HOW WOULD YOU KNOW

How would you know...

Of the sun that sets into the waters

To the waves pleas, it does not cater

How would you know...

How the water burns

In darkness why would any soul churn

How would you know...

If there ever was a drop

When all you did was but slop

How would you know...

How the lines unnoticed crept

No good ever came when unkempt

You would never know,

The depth of the scream

The wreck of the dream

The undoing of the seam

The unveiling of the teem

For the eyes were made to melt

But the doings were one of celt.

THE GOLDEN GIFT

I knelt and looked up to the sky

wished for it with all my lot

But unheeded was my desolated cry

The golden gift for me was meant not.

This is how longing hours did pass

wanting to be cherished every day

But nothing to fulfill this wish did last

So accepting fate, my back turned away.

The mundane wheels churned ahead

with little surprises in life's train,

Like one brought back from dead

The golden gift I saw again

Withing my reach it shimmered bold

One feet away, I stand transfixed

Luring me into its hold

but now I just cannot open it!

Perplexed by the emotional swell

because its not happiness that I feel

wondering why, into it I dwell...

Did the long wait make me believe 

that it was never my keep

Did I accept my loss and bury my desired so deep 

that now it wont suffice my own need

Or was it time that made me wiser 

who taught me there is no gift

Or is it the fear of the unknown unfurled

that threatens to wash away all that I built.

Caught in this turmoil I find no refuge

unable to move, unable to decide

Best to remain in the limbo I deduce

Nothing imminent, so I retain control

from a distance I watch the surreal golden gift
Into its trance I do not drift

And somehow being here lets me breathe.

THINK AGAIN

Much higher than the city scrapers
There once roamed mighty dinosaurs,
With thunderous footsteps that shivered the earth
It roamed the same park in which you now walk...

Much faster than the civil fighter jets
Cutting through those ferocious winds,
The pterosaurs soared above trees
Just like you do when you swing with the breeze.

Crawling, hopping, munching, breathing
A zillion years they lived...
Until one day, it rained scorching flames of fire.
The surprised lives had no where to race
Unprepared eyes stared into doom's face
A world they once caved now as memories saved...
all evaporated into nothingness !

As you walk your days, have you ever thought about endings?
Neither did the dinosaurs...
As the rains come down, have you ever thought about scorching flames?
Neither did the pterosaurs...

All your ways in your passing days
In a blink could be washed away,
Not just wallets , not just old memories
Every single atom vanished without trace.
Before you see it, before you hear it
Before you feel it, before you know it...
Everything could go...  *POOF* 

ONE LOOK AWAY

When the kid inside you dances on her happy feet...

Hear me in the laughter of your heartbeat.

The walls are closing in and your feeling low

Hear me in the key unlocking the tiny window

                                                                                                

The roads paced ahead and you are panting to be on track

Hear me in the reminder for a relaxed healthy snack.

Hear me in your every step

Hear me in your every breath

Coz I'm right here

I'll always be one look away.

When your heads boiling higher than the kettle and you have to curse

Hear me in the silence that tells you its not the worse.

Your in the dark and the blindfolds too tight

Hear me in the clap that guides you to the light.

Your walking down the highway with an empty palm

Hear me in the breeze coz I'm walking along.

Hear me in your every step

Hear me in your every breath

Hear me in your every smile

Hear me in your every while

Coz I'm right here

I'll always be one look away

Just, one look away.

MAKE ME BELIEVE

I have closed my eyes and walked ahead
But its not where I want to be
I shut the voice and walk ahead
But its not the same me.
It feels so different, it doesn't feel right
So help me out and make me believe.

Make me believe
because I am ready
and I need it now
and I need it fast.
Just make me believe,
I need to stand tall
before nightfall.

All the things that I do
Make me believe they are worth something too.
All the lives I have lived
Make me believe they are worth living too.
I need to know I did good,
So help me out and make me believe.

Make me believe
because its raining hard
and I need it now
and I need it fast.
Just make me believe,
I need to stand tall
before nightfall.

LIFE OF A THOUGHT

There's a rumor inside my head
warning me about monsters under my bed ,
So I twist and turn ... cuddled with fear
waiting for the first sparks of dawn to hear.

With measured breaths, the pillow seems to relax
unaware of the lurking facts ...
And I wish to be a soft fluffy one too
undisturbed sleep, and no tears that weep.

The sheep's hop across the barn
immensity guided by the ball of yarn ,
rolling down the pathway into the pond ...
The ripples drown without a sound.

The sun bullies through the window
leaving no trace of the nights shadow.

Somewhere amid the wandering of the night
ended the life of that thought ...
And as I awaken to this new day
churning again are the chains of new thoughts.

Reach Up Stretch Out And Live

Slowly and steady you reach to the sky
Breaking boundaries your branches stretch up high,
You learn the rules of the day and the secrets of the night
And grow up to know what you were taught is not right...

The mighty oak grows, believing still in the early lessons
Seasons turn and the winds howl demanding reasons,
The sun goes round, and you hold on and hold strong
Alone you stand, no one to share all that you faced wrong...
But the deep buried roots don't doubt its own soil
So hard you tremble but continue your toil.

Dried leaves drift below, covering your own shadow
and before the last clinging one wither's away
Your not going to fade, without having your say.
Your going to change it all around
Your going to shout out loud for the world to hear your sound.
Your going to live like you have always wanted to
It ends only after you get your due...

So brace yourself and dig deep your root
Hold your strength untill they hear your toot
Don let them tell you how you should breathe
They are not the ones to put you to sleep...
So reach up and stretch out and live 
Your strength will take you through.

...Higher than the shooting star
You will find peace in your heart.