From Birth to Death

Life in its interplay

of splendour and struggle

fear and compassion,

love and oppression

delights and disorders

traverses unusual routes

planned and unplanned...

no road maps; no signposts

intersections become frantic tangles

emotions are immobilised

intellect jammed; reason blocked

It contorts us into origami folds...

paper boats that cannot navigate

the chaotic sea of transitions;

in this voyage from birth to death

life will have its way, it cannot be forced

but there is an inner lighthouse of hope

it flickers on and off beaming a ray

that signals – you can change your story

unfold yourself into a scroll of courage

flow with natural rhythms, high and low

do your best to reclaim your lost self

Bio

Shernaz Wadia (Pune, India), reading and writing poems  is one of the means to embark on an inward journey. She hopes her words will bring peace, hope and light into dark corners.

Her poems have been published in many Indian and international e-journals and anthologies. She has published her own book of poems "Whispers of the Soul" and two volumes of "Tapestry Poetry - A Fusion of Two Minds".  It is an innovative form of collaborative poetry writing that she developed and co-authored together with her poetry partner Avril Meallem from Israel.