March 27, 2020
A piece by Srisaravana
Glimpse of Life
Stay for as long as the words ask you to.
begin readingtake a breath · read slowly
Life is given and forgotten
So much sacrifice, for
None are remembered
Fall apart are the days so long
One has seen too much to know
Come and gone is the glory of life
Days have marched in haste
I am still sitting on this bench
Calm and pale as the light could be
A delightful sunset is about to run, and
The light that left will go at once, but
It reminds me of the beautiful one
Glorious, splendid, and breathtaking one
Gone or forgotten, it doesn’t care
A life that exists for the sake of its own
At last, I glimpsed the truth so tight
That sunset was worth the blissful while
I am so glad that I sat on the bench
Feast my eyes on the beauty of un-wrenched
My life is given and is forgotten so much
For none is the regret that I could share