In the ladder of life, I climb, one rung at a time, when birthday arrives
Friends and well-wishers come and party begins with candles blown.
Gifts and parties, a gala affair, or one intimate dinner and joyful I smile.
Lights go dim and silence permeates, I reflect: where the time has gone.
Memories left to recall. Some sweet, others best-forgotten but cannot.
Youth came and went, like the fragrance of the mid --summer night's breeze.
Here a moment ago, then gone, like a fleeting thought or a pleasant dream.
With the blink of an eye, cosmic Vishnu appears and flips the time, says the sage.
Beware of advancing age and degrading of this cellular body; a life is spent and yet,
I pretend-Things are not what they seem; I have endless life; I drank the elixir of youth.
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Author Notes
The Cosmic Vishnu flipping the time relates to the Hindu understanding of Cosmic cycles of birth, demise and rebirth where Maha (Great)Vishnu wakes up at the end of cosmic cycle and opens eye and with it, the rejuvenation of Cosmos begins. A Metaphysical concept used here to remind life is part of this cycle.
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