WORKING ON MYSELF, TO HEAL YOU...

Mindful tiny steps, unfriending haste Not to prove, not for accolades, but to evolve... Addressing, and dressing the ignored wounds Accepting, some never heal yet life goes on...

- BY MADHUMATHI H.

Choosing peace, over happiness - mine, or others'
Working on myself, the best gift to my beloved ones
Reiterating the "dos and don'ts", to not stumble from neglect
Being kindest to self, yet own critic, and chisel too

In an uncertain life, if certain are my dreams
Will my fears, doubts, regrets allow me to grow?
Let courage be the vitamin for my mind, no matter what
May there be discipline in organising emotions, to avoid searing....

Journals, planners, resolutions aside
How i treat today, is the yardstick of my rise
Am i mindful not to repeat yesterday's mistakes
Lessons learnt, do they warn me as tomorrow dawns?!

Guide me shed all the painful, messy past that still moulded me
To begin this new day, intending to breathe peace, dear universe...
Borrowing, "Forever is composed of Nows" from Emily
Let my life be feather-light, heart weighing love.

A bilingual poet-writer (Tamil, English), Lyricist, Madhumathi. H is an ardent lover of Nature, Poetry, Photography, Music.