Friend

Friend

Where are you going, where have you been?

My dear, close, and quiet friend,

As we sit in the soft springtime Saturday's end

Taking comfort in each other once again.

Tell me your stories and I'll tell you mine;

And so we will pass a few hours time

With the quaint and the comic and even sublime -

Silently searching for that elusive sign.

We'll fashion the future and polish the past,

Allowing the memories to amass;

While the grains of sand slip through the glass

'Til a tranquil lull pervades at last.

Conversation fades with the eve's golden light,

We cannot go on, try though we might;

So you gather me an embrace so tight,

And we wistfully, longingly say goodnight.

Firefly

Firefly

When you feel all alone, or trapped in the dark,

Just remember that I am there,

I'll be by your side, I'll hold your hand,

And dispel all your fears.

When the path seems long and us wearisome to tread,

And you are just by yourself,

I'll give you company till you reach your goal,

I'll be always there to help.

When the going gets tough and when all is not well,

You can rest your head on my shoulder,

I'll whisper calm words lovingly to your ear,

I'l be warm for you should it get colder!

When the sun goes down and all becomes dark,

And if you get frightened of the night,

I'll shine like a star & fly by your side,

I'll glow brightly and fill your world with my light.

I'll be there for you whenever you think of me,

I'll come to your aid every time,

If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile,

I'l be your melodious rhyme.

I'll catch your tears & keep your secrets,

I'll be there in times good & bad,

I'll be there through your afflictions, see you through defeats,

I'll ensure that you never remain sad.

When you're down and the world seems empty and dark,

I'll be there, lighting your road,

You can follow in my wake, in my afterglow,

I'm your firefly, and gladly will I share your load!

Message In a Bottle

Message In a Bottle

I sent out the directions,

To the princess who will come my way one day,

I sent to her this message,

And this is what I had to say.

For my dearest Princess;

Whoever you may be,

Know that wherever you are,

To my heart you have the key.

I know that when you get here,

My heart will skip a beat,

And with your gentle touch,

You'll knock me off my feet.

You'll push your way through the locked doors,

Leading to my heart,

Battling all my fears of love,

Giving love for me a brand new start.

I think you've already found me,

Disguising yourself to me,

Teaching me my lessons now,

Then forever we can be.

I thought that I had found you,

I so easily let her go,

For that game of love I was unprepared,

A game I just didn't know.

Maybe she was you,

I just didn't know,

But when you, my Princess, reveal your disguise,

I'll know to never let you go.

But if I am wrong and she you are not,

I hope you soon will find,

I'll be the prince you're looking for

I'll be yours for all time.

Until then my princess, whoever you are,

I guess that I shall go,

I will love you when you get here,

Be sure that this you know.

I love you wherever you are,

I hope you get here soon,

I'll wait for you every night,

Meet me under the moon.

So I sealed my message with a rose,

And shipped the bottle on its way,

And under the beautiful moon,

I wait for my princess each day.

Maybe she's gotten lost,

Or even taken a wrong turn,

Maybe she's right in front of me,

Just teaching me the love lessons I need to learn.

Alone

I sat alone

Lost & forlorn,

Totally heartbroken,

I was just on my own.

I was numb,

Paralysed by shock,

Unable to comprehend,

This tragedy, behemoth!

I sat in silence,

Somehow bearing the pain,

Tears began to fall,

Like drops of rain.

I felt like a newborn baby,

Totally alone in the world,

I could do nothing,

For away from you I was hurled!

Fate is indeed cruel,

It tore me apart from you,

I want you back somehow,

I cant begin my life anew!

Oh my angel,

Come back to me,

For without you,

Life is hardly worth living I see.

The Lord took you close,

And forsake me under the skies,

My world suddenly froze

And everything seemed a lie!

You went where I couldn't follow,

You went away from me,

You really became an angel,

Whom I no longer could see.

I end this now,

Get up and walk away,

Knowing not what road lies ahead,

& How long like this I am going to stay....

When I Close My Eyes

When I Close My Eyes

I know when I close my eyes,
They spread their wings to fly.
I can see their halos glow,
when I close my eyes.

They drift amongst the clouds,
always looking down.
Watching over me when days go by.
I know they do this when I close my eyes.

I bet they talk about my love and hates
and they can determine my own fate
And I bet they talk to God each night
To make sure what I do at night.

But God didn't put wings on friends,
though I do not know why.
Because I know that they are angels
Every time I close my eyes.

Don't Look Back

Don't Look Back

As you travel through life, there are always those times

When decisions just have to be made;

When the choices are hard and solutions seem scarce,

And the rain seems to soak your parade.

