Poem-- The Pendulum

Man in this world seldom lives in the present. Ever our thoughts stray to the past or the future. We visualize great dreams as we think of that which, as of yet, has not come to pass. Similarly we also think of the past, and the blows that time dealt us. Ever we wallow in old memories relishing or despising them as per our convenience. We never let go of the past or the future. In this paradox, the time that we live in, the only moment in which we truly exist, our present, is lost to us. And consequently so is the future. Thus in the equation of life, Time itself is lost to us. Therefore the key to a truly blissful existence is to ever live in the present and not in the past or the future. The gist of the following poem can thus be conveyed in three simple lines...
Live in the Present, Don’t overlook the Past & Be mindful of the Future.

The Pendulum
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The Pendulum of Life swings left and right,
Past and Future with a slight curvature,
Amplitude proportional to attitude,
and the rapidness with thy nature

As we walk through life, day to day,
we ever think of what was, what could be,
Endlessly through thoughts we often stray,
just like a pendulum, we ever sway.

We hope for the future and we curse the past,
never ever being in the golden moment,
Ever we count what we gained and lost,
never ever enjoying the moment that just passed,

The past forever is lost to us,
the future is hidden behind a blur
The moment we live is only ours, thus
ever live in it, the essence of divine myrrh.

Forever we need to live in the present,
as its the only way to live forever,
Ourselves we must endlessly reinvent
as we get the gist of our lofty endeavor

The day the pendulum finally stops,
will be the day you move a step closer
realizing forever what you are,
and finally seek out the divine treasure.

The cosmic dream with its nuances fine,
will remain a mystery ever to you
Till the day, for you time itself sublimes.
then you will ever be fresh as the morning dew,
You the drunk, you the bottle, you the wine
As you ever rejoice in the essence divine.

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Ajinkya Mate