The curtains fall, the lights grow dim,
as the artists take a bow,
a sudden flash takes me back in the past,
As I let you go.
In the sea of memories, i try to swim,
as the thoughts begin to flow,
the tidal wave around me crashes,
As I let you go.
No deed too great, no word too small,
you made me sink so low,
the thought of it now makes me cringe,
As I let you go.
A new sun shines, the days are glad,
and life is all aglow,
And all at once there is peace,
As i let you go.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Melting Moments - 2
I cant sing like Roy Orbison ,
It's not that i didn't give it a try ,
And as much as say , i can be your Hero,
Like Enrique i just can't cry.
A hundred excuses i search for daily ,
And all of them go waste ,
And though i try to take this lightly,
The thought of you don't let me think straight.
A thousand songs last night I heard ,
So i couldn't sleep a wink ,
This lack of my ability to express my self ,
Is driving me over the brink.
A thousand words , a million lines ,
Flow incessantly in my mind ,
And every time i remember your smile ,
Not even one of those anymore can i find.
Countless moments must have passed ,
Since the moment i saw you first ,
Since then all i can do is think about you ,
To that fate i am Cursed.
I'm not much of a poet ,
I can't seem to make this poem fine,
Which is why i end this attempt here ,
And present to you these lines.
It's not that i didn't give it a try ,
And as much as say , i can be your Hero,
Like Enrique i just can't cry.
A hundred excuses i search for daily ,
And all of them go waste ,
And though i try to take this lightly,
The thought of you don't let me think straight.
A thousand songs last night I heard ,
So i couldn't sleep a wink ,
This lack of my ability to express my self ,
Is driving me over the brink.
A thousand words , a million lines ,
Flow incessantly in my mind ,
And every time i remember your smile ,
Not even one of those anymore can i find.
Countless moments must have passed ,
Since the moment i saw you first ,
Since then all i can do is think about you ,
To that fate i am Cursed.
I'm not much of a poet ,
I can't seem to make this poem fine,
Which is why i end this attempt here ,
And present to you these lines.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Melting Moments
She stood at the door and watched him go, his figure rapidly diminishing in the deepening twilight. Slowly as his form disappeared into the settling darkness, her sight grew blurred and a small tear rolled slowly down her cheek. A few steps across the hall took her to the window where she could still see him walk away, away from her life. With a heavy heart her eyes followed his progress down the road, as she settled down to wait, her mind willing her to stop him, to run after him, beg and plead even and ask him to give back all that was now gone. She shook her head in an attempt to clear her thoughts, willing her mind to mute out the pain that seared through her, chilling her heart. As the seconds lengthened into minutes, she stared out into the darkness, her mind whirling down memory lane.
His brown eyes were the first thing she ever noticed, and then the crazy grin on his face. The lips that were turned upwards in a gentle smile and the soft voice that made everything seem so magical!! Love at first sight? Hardly. A karmic Connection? Maybe! And then the conversation that followed. She did not remember much of it, but she did remember that she had laughed a lot. Probably a lot more than she remembered ever laughing in the recent past. How his mannerism had charmed her and made her go weak in her knees. And his scent! The first date at Bascillico with the fantastic Blueberry cheesecake and then the long walk across Pali Hill down to the sea shore. The evening he asked her out, under the stars while driving down Marine Drive. The Daily messaging and the first kiss. She had loved him against both ,her better judgment and that of all her friends. But that had hardly mattered. He was madly in love with her. Or so she thought.
Then the exams started, the late night calls gave way to night cramming sessions and long drives were replaced by the numerous study hours in the Library. His touch felt cold and distant now and his interest seemed to have waned. She had become a lot more aware of how his returning calls had lessened, and his reply to her messages had trickled down to bare minimum. And then how one fine day her friend had seen him at the Local Club, getting Intimate with someone else.
She had willed it away, those thoughts to focus on her exams, unsuccessfully. Every time she thought of him, she felt wild, angry hurt and in pain. After the last paper she had called him. And he had not replied. Her Calls met with a busy tone. Till the next day he called back. She invited him over. He came.
