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What better picture to depict the passage of TIME, than the crisp autumn leaves on the branches with that orange hue and vintage vibe? This picture here was clicked at the Nursery of my institute, CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, New Delhi. And Time is a dimension that intrigues me the more I give thought to it. Penning down a few lines, with the search for more clarity still on...


The first gulp of air and that blessed cry, 

Your life click is set in motion

You have a past, present and a future,

All decided by the sole factor  'Time'.


What is Time? The reading in your watch?

Or the invisible movement of moments?

Maybe the result of those celestial motions?

Or the inability of universe to stay frozen?


Time waits for none, we have often heard.

Can't go back in time to see the Past.

Though some claims of insights into Future

The Present is all you are allowed to see.


The Past is a Memory and Future a Guess;

Time always spans between these pins.

Marching forward and never looking back, 

Keep up with it, or will be left behind.


But what if you fold into two, this page of Time 

The Present, the Now, being the centre.

Past and  Future converges and its a box 

Reflections of your life all around you.


And then you see yourselves, grow and degrade

The meaning of life, slowly seeping in deep

Another dimension of life, well acknowledged

That knowledge more powerful than all.


A thoughtful and inquisitive few've succeeded

In finding the alleyway in this labyrinth of time,

That connects the dots, seemingly far apart.

But in real, just frames , kept side by side.


'Interstellar', the 'Tenet', or the 'Butterfly Effect'

Time is much discussed in a variety of planes

But its a mystery best left alone,  unprobed,

and take one step at a time, advancing on 'Time'.

Comments

  1. Meraki AP8 June 2023 at 06:46

    This picture and your words are soo thought provoking!
    Very well penned down🖋️📄

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