Saturday, October 11, 2008

An Ode to the Long Run



In the long run, the fog settles,
And you begin to see things for what they are.

In the long run, doubts clear
And you realize worrying is an unproductive task.

In the long run, your friends and competitors become apparent,
And you wonder how you ever confused the two.

In the long-run, you and your partner do your best
And wait for each other at the crossroads so you don’t lose way.

In the long run, you challenge yourself
To do more than you thought you could do, and try for more than you imagined.

In the long run, you begin to understand
That getting lost helped you find yourself.

In the long run, you detach from
And dissolve your expectations of what should be and what could be.

In the long run, you stop resisting
And accept the strange rhythm of the Universe, uncertain yet beautiful is its melody.

In the long run, you are happy
And realize you always were and always will be.

In the long run, you let go
And just be.

7 comments:

halley claire said...

Sha, that's is beautiful! did u write it? Very inspirational. See you at the long run next week!

gk said...

beautiful!

Sharanya said...

Thanks, guys. I had a great long run where I learnt many things.. :)

Anonymous said...

nice poem.... I hope I will realize some of these in my long run :)

g_tree said...

that's lovely.

comfortably numb said...

Cool stuff!

Anonymous said...

Sharanya you have a real talent in expressing your deepest thoughts in beautiful poems....