Dil Se

Why can there not be just love and no hate?

Why is frustration everybody’s fate?

Why is there a clamour for money?

Why is there a desire for more?

Why are there these jealousies?

Why don’t all of this we outgrow?

Why the bitterness? Why the sarcasm?

Why the violence? Why the schism?

Why an eye on another’s green?

And wish all this is only our scene?

Why can we not be happy and content?

Why are we often sore and disgruntled?

Why not be happy at others success?

And bring out the goodness we do possess

Why cannot everyone live in peace?

And let not malice have its feast.

Why not be in love and live in harmony?

And listen to His wonderful symphony?

We breathe the same air

We live on Mother Earth

Then why for each other we do not care?

And why of love there is so much dearth?

We all have to go...where? No one can find

So why not leave some goodness behind?

Leave all the violence, shed all the hatred

Love your fellowmen, have not their trust betrayed

When love and peace will prevail

And magnanimity survives

That is when truth we will hail

That is when brotherhood will thrive.

Work for this goal we all should

To the occasion we all should rise

And if all these things we could and would

This world becomes a paradise.

There comes a time in each one’s life

When everything seems to go wrong

An innocent touch to a gold object

Would simply turn it bronze.

Does it happen to everyone

Or is it to the unlucky few

That from the sky the fresh dew drops

Becomes the curse from the blue.

This depressing period engulfs you

As a lowest ebb in life

When you are thought of wrongly

Even by your husband or wife.

Supernatural courage is what you need

To stand against all odds

Extra confidence you will have to feed

To brave out from these sorts.

You do not know who is with you

You do not know what this is for

All you know is something will brew

To hurt the wounds still raw.

All was well a while ago

Everything just hunky-dory

Then how this misery could simply grow

Is it from love, money, power or glory?

Everyone seems against you

Or is it just state of mind

It shakes confidence within you

Is something suddenly wrong with world

Or is it simply you.

I surrender – I give up

I shudder to think

If we would drown in a pool of depression

The waves of the sea engulfing us

Welcoming us wickedly in their arms.

Now we must not succumb

To this conniving and conspiring ocean

This is a test of our endurance

A test from God Almighty

He puts to test his chosen few

To see the extent of faith in Him

The heat of the fire in which we burn

Will bring out the shine on our faces again.

When an event is done and through

Comments to flow is nothing new

Different perceptions and different view

Interesting to read even a few.

There are some who appreciate genuinely

The warmth in their words is felt instantly.

Others compliment very superficially

Perhaps not even seen event completely

They feel it had to be written then

The two little words “Well Done”.

Then there are well-wishers who critically advise

They are often well in line

You know too that they want

The best for you each time.

Others are critical as it is in their innate nature to criticize

To look for faults and then highlight.

We have to TOLERATE the views they had

We have to ACCEPT the good with the bad

We have to RESPECT their opinions and let them thrive

For TOLERANCE, ACCEPTANCE AND RESPECT to survive.

When you fight for your right

From your very own

Do you still have the might

To stand up and for their misdeeds condone.

Victory against them is all bitter and sweet

As in our victory is also our own defeat

Money today is pitted against true love

Greed and power take the seat much above.

Pounds and Pennies are what they count

Love and relationships are of no account.

You are happy or sad you cannot choose

To win from them you still lose

In the victory is the hidden defeat

For winning against your own

Is not very sweet.

The jubiliation of the victory

Is never wholehearted

Because in the fury

With what we have parted.

Lost so much with little choice

Leaves us no room to rejoice

Sad that relationships now become sour

But things like these are not often in our power.

Justice in the end must prevail

Truth therefore we will have to hail.

Two lonely eyes haunt me

The noise of the gun deafens me

The smell of fire nauseates me

Waves of the sea will engulf me.

I am afraid –

Afraid to live in this sinister world

Afraid of people killing one another

Senseless killings for an unknown cause

Unknown for they know not what they think they do.

They think they are doing it for a cause

But in fact undoing their very own cause

The essence of good being is to love and respect all

Then why uproot the basis – only to tumble and fall.

God is one almighty – despite His varied names and shrines

They cannot confine Him to any one kind

With love and understanding cannot all bind?

For all of these are roads with the same end in mind.

A house of worship should be sacred and stand tall

Then why this insanity for a place for all

God have mercy and make them see sense

For they know not their religion’s true essence.

