The Inseparable Reciprocity Of Loss And Gain.

The more I delve into the depths of life’s abyss

It compels me to reminisce

What is it that I truly lose?

What is it that I choose?

A lesson learned from the experience of loss?

Or when I lost myself in the loss?

The growth is inevitable

Whether you learn from the experience or you lose yourself in the experience...the mark it leaves is irrevocable.

All your life you want a grip on something

The hammer and chisel of life’s strife are busy sculpting.

The loss you think you experience is an opportunity to get closer to your Creator’s perfection.

A constant reminder of a human’s inherent imperfection.

The endless yearning to see my Creator,

Helps me be a better abd (slave) to Him than be a mere earth’s arrogant accomplished trader.

My lofty goals to be in His presence,

Helps me strive to be a person of essence.

Don't long for the creation

They are a sheer deviation.

The art on this earth that you long to create

Will perish at its due date

Stop holding on to things or people,

Build memories and build them Regal.

Foster growth in your spirit

Because once you're gone... It's a one-way ticket.

®️©️Shruti Goel

Shruti Goel is a Creative Artist who is a poet, a writer, an essayist, and an accidental photographer. She has been featured on Ekphrastic-Where Art Meets Poetry by a well-known Author Don Beukes. Her work has been published in the International Bilingual Journal Deshkaal/THE MIRROR OF TIME and Earth, Fire, Water & Wind, A Poetry Anthology. Her poetry is published alongside world-renowned poet Jack Foley in the Inaugural issue Of Reflectoem at LitterateuerRW. She writes on contemporary concerns of mental health, gender, violence, relationships, environment, nature, and more. Currently, she is compiling a book of her poems for future publication.