My Anthology

Life

Once I had googled 'what is life?'
The answers which I received were of various types

Some said life is fake
Others said life is a piece of cake

Some said life is a battle
Others said it is very easy to handle

These answers did not convince me
And I decided to answer the questions myself

So I imagined each and every person's life as a drop of water in a river
Flowing towards the giant ocean as small as a sliver

The waterfall from where the river begins is the birth, the mouth of the ocean is the death
The time the journey takes is only dependent on faith

No drop can resist the flow
Nor can anyone make the speed slow

The only thing it can do is change the nature of other drops
The one he loves and the one he cares for

So the river flows; each drop with his family and friends
Loving and caring until the end

So the river flows; not with its own life, but with the life of others
Who reach the mouth and die as doctors, lawyers or even murderers

But there, there is a rock in the river which obstructs the flow
Most of the drops slide past it and continue their journey to death

But there are a few courageous drops
Who face head on the rocks

These are the ones who surpass the boundaries of their families and friends
The whole world listens to them

These are the ones who the others look up to
These are the ones who the others try to become

These are the ones who lead the world
These are the ones who do not have wings but fly until they reach their dreams

These are the ones who reach glory
Because of them the world gets a story

These are the ones who never reach the river's mouth
There life becomes a story and their stories immortal

They are just displayed there on the rocks
To encourage the young flowing drops to give every impossibility a shot

And so the river flows; alongside the rocks which are kept as monuments
For the future generations to look up to and become the new instruments

And this is what life is...

-Tan