There are some situations where all you can do

Is to simply let go and move on,

Gather courage together and choose a direction

That carries you toward a new dawn.

So pack up your troubles and take a step forward-

The process of change can be tough,

But think about all the excitement ahead,

If you can be stalwart enough.

There could be adventures you never imagined

Just waiting around the next bend -

And wishes and dreams just about to come true

In ways you can't yet comprehend.

Perhaps you'll find friendships that spring from new interests

As you challenge your status quo,

And you learn there are so many options in life

And so many ways you can grow.

Perhaps you'll go places you never expected

And see things you've never seen -

Or travel to fabulous far-away worlds

And wonderful spots in between.

Perhaps you'll find warmth and affection and caring -

A "somebody special" who's there

To help you stay centered and listen with interest

To stories and feelings you share.

Perhaps you'll find comfort in knowing your friends

Are supportive of all that you do -

And believe that whatever decisions you make,

They'll be the right choices for you.

So keep putting one foot in front of the other,

And taking your life day by day.

There's a brighter tomorrow that's just down the road,

Don't look back, you're not going that way.

Friendly Love...

Friendly Love...

I was cold and hurting,

Lost out in the night,

Wandering and searching

For heaven's light.

I saw the night sky clearing,

When you spread your wings,

But little did I know,

What joy you would bring.

From that moment on,

A friendship did start.

You kissed away my tears,

And sheltered my heart.

I bless the day God,

Sent you from above,

But then I grew fearful,

For I had fallen in love.

I told you this feeling,

And what did you say?

You said you liked our friendship,

And that's how it would stay.

I cried for a friendship, I thought I had lost,

But then felt your warm, gentle hand.

You then whispered in my ear,

That by my side you'll forever stand...

I Sight...

I Sight...

What does it feel to not see the golden sun,

Its rays piercing through every silver cloud,

Missing spectacles like rivers and lakes which effortlessly run,

Or the levels to which trees could grow, if allowed.

How would it be to not see the deer's love for its fawn,

The sight of a calf quenching its thirst,

To be unable to see black nights and enlightening dawns,

To not see the race, droplets of rainwater take, to reach the earth first!

To be blind to the sights of birds flying freely in the blue sky,

To miss a seedling's struggle to ascend upwards in the air,

To not see colours in full bloom in the Spring, oh my!

To not possess the gift of sight to see Nature's angry glare.

To not fathom the whiteness of milk & the blackness of ink,

To not comprehend myriad and vivid hues,

To simply contrive images in the mind, scenes simply to think,

To subject everything to imagination, just letting the mind loose.

For black is the only colour, warping and veiling life,

Always being in the shadows, always seeking a helping eye,

To only feel, never to see, every moment dipped in strife,

Life becomes a painting in the monotone, a seemingless lie.

Yet, fortunate are those who are blind, in a way,

To be impervious of the scenes of crime,

Of blood and bone, torn apart by violence, as they lay,

Of faces forgotten and obliterated by time.

Of Nature's fury unleashed by wave or in the air,

Of those buried by the shaken earth, alike,

Of those perished due to Nature's angry flares,

Of those who passed into the void because of stone and pike.

Fortunate indeed are they, who do not see the grey vicious shades in man,

To be blind to meaningless, virtuousless debauchery,

To not witness ruthless atrocities as they can

Change the very meaning of humanity, such treachery.

So those with sight, remain grounded and human,

And always extend your helping hands,

For sight is one of God's greatest gifts to man,

So help others by all means, whenever you can!

The sightless will always find someone willing to aid,

A helping hand, a seeing eye or a patient ear,

For then, the journey of life will be easier to tread,

Then, easily can they traverse, year after year!

-

Aravind K.

23.09.2010

I Could...

I Could

I could write you a letter,

But what would it say?

Could it make things better?

Would it make everything okay?

I could write you a song,

Full of love hope and grace.

Would you tell me what went wrong?

Could you say it to my face?

I could make a telephone call,

And listen as you cried

But I would not let you fall,

And if you did, we'd both know I tried.

I could make the world go away

But would that be what you like?

You would miss the golden sunrays

You would miss the moonlight.

I could stop all this pain

Bring it all to an end

The tears would fall like rain

On the shoulder of a dear friend.

I Won't Cry

I Won't Cry

You see the pain that lies in my eyes,

But, alas, my eyes are dry,

I won't cry.

No, I won't cry.

You see the anger that burns from my gaze,

The madness that sets my eyes ablaze,

I won't cry.

No, I won't cry.

You see the fear that closes my eyes,

The smile I wear is but a disguise,

I won't cry.

No, I won't cry.

You see the hope that is finally dead,

I cannot trust for my heart has been bled,

I won't cry.

