Poetry :Quiet Craftsman

 

Quiet Craftsman

(It is completely natural to feel hurt when your hard work goes unnoticed, even if you initially poured yourself into it purely for comfort and escape. You are not a loser; you are experiencing a deeply human conflict between wanting work to be a private sanctuary and needing your worth validated by the world. )

I work with quiet devotion,

Not to draw attention to my work.

Work, to me, is a solace, a pastime,

A refuge from haunting thoughts.

I live with it

As life lives with water;

It is my nourishment,

It is my pleasure.

Then why does it pain me

When my work goes unnoticed,

Unrecognized?

For I did not labour

To display the labour,

But to do my work sincerely,

Honestly—perhaps thoughtfully.

But then, thoughtfully, I realize:

The world looks at the persona,

While I look at the craft.

They chase the noise;

I build the worth.

I am not a loser for my silence—

I am a quiet craftsman

In a loud world.

Pankaj Mala Bhattacharya