Nostalgia Rewakens

While I slowly moved down the sands of time,
Weariness and monotony clinging on as crime.
Flashed back thoughts of my small boarding school,
A cloudburst of memories as I wept by the pool.

The Monday morning bell ringing loud and clear,
As the warden appeared each day in fresh attire,
“Wake up you hooligans” shouting our miss dear,
Startling the little ones as they woke up in fear.

The daily routine and the occasional fights,
Sleeping during studytime and wide awake at nights.
Making new penpals and writing in secret diaries,
Giggling in classes and asking silly queries.

Dressing up for concerts and passing weird comments,
Grand birthday celebrations and many wonderful moments.
Watching horror movies and praying at nights,
Or going early to bed after turning on all lights.

Adolescence quickly passed by with sheer jubilation,
Merry making, laughing and in pure exaltation.
Then came life's burdens crushing down with thunders,
Shaking all my dreams and plunging into blunders.

Since then forlorn, I am praying with tired eyes,
Searching frantically in between silent cries.
The last night of peace in our dilapidated mansion,
Laughing and dancing to see our "Miss" in tension...

Durga Puja

The crowded streets and the blatant talk,
The beat of drums with the dancing folk.
The goddess went back with pomp and show,
While the little ones cried "Maa, please don't go".

Affliction

That fresh morning, crisp and dry,
the soft breeze gently flowing by,
Stood by him,unable to cry,
but mortal agony deepening high.

Together, we had vowed forever to tow,
Our field of flourishing love with care.
Until one day when his mask flew off,
Exposing the unfaithful cheat right there.

I dazed as he smoothly denied,
No regret, guilt or shame followed by,
Malice filling within me, nothing benign,
and tiny droplets suppressing a sigh.

His denial accompanied a series of lies,
Until the thread of love tore apart,
And amongst our story of broken ties,
Lay the wonderful memories unable to depart.

Rain Rain, Come Again!

An alluring darkness smothered by,
Darkening the sky like a blackened eye,
Followed by droplets, crying high,
into the burdened earth, slothful and dry.

Mesmerized, I stepped out of my little coop,
Silently, shivering down the line,
Welcomed grandiosely by the dancing troop,
My inner soul finally feeling fine........

Strangled

My present asks me why.....
My relationship feels strangled.
The mirror shows the glimpse of
A stranger with frantic hands,
Trying to reach me
with desires strong as metal,
But soul filled up
only with smoke, no fire within.

While the future hazes out...
uncertainty toddling by,
Commitment fades out and
lust flows in....
Paths deviate, souls depart...
But the relationship remains
All for namesake.

Ummm.....

A day passed by, with a sigh,
Deepening all my sorrows.
But as I smiled, head held high,
It healed up all the hollows.

Just Another Day

Well, writing in my blog nowadays has become similar to "a special sweet dish on a happy occasion".

Today was an eventful day of my life, not because it passed exceptionally well, but it taught me a little more.

The life which circled only around friends, laughter and merriment has suddenly come to a halt. Today, the clock does not stop, the day does not wait and the lack in variety continues.

My close friends are soon going to move out of office....and their empty places would be filled up with new faces, following the dreary introduction and fake smiles. There would be the common repetition of making your presence felt in the place where nobody cares.

My purpose was not to get emotional over somebody leaving the workplace, but emphasize on the fact that the superficial layer of insecurity and loneliness heals rapidly with a new bond of attachment over the new ones. And despite these sudden changes and a million hurdles crossing your path, life still goes on...