whilst I ignore

And so it were,

Whilst I lay counting the grains in sand,

The surf kept passing me by.

It kept telling me stories,

But the sand was grainy,

The sand was coarse,

The sea was salty,

And my feet were sore.

The waves had a rhyme,

A song for my heart,

But I kept building castles 

Of sand and conches rare.

Were I to hear a conch speak,

The wild tales of the ocean deeps,

But of truth,none I knew,

For I passed my evening

Ignoring sounds of a heart rare.

Little kid, Little kid

Little kid little kid,

You bring me my smile.

I have been lost

And it's been a while,

But as the moon rises,

You bring me my smile.

Dark my days may have been,

And the sun's at a mile,

But as the flowers bloom,

You bring me my smile.

Little kid little kid,

Let me poke a nose,

And tweak the ears a bit,

Pull those cheeks out,

For when those are pinky,

You bring me my smile.

Little kid little kid,

Go out and play in the rain,

Sing me my song,

For its been a while.

For you bring me sunshine

You bring me my smile.

Little kid little kid,

Come dream with me a while

While the rain clouds go away,

You will always be my, smile.

What can a rock but do

I have burnt a few bridges,
And lost a quarter of my song,
The beginnings I can still see,
But I can see not what went wrong.
I always had a song to sing,
Today I fumble a bit too much,
Though memories still haunt me,
I have lied a tad too much.

There be a strength in pain,
But to suffer is silence is my wont,
For what can a rock do, but stand,
And remember all the bridges burnt.
One of them was my ticket to heaven,
All I have left is but doors to devils hall.

The white elephant

My literal friend and me went to the zoo. I was excited to take him around as he was unfamiliar with wild animals. He had lived all his life in a concrete jungle.

Now my friend is a very intelligent person. He ideates and innovates. And most of what I have seen him convinces me that he is a genius. Walking along in the zoo, his insights on the animals were new to me. His approach was totally different to the hackneyed ways I looked at things. My familiarity had coloured my eyes. With his insights, I was enjoying the trip. While I was bored in my previous trips, this trip had me questioning of all that I was missing, looking at the familiar.

At the safari, looking at the elephant, my friend exclaims with joy, 'Elephants are white!'. I smile condescendingly. I tell him, 'That's an albino.'. But he wouldn't listen. For him elephants were white, for that was what he saw. I tried to explain but sometimes my friend gets lost in his own mind. We moved on to tales of how animal greetings tend to be more southern than us.

Fast forward to a few months. My genius friend used a white elephant as a logo for his new company. He tells me that the albino represents how in a sea of black elephants, his company is different. I am happy that this was just the logo.

What worries me the most is the difference with which animals greet each other. When did in the evolutionary biology did we move towards the north? Not that I am complaining.

Names

I could always forget the pain,
For then what would be my love be worth.
For though pain be not what I seek,
Where else would I learn to love?
Many be joys of life,
But when two hearts feel the same,
Like the rhythm of two hearts,
The song be different than the din.
Hearts though be cleaved by names,
And there be none to tell all,
But a name is not what it yearns,
Love grows fine in shadows.
That what is it's may not seem,
But in stolen dreams it lie,
Though it may never touch a kiss,
Silence some times is good enough.

Spark

I have a small spark within,
Let me burn out.
For it is in the flame to burn,
And in my heart to be consumed.

Go thither from me,
Lest I burn you too.
And my eternity with me,
My life mine to rue.

My paths are set in stone,
And quiet I will go,
I will leave no mark,
And nary a tune slow.

It is a slow march,
And little do I care,
For there is a madness to me,
This I will never share.

कभी कभी

कभी कभी ये दिल हमसे पूछता है,
चल लेगा कितनी राह तू युहीं अकेले,
कभी डरता हूँ, कभी सहमता हूँ,
पर फिर चल लेता हूँ मैं युहीं अकेले।
कभी कभी ये दिल हमसे पूछता है,
अभी कितनी बची है पैमाने मैं,
जब तलक छलके नहीं मैखाने में,
युहीं दो घूँट पी लेता हूँ अकेले में।
कभी कभी ये दिल हमसे पूछता है,
कितनी तसल्ली है यूँ जीने में।
हमारे पास युहीं कुछ नग्मे हैं,
युहीं गुनगुना लेते हम अकेले में।
कभी कभी ये दिल हमसे पूछता है,
कितनी जान बाकी है इस अकेले मैं,
जान तो हमारी कहीं और बसी है,
युहीं याद कर लेते साँसों को,
हम अपने अकेलेपन में।