Once in a lifetime

Posted on by Reena Saxena
Traveler standing in a sea cave overlooking the ocean; text reads “ONCE IN A LIFETIME.”

once in a lifetime
you will turn back and look
at the footprints of bleeding feet
with volcanoes threatening to burst
inside you; and you will know it has been
a long way. It is time to chuck it all
like a traveller does, in absence of return fare
settle down in the shade, to be cool
and invisible

once in a lifetime
the light will call, and you will
choose to merge with it
rather than shine

Poetics: Once in a Lifetime

21 thoughts on “Once in a lifetime”

  8. Stunning and poignant, Reena. The image of the ‘footprints of bleeding feet with volcanoes threatening to burst’ is powerful. I love the shift from the heat of volcanoes to shade to light.

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