Written piece
The Thread of Charkha
Uma Painuli
India
About this piece
The poem emphasises the importance of hope in life. There comes a time when it feels we have nothing left, not even dreams. During such storms of life, hope serves as our anchor and gives us courage to move forward.
When life shattered and dreams all gone,
They saw their mother standing all alone.
She gave them life, she gave them hope,
She held reins of dreams before they elope.
They carved new life and built new home,
With sorrows and laughter, life moved on.
Once tired of the struggle, they asked their mother,
Why gave us false hope that life will be smoother.
Life is but a battle with sufferings never ending,
Yet we kept on waiting for blessings God sending.
Hope is God's blessing, the mother replied,
Hope is the reason that we survived.
Life is like a Charkha, taking its turns,
Hope is the thread which we spun.
With hope we weave our dreams, give them life,
Sometimes we succeed and fail otherwise.
When dreams get shattered, the thread too destroy,
But till you have Charkha, keep hopes alive.