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‘Smiling   pictures   don’t   make  happy  PEOPLE’.

……..BLURRRED……. DREAMS……

In  my  arms I  see a porcelain faced  baby,

The  face  of  a human  with  the  mouth  of  a parrot,

I see women  taking the  afternoon siesta,

And  amidst  them a  grandma staring past me into  the  oblivion,

I  hear  noises and  see  a marriage  in  procession,

And  in  the  midst  of  the cacophony maidens  dancing  to  a  rhythm,

And  suddenly  the  images start  to  blur…..

Until  I am  travelling  to a different  land,

And with  me  are people  from my  everyday life,

I  reach to a place where  the  sky  is   blue,

And  just  when  I am thinking  that  this  place is  the  same  as  my own,

In the firmament I  see  loud  patches  of  scarlet  hue,

I am  wondering  what  place  this  is  and  where  we  are,

When  one  of  my  people  informs me  we  are  on  Mars,

I see a huge space  ship greater than  any  man  has  seen,

And  on  its iron  body  the image  of  a man’s  face  contorted  in  pain,

I see strange  objects  moving  in  and  out  of  the  ship,

Which  had  neither  an  enter  nor  an exit,

Wondering  in  amazement I wander far  away,

From  where I can see the stars  burning at bay,

And  here as  I was  happily lost in my thoughts,

Savouring every  passing minute of  peace  and calm,

When my reveries were broken by a vision,

Of  an orb like object heading straight for a collision,

It was a fierce blue object radiating light like fire,

And I was  gripped with the fear of being engulfed ,

In dust and mire,

I cursed my fate as my seconds were numbered ,

I  saw people running  helter  skelter for their lives,

And I wished  only  if  I,

Had  not travelled to this alien land,

But strange are the ways of God to men,

I run   for  my life as fast as I can,

Closing my eyes I make a plunge,

Into the vast  expanse of space,

And I open my eyes after a brief moment of time,

Only to discover that I was  sound and safe,

Curled up in sleep in the  softness  of  my bed..

Dark cold nights,
without moon or starlight,
There lives a lonely lover,
Waiting for the night to be over,

 The rustling of the leaves,
The wind against my cheeks,
Pitter patter the rain
dropping like the sky is in pain

Longer the nights deeper the ache,
Sleep deprived eyes have become but,stones
No more tears ,no more hopes,only broken dreams,
Memories that are hard to ignore.

These are the verses from a broken heart,
Which yearns for love without a faint start.

straight from the heart....

Somewhere in the middle of my heart something hit me
The sound was painful but no one heard it
And as the thing hit my heart with its unbearable force,it let open a cut
My heart was wounded
I could feel the drops of blood dripping one by one
Until it poisoned me...
I felt a temporary stillness in my heart until it went numb with grief
And it was then i knew that as long as i was alive

I would live this pain over and over again
They say when someone hurts you in the body, water comes out through the skin 
But when someone hurts you in the heart,water comes out through the eyes
So i let the tears wash my pain
And I remembered a line from a movie at this sad hour of my life that
Everybody in this world is trying not to be lonely
And there i was 'ALONE' once again...

TO  MAKE  SURE  NONE  FOLLOWED  WHERE  U  LED

 I  USED  MY  HAIR  TO  COVER  OUR  TRACKS.

SUN  SET  ON  THE  ISLAND  OF  OUR  BED 

 NIGHT  ROSE 

EATING  ECHOES 

AND  WE  WERE  BEACHED  THERE,  IN  TANGLES  OF  FLICKER, 

CANDLES   WHISPERING  AT  OUR  DRIFTWOOD  BACKS.

YOUR  EYES  ABOVE  ME  AFRAID  OF  THE  PROMISES  I  MIGHT  KEEP

REGRETTING  THE  TRUTH  WE  DID  SAY  LESS  THAN  THE  LIE  WE  DIDN'T,

I  WENT  IN  DEEP  I  WENT  IN  DEEP,

TO  FIGHT  THE  PAST  FOR  U.

