Speed Breaker: A Poem About Slowing Down and Gratitude

One black step changed the speed of everything.
What began as a small fall slowly became a lesson in rest, dependence, ageing, loyalty, family, and the ordinary miracles we rarely notice while rushing through life.
In Speed Breaker, poet Shalini Samuel reflects on what happens when life interrupts our pace—and quietly shows us what had been holding us all along.

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A Beautiful Day That Carried a Painful and Unexpected, Forced Goodbye: Grief Poem

Losing someone you love rewrites your world in a single moment. This is the story of how I carried my cousin’s memory, faced the fear his loss left behind, and slowly found my way back to life through meditation, reflection, and a simple grief poem that helped me breathe again. I hope you too will cope with your pain soon and turn it into a blessed moment where you learn more of the world and the universe’s ways of evolving.

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Reflections on a Year of Becoming

This year, I didn’t just grow older—I grew inward. Through quiet mornings, unravelled fears, unexpected joys, and healing words, my soul journeyed deeper than ever before. Not everything made sense, but everything made meaning. And as I step into a new year, I carry no expectations—only gratitude for the becoming.

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