Morning prayer for thyself

 

May I live this day
in such a way
that if the Reaper comes
whispers and says
he will be back morrow
to take it all away
I would have no urge
to change the engagements
waiting on my tray.

Superposition of Quantum States

We exist

as quantum superposition
of all possible states,

and thus,

I am you
and you are me.

And once,
we had thought
we complemented each other
and will stay
entangled forever.

But a glitch happened
and Heisenberg said
both cannot exist
in the same moment,
and laugh together.

You begin to feel …

...you are getting close to retire

when

the work you do
starts to feel like
just an empty chatter;

when

the steps in the hallway
heading for a meeting
don't bounce
but merely pitter-patter;

when

cash awards and accolades
from CEO’s aides
no longer flatter;

and definitely when

the week spent in Florida
begins to call, and
sings the siren song
the time you have left,
it matters.

Lighten the burden of the past

People departed

hang on in old emails
and say boo
at random moments.

When searching for John
a different in the ether
says - oh hi,
if it works for you
then let us go
for lunch tomorrow;
the Thai restaurant
a few blocks away
will work.

For a moment,
it feels strange
conversing with the dead
and learning
their eating preferences.

Lately, a similar story
has been repeating
a bit too often
for my living self.

Perhaps,
it is time to go through
the contact list
and purge dead names,
and clean up emails
and lighten the burden
of a lengthening past.