Years ago, in the tender age of life,
he stood before a door hesitant,
and uncertain that might have opened
to unleash happiness for a lifetime –
An endless spring of joy
with a lifetime painted in gold.
But waited, and let the moment pass;
the door closed; and opportunity lost.
A numbing ache incurred lasting forever
that he carried in silence for years,
not as a wound that time could heal,
but as a quiet reminder
of what hesitation can forever cost:
An inner world evermore dark and stark.
But he made a covenant with himself:
never again would he leave life unresolved;
never leave a task hanging in the air;
never allow anything lost in the void;
never again would he wait for someone else
to take the first step he could have taken.
Ever since, wherever life has led him,
be those strangers or these he holds dear,
in every walk, and in every matter,
he has chosen to reach out first.
For every initiative that he takes now
is more than an act of prowess or courage.
Besides, it is his humble homage
to the person he once was…
Who hesitated only once.
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