A PROMISE

A PROMISE

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All those steps that i took towards you

Are on their retreating track..

Sure gonna smile and shed my tears

Everytime i will look back..

But lucky 'She' is who has been granted My Wish!

Blessed you are that you found your love..

All I can , and I will for you,

Wish good and happines to both of you

Do cherish always the togetherness,

Cuz, remember not everyone is showered with Cupid's grace!

TOO LATE

TOO LATE

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Nobody waits this long

But I have done that all along

Realized what I feel, but I was too late

And, you had already turned back and never came

They say love you can never hide

So I thought would show you in my eyes

But you never cared to look into them

Because, you had already turned back and never came

May be should have told you

More than just half the truth

May be then you would have stayed

But, you had already turned back and never came

Wish you had been here for me

Wish you had felt what I feel

And we would have been a fairy tale

That was my dream never meant to be real

Cursed, I was by the three siblings of fate

Which I realized when it was already .... too late

LOVE: My Inspiration

LOVE: My Inspiration

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Although I love to watch romantic movies

Listen to all the love songs

Although I pen those mushy poems

About what a young heart longs

I am not the crazy love-sick gal

If you thought otherwise, you were so very wrong!!

Come on, ghost stories and futuristic science fictions

Are all but creative imaginations!!

Likewise “love” for me is my creative inspiration

I am inspired by love to vent out poetic expressions

So all who thought I’m already on board a train to a love-station

Hola! My beliefs in reality are shockingly strong contradictions!!

Although Cher’s song (“Believe”) is groovy to the ears

I am so not in love my dear!!

Naah that’s not yet happened for real

Falling in love require sincere dedication

And also that ideal special someone

Do not believe I am ready for commitments and a relation

And nor am I (yet) searching for that one person

The RAINBOW

The RAINBOW

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Adorning the Ra, the satins together lie

A set of seven ribbons stretched across the sky

After the rainy spell, cheers up the blue dome

This beauteous scene I often admire from rooftop of my home

Bending like an arch, the laws of optics they abide

A set of seven colors, in unity they are white

A bit preachy but in the most colorful way

Each color got special things to say

Violet stands for courage and valor

Indigo for wisdom and knowledge remember

Blue stands for purity and innocence

Green wishes good hope and happiness

Yellow is for joys and cheers

Orange reminds sacrifice for your dears

Red is ofcourse the color of love and passion

Together they are white, standing for peace in unison

Just as the hepta-chrome in the sky form a beautiful rainbow

All these virtues in your heart make a beautiful you!!

A NARCISSUS

A NARCISSUS

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Why is it always about me?

Why is it always about my dreams?

Why am I occupying my own thoughts?

Why about whom I love or with whom I fought?

Why am I my own inspiration?

Why indulge in self-praise and admiration?

Why I draw my bounds and limits?

Why believe I own every hours and minutes?

Why do I have to take my own decisions?

Why do I have those million reasons?

Why do I trust myself?

Why look in me for my confidence?

Why write my own songs?

Why pick my rights from my wrongs?

I am just one small grain of sand in the heap

Eventually to be lost forever in the bottom deep

And yet I go on and on and on and on...

The selfish Narcissus that matters to no one!!

CHANGED: A LOST CHILDHOOD

CHANGED: A LOST CHILDHOOD

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Where gone are those days?

I’ve lost all my old ways

Have I changed?

Or is it the time running unchained!

Where is that bright sunny smile on my face?

Tensions and confusions got me and a fake one in its place

Have I changed?

Or is it the time running unchained!

Where are my dolls that were always in my care?

Buried in some old boxes, I no more wanna play

Have I changed?

Or is it the time running unchained!

Where are those butterflies that I used to chase?

They are still there but I got no moments to waste

Have I changed?

Or is it the time running unchained!

Why do the colors from the rainbow seem to fade?

Life seems monotonous with a single color grey

Have I changed?

Or is it the time running unchained!

