HARMONY

On a Sunday evening,

Swinging on a swing,
I remembered a saying -
"Work while you work,
Play while you play."

I pondered awhile

Exploring significance.
Does it mean concentration
Or detachment
Or perhaps,
A harmony between the two.

Though different, yet inseparable,

One cannot sustain without the other,
Just like
Energy and matter,
Metaphysical and mundane,
Soul and body.

 

[Published in the 'feelings' column of 'Horizon', the Saturday supplement of 'The Assam Tribune' on 28 November 2009]