With a flurry of emotions and a thousand random thoughts in her head she had opened the door for him. A painfully lingering thought, banished as he abruptly swept her off her feet, and carried her inside. All doubts forgotten she had responded, as like the old, feeling him around her. But then right in the midst of it, as she felt him against her, all the thoughts returned in a crescendo. Pushing him away she had confronted him in a horse voice, willing all of it to be untrue, hoping that he would refute all the allegations, prove all of them wrong. Waiting for it to happen, pinning all her hopes on her dreams and happiness to return. It never happened. A few seconds and it was over, His loose shirt hung around him as he pulled in back on, haunted with the same smell that had smelt so pleasant just a few minutes back. And then he walked out of the door, without as much as backward glance to the eyes following his progress into the twilight.
In a quick motion she got up and hit the shower. Maybe drowning herself under the warm shower would take away the cold that she seemed to be drowning in.
His brown eyes were the first thing she ever noticed, and then the crazy grin on his face. The lips that were turned upwards in a gentle smile and the soft voice that made everything seem so magical!! Love at first sight? Hardly. A karmic Connection? Maybe! And then the conversation that followed. She did not remember much of it, but she did remember that she had laughed a lot. Probably a lot more than she remembered ever laughing in the recent past. How his mannerism had charmed her and made her go weak in her knees. And his scent! The first date at Bascillico with the fantastic Blueberry cheesecake and then the long walk across Pali Hill down to the sea shore. The evening he asked her out, under the stars while driving down Marine Drive. The Daily messaging and the first kiss. She had loved him against both ,her better judgment and that of all her friends. But that had hardly mattered. He was madly in love with her. Or so she thought.
Then the exams started, the late night calls gave way to night cramming sessions and long drives were replaced by the numerous study hours in the Library. His touch felt cold and distant now and his interest seemed to have waned. She had become a lot more aware of how his returning calls had lessened, and his reply to her messages had trickled down to bare minimum. And then how one fine day her friend had seen him at the Local Club, getting Intimate with someone else.
She had willed it away, those thoughts to focus on her exams, unsuccessfully. Every time she thought of him, she felt wild, angry hurt and in pain. After the last paper she had called him. And he had not replied. Her Calls met with a busy tone. Till the next day he called back. She invited him over. He came.
With a flurry of emotions and a thousand random thoughts in her head she had opened the door for him. A painfully lingering thought, banished as he abruptly swept her off her feet, and carried her inside. All doubts forgotten she had responded, as like the old, feeling him around her. But then right in the midst of it, as she felt him against her, all the thoughts returned in a crescendo. Pushing him away she had confronted him in a horse voice, willing all of it to be untrue, hoping that he would refute all the allegations, prove all of them wrong. Waiting for it to happen, pinning all her hopes on her dreams and happiness to return. It never happened. A few seconds and it was over, His loose shirt hung around him as he pulled in back on, haunted with the same smell that had smelt so pleasant just a few minutes back. And then he walked out of the door, without as much as backward glance to the eyes following his progress into the twilight.
In a quick motion she got up and hit the shower. Maybe drowning herself under the warm shower would take away the cold that she seemed to be drowning in.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Wake up call.
Every single day i open the newspaper i find a new thing to disgust me. Dirty politics, un-healthy legislation , oppression , farmer suicides , corruption and most lately, rape. Every single day , in some paper or the other this ugly word comes up, often in the headlines. And every single day all of us when we read about all this utter Bull Sh*t happening around us, in our country or even in our neighborhood itself, we shake our heads, take another sip of our morning tea and say ' This country is going to the dogs".
What are we going to do about it? The laws in our country are often made by politicians , some of them with barely any qualifications and they make our laws, they form the government. They govern us. This is the fact of life, they determine what is right, wrong, legal , illegal. They say you can be only as good as your representative is. Look at your representative. Is that really the person you want representing you? A number of legislations today that have caused an uproar are still going strong, take for example the reservation of 50% seats for 5% of the countries population. What ever happened to the concept of merit? Or has it disappeared? Give scholarships. But reservations?
Rape is a fundamental social evil. And yet it is happening around us. Let's be frank about this. If seven years minimum term in jail is not enough to deter anyone from forcibly indulging in a forced intercourse, what is? Capital punishment? What will that cure? The offender will die in an instant, but the girl, specially being Indian will suffer for the rest of her life.
