The Path of Change

 The Path of Change

The heat won’t stop

By talking of the burning sun,

But we can shield our skin.
With shade or by avoiding its longest run.
The sun will set when it is done
Let’s guard against what can’t be undone.

The rain won’t stop
By speaking of the storm’s command,
But we can keep our hearts dry.
With shelter or a coat close at hand.
The rain will end when the skies expand
Let’s build for floods, we understand.

We talk and talk of what we can’t control
The sun, the rain, the turning of the soul.
But in our hands lies how we choose to stand:
To adapt and move, or wait and watch the sand.

The world won’t stop
By asking why it shifts so fast,
But we can learn to bend.
Or choose to watch the future from the past.
The world knows motion cannot last forever—
Let’s meet each change with willing hearts, however.

Time won’t slow down.
By wishing clocks would pause or freeze,
But we can plan the hours,
Choose what matters, work with gentle ease.
Time knows its pace, its specific flow.
Let’s use it well before we go.

People won’t change
By our complaints or sharp demands,
But we can choose to see
The good in them, or leave them where they stand.
They’ll learn in time, they’ll understand
Let’s meet their souls with open hands.

No use in asking questions with no answers in our grasp,
No use in holding tightly to what’s never in our clasp.
Let go of what you cannot hold or hurry on its way,
And face the change you’re given, come what may.

So, let’s adapt and move and grow,
Instead of waiting for the world we know
To slow its spin or rearrange.
It’s ours to change.

M.L. Narendra Kumar