Another Beautiful Day I See

It's there again, today:
the most beautiful sunrise...
though without that golden cloud
with its golden lining...
it is still the most beautiful sunrise:
'coz you are watching it, too...

I know life is such:
that one has to give some, take some...
but i've always practised what i feel is right:
take what is necessary, but give thrice as much...
to make up for all those who love to take -
but would very grudgingly part with whatever that's theirs...

I've always thought i could teach by being silent,
by trying to be a model of what i 'preach'...
but alas i realise that i need to speak up -
to be heard; and to voice out what is never heard;
for i've been misjudged, all too often -
and my silence misinterpreted, as stubbornness and resistance...
I've been branded a non-conformist -
whenever i try to bring about reforms...
i've been up against the great wall of tradition, of norms -
and many a time i've stopped to fold my battered wings, to rest...

I've always trusted myself, my judgement, my intuition -
but many a time, i've been let down and proven wrong:
in my trust..., my judgement..., my intuition...
so i can understand this need for others to watch over me -
to see that i don't go wrong; that i don't dig myself another grave
in which to lie down - and give up on the whole wide world, again...

For this, i thank you - for your care and your concern -
for this, i promise to be wary, of sad eyes that speak to me...
for this, too, i'll be careful, not to accept smiling eyes too readily, too -
and for this, i thank all of you - for sparing time to watch over me, still...