
Thank you "last year" For 365 sunsets and 365 sunrises And the life that unfolded in between Thank you For the birthdays and anniversaries And all those beautiful moments Celebrated with friends and family Their recurring certainty anchored me Thank you For the unexpected joys And untimely sorrows They kept me alive And taught me the invaluable impermanence of life Thank you For many moments of cluelessness Those voids were precious too I learned to rest in my own company And surrender to life’s grand design. And thank you, dear "last year" For forgiving all my incompletions And transforming overnight Into a brand new canvas Hello "New Year" I am Manish Srivastava I am looking forward to the next 365 sunrises and 365 sunsets And all that life will bring ——
Manish Srivastava
12.35 am, 01.01.2022
From the Sacred Well