Where are my innocent childhood days?

Lost as I ascent every step of stair called “age”

Yes! I have changed

For better or worse, only time will tell!!

Disappointed

Disappointed

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. . But no more (at least for a while)

I'd rather cry and shed some tears

I am so tired of faking that smile

Dead are dreams, alive are my fears

The story is long, longer than the Nile

Do not pretend that you want to hear . .

A CRY FOR HUMANITY

As the GOOD triumphs over the EVIL, lets pray that our HUMANITY successfully combats the demon called POVERTY . . . .

A CRY FOR HUMANITY

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Hello are you listening?

This isn’t a poem nor a song to sing

This is a cry, an earnest one

So just listen and let know everyone

That all children who love fairytales,

Don’t live one themselves

Because in their impoverished life –

They are trying to meet ends

That all children who are born

Don’t have the good care and proper hygiene

They are the ones called the homeless

Deprived of basic amenities and environment clean

That all children in their childhood

Are not playing with bright colors and toys

Their innocence is crushed

They are unaware of life’s simple joys

That all children growing up

Are not educated enough to spell their own names

They never had the time and resource

Enslaved and burdened they live their life of shame

That all these children who live the hard life

Each of them has a dream in their tired eyes

Battling hunger, thirst and for shelter to survive

Victims of poverty, illiteracy and ofcourse time

Wondering how lucky and privileged I am

All my grumblings for stuff and my loss –

What was that for?

Does that really matter?

When I know what these kids never got!

The least we can do is practice humanity

And join hands to fight the demon called poverty.

THOSE THAT MATTER ... AND DON’T

THOSE THAT MATTER ... AND DON’T

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FAMILY

There are those who are next to God for me

The three wonderful people I call my family

Includes my parents and li’l brother deary

Without them I wouldn’t have been living this life possibly

FRIENDS

There are those who have been and still are here

The greatest gift to me, my friends all dear

With whom my joys and secrets I share

And in times of distress I know they are near

ABOMINATES

There are those from core of my heart I hate

Although they are numbered few

I believe meeting them was part of my fate

And I forgive them but forget I will never

STRANGERS

And there are those who mean nothing to me

They are the strangers my fellow beings

Some just voyeurs for reasons I will never find

And some good Samaritans boon to mankind

SPECIAL

There is someone somewhere very special

Only for me he is there for sure in real

Waiting for the time when we will meet

And he will sweep me off my feet!!

WHOOSH...!!

WHOOSH...!!

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The winds of change I hear them blow

The winds of change I can feel

Whooshing through a new found route

They fly past the tall green trees

In the direction that’s all new

Over the meandering rivers and streams

The winds of change with them they flow

The winds of change that I do not see

In their wanderlust, to the height they soar

Dancing like a wassailer drunk and glee

On reaching the Levant, like the Leo they roar

Watching the sun rise in the east

The winds of change that have no color to show

The winds of change with pure spirit so free

Like a fair inamorata, their love they pour

Spraying pollens from flora and scattering seeds

And carry the rainy clouds to parched soils they know

Thereby ensuring new life to those in need

The winds of change doing their chore

The winds of change like the chaffinch sings

Gushing through my curls and the wools I wore

Whispers to me to wake up from my dreams

As its time for a new life and things all new to do

With these words gone was the busy breeze

The winds of change I heard them blow

The winds of change I still feel

JUST ONCE !

JUST ONCE !

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Just once .. wanted to call your name

Just once .. wanted you to look at me

Just once .. wanted you to hear me out

Just once .. wanted you to speak to me

Just once .. wanted you to sing the song

Just once .. wanted you to dance with me

Just once .. wanted you to know what I feel

Just once .. wanted you to feel the same

Just once .. wanted you to hold my hands

Just once .. wanted to walk with you

Just once!

Because ..

Always .. wanted to belong together

Always .. in each others arms

Always .. believed love could happen

Just once .. in this one life of ours!

