Questions

What will this poem of mine swirl?

What mystery will it unfurl?

All around magic and mystery

Intertwine, baffling us the while

Have you watched your finger move?

The perfection in every joint mystifies

So does the beautifully functioning heart

and brain and every other body part

each a bewildering entity, science apart

Every stream of science continues,

to discover and demystify the basics

Often times the depths too

But wonders never cease to astound

Scientists can’t always say ‘finito’

The brain works 24/7 - better

when we are asleep...

but it’s workings continue to shock

Analysts and counsellors

are often dumbfound at its volatility

As they strive to fathom and speculate

One minute it is all in perfect order

next, the mechanism we take

for granted, suddenly somersaults...

Depression has altered it to a fault

The chrysalis is puzzling too

Will it be a butterfly? Will it be a moth?

And buds... they are phenomenal

Petal by soft petal they open up

We remain agape at their splendour

Made up of atoms, we are but specs

in a miniscule dot that is our world

Yet the strangest of all mysteries to me

Is the colossal ego we humans carry;

And then question that there is no peace?

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.