Success going down in the hour- glass: Muneeb Tahir Saleemi

 

Success is not time- boxed

There’s no rush in it nor hurry

Counts not who came late or early

No one notices in a fancy dress competition

Which blonde first gets her hair curly

Neither which witch in Macbeth

Spells the magic first in such hurly- burly

Which gentleman reaches first the final step?

Maybe it is told in myth ,lullabies or small talks

Let it not get hard on you,nerves unrest

You would get settled, when it’s your time

You will get , what’s written in your ” mine”

Who cares which horseman closes stable by nine

Who could stop God will, what for you is determined

Let’s harness and fasten your jumping thoughts

Unhear all overnight success ,foolish anecdotes

Those who are early maynot persist

Between cup and lip always come a twist

Then does it matter how quick coffee is served?

You could get slowly that no early bird deserved.

 

Muneeb Tahir Saleemi 🖋️

 

This poem is a tribute to Kamala’s Das’s poem ‘A punishment to kindergarten’