Time Is Up

The time for inequality

Is fast ticking

The bomb can explode

The countdown has begun

With a vow here

And a pledge there

The gaps

In income

Recognition, fame

The gap in life itself

The glaring gap

Has become a crater

Now a time to blow it up all

And create a pristine garden

Out of this battlefield

between equality and inequality

but weren’t the battle bugles blown

a long time back???

(on Iceland taking a pledge to remove the income gender gap  & Oprah Winfrey’s  Golden Globe inspirational speech..)

Evolve - As 2017 Speaks To 2018

Evolve I

Like a butterfly

I left the old

Thick protective covers

The river had to flow

The stifling blocks

That stopped the flow

Didn’t exist anymore

It required a nudge

A great push perhaps

But the flow has begun

The butterfly flits

With eagle wings

That were formed

With the push and nudge

 Evolve II

The petals bloomed

The flower blossomed

The dead leaves were blown

Away with the new winds

The change started

The change is on still

Of new blossoms

And new springs

Of the newness that comes

With each new day

Enjoy

Enjoy the tango

The fox trot

As the moves change

As the change itself happens

The new moves

The new steps

That you learnt

The hard way

Go ahead

Now do them

As if no one

Or even the whole world

 is watching you

Live

live the change

don’t die

as it happens

enjoy the flow

sometimes you drown

take help

come out

and flow again

to reach the shores

and perhaps start

for new shores

with all that is required

to stay afloat

and enjoy the swim

and the travel

 thru all known and unknown shores

The  year that was

To soar

To drop the dead wood

To drag

To climb

Move  ahead

With a sprightly walk

To let go

To complete

And move on           

To start afresh

Many things

To continue

With a few

That’s the trail

That I left behind

In 2017

To start a new 2018