Companion...

Alone I was in this stream of life, When you came I found a companion

How was it conceived

in the nature of things,

that someone would

share her nights and days

with me, and I with her?

A chance encounter

written nowhere,

and yet it happened,

that you will be a poem

I will read over and over

all my life, and find 

new meanings, inexhaustible, 

never-ending meanings

I agree that all is chance,

Chance is the sight 

of a sparrow,

Chance is the witnessing

of a butterfly’s fluttering wings,

it is by chance that 

when we are outside, the wind

brings the fragrance 

of flowers to us,

I agree that our meeting 

was by chance,

but the magic in life happens

afterwards,

after chance brings

the unknown gifts,
and we can only be grateful
for them

You made my life playful

You brought order to my life

I had the pencil in my hand,

and was trying with trembling hands

to complete life’s circle,

working night and day 

to give it completeness, wholeness, 

you held my hand,
and gracefully 

completed the circle

making my life whole

and beautiful…

© Manan sheel.