--- title: Facing life once again date: 2009-07-16T10:06:29Z modified: 2009-07-17T09:14:26Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/facing-life-once-again/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 768 categories: - Life Poems tags: - Life Poems - light - shine featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/let-the-light-shine-through.jpg" author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2009-07-17T09:14:26Z --- ![let-the-light-shine-through](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/let-the-light-shine-through-300x225.jpg "let-the-light-shine-through") flying inside the realms of my mind i got lost in the neverland, living life with carefree joy; nothing lasts forever not even happiness in this tiny planet that we call home; my happiness was shortlived [the moment](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/the-moment.md) i was forced to grow up from a [happy](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/happiness.md) go lucky child into an adult overnight; travelling through the maze of time i fell [asleep](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/asleep.md) halfway through what’s supposed to be important part of the journey (of life); got distracted a bit got bored a lot eventually my eyes did the ultimate trick; as i slowly woke up from this slumber i realized a good couple of years had passed without me knowing; life must have been so mundane and uninteresting, that i must have failed to notice time slowly and quitely drifting past; trying to reclaim what i lost is a futile exercise, no point in reliving the life that i have foregone; as dawn approached, realizing i needed to do something fast, i slowly opened all the windows and let the light [shine](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/rise-and-shine.md) through; – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – image courtesy: [fabulousnature.com](http://www.fabulousnature.com/img890.htm) as always multiple meanings might exist. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –