Save the day!

With every new ray of sun descending on us

Out comes a hearty, heavy sigh

An audible sign from our tired selves

Of all the troubles just gone by

And this i say not in sorrow but jest

For how could a mere 20 years of precious life

Ever tire us so to make us weep?

We are but novices at the game of life

With much to learn and more to enjoy

And we aren't even in that deep

Oh we fools just don't stop to see

The traps He lays to watch us fall

Into wells of gloom and sadness

A busted party?? A bad break up?

Hell! That's just His way of telling us

He's still up there, waiting to bless

If only we would look up to say

And send some thanks up His way

'Tis His way of showing us the power of faith

That gives us strength to look past hate

So hold that chin high and walk right ahead

And dare the troubles of the world to find a way

to get you down now and spill its seeds of misery

For now, we know, God will save the day!

Promise!

All around me is pure, glistening white,
The symbol of true love, peace and joy,
The kind that seemed just a dream till now
The kind of thing for which, one would cry
Unable to believe my luck I yearn
To meet him again and truly learn
That what he said was not a fantasy of mine
He really did blush over cake and wine
And said what I hope he must have said
The words I keep dreaming of in my bed
To meet him again to let him know
That I was too stunned then to show
How much I truly care for him
How dear are his every little whim
To tell him once and for all
I love you a lot and will love you for
As long as I shall ever live
And shall give you all I have to give
Just make sure you shall never hurt
By being mean, rude or curt
And shall always caress me in those tender arms
And see to it that I come to no harm
That promise I promise shall make me wild
And I shall be yours till the day I close my eye

JUST ANOTHER LIFE

Robby, as she was fondly called,
Was a person full of energy and life
A pleasant change amidst the throngs who
Can only crib about their pain and strife.

She was a dentist by profession,
And kept everyone’s smiles intact
Be it with her operating tools,
Or by just her smile’s impact.

All was fine in her paradise
Until one day she met young Ben
A charmer by the Lord’s will
A crook by his own consent.

Deceived her with his enchanting looks
Told her of troubles he knew not of
Begged for her sympathy and love
And eased her fears with a charming laugh.

She lost her ways in his bewitching world
And followed him to places afar
Touched by his timely gifts
So trivial, yet precious, beyond par.

And soon her life was filled with pleasure
And jewels from diamonds to rubies
And she felt content with the Lord’s blessing
And which girl, in her place wouldn’t be?

But then came the day of revelation
Of a truth so horrifyingly disguised
It shattered her world in a matter of seconds
And Ben had indeed, changed her life.

He was a thief and a liar too,
Had used her as a shadow
To save him from suspecting eyes
And as an innocent, unsuspecting ladder.

To successes he lusted but didn’t deserve,
And rewards that were rightly not his,
But he ran after this impossible dream
With Robby’s faith in tow this.

And met an end he was destined to meet
And fell ashamed at Robby’s feet,
With shame in his heart
Such that Robby’s eyes he couldn’t meet

For her eyes were strife with pain for once,
And that enchanting smile had long since gone,
And they asked an answer to unasked questions,
A reason because of which she had to see this dawn

A dawn which was not bright and would never be
And didn’t bring hope of new joys in tow,
A dawn that had shattered her entire life
Without her even knowing how.

He asked for forgiveness, but she could not concede,
For the warmth in her life had withered away
And there wasn’t any love to spare
So she just asked him to peacefully go his way

And she tried, and tried hard
To return to her life of old
Where joy had always overcome sorrow
And love, hate I’m told.

And then slowly, with time, over the years
Her sorrow melted and the hole began to fill,
And Robby became the old, pleasant dentist
Glad to see all patients and do their will.

Life began again as it always does
And it came a full circle before she saw
That the pain was just His way of letting her know,
That His love for all shall never thaw.

Recipe of life!

Hear ye! Hear ye! I call upon thee,
To tell you life’s recipe as it be
When you open your eyes first time ever,
Beauty and bliss is all you see.
And then, when your senses come together
A little pain and strife hit the eye.
And you take your first baby steps
Into high-end politics, which greed lives by
Ambition, lust and jealousy show face
And then finally, you are in the race
To outdo all and beat the bad, bad.
And rid yourself of all that’s pain and sad
But while you are doing this you forget to see
Without the pain, how happy can you be?
For it is the bad that brings the good in you
And sadly, honey, this is true
And once you learn this secret of life
Its already time to rock and roll and jive!!

Time, you elusive friend!

I’ve spent the better part of my last two days mourning the departure of my best friend to his college in a city far away from home… I’ve prayed and prayed to God to give me just five more minutes with him… just five! Five more minutes to tell him how much I love him, five more minutes to hear him tell me how much he loves me… but alas! Even God’s helpless in front of the bullish ways of time…
I’ve grown hearing how time waits for none and how we must make hay while the sun lasts but it just seems so tough to actually believe those maxims. We’ve always seemed to have time to do so many different great things in life. Be it work, play, read, paint or whatever else our heart’s wished to do! We’ve never had to sit up and look at how we never had time to spend with people who love us. We’ve never stopped for just that one-minute to think back as to why all those different past relations went wrong… We’ve never just paused from our exciting priority of the moment to wonder why is it that we just don’t seem to have the friends the kind our parents have. And now that time’s just slapped me hard in the face I’m forced to take a breather from my super-busy lifestyle and look back at all that I’ve left behind in my rush to outrun others in the rat race called life. And what lies ahead…
And as I can see, from my cosy niche here, at the bottom, I see but dark walls of gloom descending upon us, the human race… We have become so engrossed in our immediate concerns of personal welfare that we’ve just lost track of the path of life… We are so intent at looking where our next step is going to be that we fail to see the cobbled mess, which is the path that lies ahead. I talk here, of our absolute failure to realize the importance of giving time to nurture our relations…we are so busy choosing the roses for our bed that we forget to see the legs of that very dream bed being eaten out by the termites of distance, apathy and mistrust. What is it that we are running so fast for?? To reach pinnacles of financial success? Of fame? Of security?? When is it that we shall realize that all these fortunes are meaningless if we just don’t garner enough relations on the way to share our joys with? And yet, right at the top, I see a shimmer of light, a glimpse of hope… of hope that we still might be able to do something to right this world after all…
‘Out of sight is out of mind’ has never held truer. And the pity is, we just don’t seem to make an effort to stay within sight anymore… friends are so much more dispensable now… Now that life’s become so materialistic we seem to have found substitutes for the security that only a human relation can bring. Which is why we so dread growing old… we know that that’s when the severity of our actions will actually be down upon us and then there shall be no escape… When we are old, and we let time catch up with us, all the memories shall rush by… when we dissed a friend in favor of a promotion… when we ditched our parents in lieu of a night out partying with some people you didn’t even know… how you ruined a relationship by just never stopping to realize that you loved the person. And yet, we might just manage to give ourselves the illusion that we’ve lived our lives well and all that hard work did pay off as we’ve managed to at least book ourselves a decent room in a old age home somewhere and a coffin of the most expensive and comfortable wood there is! Ha! Now that’s a happy life, as I see it!
Sigh!!! So what is that glimmer of hope shining above our heads anyway?? With all the social pressures how is it that we can right the world??? By just listening to our hearts once in a while and taking just that tiny pause from our hectic schedules to love and let love… By realizing the chance life is giving us at having happy times and grabbing that elusive beast with both hands. So I, am going to stop pining for my best friend and pick up the phone and tell him how much I love him… I could immerse myself in work and find other friends in the meantime but alas…. Am but an old school student…