CRASH

CRASH

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Did you hear that sound?

That was my dream shattered on the ground..

My hopes lost somewhere around..

But I'll be allright, I'll be fine

Remember theres a silver lining to every dark cloud!

23rd July 2009: SO FAR

23rd July 2009: SO FAR

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Life has been seemingly pretty easy

Sometimes I stood still & sometimes felt dizzy

And all the sorrow and cheers

Made each moment very dear

So for a moment I will like to rewind

The days already gone by

As well as forward into the days to come

After all that’s where I indeed belong!

Childhood years seem long gone

But memories still fresh and strong

Pampered and adored always

Didn’t know had to lose those days on my way

Adolescence was a tough job

Not just for me but also for my folks around

Schools, books and friends for the first time I met

Those still are with me even today

In schools and colleges spent my teens

With ambitions and education, seriousness crept in

Crushes and infatuations I did have

But that was it no love stories to share

Now a lady in my twenties

With more than two decades all gone

Trying to comprehend what I can and what I will

Today, tomorrow and beyond

I gotta move on

Should never look back

Even though something holds on

Just keep walking ahead on the track

Its time for some firm decisions to take

Now I have my own rules to make

So my regrets and success in a sack full of holes

On my voyage called life I embark with new hopes

Li’l THINGS ABOUT ME

Li’l THINGS ABOUT ME

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My looks are much younger than my age

Rarely found with any kind of grimace

Have not yet grown a pimple on my face

Never had a boyfriend till date

Nothing there is that I strongly regret

But enough happiness to cherish

Looking ahead is my only aim

And in the present I live

I try my best to live upto each moment

And with a fresh new smile I welcome each new dawn

Although I laugh out loud and smile too much

Anger is my vice and I erupt suddenly often

Like some volcanoes; and then quickly its all gone!

And I know very well when I am indeed wrong

I rarely give into my fears

Although it sometimes takes its toll

Success is not always an outcome

My failures do stress me at times

And when I overcome them

I take pride in me most of all

TWO HEARTS .. IN LOVE

TWO HEARTS .. IN LOVE

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BOY [soliloquy]:

Love for you girl, I always have

But to you I won’t show

Love in my heart resides deep in there

But my love you never will know 

GIRL [soliloquy]:

Love you my boy I always have

I know you love me too

Never you tell me what you feel

Yet I have heard from your eyes you should know 

BOY [soliloquy]:

Its not that I don’t want to tell

Its words that I don’t know

Its not that I am not a brave

But my courage I lose at the fair sight of you

GIRL [soliloquy]:

Yeah I always longed to hear

In my dreams I have seen you

On the white horse gallantly you came

Kissed me and said the words – “I love you”

BOY [to the girl]:

Girl I should tell you

The time seems in a pace so slow

Its like everything has stopped

To hear what I wanna tell just you 

GIRL [to the boy]:

Tell me O boy

I am waiting for you

Time is on our side I assure you

So just speak the words will you

BOY [to the girl]:

A day seems long ago

When I first saw you

The day still so fresh in my mind

And from that moment I knew .. I Love you 

GIRL [to the boy]:

Indeed it was quite long ago

That I fell for you too

Boy I am so glad today

To hear from you that you feel the same too!

I WILL

I WILL

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Climb, I will ..The highest peak

Walk, I will ..Till my knees go weak

Laugh, I will ..At the funniest joke

Cry, I will ..But you not gonna know

Experience, I will ..To learn from it

Decide, I will ..What will be my fate

Dare, I will ..The scariest feat

Fear, I will ..To get over it

Dream, I will ..A fairy-tale life

Reach, I will ..My goals against all strife

Win, I will ..All the love that i want

Lose, I will ..Memories that are better lost

Love, I will ..You, for being at my side

Hate, I will ..Times you were not beside

Cherish, I will ..All the happy moments

Repent, I will ..That things had to end

Pray, I will

To the Almighty Lord

For strength and will

So that i realize it all!!