ALS NaPoWriMo Day 20 Prompt: The Falling Leaves and Gentle Breeze
I am following the quote from Bhagavad Gita today:
“Detachment is not that you own nothing; detachment is that nothing owns you”
Poem: Autumn paves the way for Spring
Detachment is not that you own nothing,
Detachment is that nothing owns you.
Like leaves that fall from the tree that nurtured it,
When a gentle breeze chooses them to.
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How gracefully the leaves embrace,
Their ageing from green to gold,
A lesson in impermanence they teach,
Acceptance and the art of letting go.
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Each beginning has an end,
Sometimes there’s nothing to mend,
Some chapters must be rewritten,
Some pages need to be deleted.
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Love thyself and thy relations,
But don’t get entangled in control or obsession,
Your existence isn’t defined by things outside of you,
Attachment is the ground for the manipulation of emotions.
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Detach yourself from worldly possessions,
the benchmark of success, and the plethora of relations.
Why own anything that controls or owns you?
Attach, if you must, only to your higher self.
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The winds may be torrential or just a gentle breeze,
Embrace your transformation like the autumn leaves,
Fall they must, to pave the way for the newfangled,
You only grow with acceptance and detachment.
©Vandana Bhasin
20.04.2025