No, I won't cry.

You see the love that lies within,

But I shall never love again,

I won't cry.

No, I won't cry.

You see death's hand that has glazed my eyes,

No one saw me die inside,

I won't cry.

No, I won't cry.

Like & Love

In front of the person you love, your heart beats faster
But in front of the person you like , you get happy.

In front of the person you love, winter seems like spring
But in front of the person you like, winter is just a beautiful winter.

If you look into the eyes of the one you love, you blush
But if you look into the eyes of the one you like, you smile.

In front of the person you love, you can' t say everything on your mind
But in front of the person you like, you can.

In front of the person you love, you tend to get shy
But in front of the person you like, you can show your ownself.

Then person you love comes into your mind every 2 minutes.
You can't look straight into the eyes of the one you love
But you can always smile into the eyes of the one you like.

When the one you love is crying, you cry with them
But when the one you like is crying, you end up comforting.

The feeling of love starts from the eye
And the feeling of like starts from the ear.

So if you stop liking a person you used to like
All you need to do is cover your ears,
But if you try to close your eyes
Love turns into a drop of tear and remains in your heart forever after.

Weird Laws

Some Important Laws Which Newton Forgot to State

LAW OF THE QUEUE: If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now.

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LAW OF TELEPHONE: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged one.

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LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR : After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.

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LAW OF THE WORKSHOP: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

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LAW OF THE ALIBI: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

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BATH THEOREM: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings.

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LAW OF ENCOUNTERS: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

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LAW OF THE RESULT: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will!

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LAW OF BIOMECHANICS: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

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THEATRE RULE: People with the seats at the furthest from the aisle arrive last..

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LAW OF COFFEE: As soon as you sit down for a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

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LAW OF TRAVEL: When you run and reach the platform, the train will NEVER be on time. And when you reach the platform leisurely, the train will speed away in front of you

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LAW OF OFFICE: No matter how early you come to finish the work, you will always go late

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LAW OF GIRLS: The probability of a girl having a boyfriend is directly proportional to her beauty

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LAW OF TECHNOLOGY: Things/Machines will simply refuse to work when you are in UTMOST need of them

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Journey Of Life

Sometimes we tend to wander aimlessly,

Stuttering without a goal,

Meandering along the path hopelessly,

Searching for our role.

The paths are many, separate, distinct;

We wonder which one should we choose,

Sometimes we simply trust our instinct,

Not caring what we might lose.

We stand, sometimes, on the crossroads of life,

Waiting for one sure sign,

We waddle, somehow, through the gaps in strife,

For that's the way life is designed.

For life is made up of all the decisions we take,

Some right; some horribly wrong,

We must tread ahead, learn from our mistakes,

Only from experience do we become strong.

In one life we face choices aplenty,

For some we use our heart & others, our mind,

All will be for the good- there is no guarantee,

Only over the course of time shall we find.

Sometimes we find ourselves along a road,

But we desire another one instead,

And naught is there to share our load,

Only with firm belief can we move ahead.

Guidance & advice we find a lot,

To show us all the possible ways,

But in the end, we decide where to trot,

The choice is ours to make.

Sometimes we dare to choose unknown paths,

Knowing not what lies ahead,

We trudge along, to face later, the aftermath,

We choose to be reckless instead.

For sometimes we all face the choice

Between what is easy and right,

By listening to our heart and staying poised,

The way forward is illuminated by a ray of light.

We are simply travelers in this journey of life,

Our thoughts merely direct the way,

Our virtues serve as fodder for our thoughts,

And will prevent us from going astray.

Life is simply an unpredictable journey,

We cannot forecast the start or the end,

The time taken in the journey is for us to reach our destiny,

From the moment we are born till our end.

A Day at Work...

A Day at work

Act I. Dreams

** Lost in a world.. far far away..... scenes slipping out of sight.. strange sights and sounds... nothing in focus..........**

Woken up by the loud beep of the alarm.... d spell is broken.. fumbles clumsily in sleep.. hands scrabbling frantically to find d stupid mobile n drown the sound... finds it and ends the nice start to the day.....

