Category: Connect

It’s that time of the year when revision is due

What are the things you must change about you

Familiarities and fluences will often give you clue

Relations realizations and some behaviors to renew

 

It’s that phase of life when wisdom comes knocking

Some emotions need articulation cynicism needs blocking

Follow your passions unfollow pessimism stop the stalking

Every breath you take is precious being alive is rocking

 

It’s that trice of existence when home truths are driven

Old memories must be forgotten old wounds must be forgiven

Life is a mixed bag of pleasure and pain for that is a given

It is up to you to make your choices and turn it into heaven

 

It’s that moment of reckoning when we grow strong enough

We learn to take blows on the chin when the going is rough

Problems become challenges they can only make us tough

When you have passed the test of faith you call off Lucifer’s bluff

 

It’s that minute of silence when you can sit back and reflect

Which experiences to savor which disapprovals to deflect

Some affections leave you glad some affectations have effect

Let authenticity be your pilot let conscience be your prefect

If you were asked to choose

One name then whose

Destiny would you take

In exchange of yours to make

A new life

Their strife

Their joys and ecstasies

Their pains and fantasies

Will now become yours

Take a pause

And slowly choose

I have a feeling you will refuse

If you realize just how good

Your own journey has been you would

Comprehend how another’s shoes

Can be too tight or too loose

And never meant for you

You will always get what is your due

It’s up to you to choose chance or choice

And give your trajectory your voice

Or keep wishing you had somebody else’s life

Cravings are forever rife

We often meet our destiny on the very road we avoid

Bring your colors to the table and go fill up the void

 

If you were asked to choose

One attribute then whose

Feature would you desire

When it came down to the wire

Would you select tangible assets

Or would you prefer facets

Of character and charisma

Remember what makes them an enigma

May not suit your bill

Until

You have the total combination

So often our fascination

With another’s ownership

Of things is only the tip

The iceberg of facts stays well hidden

The rest of the world has access forbidden

The perfect face could hide real feeling

The sweet tongue could have a sugarcoated ring

Wealth health lifestyles could easily beguile

Motive and motivation be agreeable or wile

What you covet will come at a price

Like the throwing of a dice

Luck hangs in midair awaiting for you to adjust

And then you have no choice. Adjust you must

When inaudible feelings are all that you can share

When the silence between you has significance and flair

When the underlying emotion is accentuated with care

That is when you realize real friendships are rare

 

Problems do not disappear when real friends are around

It’s the friends who won’t disappear when difficulties abound

Somebody always has your back even if solutions are not found

That is when you recognize how real friendships sound

 

Profound conversations that carry on deep into the night

Followed by inane banters that nobody takes as slight

The burden shoulders carry is heavy the mood is still light

That is when you appreciate real friendships that feel right

 

To be accepted for who you are is so wonderful I agree

Then there are those who help you become who you should be

They add magic to your universe like those stars you cannot see

That is when you value real friendships that tug the mind tree

Talk quietly breathe deeply keep patience as your confidante

Think sensibly live honestly there is nothing that you can’t

Behave decently act fearlessly remember the world is at a slant

Karma is no enigma. You will get only what you plant

 

Don’t overthink don’t underestimate search for a balance

Don’t follow blindly don’t kowtow or merely repeat the parlance

Don’t prejudge don’t find faults prejudice will keep you in a trance

Life is not complicated. It’s for you to endeavor and enhance

 

Choose wisely speak precisely articulate your passion

Trust cautiously pick pragmatically don’t recklessly follow fashion

Give plentifully forgive easily treat everyone with compassion

There is bravery in being soft. Your smile can change the equation

 

Don’t procrastinate don’t be obstinate be ready to fine tune

Don’t quash feeling don’t hide aching you are not immune

Don’t undervalue self don’t overrate others don’t go over the moon

The spirit is indefatigable. Fragments of heart can often be sewn

 

Do gentle do gracious do that which fulfils your heart

Don’t compare don’t compete don’t let opinions upset your cart

Do humble do straight forward don’t struggle to act smart

Time is short and memories are long. Simple living is an art

 

Squashed between the regrets of yesterday

And the high expectations of tomorrow

Lies today

Quiet yet happening cheerful and anxious both

Not knowing what it will bring forth

Slightly gray

 

Compacted between the impact of old injuries

And the freeing of the mind from it

Lies compassion

Its unassuming appearance belies its force

It often decides the course we take

Through passion

 

Crushed between hope of better tomorrows

And combating bitter experiences of the day

Lies courage

In an age where judgements are free but lunch is not

Trying to acquire much more than we need

Wanting to be sage

 

Rumpled between romantic ideas of our presence

And ignorance veiled in veneers of self-image

Lies inquisitiveness

Profounder thought-provoking questions go unanswered

As we run after routines seeking symmetry

A foolhardiness?

 

Frayed between my perception of idyllic backdrops

And your take on architype settings

Lies a bridge

I am trying to find the best route to cross

Should we meet midway or we go crisscross

An arduous ridge

Little moments can turn into soulful memories

Some shared excitement some heart-warming reveries

I am filling up my treasure chest with reminiscences

I am winding back the clock to look up cherished references

 

Open smiles can turn into endearing familiarities

Some spontaneous laughter some mindless inanities

I am creating a quiet nook in my heart for special things

I am hiding away some happiness it often lends me wings

 

Simple pleasures can turn into robust celebrations

Some joys linger inside some leave behind reverberations

I am gathering those many blisses for a cold wintry day

I am maneuvering through a maze of emotions to find my way

 

Big-heartedness can turn into inexplicable blessedness

Some forgiving to write off debts some desires to harness

I am giving away stuffs and controls which control me

I am trying to free a spirit which was never trying hold me