We have come to the cross-roads
And I must either leave or come with you.
I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And I saw in your face
The road that I should take.
- Kwesi Brew
Sadness and grief usually come into our lives as uninvited guest.
They shake us. The longer we stay in denial, the further we postpone the pain. There are many lenses through which we see pain.
But pain though uncomfortable is an eye opener. How much more can you take, what is your threshold.
The universe seems to be pulling strings, reciting a beautiful sonnet like strings of a guitar, so harmoniously woven into our very existence. Pain happens to be that chord that does not want to be played, the grand Executioner.
It seeks to numb the spirit, make the heart heavier.
Running , running , running
There is no escape for a while, yes for a while but definitely it will subside.
This pain can be overcome under the warmth of love.
The night is like a visual representation of the pain.
Maya Angelou expresses it succinctly when she writes in her poem " Life doesn't frighten me at all "
Shadows on the wall
Noises down the hall
Life doesn't frighten me at all
Bad dogs barking loud
Big ghosts in a cloud
Life doesn't frighten me at all
Mean old Mother Goose
Lions on the loose
They don't frighten me at all
Dragons breathing flame
On my counterpane
That doesn't frighten me at all.
I go boo
Make them shoo
I make fun
Way they run
I won't cry
So they fly
I just smile
They go wild
Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Tough guys fight
All alone at night
Life doesn't frighten me at all.
Panthers in the park
Strangers in the dark
No, they don't frighten me at all.
That new classroom where
Boys all pull my hair
(Kissy little girls
With their hair in curls)
They don't frighten me at all.
Don't show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I'm afraid at all
It's only in my dreams.
I've got a magic charm
That I keep up my sleeve
I can walk the ocean floor
And never have to breathe.
Life doesn't frighten me at all
Not at all
Not at all.
Life doesn't frighten me at all.
