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Finding my Sanity
Written for my kids - on international father's day! Credits to <a href="https://busy.org/art/@aishwarya/the-innocent-one-illustration">aishwarya</a> for the below illustration that inspired this poem...

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I woke up one Sunday morning 
Eager for mom's special treat 
It came without any warning 
My life, now, had a whole new beat.

I walked out of my little home 
Wanting to enjoy a quiet walk. 
It was completely out of tone, 
The chaos & the boisterous talk.

I knew that by the next right turn 
Stood my favourite Ice-cream van 
It was clearly a misguided run 
For I stood brooding like a broken man

Butterflies on lilies, wind in the willows, 
There was surely joy in the big park.
Alas! It was nothing but silhouettes 
Today I was clearly missing the mark

I thought, it cannot really be all that bad 
When I meet my friends by the fun fair 
Oh! How ego makes even a sane mind mad
Snapped twigs, broken words make a great pair!

Morose, sad, falling in an abyss 
I loathed the roads I had taken 
More so, the many good paths missed 
A lump in my throat, from words unspoken.

In that moment I felt a tug 
Snapping me from free-fall 
I was the recipient of a lovely hug 
And for that moment, my soul stood tall.
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I had almost forgotten, 
As life seems to skid on dry ice
When you sense the story has rotten,
Sanity is found again - in your child's eyes!

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@aishwarya ·
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Wow! Great poem, you should write more often @nrajesh :) 
Thanks for using my illustration <3
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@nrajesh · 
Thanks @aishwarya. Sometimes inspiration strikes you in many forms. Will strive to find mine and write more!
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@mathworksheets ·
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Very good gift to children :))
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@nrajesh ·
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Thank you 😊
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@mathworksheets · 
You are welcome brother :))
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@mirage · 
That's so nice from you :) how long u've been practicing the poetry?
Nice content ! Keep it up !
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@mirage/proper-introduction-of-myself-hey-steemians
Let's follow each other!
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@nrajesh · 
Thank you for the kind words. I write whenever I get time.
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@pavithra · 
Wow! Just beautiful! Loved the last two paragraphs, especially this line - "Sanity is found again - in your child's eyes".
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@nrajesh · 
Thank you
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@rooby · 
Thanks for this poem
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@nrajesh · 
Thanks @rooby
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