Tuesday, June 23, 2009

She stands alone...

This was a poem I wrote a while ago (2005 I think). It was an ode to one of my closest friend...

She stands alone on the shore
watching the waves roll over the sands
watching the small crab scurrying to stay dry
escaping the pull and pushes of the moon

She drifts alone
like the bottle tossed into the seas with a message
filled with love, yet need to make it journey on its own
To find a shore, a hand which may treasure it
or a hand that might toss it back again

She moves alone
like the solitary ship on high waves
braving storms and tides to destinations unknown
all under the command of a higher hand

She cries alone
like the solitary plant in her garden
with dew tear-drops of a lonely night

She walks alone
alone in a crowded world
But with faith
of the love she holds in her heart
of the quiet strength in her soul
of the trying but benevolent power above


One of my friend's fiance posted in the internet group he was a part of without reallying knowing who wrote it. :)
It got some good responses. The post is at
(But it will require you to login in :()
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most invaluable thing - Human life?

"Ishwar Allah Tera Jahaan Mein
Nafrat kyon hain Jung hain kyon
Tera dil tho ek Dariyaa hain
Insaan ka dil tung hain kyon"....

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

All it takes is a split second...

Yesterday I got the news of the sudden demise of a friend, Navneet.
Though we werent particularly close, we worked in the same team and shared some very good moments....

While it has been fairly easy to carry on with the usual things, I would be lying if I said it hasnt affected me. My thoughts keep going back to her and questioning why...and a huge sense of deja vu of two such similar events - Sirisha's death and Saraswati mami's. Both very sudden!

People often say 'it was so sudden that it is so surreal', but will it ever not be surreal? Be it accident or after some illness, the very fact of accepting someone is gone from your life forever is always so difficult to comprehend.

A person full of plans for tomorrow, wishes for the future, worries from the present, bills to pay, promises to keep or break....just stops being suddenly? One minute she is there, the next no longer there.....it like someone throws a switch......


All this brings in glaring realization the mortality of us. As I get more embroiled in our life and love, the more vunerable I get. The more I realize on how less control I have on anything...how much I am at the mercy of my destiny or the Supreme Being.

But thats the pleasure of life! And for any change in it, all it takes is a split second.