After long last
The rains have come home
Sound of rains
Like music to the ears
The city roads and trees look happy
Finally a complete wash
And a chance to come clean
Washing away all the dust and grime
The cars roofs and leaves
Glistening with water droplets
Finally clouds kept their promise
They brought down water drops
To trap light and refract away
To create sparkling dots
Mini stars on the ground
Amidst all the darkness
Sun and stars may seem like
Permanent fixtures of our lives
Moving across the sky
The sun and other billions of them
They are literally a ball of fire
Constantly fusing atoms together
Depleting their reserves slowly
And very brightly
They are going to die too
Each one of them
Die and evolve into something else
Depending on how big or small they are
White dwarf, black dwarf, neutron stars
Or maybe a black hole
Just like every other being
The stars burn out too
And fade into oblivion
Their life timescales are too large
For us to witness
Like ours is for creatures who
Live for only for a bit
Nothing is permanent
Nor stars, nor universe nor we
Yet we keep seeking forevers
Knowing very well that
The cosmic dance can end any moment
Knowing that everyone will move on
Memories linger but that too
For a while, only a little while
In the grand scale of the universe
Sky, horizons, time, colours
Eternities and forevers are illusions
Stars burn out too…so do we…
Life teaches
How to pick
Yourself up
Along with all
The broken pieces
Of your heart
And your being
One just needs
To be patient
Those life lessons
Are like strewn clues
Hidden in a flower
Or a bleak star
In the night sky perhaps
Or on the dark side
Of the moon
When pushed
To a corner
Or into an abyss
Don’t quit
But rebel
Your life puzzle
Maybe undone
With pieces missing
But new pieces
Are strewn around you
Pick those up
Try to find
A grander puzzle
Or a greater purpose
Or just be
An unseen gardener
Toiling away
For the new seeds
To germinate
Pick yourself up
Don’t give up
Yet.
20/1/2025
Mad Decadence 