--- title: Life is at a standstill date: 2010-11-19T10:39:07Z modified: 2010-11-19T10:39:07Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/life-is-at-a-standstill/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1110 categories: - Life Poems tags: - Life Poems - happiness - joy - standstill featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lifeisatastandstill.jpg" author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2010-11-19T10:39:07Z --- it has been never been like this,![Life is at a standstill](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Lifeisatastandstill.jpg "Life is at a standstill") not quite sure of what i want don’t know what more that i need to do, feels like a soul devoid of life; one moment my joy knew no bounds, a [new beginning](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/year-beginnings.md) is what i got, a new [meaning](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/life-still-has-a-meaning.md) to a lonely existence, i was happy; as reality dawned on me, i felt my [happiness](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/happiness.md) come crashing down, all in one big thud, i wondered if my luck was anything but bad; i try to find a reason, i try to find a cure, i tried all that was possible, but it feels as if [my life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/this-is-my-life.md) has come to a standstill; i don’t want to give up, i don’t want to cave in so easily, so i am desperately plotting my revenge against [a life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-life.md) that has become mundane; (and take control of it once and for all before i lose my sanity and [question](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/and-my-question-on-life-is-why.md) my very existence) ———————————————————- A calm [sea](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/pebbles-of-the-sea.md) does not make a skilled sailor – African Proverb