Ram’s poem tells us that we can’t pour from an empty cup. This is a call to self-love, self-worth, and self-discovery, for Different Truths.

In the flurry of chores,
you discover
I have gone into hibernation.
In the cobwebs of duties,
you notice
I have slipped through the hourglass.
In the eagerness to get the likes of others,
You find
I have gone into a shell.
So, follow me!
I tell you,
I want to stay with you,
handhold you.
I wish to see you grow,
help you find what you truly are.
So, follow me!
I tell you,
I stay awake
even as you sleep.
I throb,
even as you are down.
So, follow me!
I tell you,
no matter what,
I will always be there
by your side
until you fulfil me.
So, follow me!

Picture design by Anumita Roy

Ram Krishna Sinha

Ram Krishna Sinha is a former General Manager at Bank of India, and lives in Mumbai. After three and half decades of distinguished career in the Bank, he is presently invested in talent mapping, management education and writing for newspapers and magazines on contemporary issues. An author of the motivational book “X-Factor @Workplace” published by Tata McGraw Hill, he is an Opinion Columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine.