A High

Closed my eyes and looked up to the sky
Angels asked, “Did you ever fly?”
Nodding in affirmation, I said, “I usually get very high!
The cupids take me by hand, to a world that’s never wry.”

“I swing and lurch and reel and fall
Tacitly I follow the gravity’s call.
Then I jump higher still, to touch my stars (one ‘n all)
Insouciant whether to hop, walk or simply crawl!”

“I drive too fast, beyond vanity,
I get my kicks by losing sanity.
For the fear of losing too fast a juvenility,
I suck out an entire life, before the debility.”

“The heart and soul, my body and mind;
They beam in glory, glare in light;
As in the clouds up above, there is no fright,
My wings stretch out, all set to take the flight."

"I soar so high, that you don’t see me float,
Even when I appear as a speck, I have a reason to gloat.
With tiny little celestials, did the Gods decorate my abode,
Not many are allowed to visit; but you, on persistence, I shall let come aboard."


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Other Side of the Fence!!

Standing on the road I saw the palatial mansion;
And O, I so wanted to enter the golden gates of that wonderful creation.

I stared in awe, at the glitter and glamour;
Jaw-dropping beauty, the euphony that contrasted my world of clitter and clamour.

And then came the cherub, to take me into the heavenly abode;
I told my clan, that in a clear blue sea I am about to float.

I walked in while asleep, till my insanity got cleansed;
Just to realize, it was a mirage I had seen while being on my side of the fence.

Alas! It happens with us all.
The envy and the hankering for whatever we have not got.

We blame and abandon, assuming we are always right.
But only when we tread the same road, do we experience the entire plight.

A longing is must, a reverie is must; but our horses we must behold
…As all that glitters may not necessarily be Gold.

Long-Distance

“World is a small place these days”, said a friend. Indeed it is. With advent of technology, and advancement in communication techniques, your loved ones are just a click away.

Really??

We may be able to see, talk and be fully updated about our kin, but can technology provide us the ‘touch-therapy’? I may be able to look into my lovers eyes through a Web-Cam, but can I peck him back for that look? I may be able to speak comforting word, but can I hold my friends hand when they are distressed? Can I hold my new-born niece?

Distance makes the hearts grow fonder. Tripe, I say. Well, almost! Distance makes you pine which may also leave you with a bad taste in mouth. A long-distance relationship, in my opinion, cannot survive unless tended to, painstakingly. The travail of making ‘the hearts grow fonder’ may as well sap you out completely.

Thus I pray…’May distance too, part us not. Amen.’