An inward-looking poem of hope, by Monika, exclusively for Different Truths.

Often, after the anguish
absolution arrives as the light.
When pain afflicts,
a moment arrives
to pull us through.
That is when we understand
We’re fine 
faring a rough patch.
We’re more 
in our forte.
We’re better
to surpass the albatross.
We grasp a little 
at a time 
to live momentous,
to appreciate consummately,
to judge hardly ever.
We learn to accept 
that excellence 
has no last word.
We’re only a minute gear
in the gizmo 
that the Universe is. 
Yet this fragment is salient. 
Absolution,
just like a bloom,
lives through 
sunlight, rain 
and season’s 
ire and delight.

In Hope 

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Monika Ajay Kaul

Born in the breathtakingly beautiful vale of Kashmir, Monika had her schooling there. A postgraduate in Business Management, an academician by profession, she is an art history enthusiast, writes poetry, short stories and paints. An avid reader, mostly biographies and autobiographies. Giving wings to her imagination through beautiful colours and words, she sings and has a following on YouTube.