Be Ready

I can see…
The winds of change
Blowing at a rapid pace,
The wings of freedom
Touching newer heights –
The chains of slavery
Breaking into pieces,
The suppressed breath

Finding new breadths –
No more the shackles of darkness
Can throttle your voices
Now you can lead your destiny
Into newer heavens –
Throw away the remnants
Of frightening nightmares
You suffered all the years –
The wheels of New Ages
Are moving at a lightening speed,
The white horses of strength
Are descending from the skies,
The green pastures of hope
Are spreading into new horizons –
Be ready to enter…
A new life altogether!

Friendship

‘Friendship’ is the most beautiful word
May be among all the words in the world
Friendship knows no age, gender and place
For, it recognizes only the warmth,
The love, the affection and the unselfish
Bonding that friendship exudes -
One is lucky to experience true friendship
Needless to say, he who has no friends
Is like a tree having no leaves,
Like a bird without wings and feathers…
Friendliness is next only to Godliness
A life is not a life
Unless you drown yourself
In the ocean of friendship,
Life is not complete
Without a circle of true friends,
A pauper is not one having no riches
But one having no friends
I pray the God first for a friend
And next only for any other need
If there is anything in this world
That can’t be measured in terms of money
It’s friendship along with love and affection
Nothing is valuable than a friend’s connection
I can say this with great faith and conviction!

Friends With Success

I was under the impression,
Success was in my possession
It could never escape me,
As I had mastered it
The truth is however different
Whenever I was un-attentive
It attempted to slip away -
With great knack and skill
I used to somehow manage
To snatch it back
But I lost my peace
In this relentless process
I couldn’t bear it any more
As our relations had gone sour
I went almost mad….
Suddenly one day I had a flash –
I should be friends with success
I was successful in my effort
Now success and me are friends
I am at peace again
Success will never leave me now
Rather it will cling to me
Earlier I was running after the success
It is now the other way round
It runs all around
If I am not found
Because success is now my friend!

Merciless Time

Oh…Time! Stop there!
Now - at this moment -
I can’t catch up with you –
The speed you move at,
Everything gets ravaged
With in no time
Let me nourish my wounds
Let me cherish my memories
Let me finish my dreams
You have no regard to
What the tender hearts pass through
They are not as cruel as you
They need a little space
They can’t run the race, with you
You engulf the whole Universe
Thirst yours is immense
I am only a small drop in the Ocean
Let me unravel myself
Let me figure out my own pulse
In the boundless Evolution
In the timeless Formation
Be merciful, Oh…Time!
Wait for a while….
Let me manage at least a tiny smile!!

The Enemy Within

Gloom everywhere,
As if darkness
Descended from the hell
Unhappiness all over,
As if the pleasures are taken away
Unpleasantness in every relationship,
As if a war is declared among all
Life is not enjoyable any more…
The world is full of pain and poison…
Nature is no more adorable…
Everyone around me,
Appears to be an enemy…
Is the earth not worth living?
Let me check myself,
My inner self –
Amazing…!!!
The whole of darkness,
Unhappiness and unpleasantness,
The pain and poison…
I could see them all inside me
Oh…God..! Now I realize
Why the world is so gloomy,
The people appear so unhappy…
I am happy now –
As I found the roots of the problem!
And as I know it’s remedy too!!

Memories

Memories…
Mind is full of memories -
Memories – good and bad
Keep pouring in – day and night
Happy I am…
When good memories strike
Unhappy obviously,
When bad memories surround me
I do not suppress bad memories but,
I allow them to flow in freely,
I tell them, however, not to return…
As I do not relish them
In spite of my warnings,
Bad memories, if enter
I am not worried either –
After all – memories are memories
Good or bad – they are ours!

Let Live and Live

I want to walk
Along the edge of the road
Letting everyone walk freely;

I want to eat
At the finish of the feast
Letting everyone eat sumptuously;

I want to talk
At the closure of the debate
Letting everyone talk deliberately;

I want to stand
At the end of the queue
Letting everyone get their due;

Because, I always believe…
I can be happy,
Only when others are happy!