Monday, July 14, 2014

Footnotes II

[The first instalment is here.]

Beauty is the stillness
of mirrors; Religion is a signpost
in an open desert; Goodbye
is the weight of a rose on a headstone;
Travel is a means of forgetting; Photography
is the currency of impermanence; Hope is
a stranger's smile seen through one's tears;
Novels are second hand dreams; Parenthood
is a long, slow education in letting go;
Regret is curiosity gone astray; Sadness is
an abandoned parasol in the monsoon;
Poetry is the imperfection of dusk; Distance
is the shared loneliness of railway tracks.

4 comments:

Indira Devi said...

Beautiful.So good

Anonymous said...

"Regret is curiosity gone astray"
Brilliant.

AskAks said...

"Parenthood
is a long, slow education in letting go".
Sad, but true. Parenting is an epitome of selfishness & selflessness blended into a delicate balance. Sigh...paradoxes.

Dwiti R said...

beautiful..
have read this piece many times, and every time a new aspect strikes you..
just superb..