Longevity Poem by RAJ VIKRAM

Longevity.

Relation whether love
Or camaraderie need
longevity and it should
defy fizzling out and transience.

Transcendence don't
come about on its own
Careful nurturing and
Caressing by mind is needful.

Life is not ephemeral
Like the few moments
In a plush lounge of
a seemingly beautiful arena.

Life is not ephemeral
Except in a mundane analysis
It is a long haul that
Goes beyond what is seen.

Every fine morning
or in a unexpected quarter
You don't find love or
camaraderie in serendipity.

You have to wait patiently
In the lounge of everyday life
To find out what you seek
In the journey of life.

Longevity is what I
would grasp and not
those transient moments
Of instant gratification.

I will mollify those
moments who turn their
back on me for not falling
for their instant insistences.

I am here for the long haul
I want to sustain
I want to enliven and enlighten
myself on and on.

Moments of madness
are not for me.
I am malleable, I am prone
to ebbs and flows.

I don't want to be plain.
I don't want things to disappear
at a single go.
I want to sustain.

Longevity is my wont
Trials and tribulations
In between I can bear
With a contented heart.

I am willing to experience
the draining of boredom
If I am assured of longevity.
Longevity is life for me.