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My Precious

I am loving this phase. I haven't had to look hard for a reason to smile. All I need is to rewind and replay a memory, one so powerful that it belittles every other that has elapsed in the past. How long are its effects going to last? I am hoping at least this life time. That is being conservative in my estimate. Nevertheless, my growing dependence on it worries me, but I wish to do nothing about it. It is the dependence that is the source of joy, which is as real as the first ray of sunlight. The joy is unconditional and boundless, has truly no strings attached. Is it a dream? Possibly, yes. Such happiness can only emanate in a Utopian world, a fictitious wonderland, which is stuff of reverie. But then I pinch myself to check if it is for real. The thought vanishes momentarily but the feeling stays. I reassure myself that I am right. I am doing what not many others have done. I am living my dream, pursuing my personal legend. Have I achieved my personal legend? No. What I have att...

My Elixir

A song in the silent woods A drop of the morning dew A baby in the arms of a mother A leaf that the wind blew Take everything but these away Let my elixir of life stay A word with the one I love A change of heart I brought A fruit from the seed I sowed A line from the poetry I wrote Take everything but these away Let my elixir of life stay A balloon in the hand of a child A hope in the rising sun A smile that I can bring to a face A tear of joy in the eyes of someone Take everything but these away Let my elixir of life stay Happiness is a state of mind Not found, nor stored A thought so powerful Not pursued, nor borrowed It keeps finding me When I choose to let it be You can take everything but this away My elixir of life will stay