A Drop

By Jatinder Kaur

What would you rather be?

A drop in the ocean

Or a dew drop?

A drop that loses its being

When mingled with the million others,

Or

A drop that hangs helplessly

Onto a twig, waiting

For that sudden fall to death?

The ocean drop

Exploring unfathomable depth,

of something

Mighty and indispensable,

Loses its identity

The dew drop dangling

And about to fall

Has an identity.

Has the beauty in its

Being alone.

The ocean negates

The very substance of

Its existence

But the dew drop becomes

The bosom of the sun rays

And plays with them

Even in the death hour.

What would you rather be?

The drop lost forever

Or

The drop dying a beautiful death?

By Jatinder Kaur