Creation can be refreshing, energising
Leading you to hope for more
For the flowers to bloom in gay abandon
And for nature to repeat encore

Evolution takes you one step further
Leading you up the rocky terrain
With hurdles and difficulties to conquer
Transforming you in the bargain

Destruction is continuous, relentless
The final dance of the Nataraja
Where the old give way to the new
And the cycle begins again all over

Submission cannot be selective
Cannot be in bits and parts
Cannot be a choice you can make
Cannot be in fits and starts

It must be complete acceptance
Of the cyclical process of nature
Where destruction sows the seeds
For creation to happen in the future

If you accept the pain of creation
And the continuous struggle of evolution
Then why deny the sweetness of finality
That envelops the process of destruction

Subir Chakraborty
8th Jan 2021