Search and Seek

~ Shalini Kathuria Narang 
Search and seek what you can do best,
Find your niche and pursue with zest,
Move away from the rest,
Tend to your nest.

We can thrive with hard work and humility,
Best critic is with empathy and subtlety,
Understanding perspective is no banality,
Pursuing passions amidst choices galore is no triviality.

Not everything needs your opinion to bloom,
Without your shared wisdom, not all is gloom and doom,
Unsolicited advice is best once in blue moon,
You cannot be in command in every room.

Perusal of passions is a rare gift,
Going above and beyond to reach your potential is a spiritual lift,
Disturbances and distractions can lead adrift,
It’s vital to rise above unnecessary rancor and rift.

Desire and dedication can take us far,
Against your demons, wage a war.
To rise and reach the star(s),
Breakaway from popular opinion and personal bar(s).

Published by Shalini Kathuria Narang

Shalini Kathuria Narang is a software professional and a freelance journalist. She has reported for national and international newspapers, magazines and news sites. Her poems have been published in several anthologies including Starry Nights: Poetry of Diaspora in Silicon Valley and Pixie Dust and All Things Magical. She is a monthly contributor to Masticadores USA and has been published on Spillwords Press. She is originally from New Delhi.