Acha

Life you gave me, Love you gave me
All that I could ask for, you gave me
Even before I ask for it
When I cry, you are hurt more than I
Sitting by your feet, I am truly happy
You taught me to walk, every step with a smile
And if I fall, you are more hurt
But you always put a smile on me
You went hungry so that my hunger could vanish
‘Molu’ – you called me. And every time you do
It sounds like a part of you
I am, a part of you
You always told me to live happy
With no regrets to this smile called life
You held my hand and taught me to pray
Our usual ritual of praying, always brought smiles to us
Any dream I have, you always make it possible
For me to live the dream
You taught me to help anyone in need
You taught me how to believe in friendship even when your best friend
Greedily stabs you in your back
You taught me that the best would happen if you do your best
You taught me hard work
Every struggle of yours to live life inspires every cell in me
You taught me to think before every step
You taught me to love family and never forget respect for all
Father, you’re my blessing
You have been my light, my life and
I am truly blessed to call you ‘Acha’.

Howl of pain

Serenity and peace is all that I dream of
Breathing - I am
But eyes open and I see
Blood all over
Bombs thrown in, to break lives around
To break minds
Innocents die
Lives whipped in the name of religion
Mind wonders which God says KILL
Father cries over the loss of his son
Life never would let him forget the last words of his son
“Father, Are you asleep? Where’s Ma?”
Tender years unable to realise the loss of birth givers
A day to celebrate the day of its birth,
And the tender child is ‘gifted’ with its parent’s death
Deserve, does it?
Save the home – The soldiers do
Losing their lives – to the cruelty bleeding the home
Ruthlessness rejoices seeing the blood and broken lives
Life – is all that matters to the lives
But cruelty stings the poison deep in
Silence in cries, Agony in tears
Shriek in hush-hush dead air
Cry of anguish and loss
Quiet in chaos – melancholy
No mind of any God said KILL,
Yet lives take lives.

Glad we met!

Chirpy days and sunny nights!
Smiling through the walkway
Looking around to find you
In a corner of my eye
That sparkle of joy, That tinge of red
Days fly away, waiting for that smile to fade
Waiting to check if the smile’s just for a while
But here comes the smile with every dawn
But here comes the rays of the smile every dusk
Peppy, Perky – I find me
You aren’t mine, yet you are
Glad I am, that we met
Just a handful of times yes,
But Thanks for the silent smiles
No one, but you gave them to me
I am here always, when you need
I’ll just wait for life to play
Its part of the game
Good, if we meet.
Thanks again!

My Kingdom

King, I am
Dynasties and States I own
My kingdom
I rule
Wars I fought
Bloodshed I have seen
Empires I built
Treasures I earned
Silver, Jewels, Emerald – I have it all
Slaves – I own
My empire
I wake up – to realize
I am the King of my own world
I am awake now
I am nothing
Nor do I own anything
Emperor of my kingdom
Was all that I was
I wake up.

Wait

A walk in the rain,
Raindrops chilling the innermost inside
Shivering inside
But eyes reflecting smiles
Cold around but shivering happy inside
Every step taken to reach warmth soon
Numb feet
But walking, running happy
Happiness untold
Pressed inside
Waiting to be told
Song on the lips all the time
Days waiting the endless wait
To the walk of life
Hands reaching for life
Is this life?
Happiness is what this is!
But is this life?
The wait continues to discover the answer
But smiles all the way walking hand in hand
With the wait
Warmth – come come come!



**To my friend who said i write nothing happy**

**Rob**

Rob died,
Life, he asked for
Life, he wished for
But life, never cared
to see what Rob would want
would wish
Life, still jets
And Rob hoped for another day
Every other day
Life treated him worser
Rob, never forgot to smile
Rob smiled
Rob sang
He said, 'I'd have to go anyway, why not smile, have fun and go?'
Rob dreamt of a concert
Where Music would take over all of him
Rob desperately waited for that day
Rob wanted death to come after that day
His Dream
Finally, there's the day
Rob played music like he never did
Music finally took over him
Rob and his dream - Music
Rob smiled again
Rob smiled again
Rob smiled with the music
Lived
Lived his dream
Lived and lived
And soon, death came
Death - Thanks for giving me the time
Thanks for the life
Thanks for the day
My dream, My wish
Now, you can take me.

Silence

Silence
Silence in the room
Takes away all her smiles
Noise, noise is all that she wants
Music is all that she loves
And music fills her life
Every moment of hers is filled with music
Music is where she finds solace
The good old radio in the room –
The source of her music
Played everything she wanted
She learnt music
She sang along the radio
She jumped with the songs
Cried with the songs!
Laughed with the songs
Screamed with the songs
Sang aloud with songs
Sometimes, quietly listened to the songs
When pearls of tears crept out of her eyes
Running through her cheeks and when touched her lips
A smile slowly crept in!
Music – made her live
Her room was the ‘home’
And music was her life
The radio died one day
And the room went silent
Silent, dead silent!
Silence suddenly took over her love
Silence suddenly took over her life
Silence – She hated
But now, all that she had was silence
And the good old radio gone forever
Dead and gone
And silence – ALIVE!