What one should not lose in Life?

“What one should not lose in life” was written after reading a write up very recently .I felt like putting the idea in a free verse, adding my own poetic imagination. Words like peace, love, knowledge and faith must eventually emerge as propellers of life. When we are living in turbulent times, we need more faith in ourselves and also in the goodness of the universe. Having suffered on many fronts, including the world of finance, by not managing well, I feel that some how or the other one must have faith to withstand all strains of life.

Four candles were lighted in a room
A heavy wind blew, posing
An existential dilemma for all of them
No one was there to shut the windows

The first one said, “Peace
It’s heavy/fierce wind, I can’t face it”
So saying, it soon folded up
The next candle uttered “love”,
With all grace and piety
And yet, it also could not succeed
Against the onslaught of the wind.

The third one ‘knowledge’also miserably failed in
Waging any meaningful war
Against the sweeping wind
And soon it also perished.
The fourth one saw
All the three falling,
Without much fight.
It also faced the catastrophic wind
Only for a few seconds.
And then, it soon steadied itself
Like a solid rock
And survived.

Just then a small boy entered into the room
And lamented over the fate of all the
Three candles, with great sadness.
The surviving fourth one
Coolly consoled him by saying:
“Don’t worry my dear boy,
Nothing is lost now.
To light them up,
Those three candles,
Use me, I am still burning.”

The boy asked with all eagerness:
May I know
What’s your good name?
Pat came the reply:
“I am confidence, my boy
You want to have ‘faith’ in yourself”
Yes of course, confidence said the boy
“Besides ‘faith and confidence’ in myself
I will also practice love, peace and
Enjoy the freedom of wind
To realize myself.
That true wisdom,
I will internalize
For my own peace,
As also for the happiness
Of mankind”