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When time stands still…

Meenakshi Malhotra
1 min readSep 16, 2023

Life of all living beings does come to a stage when you have seen, done, experienced and lived it all. The fact that humans can emote and share their experiences gives them an edge of being social.

What happens when the idle time in your life makes you wanna evaluate your pros and cons? Keep looking ahead or keep looking backwards are the two options we have.

As quoted by Benjamin Franklin “Lost time is never found again”.

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The saplings are growing into plants

and the plants are ageing into trees

They stand tall and stagnant

getting bored of the cool sea breeze

Whiling away the days and nights

they strike a sense of emptiness

Dolce Far Niente ambience is spreading its wings

the dusk is taking all their hues, making them colourless

Soaring far and above the clouds of hollow thoughts

the mind draws a silver lining through them

Coruscating the dew on their surface

it runs a spark in their dormant roots and stems

They wait for the dawn to appear

bringing their charismatic life back

Complacent they stand against the tide of time

rejoicing the present, till it again turns black

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Meenakshi Malhotra
Meenakshi Malhotra

Written by Meenakshi Malhotra

I have learnt to be in a happy space since I started penning down my perspective as a poet and a writer.

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Keep looking ahead or keep looking backwards are the two options we have.

This does happen every single time. I try to bring myself back to the present moment but there is always something in the future or the past. It's pointless thinking but it happens.
But like you said, rejoicing in the present is what it's all about. Nice piece.

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