CAN, WILL AND CAN'T

The three musketeers,
the three sides of a coin
where the two remain
to be chosen from.
HEAVEN, EARTH AND HELL.

It is said
in life,
choices make us who we are,
not talent.

Talent only gives you a choice
of these three sacred choices,
which whom adorns,
choices decide.

The road never consists of two ways,
there is always a T.

A road not taken,
a road that leads to
the road not taken,
and the road always taken.

The forward,
the way to forward
and the backward.

Life is a war,
a constant battle waging
between two most
primary constituents-
the heart
the brain,

A battle of wills,
Whoever is part of this battle,
is lucky enough to
have the three choices.


Many a times in life,
when only dark is visible
and the light nowhere in sight,
we often lose the chance
of chosing the ‘will’.

That’s when
‘can’ and ‘can’t’ come in picture

When the will is lost,
the mentors disappointed,
and the mind in total frenzy,
when nothing seems right
and a single wrong feels like a failure.

When you are capable
And cannot reach that potential
when you are a 9,
and stuck at a 6.

That’s when CAN and CAN’T
begin the buzzer round.
Often, it seems, ‘can’t’ seems
to be winning.

It is said negative is easier
than positive.
   
After all, a minus takes only one toothpick 
but a plus takes two,
not to mention the friction and viscosity in between.

May be that’s the reason
Most people let go
When they are inches away
From success.

Because most forget
Only a positive charge
Can be accelerated in a Large Hadron Collider.

When WILL changes into WON’T,
You can still stop
CAN from changing into CAN’T

Churchill failed at every step
But he didn’t let go.
He was ultimately the one
Who brought victory to Britain.

Tendulkar failed a 100 times
To make a 100
but he was the one who
did it in the end.

Edison failed 2000 times to make a bulb
He kept on it.
He won 2001st  time.

Where the choice of ‘WILL’ is taken from us,
there’s a chance it might be ‘CAN’T’
but if we try hard,
swing for the fences,
anything is possible.

Calvin Coolidge said
‘persistence & determination
alone are omnipotent’
So keep at it,
with all brain and sinew,
without thoughts of past losses,
without fear of failure

for when the WILL is lost,
there is a strong possibility for CAN’T
but then, as every antimatter exists for matters,
there might just be a chance
to make it a ‘CAN’!