Walking Together, Walking Alone

 Walking Together, Walking Alone

I love to walk with people near,

As much as walking lone, sincere.

I held his hand to walk with me,

He walked a while, then set it free.

 

Perhaps his steps grew weak, grew slow,

Perhaps new paths called him to go.

Perhaps he has found his own way,

And chose to walk a different day.

 

I did not plead, I did not bind,

For destiny shapes every kind.

His path was his, my path was mine,

Two journeys drawn by fate’s design.

 

And yet I know, in time, again,

Another soul will share the lane.

But if no hand should join my own,

I’ll walk with courage—walk alone.

 

Dr. Mahendra Ingale @ Pune, April 7, 2026

Author of Value-Based Leadership

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