Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Footsteps

Do you hear those faint footsteps
Of distant and of light feet? No?
Listen carefully..Now, do you hear?
They touch my ears, softly at first
Then come closer and still closer
Until their sounds reverberate
Like beating drums and blowing trumpets;
When all of a sudden, on the doors of my heart
A gentle knock I hear.
Suspicious mind of mine restricts my freedom
To act fast - Smell of danger?.
Precious moments lost in doubt
"Who is it?" I call out hesitantly
Silence whispers back;

Desperately I looked around
No man nor angel I ever found
A queer sense of loss
I wait with eyes shut fast and abated breath
In expectation of those footsteps and the mysterious rap
Realization dawns of an opportunity lost.
My disturbed mind pleaded in vain
Knock!,O stranger, knock; Knock once more;
Give me another chance,just one more
To answer you faster and doubt no more
To welcome the hope that you bring
Into the depths of my heart
O stranger, I pray you come once more
Thaw the ice betwixt me and my life.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Just Words..

Dreamt
Yearned
Sought
Found.

Nurtured
Treasured
Rejoiced
Re-blossomed.

Short-lived
Misled By
Deceived
Jilted.

Blamed
Targeted
Disgraced
Ostracized.

Hopeless
Clueless
Listless
Friendless.

Wounded
Scarred
Isolated
Devastated.

Ruined!!!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

TIME

O Time! patient healer of all wounds
Wounds inflicted on man since ages;
Your relentless run leaves behind
Scars and blemishes of a rare kind.

Your wheels move in lightning pace
Compelling my mind to contemplate,
Should I indulge in a wild goose chase
After you, or freely let you race

Bitter memories of past incidents
You revive with marked precision
The freshness of the wounds long faded
The tormenting pain not yet subsided.

Your triumph in the game of life
Is as certain as days and nights
Yet you rush on pausing for none
And on earth you transform every one.

O Time! veritable storehouse of all events
Histories of the past, chapters of the present
Reveal to us our tomorrow's fate
Lest we fret away our todays.

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