*snore snore* gets lost in sleep again.....

a loud voice emerges from some corner of d brain.. WAKE UP !! OFFICE TIME !!!

gets up with a jolt.. rubs eyes vigourously.... sees the clock..

damn... late by 10 minutes..... it'll sure cost a bus or a train.... damn...

jostles out of bed.. grabs stuf..... bathing and brushing teeth all mixed up...

realises that der's no paste and just d brush has been workin since the last 2 minutes..... damn....

brushes ... goes for bath....

gets done with it..... pulls out a pair of clothes.... a minute is spent (wasted) on pulling another pair out (damn... shud've done it last night)

gets ready... doesn't bother to comb (is windswept after travelling anyways- who cares !!)

stuffs lunch and water bottles in the bag, thows d purse n pass, looks at the time... squirms.....damn...

gets everything in the proper places,,, after a harried goodbye... rushes off in full steam to realise d mobile is missing..... damn.. doubles up, takes the cell and dashes off...

reach at full steam at the station. its not just the train which barges in at full speed.....

just makes it.... and prays (thank god ,,, the next one is 20 minutes later)

Act II. Travel

catches up on sleep..... for 2 stations...

den goes at the door..... d train snakes its way through over the sea.... the wind blowing across the face gives the sensation of flight...... drives away sleep....

as soon as the station comes.. jumps off it..... dashes underground across several stairs.....

comes out and sees the bus just arriving ..... runs again....

just makes it (thanks god again !! dunno when the next bus is due)

and sleeeeps.. through bumps and turns on the road.... helps to keep track of the destination....

finally alight at the company gate.....

almost sleepwalk till the building.. last vestiges of sleep still haunt.... luckily the lift is there....

keeps bag out,, goes in with i-card... logs onto the system (now the day officially starts!)

goes outside.. the life saving beverage vending machine is there.. it is akin to an ATM when u r in utmost need of money.... have 2 foaming cups of tea....

washes face with cold water....... finally conquers sleep.... time to work..

Act III. Session 1- Service 1

begins slowly,,,,,,

*blinks at screen for several minutes before finally remembering what is to be done*

remembers all the things to be done..... and starts...

for a couple of hours.. all concentration is focussed on the shiny black screen....

the tea is working........ nothing but the *tap* *tap* of keys and the *click* *click* of the mouse is heard... like the sounds in a battleground..

finishes the work.... wraps up service 1......... breathes a huge sigh of relief...

looks around,.. half the people have come in.......... smiles...... wishes a good morning to everyone (silently wondering in the mind that some people's mornings begin so early while the others are blissfully submerged in their dreams)

shakes off the thought.... goes for breakfast..... gets a small breather....

Act III. Session 1- Service 2

Major activity processed.... goes a bit easy with the minor one....

d day feels more interesting........

lot of time is spent with peers........ discussions, opinions, little gossip. misc.stuff

sees time and gets a shock... how can it move so speedily now after all the delay in the morning....

does work in full steam.... completes the same along with huge hunger pangs..

the noise rumbling in ur ears.....

finally Lunch... :)

Act IV. Lunch

Goes upstairs to the pantry..... quickly grabs a vacant chair as though its a round of musical chairs..... joins friends...

lunch goes by in chatting and tasting every cuisine packed by early-rising mothers for their children... (some are not generous though,, so gets to taste hotel food :) )

finishes lunch amongst laughter and all the unproductive talk in the world....

looks at the clock and remembers... there is an alert to be processed,,,

dashes again downstairs...

Act V. Session 2- service 1

Finishes process in 10 minutes.... *phew*

now all is calm.....

ambles through the rest of the day...

wrapping up all minor work.....

leans back in the chair and cracks a lazy smile when some1 asks for help in his/her process...

grumbles a bit but realizes the old proverb.. a friend in need...

finishes d work..... and sarcastically asks is there anything MORE to be done with a straight face (hoping the answer is no)

fortunately... friend says no.. so *phew*

yawns... stretches limbs... looks at the watch....some time left...

looks at the desk piled with innumerable cups of tea... leaning precariously like the tower of Pisa.... gets up and throws away the trash in the dustbin..

*sum physical activity done at last !)

gets a friend to pursue the virtuous line of sports...

has 2-3 games of table-tennis... feels good winning a match,,,,, play stops after the win (;))

heads down... has cold water......

reads the headlines of a couple of newspapers....grumbles....

looks at the watch,,,, Freedom.... cracks a shameless grin... dashes to the floor to log out.... when there's a summon by the head for a meeting..

*damn*

goes into a 4x4 cabin..... maintains a serious profile... nods head at whatever is being said,,,, paying more attention to the watch than to the points discussed..

finally.. freee....

announces loudly about departure.... some smiling faces... some faces looking relieved .. some unhappy (he's going so early!!)

takes bag... and steps out... enjoying the freedom like a bird freed from its cage... to experience what's left of the day....

Travel...........

Home.....

Dinner....

Act I reloads..............................

Disclaimer-

(The above is purely a work of reality. All the characters, incidents and places in the above are real. Resemblance to any person living or dead or to any incident or place is purely intentional)

:) :) :)

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Aravind K.

19.05.2010