WENT OUT FOR A WALK 🚶♂️ ONE FOGGY MORNING,
TO RELAX MY MIND AND SOOTHE MY SOUL,
FOR TENSION AND DISTRESS HAD CAPTIVATED MY WHOLE SOUL.
I CRIED OUT ALOUD TO GET RID OF THEM...
"PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE, LEAVE ME ALONE!"
WANTING TO UNWIND,
I SET OUT TO THRILL MYSELF,
I NO LONGER WISHED TO BE A CAPTIVE OF MY THOUGHTS...
I WANDERED THROUGH THE STREETS AIMLESSLY...
SUDDENLY FELT SOMEONE GAZING AT ME,
I HEARD A SWEET WHISPER...
"BE CALM AND QUIET, DEAR,
WHY DO YOU CARRY ALL THE TRIFLES ALONG WITH YOU?
SHAKE THEM OFF!"
"WHO IS THERE?" I WONDERED.
"I AM FOG...
TURN BACK AND THEN LOOK FORWARD,
ISN'T THE SIGHT INVISIBLE AND VAGUE...
YOUR PAST IS BEHIND AND YOUR FUTURE AHEAD,
AREN'T THEY UNCERTAIN AND UNCLEAR?
LIVE IN YOUR PRESENT AND BE HAPPY AND JOLLY."
I THANKED THE FOG FOR HIS WARM ADVICE.
"I WILL BE TRUE TO YOUR WORDS," SAID I.
I KEPT ON MOVING AND MOVING...
I NOTICED A PUPPY FOLLOWING ME,
ITS WAGGING TAIL MADE ME SMILE 😃.
IT WAS IN A FRIENDLY MOOD.
"WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND?" IT WHINED.
"SURE, WHY NOT? YOU ARE SO LOVABLE! 💖"
NOW, ROCKY THE PUPPY WAS MY FRIEND.
I WAS BADLY IN NEED OF A COZY FRIEND.
I HUGGED IT; IT WAS GOD'S GIFT TO ME.
WE BOTH MOVED ON...
FEELING MYSTICAL, FEELING NOSTALGIC,
ENJOYING THE GENTLE BREEZE.
"OH DEAR, ARE YOU FINE WITH ME?"
WHO IS IT? I WONDERED...
"I AM THE GENTLE BREEZE."
"YES, YES, I AM IN MASTI TIME!"
"COME ON THEN, BE LIKE ME,
COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE."
"OH SURE! WHY NOT?" SAID I.
WE WALKED AND WALKED,
ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE...
THE SUN STARTED BEAMING,
ITS RADIANT GOLDEN-RED RAYS
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE SKY...
THE HORIZON'S BEAUTY HAS NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE...
THE SUN SMILED—
THE SMILE WAS SO INNOCENT AND PURE.
"EQUALITY PREVAILS BEFORE ME,
I LOVE ONE AND ALL,
BE LIKE ME, DEAR."
I VOWED TO BE LIKE HIM,
SPREAD LOVE TO ALL,
BE COMPASSIONATE TO ALL,
TRY MY BEST TO SPREAD
HUMANITY IN EVERY NOOK AND CORNER.
WITH GLITTERING EYES,
WE MOVED FURTHER AND FURTHER TO A STREAM.
WATER GUSHED FORWARD,
TWINKLING WITH A SILVERY LOOK AND A ROARING SOUND.
WHAT A PLEASANT SIGHT WAS IT.
BEING MESMERIZED, I STOPPED THERE,
DIPPED BOTH MY HANDS
IN CRYSTAL-CLEAR WATER,
SPRINKLED THE COOL WATER
HERE AND THERE, AND ON MY FACE...
THIS WAS QUITE CHARMING, I FELT RELAXED,
IT WAS AS IF ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
"HOW ARE YOU, PRECIOUS ONE?" ASKED I.
WITH A COOL AND CHARMING SMILE,
SHE SAID, "FINE, FINE.
SEE THE BEAUTIFUL FISH AND
OTHER CREATURES WITHIN ME,
I AM THE ABODE OF MANY.
I LOVE THEM, THEY LOVE ME TOO.
BE LIKE ME, DEAR,
BE LOVABLE AND LOVE ALL, HELP ALL."
"OF COURSE," I PROMISED.
WE CONTINUED THE WALK IN BLISS.
I FELT LIGHTER AND ENERGETIC,
SEEMED AS IF THE ENTIRE COSMOS WAS IN A BLISSFUL STATE,
IN A STATE OF HARMONY...
TREES AND BIRDS, ALL SINGING AND DANCING,
WERE FRIENDLY AND MADE ME COMFORTABLE.
THEY SANG IN CHORUS—
"I GIVE YOU OXYGEN, SHADE, SHELTER, FRUITS,
VEGETABLES, AND MANY MORE...
YOU TOO GIVE WHAT YOU CAN TO OTHERS...
BE HUMANE TO ALL..."
BIRDS FLUTTERED AROUND US...
THEY FLAPPED THEIR WINGS...
"FLAP YOUR WINGS, FLAP, FLAP...
FLY HIGHER AND HIGHER...
SING, DANCE, ENJOY...
AND EXPLORE THE VAST SKY..."
I WAS THRILLED...
I THANKED THEM ALL FOR,
MAKING ME FEEL SO PURE, LIGHT, AND ENLIGHTENED...