Quicksand

Positive thoughts

Sincere words

Considerate actions

and other such blessings

these days, they seem 

so difficult to discern..

Why do they appear

always shrouded

in doubts and mystery

wrapped up in one 

or other conspiracy

as if all that exists

is a swamp, murky

forbidding and sinister

wherein no lotus ever blooms

and no sunlight ever reaches

while a quicksand hides

in perfect sight

awaiting to engulf 

anything it touches

as a whole..

Here comes the rain, again

stirring the mix

concocting again

a primordial soup, are we?

Positive thoughts

Sincere words

Considerate actions

and other such blessings

are still hard to discern

though that doesn't mean 

they don't exist in the mix

wherein the lotus shall bloom

once again 

the dew sliding off its surface

washing away the shrouding mist

as a life to be born anew 

needs not only soil,

water and air

but also 

considerable time to grow

and a right season to flourish..

- Krutika Tawde