Wednesday 28 January 2015

TIME

Though old as the Lord has lived,
Time has always breathed,
Something new,
Taught me the concept of a ladder,
One rung at a time,
the best way to avoid any blunder.
Each step grows bolder,
The reason I feel happier,
Every year as I get older.

Interesting,
The mystery of life,
The fact that we are here to learn,
Our reason for being is to learn,
Learn the ways of love,
Learn about the earth and the sun,
Learn about God's grace,
Learn how to make the world a better place.
After that,
Nothing more makes sense,
Than to make your peace and part!

I haven't met a better teacher than time,
I have known no master better served than time,
I am time's slave,
Still, I can be time's master.
But who serves who isn't the matter,
Rather learning has all the importance,
For he who learns not,
Is but a corpse left out to rot,
Useless and forgotten!

What then has time taught me but the act of patience?
See, a sculptor's art is so like life,
The more time he spends carving the stone,
The more shape it takes,
The more pleasant it looks,
Bold, daring, alive,
A perfect piece of art!

I do appreciate the gift of time,
A gift bearing endless possibilities,
Yet, we assume it,
In pursuit of useless elements.
If I were to steal time,
Then I believe my action would be no crime,
Even if I went ahead and sold every millisecond for a million dimes.
Would you not then understand the importance of lost times?

Thursday 1 January 2015

THE ONE I LOST

My heart knows the sharpest sting,
My heart knew the handsomest king.
He was bright,
His love for me right.
I had scored oh so luckily,
The woman forsaken by love previously.
I was happy as any naive child.
Still,
the gods conspired against me,
Soon after,
My king departed.

My heart,
Since has been scattered on every piece of this rug,
My eyes watery from sorrow's stench.
A sorrow so deep my fists I can hardly clench.
I am weak, nothing holds meaning,
Yet, everything I see keeps me grieving.
He bought me those beautiful pearls, We laid on those covers,
I, unable to hold back gratified purrs.
My greatest pain though remains,
For my king is not dead,
For he opted to be just a friend.

Sleep is but a distant mate,
Always late,
And in bits.
I close my eyes and all I see is what we had,
Memories compressed into one dreadful film.
I worry for my sanity,
My heart,
I wish I could rewind,
To the moments when bliss lasted,
To a time when I was always sated.

He is the one I lost,
The one I could have held on at any cost,
I fear I will find no other,
To stitch my countless cuts,
To fulfil my only wants:
Delight and loyalty.
So I will forever carry this grief,
And remain lost,
Lost like a mad man's sense!