So, here I was slogging at work, when a "___ is inviting you for a conversation" popped from the lower right corner of my desktop. I broke into a smile, when I clicked on the invitation and proceeded to chat up a few nothings with a friend, whom I ve known for over 9 years now. He was a colleague then, and a colleague now and we were friends between then and now (we are still friends - is beside the point).
It had been a while since we spoke. So as the conversation progressed, he told me that I was being a welcome break in his super-busy schedule and randomly typed the song "tum aagaye ho.. noor aagaya hai... ". This song fit the situation so well that it brought a smile to my lips. I happened to tell him that, and there he goes again with this poem by Henry Davies
"LEISURE"
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
As we concluded our conversation to get back to a cuppa and then some work, he yet again ended it on a poetic note:
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
All this made me hum my favorite poetry from school - Daffodils by William Wordsworth, especially the last line
"And then my heart with pleasure fills
And dances with the daffodils...."
