Mired in a labyrinth,
a constant battle ensues
keeping pace with
each passing moment.
Fraught with the burden of
schedules and targets
payments and presentations
books and exams,
digital inundation,
competing with the
frenzy of the ticking clock
pressure mounts.
Often,
the emotional dam bursts,
a deluge of chaos transpires.
Evanescent,
time lures us
into its deceptive loop.
Life shrinks
as # deadline is trending now!
radhikasreflection 
Woah👌👌👌👌👌
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Thanks Ramya 😊♥️
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True, Ma’am. An irreversible chaos. 🙂
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Yes, many a time it is !!
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A constant battle indeed where the tick tock reverberates inside the head. Beautiful lines.
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Thanks Kritika. It’s so overwhelming at times to keep pace with it!!
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True indeed. 🙂 My pleasure always 🙂
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And the Tug of War of Life continues. Good one Radhika 😊🌹
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Yes, it does. Thank you Ashokji 🙏
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Radikha, I know the clock is not our enemy, but sometimes it seems that way! 🙂
As always, a beautifully written poem. Most people can probably relate to this.
Have a great day! Cheryl
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Yes Cheryl, specially for the urban working class, its always a race against time managing and coping up with time to meet the deadlines. Thank you so much 💕
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Yes, a constant pressure to keep up with the demands of the material aspects of life. Consequently we lose out on life itself.
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Yes, sadly most part of our life goes in trying to deal with the pressure. Thanks for sharing your feedback Sangita 💙
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Haha, nice portrayal of everyday life struggles, especially dealing with the pressures of the approaching deadlines. “keeping pace with each passing moment.” this seems to be where we are all at, quite a conundrum to both live life fully and keep up with the time. A Beautiful Poem Radhika!
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Absolutely Ujjawal. We are constantly in a state of flux, to deal with the never-ending challenges of life. Thanks my friend 🙂
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So true mam and time always seem less
Beautifully penned 😊
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Thank you Era!!
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Pleasure always 😊
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Your choice of words is excellent, as one gets caught in the flow forgetting other deadlines 🙂
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Thank you so much Reena. I am amazed at how you come up with such unique prompts 👍🏻
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🙂
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Reblogged this on Reena Saxena and commented:
Deadline ….. by Radhika
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True indeed👌
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Thanks Olivia 🙂
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The daily grind…. well portrayed, Radhika!!
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Many thanks Indira!
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I felt anxiety just reading this! Well done!
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Thanks a lot!
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you!!
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oh the anxiety of deadlines..missing or meeting them?? well penned Radhika.
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Both give us anxious moments Megha. Thanks so much!!
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Yes exactly
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Powerful piece. Powerful ending. One of the hardest things to do is remove ourselves from the stress of deadlines; it takes a lot of mental strength and flexibility.
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Oh yes, it takes immense strength to stay clear from the stress that emanates, in trying to keep up with the deadlines, which seem to define our life today. Thanks Ben!!
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There really is. You’re welcome. Hopefully less stress is on the way!
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🤞🙂
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Beautiful poem and so many deadlines to be met and time seems to be passing so fast. A wonderful poem, Radhika.
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Yes, it does. Life is a constant struggle to keep pace with the time which seems to be moving on fast. Thanks Kamal!
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Yes Radhika and that what life is all about. Welcome dear🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊😊
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Beautiful poem!!
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Thank you Leyla!!
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You caught that frenzy in words perfectly, Radhika!
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Many thanks Punam!!
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You are welcome.
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The pressure we created for ourselves 🙂. Beautiful as always maam
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I agree Meenakshi. Thanks much 😊
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Can relate a bit too strongly to this, having signed off from work just 30 mins back 🙂 madness traded in name of deadlines.
Beautifully worded, nice, crisp, decisive and with enough trending touch of corporate keywords to make into a company’s mission statement ☺️ and god forbid if this falls into a project managers hands, to be used to motivate the team during… Deadlines 😃
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Haha! Thanks Deb. I agree the corporate world is ruthless in terms of meeting the deadlines, robbing its employees of all sanity.
Enjoy your weekend now. Hope you have a relaxed one 😊
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Living life like there’s a deadline is very unhealthy and toxic. You’ll totally miss out on everything. It’s like sleeping through the long ride towards your destination and you missing out on the beautiful journey.
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Absolutely Joana. It adds on to the stress levels and takes a toll on family life and health too!
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True.
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You’ve captured the emotions and sentiments so well! Perfectly written. ❤️
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Thank you Rishika💖
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I am listening to the tick-tock, tick-tock as I read this! Good one!!
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Thanks Moushumi. The tick tock relentlessly keeps ticking, stressing us many a time specially when we have a deadline 😁
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How much we compete with the clock!!! 😂😂good one R
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Thanks HS ❣️
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So apt, beautiful poem, the picture just amazing!
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How nicely you have summed up the everyday struggles and chaos…👌👌
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Thanks so much 😊
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I wonder how you burst into such insightful delights, Radhika 👍
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🙏❤️
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