The story of her humiliation will be printed in all the papers, her family members will be interviewed and a hundred questions will be asked. A few questions will be shot on her character and a few more on her carelessness. The trial will be painfully long and at the end of it, she will be no where. Today in our days of 'open mindedness'' we really do not mind a partner for life who has engaged in sexual intercourse prior to marriage. But what about a rape victim? Will she be accepted in any family? And whats her fault in this? But do people realize this? Not really. What about her future? Are they all gone? just like that in a flash? Fifteen minutes back she was a girl with a life, a proper future and now is that all gone? Will she even complain? Can she expect compassion from the local Constable she goes to lodge and FIR with? How will she look at others in the eye after being scarred? Both physically and emotionally?
And what are we to do about it? Sit around and shake our heads? Do nothing? For once i know i wont. I want to educate people, i want to tell them the consequences of their actions. I want the victims to know that they will get all the support they want. It's upto us, we the youth today to do all this. Our inaction today can be our undoing tomorrow. It could be our sisters or daughters next in the future. The future is ours they say. It's time we did something about it. I know i will.
What are we going to do about it? The laws in our country are often made by politicians , some of them with barely any qualifications and they make our laws, they form the government. They govern us. This is the fact of life, they determine what is right, wrong, legal , illegal. They say you can be only as good as your representative is. Look at your representative. Is that really the person you want representing you? A number of legislations today that have caused an uproar are still going strong, take for example the reservation of 50% seats for 5% of the countries population. What ever happened to the concept of merit? Or has it disappeared? Give scholarships. But reservations?
Rape is a fundamental social evil. And yet it is happening around us. Let's be frank about this. If seven years minimum term in jail is not enough to deter anyone from forcibly indulging in a forced intercourse, what is? Capital punishment? What will that cure? The offender will die in an instant, but the girl, specially being Indian will suffer for the rest of her life.
The story of her humiliation will be printed in all the papers, her family members will be interviewed and a hundred questions will be asked. A few questions will be shot on her character and a few more on her carelessness. The trial will be painfully long and at the end of it, she will be no where. Today in our days of 'open mindedness'' we really do not mind a partner for life who has engaged in sexual intercourse prior to marriage. But what about a rape victim? Will she be accepted in any family? And whats her fault in this? But do people realize this? Not really. What about her future? Are they all gone? just like that in a flash? Fifteen minutes back she was a girl with a life, a proper future and now is that all gone? Will she even complain? Can she expect compassion from the local Constable she goes to lodge and FIR with? How will she look at others in the eye after being scarred? Both physically and emotionally?
And what are we to do about it? Sit around and shake our heads? Do nothing? For once i know i wont. I want to educate people, i want to tell them the consequences of their actions. I want the victims to know that they will get all the support they want. It's upto us, we the youth today to do all this. Our inaction today can be our undoing tomorrow. It could be our sisters or daughters next in the future. The future is ours they say. It's time we did something about it. I know i will.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Touched by an Angel
They say that Angels sit in heaven,
and lend the stars their light,
but here on earth, there is a girl,
who looked like an Angel that night!
The sun had gone down in the west,
the moon was not yet its brilliant white,
and through the darkness you walked to me,
Like an Angel that night!
The silver light around you swirled,
and lit up your brilliant smile,
the moonbeams they enrobed you,
Like an Angel, that night!
As you came close, the world stood still,
my heart didn't feel quite fine,
and in the darkness your voice echoed,
Like an Angel that night!
You sat down right next to me,
I lost all track of time,
and even the moon came down to see you look,
Like an Angel that night!
I never saw this part of you,
we usually just tend to fight,
but for the first time you struck a chord,
Like an angel that night!
But all good things do come to an end,
you stayed but just a while,
and through the darkness you melted away,
like an angel that night...
You touched my heart as you walked away,
I still miss that shining light,
All I want is one chance with you,
Oh Angel in the night!
and lend the stars their light,
but here on earth, there is a girl,
who looked like an Angel that night!
The sun had gone down in the west,
the moon was not yet its brilliant white,
and through the darkness you walked to me,
Like an Angel that night!
The silver light around you swirled,
and lit up your brilliant smile,
the moonbeams they enrobed you,
Like an Angel, that night!
As you came close, the world stood still,
my heart didn't feel quite fine,
and in the darkness your voice echoed,
Like an Angel that night!
You sat down right next to me,
I lost all track of time,
and even the moon came down to see you look,
Like an Angel that night!
