THE MANY FACED RAIN

To children it brings joy,

When the paper boat is a toy.

To players, it brings a cry,

‘How to play, if the court isn't dry?'

To the vendor, it brings a test,

How to protect his goods at the best.

To a man in love, it brings an opportunity,

Of sharing an umbrella with his affinity.  

To the students in school, it brings hope,

Teacher's absence, they won't have to cope.

To mothers it brings concern, and they brood:

‘The clothes aren't dry and the rancidity in food’.

A rain in the Sun is like ice on the burn,

The same in winter damps the timber.

Sometimes a pray for and sometimes a pray

after,

Sometimes a boon and sometimes a disaster.

RAIN

Why does it rain? 
Perhaps, for the earth’s pain!

She has withered under Sun’s strokes

 And suffocated by the chimneys’ smoke.

She runs through the breathless space,

  Sweaty, thirsty - moisture has left no trace.

Apathetic, some nonchalant,  

Forgot to water the plant. 

Why do the clouds burst?

Perhaps to quench their thirst.

  The skyscrapers have covered the sky,  

Stealing light from the passers by. 
Why does the lightning strike? 
Perhaps, for a moments light! 

I AM MY

My life was pleasant

When I was a child,

But becoming a teenager

It became very mild.

When I entered the hostel,

I was an innocent boy

Didn’t care for anyone

And I was my.

I made many friends

As I was expert

But got cheated many a times

That was its result.

Amidst them

I found someone

Who cared me

Unlike anyone.

I considered him the best

And adjusted him in my nest

That time I wasn’t my

Slowly I converted into a toy.

Toy! Yes toy

With whom he played

Used when needed

Otherwise……, can’t be conveyed.

“Just don’t talk to me”

Was the result of my faith

And I just couldn't choose

Either life or death.

Years passed away,

Just like clouds in the sky

But he never came to ask

That how was I.

Darkness wiped away

As I met some comrades at a halt,

They boarded on my train

To help me as they told.

I checked them, whether

They were correct

Learning from my past, so that

I must not repent.

As per my test

I found them right

And signed together a treaty

Of never to fight.

I was totally dedicated to my friends

Till papa awoke me

“Be selfish in this world “

Said he confusing me.

‘Selfish!’ hearing this

I was amazed.

But got consoled

When I was explained.

“you have came alone

On this earth

It’s difficult, but try

To control your heart.

Don’t dive in friendship

So much deep,

That you forget from where

You took the leap.

Don’t think that your friend

Will be always with you,

Believe me, as it has

Happened with me too.

Life is a race in which

Everyone participates,

To become renowned

In his habitat.

In the middle

If it happens that you fall

And raise your hand

For someone to hold,

No friend will be there

 To ask whether you are fine

Rather you’ll find him

 On the finishing line.

That’s the time,

When you’ll realize

That what you have done

Throughout your life”

Hearing this

I got stunned

That where I was

 And where I turned.

“It’s not too late

 You’ve time

Become cautious

 And make your life shine”

‘Yes, he is right’

That’s what I thought

 And made my heart hard

as I was taught.

Without caring for anyone,

 I travelled by.

And this time it again happened 
That I was my.

CIRCUMSTANCES

Out of world, yet on earth,

I retrospect the birth

Of certain instances, 
 Just because of circumstances.

A rural area, a village,

Has no privilege,

Of English education pretty wide,

To cast the selfless thought, aside, 

Of weaning a child, out of town,

From his family, for a disguised crown.

These are common instances,

just because of circumstances.

Staying away in boarding,

You adapt,  by absconding

Away the nostalgic feeling,

Under an alien ceiling.

You are self reliant and shut

At the beak, however, but

The bargain is not fulfilled,

And circumstances are quite skilled.

Your complexion, your serenity,

Your health, your homogeneity,

Your childhood, others' affection,

Your birthday, your celebration,

You give up to these instances,

Just because of circumstances.

AN UNWANTED LOVE

 

  It takes a moment, a little time,

When you ruin or shine,
Commit mistakes and atone,
Win a race or lie prone.

 Started late, yet very early,
Exposure to co-ed fared fairly.
Crush! On every second beautiful,
I’m a man, not that shameful.

 But the steady winds of life
Flickered and blew aside,
Introduced me to the fragrance of love,
Serene, exotic, rejoicing and dove.

 A single sight of her stupefies me,
Where in the world is anything better to see?

 No falling waterfall,
 or the wind at a seashore,
The winter's sunlight, 
Or the midnight's moonlight,
Is as pleasant as to tie
To the grandeur of her smile.

 A diffraction at the canopy,
Or a world cup trophy,
A glistening diamond,
Or Stevenson’s ‘Treasure Island’,
Doesn't shine as bright as 
Her sharp, mischeivous brown eyes.

 Such a creation.
What better they have in heaven?

 But nature loves symmetry,
And I fulfill no geometry.
 Sandal woods, snakes does like,
Ironically, the converse is a lie.

Though you like or dislike, it’s free 
Yet the favorable return… not necessary.
The world is a hoax, 
And exceptions are talks.

  I leave,  she’ll get an affinity soon,
Because moonlight is only for moon.
And I walk alone, to find a solution,
To jettison this unwanted attraction...