My four lines #27

நிழல் கண்டு ஆதங்கம் கொண்டு
நிஜம் மாற்றும் பேரிச்சைத் தோன்றும்
நிழல் கொஞ்சம் அருகில் வந்தால்
நிஜம் போற்றும் மனதின் மாற்றம்

My four lines #26

If education could be about learning to enjoy learning,
If life could be about celebrating the gift of life,
There's no failure but for failure to learn,
There's no death but for mourning to live.

My four lines #25

Good souls bring sunshine through your dark tinted world view,
Their timing in life is a creepy conspiracy of the universe,
You don't find them, your mess of a life does, from places unnoticed,
They stand by you in your unchosen battles and silently pray.

My four lines #24

Words, you lay them dry, hoping they'll stand up for your thoughts,
Inadequate, nonresilient, and God forbid hollow they remain,
While you want them to break the silence and mean the truth,
They simply fill the gaps when minds speak incessantly.

My four lines #23

You don't know what you are made of, made for,
But you're heavily drunk on making it big, so big,
You blossom and wither a thousand times a day,
In a hope to remain high through warships and headwinds.

My four lines #22

In your attempt to add value and create change,
You discover courage to lay bare and exposed,
You fight labels and fears, internal and external,
As you try to reinforce your validity to yourself.

My four lines #21

Like a pendulum they sway closer and farther,
As their need determines their proximity with you.
With a strange world sense exist these temporary humans,
Forming bonds in vacuum, inhaling their own exhaust.