River of Life

A blade of grass

fell in a river

and was set adrift.

It had an ambition

to stop the flow

of the gurgling river.

It turned across,

breathed in deep

and grunted hard,

‘Today I will stop

you at any cost.’

A blade of grass

fell in a river

and was set adrift.

It had an ambition

to merge the river

with the endless sea.

Inspired it was as

it roared, ‘Follow me

you mighty river,

I will not rest

until I get you home.’

The river just flowed,

blissfully ignorant 

of the blades’ existence.

*The poem is based on the wisdom of Shiv Puran as described in the serial 'Devon ke dev Mahadev'.