I never saw this part of you,
we usually just tend to fight,
but for the first time you struck a chord,
Like an angel that night!
But all good things do come to an end,
you stayed but just a while,
and through the darkness you melted away,
like an angel that night...
You touched my heart as you walked away,
I still miss that shining light,
All I want is one chance with you,
Oh Angel in the night!
Monday, April 6, 2009
The Invasion
He smiled as an icy touch clenched his heart. Standing still, a probe punctured him, immersing itself in his thoughts, and reaching out though his blood till his entire body felt as cold ice. They were going through his thoughts now. He felt them flinch as they encountered his defenses.
"No, I shall not let you! " He screamed in defiance as waves upon waves crashed against his defenses, threatening to tear them down like a castle of playing cards. He clutched his head in disbelief. "No, this cannot be happening now. Not like this, please Oh God!" He held his head slightly as a spasm appeared briefly on his face. Then smothered it in an instant, smattered with a quick fake smile and seasoned with a few words to make conversation. The cold tentacles threatened to engulf him and make him wither. He could feel them rallying their forces now, ready to launch a quick offensive. "Action Stations" shouted his head as he prepared for the impending siege. He braced himself as he cleared the Cheque and walked out to the car, taking the key from the valet. Putting the key in the slot, the car roared to life. Just as the blow fell.
He felt the entire might of his preparations give way as the cold assaulted with all the force it could muster. Waves upon waves just seemed to rush in and his defenses gave way like matchsticks in a storm. His car scrapped the front , he gunned the accelerator as he hit the open street. "Whats wrong with you?" she screamed.
He dropped her to the destination. Got of the car, Ravaged. Tiered as he inspected first hand the damage done. To his car and to his very mind. The cold had poured in and settled. They had ravaged his very memory , feeding and growing upon him, effecting his very soul. He settled down on the seat and prepared for the drive home.
They had won again, His guilty thoughts.
"No, I shall not let you! " He screamed in defiance as waves upon waves crashed against his defenses, threatening to tear them down like a castle of playing cards. He clutched his head in disbelief. "No, this cannot be happening now. Not like this, please Oh God!" He held his head slightly as a spasm appeared briefly on his face. Then smothered it in an instant, smattered with a quick fake smile and seasoned with a few words to make conversation. The cold tentacles threatened to engulf him and make him wither. He could feel them rallying their forces now, ready to launch a quick offensive. "Action Stations" shouted his head as he prepared for the impending siege. He braced himself as he cleared the Cheque and walked out to the car, taking the key from the valet. Putting the key in the slot, the car roared to life. Just as the blow fell.
He felt the entire might of his preparations give way as the cold assaulted with all the force it could muster. Waves upon waves just seemed to rush in and his defenses gave way like matchsticks in a storm. His car scrapped the front , he gunned the accelerator as he hit the open street. "Whats wrong with you?" she screamed.
He dropped her to the destination. Got of the car, Ravaged. Tiered as he inspected first hand the damage done. To his car and to his very mind. The cold had poured in and settled. They had ravaged his very memory , feeding and growing upon him, effecting his very soul. He settled down on the seat and prepared for the drive home.
They had won again, His guilty thoughts.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Don't fade away
Think of it every Second,
You don't know how it feels,
Don't know if it's an illusion,
Or something very real,
The lights have faded slowly
and it's dark in here,
am sitting in a corner,
Yet things are crystal clear.
I've got to tell you that I,
Didn't know what to think about out it,
If or not iv got try.....
You keep me firmly grounded,
and make my thoughts take flight,
destroy those fears unfounded,
light up the morning sky.
Stand by me every second,
even when i let you go,
Catch me when i start falling,
pick me when i feel low
Can't seem to find you and I,
Don't know how to go about it,
If or not iv got try.....
You don't know how it feels,
Don't know if it's an illusion,
Or something very real,
The lights have faded slowly
and it's dark in here,
am sitting in a corner,
Yet things are crystal clear.
I've got to tell you that I,
Didn't know what to think about out it,
If or not iv got try.....
You keep me firmly grounded,
and make my thoughts take flight,
destroy those fears unfounded,
light up the morning sky.
Stand by me every second,
even when i let you go,
Catch me when i start falling,
pick me when i feel low
Can't seem to find you and I,
Don't know how to go about it,
If or not iv got try.....
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