Tuesday, May 10, 2005

At the beginning of a new life

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Live simply so that others may simply live."

Taking on that, I realised that the last thing on earth we'd ever expect is exactly what's coming. Nel thinks, don't waste time wondering what that might be. Just ditch plan A and get a good head start on plans B and C.

Talk about a paradigm shift in Nel's no longer simple life, this poem says what I'm thinking right now....

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At The Beginning of a New Life

By Marzuki

On one dull morning
A juice glass slipped from my hand
It shattered on the kitchen floor
I stared at the broken fragments
And burst into tears
My life is like this glass
I thought
Shattered into pieces
Then
A startling image popped into my mind
-a picture of a stained glass window
Wasn’t it made of pieces of broken glass?
The image brought a healing insight
I realized I could create a new
A new reality out of the shattered pieces of my life
It wouldn’t be the same
But it could still be beautiful

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

:'-) lovely poem...