The Constant Variable

The Constant Variable

 

   

 

How the fear of the unknown

births in the corner of my heart

Does the burning candle know its destiny?

 

Does the kite flying soaring high in the skies

knows that exact moment it will face the ground

or does the fish fear for the brutal face of the lands

 

We cannot live vying for the love, the sun has for its earth

our trivial minds compare our trivial existence

to this celestial passion living for the time eternal

 

Do the stars know their last shine before

succumbing to the eternal darkness

Unknown is the only certainty

in our mortal lives.

 

Breaths do not come in pairs and you get caught

in its perpetuity but the faithful succession will

stop eventually.

 

We are living in the world of unknowns.

 

 

 

Megha Sood

 

  

Megha Sood lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. She is also a contributing author at GoDogGO Cafe, Candles Online, FVR Publishing, Whisper and the Roar and Poets Corner.
Her works have been featured in GoDogGoCafe, Whisper and the Roar, Duane Poetree, Visual Verse, Vita Brevis, Poets Corner, Modern poetry, Spillwords Press, Indian periodicals, Literary heist, Little Rose Magazine, The Quiet Corner, Writer's Cafe Magazine, and coming up in Modern Literature,KOAN(Paragon Press), Dime Show review and many more. She recently won the 1st prize in NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Mental Health Poetry contest. She blogs at https://meghasworldsite.wordpress.com/.