes that have a sign.. Take care,, think of a see-saw, make sure you keep to your ground.. go neither that way or that way!

[A.H.]

yeah a bit of see-saw, keep ground and try to balance as much as you can. Glad to hear your perspectives, emmajoygreen. Thank you for reading and sharing those thoughts.

[Beren]

This is definitely one of your best poems. You explained it so well that I was amazed. Yes, everything is about balance. After all, if you take two steps with one foot, you won't get anywhere, you have to use both feet. If I didn't know you would be spoiled, I wanted to write a very detailed review for this, but otherwise you will be too high and won't be able to stay balanced :D so I'm keeping it to myself this time.

"just do your thing,
and let it be." i really needed that. thanks poet.

Damn it's hard to want to write a thesis for this poem but not want to stroke the author's ego...
jk you are one of the bests, and this is one of your bests.

[A.H.]

In many ways, balance is what we need and what we must always strive for, I think. IMO, it's such a crucial aspect of our lives - only if we can ever find that balance, learn how to hold it and put things in perpsective, we could save ourselves from both deep pain and extreme euphoria.

Haha, don't worry - I'm all about searching and practicing balance these days, so there's no risk of getting carried away, lol. I’m always happy to hear your insights.
Thank you so much for reading and sharing your wonderful thoughts. Appreciate it, Beren. Take care, Abhi.

[Thomas W Case]

Tremendous work. Spring will be here soon.

[A.H.]

Thank you Thomas. yeah waiting for spring, but enjoying the snow while it lasts :)