Sitting by the side of the river...

limping lifelessly

burdened by thousands of thoughts

I collapsed by the side of the river

Shunned and pushed

by one and all

I lay there

depressed, dejected

sound of the river

seemed to drowna

in the chaos of

my mind

cool breeze

mischievously and

persistently

irritated

I gave up

and let the breeze

caress my face and

the river sing to me

after a prelude

of flowing sounds

the river started its

lullaby

"I am a drop

from the sky

fell on a leaf

pleaded to hide

leaf just smiled

and gently

pushed me

aside

I fell on the rock

clung to it for my life

with a tear in my eye

pleaded to hide

with a gentle smile

the rock too

pushed me

aside

I fell from rock to rock

and leaf to leaf

pushed and shunned

yet no relief

thousand other drops

joined me in my grief

together we struggled

with some deep belief

we kept moving

we kept leaping

we kept flowing

we kept growing

now, we move the rocks

and give life to leaves

we are unstoppable

we find alternatives

thanks to the leaf

and to the rocks

who pushed me aside

and gave me life

I move on

I keep leaping

I keep flowing

I keep growing

I am a drop

from the sky

shunned by the leaf

pushed by the rock

I am a part

of a flowing

river"

for the first time

in my life

I woke up from

a deep slumber

since then,

I keep flowing

I move on

and I feel

magical

ecstatic

alive

Every moment

- Musten Jiruwala