A lyrical meditation on awakening and self-discovery, “A Mile to Go” captures the journey from a life defined by duty to one shaped by curiosity, passion, and the unwritten possibilities of the future.

It celebrates the quiet persistence of growth and the poetry that lives in every moment.

# A Mile to Go #

I am a banker.
I counted numbers,
balanced ledgers,
measured wealth with precision.
But beneath the figures,
another ledger waited—
one that kept track of wonder.

And when time loosened its tie,
when duty stepped aside,
a quiet wish stirred awake
and whispered,
“Now… write.”

So I write.

I write for the questions
that never raise their hands.
I write for the hearts
that ache in silence.
I write because stories live everywhere—
in strangers,
in sunsets,
in the hush between breaths.

If you ask me,
“What is the title of your life?”

I will not claim
The Great
or The Famous
or The Victorious.

No.

I will smile softly
and answer—

A mile to go.

Because I am still learning,
still growing,
still turning pages inside.
I am the story yet unwritten,
the chapters yet to come.

(Vijay Verma)
 www.retiredkalam.com

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