Hug the present a little tighter! | "Today is a little too precious" by Shruthi Sharma

The importance of the present moment, the enthralling energy of living in it—is really a fulfilling experience. As they say, “You never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” What is called to be present today, will turn into past in the blink of an eye. This game of past, present and future—is it only something chronological? Or is it intermixed inseparably with our mind, heart and soul?

Shruthi Sharma’s “Life is a little too precious” talks about the peace of living without regrets and not to burden your life with what has already passed. She takes us through the life of a young girl, growing up and stepping into college, realizing her aspirations and dreams all the way. The narrator makes her poems sound like a daily memoir, delving into her insecurities and reveries. She shares her childhood days, what she had felt and missed in that tender age. Years later, when she’s feasting on a midnight snack with her hostel mates, she makes us travel back to the recollections from her past. Along with her, we compare and think deeper about her life then and now. We feel her fears, her joys, her anxieties and her heart fluttering moments—in all, we get a glimpse of this ordinary, genuine girl who resides in the poet’s imagination.

The poems connect us with the girl’s life in bits and pieces, and in doing so, they surround themselves with an atmosphere of familiarity and understanding. Even as faraway infiltrators to her mind, we experience her life along with her. We share the joys and the pains. And we learn and evolve just as she does. Through her poems, the poet paints a revealing portrait of growing up. She constructs a realm of empathy and supportiveness, as if it’s a feeble plea to be a little more kind and embrace the moment we are living in. The narrator breaks apart from the shackles of her past, learns to forego the tainted moments and happily recollect the bright ones. She grows out of her gnawing perfectionism, shatters her feeling of loneliness. In all, she comes to terms with the fact that—what is over is over, what will come will definitely come…..the best we can do is hug the present a little tighter. And whisper into its ears: “Today is a little too precious. I can’t let it sprinkle away from my hands like falling grains of sand.” This collection of poems transcend to be a reminder of the triviality of the forgotten moments, at the same time highlighting the simple ecstasy of living life.

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Disclaimer: This review is in lieu of a review copy.

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