Tides

I see the pain when the tide flows
I burn with love even when life is fair

do I turn into a dark vast hole
when with your very name my spirit re-glows.....

I am a strong man with a lonely heart
I always walk along with trodden path

Strength I have, Strength I try to hide
I want to escape but always see my tide.

I wrote this poem during a rough period in my life; when the times for me were low. My sincerity to my work and output results capacity was being questioned every bit.

The moments I had captured through my work, the time I spent with my fellow factory personnel, the meetings that I had to attend, and the hopes that I carried with me through my journey at a point in my life; all of this and more seemed to vanish away from me just like that.

I was heart-rendered and in a complex whirlwind of emotions/thoughts.

God has his own funny ways of encouraging you. He can bless and smile upon you anyhow/anywhere. 

This is how GOD appeared before me and helped me…..

“I was sitting in a room in my house on one of the normal nights and the idea to write “Tides " struck me. The words for this poem which are close to my heart started to flow effortlessly. 

After writing the last line, I was stuck/cold. I just could not get myself to write any further. I took more time than usual to think whether “Tides" needed more work on it.

Did I need to tweak around it a little bit more? Had I done it right and justice by finishing up so abruptly?

I just left everything on the table and got up and started to walk around. I started to ponder once again on the wrong that had just happened in my life. I shifted my attention to "Tides" and thought to myself….. Why did I even write this? 

The lesson that I learned and felt that night:

• One has to express their feelings in someway or the other.
• Everyone needs a mental holiday.
• Expressing yourself can be accomplished through various methods.
• I wrote this because I full of thoughts/emotions and felt weak and in turn "Tides" taught me to be strong and keep going on.
• “Tides" inspires me to give my best.
• It also told me to thank all the people who have been any sort of positive influence in my life. 
• Always remember the good souls you've come across in your life through your prayers.

I would really like to know how you feel about this this. If you would like to share an incident such as this or any other in your life which dawned upon you  and told you to keep going on and on…. ? How did you react/feel about it? And what you did you see when you looked back?