The Sun, The Stars, The Sky, The Rain .... Nature ...

beauty re-defined

In a world where sharp noses, fair complexion and a size-zero body define beauty, we need to rethink what we mean when we say"Hey, you're beautiful"

We've forgotten the difference between looking pretty and being beautiful ..

With the purpose to re-discover the sense of contentment and happiness in beauty .. here's an ode to the source of light, to the source of life- The Sun

ODE TO THE SUN

“A ball of fire!”

A young student exclaims

“no, it’s more of a heavenly body.”

We hear a mature say

“still not complete-“

Adds on a wise mind

“it is a star

The biggest and the

Mightiest of all

The centre of our world

The Milky Way”

But my mind questions-

Is it just that?

Just some scientific object?

Can a textbook define

Its boundaries unlimited?

Sun- the creation of God

The father of the Earth

Who brightens the path

Of all its ‘sons’

The sun so majestic

The source of light.

As I walk along the road

In the daytime so long

I glance up at you, Sun

But why is it so that no matter

How hard I try

I just can’t see your face?

Are you too shy?

To show yourself to me

Or is it so that

Your beauty is so unimaginable

That it will be vulnerable

If we see it?

Do you really believe

We could destroy it

Just like we have

Diminished every other object

‘Object,’ we say, of nature

Whose beauty is so

Marvelous- breathtaking?

If you think to Sun

I believe it is justified

For you know what is right

You know what is best

As you smile along

It brightens my face

I wonder what’ll happen

When that horrible day comes

The day you’ll smile no more

Shaking the thought away

“Savor it while you can”

I say

I jog along the path

You are smiling as always

But too beautiful to bear

It brings sweat on my face

Tired by your happiness

In a world too sad

I’m sorry I can’t keep up

As I run along the path

Thinking along the lines

I realize your guidance is god-like

To processes too important

To be shadowed by your

Circular kindness

You suddenly send tears of joy

Relieving us all from

The inevitable pain of your magnificence

As if the water cycle wasn’t enough

You regulate our life-cycle too?

Oh Sun!

Don’t you ever fatigue?

I wonder at what an inspiration

You are- one too under-rated

One too misunderstood

Your splendor is the element of joy

It’s the cycle of laughter

The cycle of care

The cycle of love

Of sadness unshared

But most importantly

Your beauty reflects

Just what you do

Everything in a circle-

Never ending

Unlike us, your inner beauty

Is as glamorous

As you look.

Thought after thought- in a long string

Connected- could be un-ending

But as you take a dive

Inside the hills, or the clear blue waters

Somewhere with a nod of approbation

I am satisfied- I know that you’ll

Come along tomorrow

And even in the black night

Sunshine all around me

I am peaceful.