Sun, sands, the sea and the ship!
A Photo a Week Challenge: Brighten Up Your Day
Sun, sands, the sea and the ship!
Content ambition
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
-William Blake
Being contented with what you’ve got
Leads on the path to happiness
Be satisfied is what I was taught
Was told that it would lower stress..
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My heart does not this fact accept
I think contentment kills progress
When my inner desires I inspect,
I long for much more, I confess..
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This want, however, is my trigger
That makes me climb ambition’s slope
Makes me aspire for achievements bigger
The constant desire gives me hope…
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I face the music of ambition
Toss and turn at night I do
Until my efforts reach fruition
Anxious, restless I stay too.
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This dilemma I cannot resolve
Between contentment and ambition
For following one seems to involve
Letting go of the other condition..
There is something of which I’m certain
Mankind made progress from ambition
Were those ambitious men burdened
By the stress of following their passion?
On the other hand we see some
People who are happy as they are
They maintain balance and equilibrium
They maintain peace and avoid war.
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I am constantly trying to find
That sweet spot, the middle ground
Yet I cannot make up my mind
Whether at all it can be found
I live for the upswings of achieving
Failure causes momentary depression
But then I go on, always believing
That I can follow my true passion,
Somewhere, some day I am sure
I shall find something in my pursuit
That will my restlessness cure
As well as my ambition boost!
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #11
All these photographs are from my recent visit to San Diego, CA
Corridor, Hotel Hyatt, San Diego, CA
Stairway at a boutique hotel, San Diego, CA
Corridor, Coronado, San Diego
Seaport Village, San Diego
A Word a Week Photograph Challenge – Float
ONE WORD PHOTO CHALLENGE: MELON
What a lovely color to photograph!
Both my images are from the Philadelphia Flower Show.
Attraction
Laws of attraction
Whimsical, arbitrary
Causing distraction
In a life ordinary
Wreaking havoc profound
In a tumultuous mind
Emotions raising a sound
While going through the grind
I was caught unaware
Thrown in a cataclysm
Obsession threatening to declare
A war within my heart’s realm
Oblivious of circumstance
Mindless of time and place
Attraction I felt simply by chance
Leaving me a million questions to face
Suspended in mid-air did I feel
With choices difficult lying ahead
As I tried to quieten the zeal
Of a passion I thought was long dead
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I was tempted to follow my heart
And get instant gratification
I knew that this was not smart
I would face lasting ramifications
I steered myself away
With a steely resolve
Fervently while I did pray
From temptation to be absolved
Bent but not broken
I sprang back again
Leaving hidden, unspoken
A dull residual pain
This attraction transient
My vulnerability revealed
I learnt my heart’s subservient
To temptations concealed.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Walls
A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Raindrop
Raindrops on the bark of a tree
View from a glass window- residual raindrops on the glass
Photo 101: natural world
The world revealed in all its glory
Every element tells a unique story
More fascinating than your imagination
More complex than a fabrication
Nature in its countless ways
Can keep you entertained for days
The biggest classroom you will find
To stimulate an eager mind
Is the natural world around you
Let its abundance surround you..
Pristine waters of the Caribbean, The Bahamas
Bison grazing, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Bold squirrel, Monterey Beach, CA
Life’s vagaries
Trying to comprehend
Life’s vagaries
Cannot pretend
To solve its mysteries
Unpredictable as weather
Mostly inscrutable
I think I would rather
Leave them undecipherable
Experience the moment
With a mind bias-free
Escape the torment
Of worthless worry
Soar in the air
With an open mind
To imaginary fears
Turn an eye blind
No strings attached
No expectation
Staying detached
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If only I could
Follow what I just said
I am certain then I would
With a serene mind go to bed…
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #10
Which way is for me to take
It’s difficult to decide
Wherever I go, I should make
The best of what is inside.
Each way brings a new adventure
I hope that luck will smile
Beatifically on me as I venture
Across each unknown mile.
A different lesson on each way
A different tune to sing
A unique experience every day
New challenges would each way bring.
Walk into “The Enchanted Garden”- restaurant
Walkways across artificial canals, Atlantis Resort, Nassau, Bahamas
Narrow strip of land jutting into the bay, Atlantis resort, Nassau, Bahamas
Monotonous
Anxious and rushed
I go through my day
Enthusiasm crushed
Wearily making my way
Through a sea of monotony
Painted in shades of grey
No silver lining I can see
On the clouds floating away
I long for adventure
Excitement I crave
I would like to venture
On expeditions brave
The humdrum of existence
Constantly weighs me down
Circumstances give me resistance
In work I feel like I’ll drown.
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Woken from a slumber deep
Suddenly jolted awake
My heart took a massive leap
As my listlessness did break
Unprepared, caught unaware
Love crept up stealthily on me
Out of the blue, from nowhere
Sweeping me off by its intensity
Took me on a roller-coaster ride
Adventure that I had not known
Overwhelmed with joy I cried
New horizons I was shown
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Ah, the novelty of first love
Began to fade before I knew
We became like hand and glove
Between us, there was nothing new
Life settled in harmony
Quiet, peaceful, predictable
Joined together in matrimony
Living in perimeters acceptable
Monotony took over once again
Life was steady but dull
I sighed, and tried to wait in vain
For something to break the lull..
Passion...unbridled 