NOW  WE   BOTH  KNOW 

SORROW  ARE  THE  SEEDS  OF  LOVING.

NOW  WE  BOTH  KNOW  I  WILL  LIVE 

AND  I  WILL  DIE  FOR  THIS  LOVE..  
                                                                -shantaram

‘Love  is  always  kind  and  patient, it is  never  jealous,

Love  is  never  boastful  nor  conceited, it  is  never rude or  selfish,

It does  not  take  offence  and  is  not  resentful,

Love  takes  no  pleasure  in  other  people’s  sins, but  delights  in  the  truth,

It is  always  ready  to  excuse , to  trust  to  hope in  doing

Whatever comes. ‘

-         A WALK  TO  REMEMBER

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IF  U  DON'T  WANT  TO  GET  BETRAYED  IN  LOVE,  LOVE   YOUR  PARENTS!!

LOVE HAS HOPE HATRED IS HOPELESS!!!! WRITTEN FOR THE ALL INDIA ESSAY WRITING EVENT OF 2009 OGANISED BY SHRI RAM KRISHNA MISSION IN COLLABARATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS FOR INDIA AND BHUTAN.

Love  is  an  inexplicable  emotion  that  has  mystified  people  since  generations, it  is  the  one emotion  that  has  started  as  many  wars  as  it  has  ended, It  is  the  one  emotion  that  has had  endless  songs  and  stories  written, it  is  the  one  emotion  that  makes  friends  into  foes and  foes  into  friends. So  many  legends  surround  this  emotion , from  the  goddess  athena and  helen  of  troy  to  shakespeare's  Romeo  and  Juliet. Nothing  can  possibly  define  this four  lettered  word  and  whatever  does  define  it  will  continue  to  be  an  understatement. It  is  love  that  makes  the  world  go  round, for  whatever  reasons  it  may  be. love  is  a  divine blessing, it  is  a  boon  sent  from  heaven. it  is  a  greatest  healer  since  time immemorial. Because  it is  love  which  conquers  all  and  it  is  love  alone  that  gives  us t he  joie di viverie.
Love  comes  in  our  lives  in  various  forms .friendship  is  one  of  the  ideal  manifestations  of love. Love  can  be  defined  as  an  emotional  trigger  which  gives  us  a  sense  of  belonging, a feeling  that  someone  or  something  which  when  you  cling  to  will  make  you  hang  on  to the  thread  of  life. for eg: if  we  possess  something  which  is  very  dear  to  us  and  suddenly it  remains  no  more  we  feel  a  sense  of  loss. this  sense  of  loss  is  triggered  because  of  a sense  of  belonging  for  that particular  object. in  our mundane  life  we  love  things  which give  us  a  sense  of  belonging  because  it  gives  us  a  sense  of  acceptance. it  is  love  which has  hope  which  in  turn  makes  people  connect  to  that  thing  , be  it  a  human  an  animal  an  object  in  the  most  desperate  of  situations.
From  love  the  world  begins, through  love  it  grows, love  is  the  strength  in  the  world, love is  joy  for  all. in  short  love  is  the  essence  of  life. the  loss  of  love  is  death. Love  is inspiration , message,  a  hope  and  it  pervades  all. it  is  love  of  mankind  that  makes  us  pity the  suffering, it  is  love alone  that  makes  us  assist  the  weak  and  to  forget  the  wrongs. the warmth  of  loving  words  helps  us  destroy  prejudices  to  do  the  best  that  can  be done. this is  the  religion  of  love.
Love  has  hope  because  it  saves  mankind  from  commiting  one  of  the  seven  deadly  sins,ie despair. it  is  true  that  love  has  hope  whereas  hatred  is  hopeless  because  love  heals  but hatred  causes  anarchy  and  discord . hatred  and  force  cannot  be  in  just  a  part  of  the  world  without  having  its  diverse  effect  on  the  rest  of  the  world. hatred  is  the  mother  of all  evil. hatred  leads  us  to  nowhere  because  one's  emotions  is  channelized  in  a  direction where  there  is  no  ray  of  light, in  short  it  is  a  hopeless  endeavour  to  hate. hatred  leads  to destruction  not  only  to  one's  own  self  but  also  of mankind. it  was  the  german  dictator Adolf  Hitler  who  believed  that  he  was  the  descendant  of  the  Aryans -the most  civilized nation  and  therefore  he  hated  the  jews  so  much  so  that  he  caused  the  heinous  crime  of the  holocaust  and  later  on  the  two  world  wars. This  explicitly  justifies  hatred  as  a hopeless endeavour.
