IS JOURNEY BETTER THAN DESTINATION?

[This was written by me on a bus from Ranchi (where I studied) to Gaya (my hometown) after the grim incident of mysterious death of my Friend. She was also my lodge mate and classmate in 11^th &12^th. I was heartbroken and messed up and just wanted to reach home as soon as possible. My mind was wondering about her, the beautiful moments that she spent with me and my other friends, her short life, its purpose, our existence and other things. But slowly with time I could grasp the reality, come face to face with it and handle the situation. I realized that Life is a journey that unfolds slowly and offers various insights and opportunities for us to learn and share.This poem was just an expression of those feelings.]

Carrying a gloomy Face

I was trying to catch up with the rat race

Struck by the trauma of an unusual facet

Driven by fear and Kismet, my fate

I was desperate to plunge on my destined date

Thinking, how time would tick away?

Making….every moment

 To minute

  To hour

   To day

    To weeks

     To months

      To year

It was as if Time had stagnated, not budging to pass,

That’s when I looked around and saw my co-passengers

Having eager faces

Enthusiasm bursting and bubbling in each case!

Their enthusiasm - Was it because of the challenge they were accepting from life?

Or were they like me – in cursing the journey

And blurting – destination is the thing that’s Prime!

But TIME

It’s wonderful; it’s a heavenly creation

If you know it well, yours is the world

But if you are unaware of its passing vibe

You are doomed to remain ordinary

And lost in the dreary dusk. 

Wisely said – Time is the Biggest healer

How I swept away steadily, in its tide

Was unknown to me

I had the rarest feeling

Of its Soothing Ripples

Which gave me Smiles

That would last for a lifetime

Tinkling and reminding me by its chime

That:  Moments are precious

          Live to the fullest

          Love to the infinities

          Gain through the Journeys

Ultimate Destination once you reach

All your vigor is consumed and bleached

Then set foot for another destiny

And that’s when you realize

In the spick and span of time

That – Journey is better than destination, besides!