Today I felt pain

Heart-wrenching pain

For my relative who lost his way

He lost faith, fiance and child

I lost my way

I was at a loss for words when I called him

I felt lost when he answered me, with tears cracking the sound of his voice as he spoke

I didn’t find words to console him

There was none. We cried together

We both lost it.

I asked him to surrender, with me.

Be the Ocean’s rough sea. It doesn’t force to find calm. It’s serving it’s purpose, you see.

Be the tree, it stands tall without rain or sunshine, it lets it’s leaves be. It doesn’t beg its roots to wander. It lets itself Be.

When life forces us to surrender , who should we be?

A Samurai’s sword that daggers the bulls eye to seize the day?

Let it avail what it may, come what may.