The  widespread  terrorist  atttacks , wars  and  unjustifiable  invasions  have  become  the  order of  this  globalised  era. people  have  lost  their  moorings  for one  another. this  world  has become  a  battleground  for  mortal  combat  and  therefore   humankind  has  turned   into  a civilization  of  beasts. the  question  that  arises  here  is  that  what  is  the  reason  behind  all these .  the  answer  is  that  it  is  hatred  which  leads  man  to  commit  such  irrational acts. those  people  who  commit  dastardly  acts  of  terrorism  do  it  under  the  impulse  of hatred. these  people  dont  realize  that  retaliating  by  hurting  others  doesn’t  solve  the  situation. on the  other  hands  it  proves  to  be  a  hopeless  endeavou  and  the  problem  returns  back  to square  one.
Hatred  can  serve  one  soul  purpose  and  that  is  to  usher  mankind  into  the  limbo  of oblivion. the  current s cenario  of  the  world  presents  a  picture  of  the  violence  and  terror  of  wars  and  of  man's  unparelellled  brutality. hatred  causes  all  round  convulsion  which further  paves  the  way  towards  a  hopeless  endeavour  of  wreaking  vengeance   which leads to  no  where.
It  is  love  alone  that  can  make  this  world  a  better  place  to  live  in. it  is  love  alone  which can  bridge  the gulf  among  people , communities  and  nations  and  prevent  the  world  from the  scourges  of war .the  united  nations  has  declared  the  year  2009  as  an  international  year  of  reconciliation. it  aims  at  saving  the  succeeding  generatins  from  the  scourge  of wars  and  to  bring  about  international  peace  confirming  to  the  principles  of  justice  and international  law  and  settlement  of  international  disputes  or situation  which  might  lead  to a  breach  of  the  peace . it  also  aims  at  practicing  tolerance  and  living  in  harmony  with one  another.
It  has  been  truly  said  by  a  sage  that "the  best  thing  is  not  to  hate  anyone ,only  to love, that  is  the  only  way  out  of  it . as  soon  as  you  have  forgotten  those  whom  u  hate  you have  gotten  rid  of them. Then  you  have  no  reason to  hate, you just  forget  because  it  is  a hopeless  endeavour  to  hate."

　
　

THE INVISIBLE SHADOW

I am being followed by

an invisible shadow.

it resides on every object in my presence.

Dark,invisible,invincible

Creeping always towards me..

It sucks the blood out of my soul!

I am living with this invisible shadow

That gives me light through its darkness..

  

'I  let  the  the  raining  silence  close  her  eyes  for  the  last  time. She  slept .I  knew  we  didn't  have her  story. not the whole of it .I  knew  the  small  daubs  of  colour  she  had  excluded  from  her summary  were  at  least  as  important  as  the  broad  strokes  she  included. the  devil  they  say  is in  the  details, and  i  knew  well  the  devils  that  lurked  and  skulled  in  the  details  of  my  own story. But  she  had  given  me a  hoard  of  new  treasures.I'd  learned  more  about  her  in  that exhausted, murmuring  hour  than  in  all  the  many  months  before  it. Lovers  find  their  way by such  insights  and  confidences: they're  the  stars  we  use  to  navigate  the  ocean  of desire.And  the  brightest  of  those  stars  are  the  heartbreaks  and  sorrows.The  most  precious  gift  you  can bring  to  ur  lover  is  your  suffering.So  i  took  each  sadness  she  confessed  to  me  and  pinned it to the sky.' -SHANTARAM