Sarala celebrates the beauty of life. A Thanksgiving prayer, exclusively for Different Truths.

This life is precious 
Keep it safe in God’s hands
This life is heaven
Be safe in heaven with dancing angels 
This life is a pearl
Keep it under the seabed
In an oyster
This life is full of sorrow
Pray every moment to 
Get you out of gloom
This life is happy
Keep it happy any way
as much as you can!
This life is troublesome 
Keep the troubles at bay!
This life is full of tears 
Don’t shed them for nothing 
They are precious to God 
let this life be full of smiles 
as smiles can make a mile 
shorter as you walk less!

Visual by Different Truths

Sarala Balachandran

Sarala Balachandran was working with an import-export organisation in the administrative department for 38 years. She retired eleven years back. Married, with two sons aged 43 and 36, she took interest in writing recently. She writes free verses.