No spaces

Posted on by Reena Saxena

My health-conscious family pushes me to take this evening walk in the woods. And there is not a single evening when I don’t think of my sister.

She was the achiever in the family. She sprinted through her academic and professional life in leaps and bounds, making us all proud. She chose to remain single.

I recall a conversation we had while going for a walk, in late spring. She felt complete in herself and that another individual could only dent her sense of independence and self-sufficiency, by encroaching on her space.

a rose in full bloom
knows its fragrance will last, but
not overwhelm woods

it disintegrates
challenged by irrelevance
lives only to give

Haibun Monday at dVerse

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