Like lost children they have forgotten the right track

Please lead kindly light – to bring them together and back.

When per chance we meet a friend 

From our youthful college days 

A flood of memories rush back to us 

Of our innocent yet naughty ways. 

We re-live the period within ourselves 

Radiate the happiness of the times 

A thousand current of an electrifying touch 

The blushing looks, the mysterious smiles. 

The canteen, the library, the books and classrooms 

This was the world we lived in then 

Simple college socials were the greatest events 

Even our little experiences we would sit down to pen. 

How sweet and innocent life was my friend 

A matter of fact now, what was excitement then 

This period in life is ever so short 

It flies away never to be caught. 

Amazing how life has its twists and turns 

In one such turn we may find the same friends again 

But different so different they seem now 

They have bloomed we have blossomed. 

They are still so good, beautiful and successful 

But yet so different in a different world 

We care for each other yet we have grown apart.

I was thinking about how to tell you

Life is too short to sit and brood

Or let important words left unspoken too.

Your forever friend gets you through the hard time

Holds your hand and tells you everything will be fine

If you find such a friend happy you will be

I have found that friend in you and hope you find that in me.

I am so lucky to have you in my life

You accept me at my worst

And make me

Feel amazing at my best.

I couldn’t imagine life without you

I am a better person when with you

I can count on you and trust

To be there when I need you most.

Your laughter is contagious and with all the grace

You light up the atmosphere at any place.

When I am sad and I cry

You put your arms around to make me smile you try

I know there are struggles in your life too

Remember life is tough and so are you.

Please do not let anyone get you down

As you are amazing – if anyone says otherwise

They are wrong

Just know when you are sad

And I am not near

Dear God will wipe away

Your every tear.

I cannot find words so strong to express

What you always meant to me since long.

Thank you deeply for your love and kindness

And giving me so much happiness.

We need a best friend in difficult and complicated times

I will always be there for you

Whilst you give me hope and strength

Even if and when far apart

You will always be in my heart.

I love and pray again

That our relationship always remains the same

Will forever love you my friend

And forever has no end.

Human beings today are complex creatures

Artificial and superficial ways are the main features

A kiss on the cheek, a cold handshake

This is all, no more can they take.

‘‘How are you? From where do you come?’’

More than that they are struck dumb

A polite conversation here and there

After a while look elsewhere.

Dressed in all the glitter and glamour

Who do they think they can enamour

‘‘A smart outfit, beautiful jewellery

You almost look like a fairy!’’

Turn your back the other way

Snide remarks start their day

Compliments have no meaning

Greetings are shallow

Lives are becoming empty and hollow.

Bank balance is now all important

Beauty of the soul is long forgotten

What is your standing, how much you weigh

According to that they slot you today.

Why can we not be more genuine and pure

Why do we forget this is our temporary tenure

Relationships can be warm and caring

Deep understanding and lots of sharing.

Sharing the joys and the gains

Sharing the sorrows and the pains

In this world of today, sincerity needs a great part to play

If we could sincerely share our grief and sorrow

We could help to build a more creative tomorrow.

Missing you Mom

Missing you Pop

Sure from Heaven

Some blessings you will drop.

Your voices of blessings

Keep ringing in my ears

You are not far ‘cause I can hear.

Today all your peers are no more

Makes me feel very low

Long for that hug and that special kiss

Your hand on my head and it was bliss.

Do show me today you are thinking of me

And I will be as happy as can be

Will be waiting today for your

Love to shower on me

Miracles will happen and I

Will see!!!

You hardly give, when material things is what you give

When you give of yourself, is when you actually give.

There are some that give a minuscule

Of the wealth they amass

Their gifts are unwholesome

As for recognition is what they ask.

There are others who have very little

And they give it all

They are the believers in life

Their wealth will never fall.

There are some who give with joy

That joy is their reward

Others give with pain

Their gift is of no accord.

It is so good to give when asked

Even better giving unasked

For why refrain when the season is ours

Spread the wealth of giving like the fragrance of flowers.

Who are the deserving, how can we judge?

Does the tree in our garden, differentiate its shade as such?

How do we pose as “givers”?

We are not even a drop in the rivers.

Blessed are the ones through whom God gives

Chosen are they and through them He lives

On our false egos and pride we just try and thrive

It is but life that gives unto life.

Inspiration from Khalil Gibran