The secret of survival – the path to moderation
A power raw attained its wisdom as a shield.
Do we have to wait till both our worlds collide?
Open wide your hearts and close our huge divide.
Are we all a victim of fate or circumstance?
There’s nothing in this world which we can’t decide.
Life it sometimes offers a favor to mankind;
If there is a heart still left somewhere inside.
Without love and compassion, humanity can’t survive
Sometimes we fall apart so we can come alive.
Between our fiery passion and our burning pain;
Exists a world so cruel with all that it contains.
When we learn to accept defeat – thrive on path of success
Develop a whole new view with brighter odds – prospect
A nearer knowledge of thoughts – both high and great
Pierced through the wild, the ever whirling brain.
Eased the soul from both woe and throbbing pain.
Remember its not always the strongest who survive;
Those who survive are receptive more to change.
To them nothing is novel – nothing far too strange
Fear is an emotion essential to survive;
The natural compound which urges one to fight.
At the end of dark, long and winding tunnel;
Seems a glimmer of light – seems a glimmer of hope
Think about the time and think about the struggle.
Wicked ones are those who speak not truth but lies;
End up as victims of their own ruin – demise.
Oh! the subtle shades of burlesque and irony
The more that we receive – the less we shall believe
Become lost in the silken web of what we weave.
The rain and the heat, the snow and the sand
And marvels only science has power to crack.
As humans we are blessed with power to survive;
To tread upon our land along the foreign miles.
Be stubborn, determined but not so naive
Remember not to wear your heart upon a sleeve.
The eyes still see what the soul thus believes;
And there we sat and gazed – sighed oh so deep.
The fading leaves were thrilled to die;
There’s more to death than meets the eye.
Photo Credits: wallpaperbeta.com
Form: Glosa
Posted for Midweek Motif @ Poets United
Posted on Open Link @ dVerse Poets Pub
64 Responses
OMG! This is my new favorite of your poems. The last line of each stanza is a truth so profound it leaves me gasping. Excuse me while I weep.
Hello Susan,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 😀
Highly appreciated, lots of love 🙂
xoxo
A powerful poem – the last verse particularly so – we should indeed be wary of death and make the best choices we can in order not to meet him/her sooner than we are due.
Hello Jae Rose,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
“Fear is an emotion essential to survive”
i read this line more than once, i stumbled over it; Great write Sanaa
much love…
Hello Gillena,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 😀
Highly appreciated, lots of love 🙂
xoxo
This is a poem that can be read again and again. So beautiful, so inspiring and so thought provoking. Great choice of words, Sanaa. Loved it 🙂
Hello Purba,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
Sanaa, I think your poems gives the readers some thought-provoking ideas about survival. You have got me thinking about fear and its importance to survival. An important work.
Hello Mary,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
xoxo
Fear is indeed essential to survival. many times, it keeps us from going to places we should not go. Excellent write and very wise. The opening line is stellar.
Hello Toni,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
Certainly survival is learning how to cope with adversity and not making the situation any worse. No matter how bad things are the plan should be how can I get through this next day. Excellent poem Sanaa.
Hello Old Egg,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
This poem is packed with layers of wisdom. Fear is indeed a factor in survival as it triggers our natural defenses to protect ourselves from harm. The fight and flight response can be powerful.
Hello Truedessa,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
xoxo
It’s my new favourite of your poems, too. A wonderful achievement.
Hello Rosemary,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 😀
Highly appreciated, lots of love 🙂
xoxo
I just read this twice, Sanaa. I am overwhelmed by the truth and wisdom contained in it.
Hello Sara,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 😀
Highly appreciated, lots of love 🙂
xoxo
The last stanza is so beautifully crafted; the eyes see what the soul believes….fading leaves thrilled to die…..lines awesomely weaved!
