That's my thing

Sometimes it seems

life has its own regimes

life is just throwing you

one curved ball after another

as you keep passing through

But I have a thing 

I use every opportunity

to be free and happy

every single one

to be super fun

Don't just take a shower 

feel into and receive pleasure 

from the water on your skin

Yes that’s my thing

Don't just walk on the street 

enjoy the fragrances of the trees 

and the flowers swinging

Yes that’s my thing

Don't just drive your vehicle 

sing karaoke to radio station

Open window to feel hair flying

Yes that’s my thing 

© Priya Jain

You belong

 You belong.

Yes you belong.

Like a snowflake, 

you are same 

and different 

from all snow flakes

In a bed of snow, 

every snowflake belongs 

every snowflake is unique

You belong

Yes you belong

Like a leaf,

you are same

and different

from all leaves

On a tree,

every leaf belongs

every leaf is unique

You belong

Yes you belong

Like a water droplet,

you are same

and different 

from all water droplets

In an ocean 

every droplet belongs

every droplet is unique

You belong

Yes you belong

Just as a tiny seed

turns into giant tree

Creator of universe

is in your team 

You have been given 

the ball

Run with it, you may fall

Run knowing you have

immeasurable potential

You will always stand tall

© Priya Jain

When the sun rises

 When the sun rises, 

it rises for you.

Yes, for you

Yes, that's true.

You are it, everything, 

the universe, yang and yin

galaxies and stars.

Venus and Mars.

 

separateness you feel 

is only a mask to conceal

You have to put it on

to enjoy human form

 

Under the mask, 

You have a class

and your shape is all

it's not big or small

Now how far can you 

feel yourself expand? 

to your friend?... 

To your parent?... 

To your aunt?

to your child?...

to a stranger online?

to your guru, imam or pope?

 half way around the globe?

© Priya Jain

 

Great Tapestry Of Time

 No one can look beyond

the horizon of their own

There is a meaning

to all that is happening

There is a purpose

behind our status

behind our actions

behind our reactions

All things have their season

Every stitch has a reason

We are not the messy webs

We are the colorful threads

in the great tapestry of time

that will always rise and shine

that will always be divine

that will always be yours and mine

Guilt, jealousy, pleasure

are part of our architecture

What lays our foundation?

What can save our eradication?

Honesty, integrity, bravery

can save the human dynasty

can provide us the stability

can bring us our of toxicity

© Priya Jain