Crossroads

Crossroads

The moment I hit the road carrying no baggage in my head, I feel the fresh air blocking my view.

Probably someone’s trying to suspend the existing time out of my hand clock.

The moment I stand at the doorway of a moving train, I feel my body floating on a drowning ship.

Probably the speed and the resistance offered couldn’t keep me grounded with stability.

The moment I see each moment pass by at the blink of an eye, I feel I missed the infinite moments that moment had.

Probably that’s why I see the time, but the times which are in my hand fail to acknowledge me.

The moment I strayed along the pathless thoughts, I feel my thoughts strayed along the pathless moments.

Probably that’s the curse I saw in the gift and the gift I couldn’t see in the curse.

The moment I wonder why the poles stand apart wearing placards on their heads, I feel I should make a choice of direction they offer me.

Probably that’s what I am supposed to do, when am stuck in the crossroads of life.

…..Keep Walking

As I woke up to the sunrise, I knew I had a long way to go. I had no clue as to how I could make it possible.

I stood up for myself, gave it a thought.

And then I kept walking.

As I walk past the thought, the straight roads ahead seemed to be a never ending one.

I stood for a while wondering if it would take me a million years to complete the journey.

And then I kept walking.

As I further walked down the road, there was a well I noticed on one side of the road. And when I peeped inside it looked deep...So deep that even my echo could not return to me.

I stood up to think if the well had dried up.

And then I kept walking.

As I walked further down the road I found an empty Car which had a note on its window saying” Use me reach to your destination”. So as I decided to use the car and opened the door, I found another note which said “Please find the keys at the end of this road”.

I stood out of the car wondering why I would come back if I reached the end of this road.

And then I kept walking.

As I saw the skylight going dimmer and the sky turning pale yellow, I started getting a feeling that even sun got bored with me.

I stood still to watch the sun set exactly at the end of my never ending road, I thought of getting closer to the end of the road and catch on a good nights sleep with the sun.

And then I kept walking.

As I reach the end of the tiresome road and smiling after a lonesome walk, I found a shinning little star lying on the road end corner.

I stood still for a moment, but soon I realized it was just a bunch of keys. As they appeared clearer, they did look like Car keys to me.

As I smiled with sarcasm and took the keys up, I found yet another note which said” Now do not be a fool to throw away the keys. Take it back to the Car, Your journey has just begun”

I stood amazed at the note and wondered if I should go back to the car. After giving it a thought fro a while, I was ready for another couple of Hours walk back to the car.

And then I kept walking.

AS I kept walking back towards the car, my tiredness kept going away and I felt as if I had just woke up.

Just when I reached the Car, I found a beautiful girl and it seemed she was waiting there just for me and the moment I saw her there was a perfect smile on my face to which she couldn’t help but acknowledge.

Then we lied on the bonnet of the car, as we gazed into the sky looking to plough our fields with glittering diamonds.

Then when I asked her out on a drive she turned her head towards me while we were gazing into the sky to say “Going together in a Car is a road less travelled. Roads are only meant to travel, it never completes a journey. The real journey is complete when you get off the road and into the wild”

I stood for myself, the real self. I got off the car, held her hands as the sun was about to rise and just that very magic hour; we decided to go Off the road and Into the wild.

And then we kept walking.

Empty Spaces

Free Falling

Every morning I wake up,
I see myself in the mirror and I see a stranger starring at me.

Every morning I wake up,
I feel I don't deserve the sleep I had last night.

Every morning I leave home,
I feel I don't deserve to come back.

Every morning I leave home,
I wish you stayed with me all day long.

Every morning I left home,
I wished I never left you.

Every morning I wash my face,
I have a new identity.

Every morning I look up to the sun ,
I look through it and my vision blacks out for a moment.

Every morning I wake up,
I struggle to remember what I was doing while I was sleeping.

Every morning I wake up,
I wish I could have a clearer conscience.

Every morning I look at the clock,
I wish I could rewind it.

Every morning I start my journey,
I ask myself where am I going.

Every morning I wake up,
I wish I don't live a pretending life.

Every morning I wake up,
I don't feel hungry coz am filled with guilt.

Every morning I wake up,
I wish I could free fall.

Coz every morning I wake up I fail!

Conquest of a Mind

Some of the things in life happen to you when you either don’t think about it or when you stand across the sea shore thinking of it.

With the only five rupee coin left in my pocket I thought I would buy a cigarette & figure out my life.

It was then when I saw a group of saffron cannibals marching with rage, and all I could see in their eyes was an aimless protest.

What could I do? What was I doing till then? What was my aim in life? Was I any different from them in my head? Where am I raging with my life?

How long can I hold myself together? When should I break free? When cam I stop talking? When will someone listen to me?

So I stand by the entrance of the cigarette shop watching these pass by. And when I turned back towards the shop to buy my brand of cigarette, to my disbelief the shopkeeper had already shut the shop in fear.

I pleaded him to give me just one cigarette as I knew I had got a point to think about my life.

But nevertheless I just could not manage to get one.

So as I just walk past the road to take a long walk at the sea shore, an old man walked towards me asking me for five bucks, I was amazed at the exact denomination he knew I had.

I gave him the last five rupee coin I had and had nice long walk enjoying the cool breeze at the shore, missing my cigarette I kept gazing around.

On my way back from the road I saw the same old man smoking the same brand of cigarette I wanted to smoke and presumably with the money I gave him.

I stopped right in front of him to get his attention, but never showed one bit of hesitation to ignore me.

I just had to walk away without the fact of knowing what a lesson I had learnt (until now), as the old man was smoking his way to glory.

Some of the things in life happen to you when you either don’t think about it or when you stand across the sea shore thinking of it….

To Be or Not To Be

To be or not to be.
To say or not to say.
To Trust or to Trust.
To Cry or no to Cry.
To Smile or not to Smile.
To Love or not to Love.
To Think or not to Think.
To Remember or not to Remember.
To Dance or not to Dance.
To be Happy or not to be.
To feel Bad or not to feel Bad.
To Search or not to Search.
To Pretend or no to Pretend.
To Glorify or not to Glorify.
To Confess or not to Confess.
To redeem or not to Redeem.
To feel Blessed or not to feel Cursed.
To Empathyz or not to.

Is In your Hands or was it Really…….

Swathe

Civilization & Mobilization both have helped mankind reach the far extremes in life

Civilization helped people come closer to each other,

Mobilization helped them take relationships a long way.

But however…..

Civilians had the courtesy to personalize the communication in person,

But Mobiles made it look dirtier with SMS’s & Calls.

Civilians had the respect to look in the eye and confess or confront,

But mobiles have diminished the respect by using the same to refuse or to retaliate.

Civilians had the value for friendship & love to actually bid farewell if they apart,

But looks like mobiles have spared them from the punishment of having to even look each others face.