Hello Susmit,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
This is so profound and full of wisdom, Sanaa! The words got me stirred and think! Beautifully done… 🙂 <3
Hello Maniparna,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
xoxo
So much wisdom in this poem, what a wonderful set of truths, I can really see the way you survive if you change.. and I agree this has to be my favorite of yours.
Hello Bjorn,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
PS: So glad you chose this poem to be a favorite 😀
My favorite line is open wide your heart and close our great divide. It should be a bumper sticker!
Hello Colleen,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
xoxo
“The subtle shades of burlesque and irony.” I love that.
Hello Gypsy,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
I have always loved reading your work…it’s brilliant.
Hello Narcissus,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
xoxo
I specially like the form and ending stanza ~ As this is a glosa, may I know from where the original lines were or what was the spring for inspiration ~ Thanks Sanaa and wishing you a good week ~
Hello Grace,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
PS: It was inspired by the prompt this week on Wednesday over at Poets United 🙂
I very much agree with what you have said and you said it so beautifully!
Hello Carol,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
xoxo
Nicely done Sanaa…. The punch lines of the stanzas are excellent, especially liked “Sometimes we fall apart so we can come alive”.
Hello Thotpurge,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
Your very thoughtful poem gives so much to think about. I agree, the last lines of every stanza are so powerful. Thank you for this.
Hello Ghostmmnc,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
xoxo
Fear of death is a good reason to zip it and survive. During time under persecution and dictatorships this is how people and still do survive. However the thought police have never managed to invade out own private thoughts which have and will triumph in the end.
Hello Rall,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
This poem has so much to say and particularly at this time when fear seems to dominate. I am amazed how quickly you can pen such a perfectly constructed poem with such insight for a prompt. A true poetic voice within you.
Hello Georgina,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
xoxo
This felt quite a bit like a manifesto! Very striking and powerful. Gotta remember this: “Remember its not always the strongest who survive;
Those who survive are receptive more to change.
To them nothing is novel – nothing far too strange”. Great write. Thanks for the read!
Hello Lilu,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
Without love and compassion, humanity can’t survive
Sometimes we fall apart so we can come alive
Mankind goes through a process of getting to taste the ugly side of life. Having fallen apart will it be easier to pick the pieces and triumph! Great lines Sanaa!
Hank
Hello Hank,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
Sorry I am late getting here – I had trouble getting through on the day you posted. This is an exceptionally good poem and one of my favourites of yours. Very thought-provoking, and deep. The line that knocked me out is “The eyes still see what the soul thus believes”. I cant get over how wise you are.
Hello Sherry,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 😀
Highly appreciated, lots of love 🙂
xoxo
”Are we all a victim of fate or circumstance?
There’s nothing in this world which we can’t decide.” One tries to agree with this as much as one can.
Hello Petru,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
What you are dealing with here is the philosophic elements that usually take a full book to explicate, or justify. Kudos for sharing it is not always the warriors who survive, for the trees that bend remain standing, & there are no short-necked giraffes left in the world.
Hello Glenn,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
Love the line about fear being necessary to survive. In fact, I’ve heard it said that courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to continue on in the face of fear.
Hello Bryan,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
Humans are born
with two innate fears
of falling and heights..
all others are learned
but fear is no
power only
caution
and warning
and dimming
of Love..
Love is the power
that rules over fear..
for those who are
Fearless and
Loving..
super
men.. yes S.. Hope
women iS aRe A way..
iF onLY ‘tHey’ ‘fELt’
‘IT’ thAT waY.. ‘thEy’
wOUld
kNow..:)
Hello Katie,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
I think this is my favorite Sanaa. You dip into the word chest and pull out a fine array of content.
Wise words who can find
dig deep
truth will survive
Hello Leslie,
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 😀
Highly appreciated, lots of love 🙂
xoxo
Thoughtful and intense. Well done and expressed.
Hello Madeleine,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.
Well-penned, Sanaa. The meek shall inherit the earth and the timorous will survive…
Hello Nicholas,
Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.