The Child with A Plane

"We are sorry, but we have to let you go"

The words echoed in an absent mind.

Standing within a sea of rushing people

Yet feeling all alone.

Eyes transfixed on the concrete structure

Mind drifting in chaotic dance

Moments ago a carefree employee,

Now just a distraught ex-employee

A child runs with absolute joy,

Crashes into the open door.

The fallen child cries in pain for a moment,

His eyes fixes on his toy plane.

He picks up the dear plane

Examines with all seriousness

The tears are wiped away

The pain of the past is left behind

How simple life can be

And yet we forget as we walk longer on earth

A minor hiccup along the way

Is merely a door to new beginning

As a child focused on his toy

So shall I focus on achieving my goals

Retrenchment may be an end

But it is also a beginning to a new me

The child came as a guardian angel

Putting me back on my path

The empty heart blooms like a rose on a spring morning

Filling my being with a new sense of hope

I say farewell to an old chapter

Walking ahead hopeful of a better tomorrow

The joy, faith and hope within

Carved a smile on my face