We all walk the same road,
travelled by thousands,
still we all experience
something different.
Was it the road
which offered,
or,
was it always within me
the road just facilitated?
The present of me
is the culmination of past,
and so does the future.
In the middle of the road,
we always look forward,
we look at the milestones.
But when it comes to life,
we look backward
even though we all know
it always moves forward.
We think of the future,
and end up creating the past.
Was it the journey of the road,
or the journey of life
which made it different?
If it’s the road,
then it has to be the same.
And if it’s the life,
then there should not
be any comparison.
We all learn the language
to express ourselves.
But there are things
which cannot be captured
in mere words.
Sometimes silence
is more piercing
than harsh words.
Words are just one of the tools
to express something
yet we put too much importance on them.
A child who hasn’t learned a single word
still knows the language of love.
He knows how to get something.
He can’t speak a single word,
but we know what he wants.
We don’t understand
what the cuckoo is saying,
still we love her voice
and hate the crow,
without understanding,
without realizing.
Even though the cuckoo’s birth
starts with the death of someone else,
its life is based on
selfishness
murder.
And the crow makes its own nest
life begins
with sheer hard work,
bit by bit,
piece by piece.
Maybe we judge
based on sweetness.
We judge the book by its cover.
We give too much importance
to superfluous things.
Everything comes later
things need time
to understand the behavior,
to understand the person.”
✍️ “We chase meaning, but meaning is never given it’s created. The same road holds a thousand stories, each told by a different traveler. Perhaps, it’s never the path that defines us, but the eyes that see it.”