So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye!

Cool air dancing on stern walls,

coffee rush in zesty morning flavours,

brainstorming conversations,

with sketch pens spilled on tracing paper.

Today, I take a pause

to save all these remembrances.

Bursting with to-do lists,

always in a hurry …

I recollect my daily trek

along those known pavements.

And suddenly I realize how much

this routine has actually given me!

Along with my own self-search

from a confused mum

to a calm contained designer,

varied cultures explored,

so many interesting people I met.

I owe a lot to this space.

To the window that distracted me

every single noon,

to bring out flowing words .

To my work desk full of doodles,

where I often went to dream.

I carry bits of them with me.

As I say a final goodbye,

I find heaps of golden times,

smiles, tears and memory dust.

A chapter from my secret life

carefully documented

in folders and notebooks,

on shelves, in drawers .

Yet held back on some pages,

a few precious feelings

and abstract  ideas,

waiting to fly out

onto undiscovered roads.

~ How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives. And then one fine day, we realise what is it that we really want from life. I have decided to take a break from 9 to 5 and try the road not taken. Meanwhile in these summer holidays I enjoy more sips of poetry and some freelance work.