Dots and connections

Lonely is the face
That seeks to know more
As it tries to keep pace
with what the world's got in store

The world has its own ways
of showing the road
Aren't reflections on the lonely face
Mere shades of the universal code?

Copyright - Dipali Ekbote

I wrote this poem in response to a beautiful poem someone sent me - the poem is called Corner Seat by Louis MacNeice. After I wrote this poem, I happened to be talking with a few people and the discussions veered toward the concepts of destiny, higher power, universal truth. If I were to explain universal code', I would try this -

All things - inhabitants of the universe, or happenings on the universe - are dots that are connected. These connections are known best by the higher power. Some of us are more aware of the dots, but can't really make out the connections. Some of us can make sense of the connections, in real-time or in hindsight. Some of us can never see the dots, nor the connections.

Wouldn't it be interesting to 'break the universal code' to find the connections between the dots?

In the meanwhile, from my next blog onwards, I plan to write on the topics that I find interesting to understand more of - on how the corporate world functions, on leadership... Ofcourse, I would love to continue sharing poems, maybe my own or those written by others that I find interesting.