Poetry...

Come – to stay…

People touch our lives
In many a different way…
Some of them come and go,
Some of them come - to stay.

Some of them just manage
To make you raise a brow,
A lucky few become
The one’s you’ll always adore.

Some of them will leave.
And they’ll haunt you no more.
The people who matter are those
Who stay even after they go.

You think of them time and again,
Of sweet memories, they become a part.
These people can’t go afar-
A part of them stays in your heart.

Life may take them through
Roads that are far away,
But then, they’ll be back,
And this time, they’ll come to stay.

So smile, laugh, and walk ahead,
Don’t look back and moan-
Walk with hope in your heart,
And you won’t be walking alone.



When duty calls…


Born into a beautiful world,
We have so much to see -
So much of colour, so much of joy,
Of love, of ecstacy…

All day, we can bask in the golden sun’s warmth,
At night we can paint the stars,
We can let those melancholy melodies
Add magic to lonely hours.

We can splash around in the lovely rains,
Till monsoon bids adieu.
We can wake up with a smile, oh! Everyday,
And live our lives anew.

We can chuckle and laugh with closest friends,
Dancing around bon-fires,
Or lose our selves in the deepest love,
And drown in the sea of desire.

But then, we have to answer, with a smile,
And with verve when duty calls,
And then, we can stand up – tall and straight
When the world around us falls.

The pleasures offered by leisure are great,
But those of hard work are no less,
The rougher the roads, the tougher the climb,
The sweeter the taste of success.