They say ...

Love happens
When two minds harmonize despite the odds …

Friendship happens
When you stand by each other despite not looking eye to eye …

Success happens
When you put your heart & try despite the failures …

Peace happens
When you smile unfazed despite all provocation …

Happiness happens
When you enjoy little things with laughter despite the troubles …

Forgiveness happens
When you embrace the sinner despite the sins …

Life happens
When Love, Friendship, Success, Peace, Happiness & Forgiveness happens …

State of flux !

He is singing … singing lullabies to himself … coz he wants to sleep … rid himself of the fatigue … of living … of having brought himself thus far … and now he has slumped … he doesn’t want to move … not now … not ever …

He is cursing … sometimes his stars … sometimes others … but mostly himself … it helps … cursing … temporarily … but certainly … it’s not fair … to curse … he knows … but then so is life …

He is smiling … the serene smile … as memories flashes before his eyes … of freedom … of warmth … of harmony ... of laughter … its fleeting … the smile ... but lightens him while its there …

He is crying … tears of joy … of sorrow … of blood … of love … it doesn’t come easy … tears I mean … but when it does … it oozes freely & simply … clearing in its course … some blemishes …

He is searching … for answers … to questions … known & unknown … directionless … but still searching … like an wanderlust … from here to there … and back … but it eludes him … the answers …

He is living … life … each day … each moment … lost at times … contemplating too … and alwayz wondering … Why ? … but not knowing …. How ? …

He is waiting … waiting for the time wheel to move … move and take him away … away from the present … to a time in the future ... where there is no present … none of it … just the future …

Cupid Tale!

Here’s a short story. A sweet one too. A story --

… Of misty mornings & good morning kisses …

… Of rickshaw rides & ‘my heart will go on’ …

… Of shopping stroll & fatigue thereon …

… Of valentines shopping & candle-lit dinner …

… Of red wines & carefree dancing …

… Of mall cafes & bookstores …

… Of red roses exchanged …

… Of sweet talks & bitter fights …

… Of misunderstandings & near-breakups …

… Of revelations & coping with them …

… Of troubled times & agonized battles …

… Of resolves to see till the end …

… Of poetries & itineraries …

… Of blooming love growing every moment …

… Of promises & dreams …

… Of companionships – forever …

“They don’t make angels like her anymore”. Really.

Bleak it is .. !

Everything is the same … really everything …
Well, everything, but me …

Something has changed … something …
Yeah, things are not the same …

But what is it? … What?
What is it after all?

No, I am not fine … not at all …
Definitely, not in the way I should be …

Why this dilemma? ... This listlessness?
This ennui? ... This void? …

Yes, there is a problem. But whr does it stem from?
Social? Material? Spiritual? Or is it Emotional?

Nothing seems to be working …
Not Love … Not Passion … Not Money …

Is it a phase? Will it pass?
What if it doesn’t? Never?

Everybody else seems to be fine. Or, atleast appear to be.
So is it jus me then?. It has to be me ...

It was all working … Not perfect, but still working?
So, where did it go wrong? And when?

What should I do? Where should I look?
Who should I turn to? Who?

It’s not easy … to go on like this
To live when there seems to be no life …

Is time the only recourse, then? Time – the best healer?
Will it heal? Can it be healed?

‘Something’s missing … I don’t know how to fix it …
Something’s missing … I don’t know what it is …’