Moments in time - poem

They pass, each with a small step. Steps that go a long way.

Phases and phrases, all done and said, they pass too - not once looking back.

Faintly becoming memories, that just walk into the bliss. Gone, slowly drifting far beyond.

One minute you're there, screaming on the roller coaster of life, and the next?

You stand still, watching as far as the horizon, where land meets sea, and the sea, sky.

Everything you lived exists only there now, far from your reach.

Every experience, every laughter, every cherished memory;

The nights spent on the bench watching the moon set and the sun rise,

The nights your tears said both goodbye and hello to the sun.

The people who caressed your soul in their words.

The giggles, laughter, and joy you felt with the sand intruding your clothes. As you carelessly played on the beach.

The sparkling apple cider by the moonlit ocean;

The cartwheels that followed soon after,

Live pictures captured by your best friend

Of you carelessly running into the cold water

But you felt invincible, like neither the wind could touch you, nor the unknown,

as if you had the strength to fight through anything.

The morning prayers, that calmed your storms

and protected you against all evil will

The sound of rain and the athaan echoing to you in three directions

as you sipped on your tea, there, sitting on the balcony.

The addictive feeling - as you rollerbladed with the wind

Understanding science, far beyond your will.

Then looking for the same feeling

In riding horses, motorcycles, and skydiving.

The humble joy you felt when people called you crazy

Knowing you were crazy to live.

To feel the joy, the sweetness in a single bite of a macaroon.

Knowing that life too, was the same.

That at times, you have to simply close your eyes, and exhale that breath of pain.

Unapologetically living, because if you didn’t, who would - experience the world for you?

The sweetness of moments, if only we could live them forever.

But we could.. can't we?

That’s where the ''cherish your memories'' comes from right?

Memories fade, but when you remember, they are there, playing in a loop, to breathe the same air, and to feel the same joy, you just need to close your eyes, and press rewind. And watch - quietly, as they play... over and over again.

In a loop, there, forever, and for as long as you want it to remain.