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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Asking for a friend..

 With dreams in your eyes

And kindness in your soul

You touch people's lives 

In a way that makes us whole


With love in your heart

And grit in your bones

You always play your part

So that no one feels alone


With a smile on your face

And a song on your lips

There's no problem you can't face

Even if space-time rips


So at times, if joy seems meager

Know that it's only liminal, a swish,

Becasue, for you, mi amiga

I have only one wish..


May you get everything you deserve, and more.


Monday, April 30, 2012

Final Straw

My friend for life, can you be?
Through my naivety, can you see?
You know I shall let you be
Oh if only you will be with me

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Waiting for the phone to ring

I messaged her, asking if she was busy
I really needed to talk
Not to her particularly, but with anyone
Who understood that I just needed to talk

And it had to be her, it has always been her
Though not so much in the last few years
Even lesser now, when my house of cards has collapsed
Under the weight of that rock of hers.

Still, I messaged, expecting the call in an instant,
Waiting for the familiar name to flash on the screen,
So that I could pick and just make small talk,
A quiet way of letting out that surging scream

Its been some time now and it hasn't come,
Maybe the phone is away or maybe she is,
Maybe she's on a train and the network is too week,
Or maybe I'm, yet again, barking up the wrong tree

The song on my phone ceases suddenly,
I'm wondering if I will ask what took her so long,
But then the song starts back again, false alarm!
I wonder, like many times before, whats taking her so long.. and I don't want to know.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The longing

You can leave this place for now,
But you're taking a bit of me with you,
I don't know if you know it yet
And I don't know if I want to take it back from you

Do you, inside your head,
Get this feeling too?
I know we're not supposed to feel this way
But then why do I long so much for you!

I hadn't felt this high for a while,
I don't know if it will ever work out right,
Why did it have to dawn on me only now!
When it's almost too late for me to fight.

I'm wailing my lungs out, but no one can know
Since I am hiding at the bottom of the sea,
All they can notice is bubbles breaking the surface.
My wet face, stained with tears that no one can see.

I know we're not supposed to feel this way,
But then why do I long so much for you
Is it worth risking what we have had for so long?
What do the voices in your head tell you?

Maybe we will never know what could have been,
Because I'm too scared of going down this one way street again,
Which is why I am hoping you will turn around some day,
And realize that it wasn't mere coincidence that we met again.

Monday, October 3, 2011

To a flower

You're yellow, you're blue,
You're old, you're new,
You're scared, you're bold,
You're always warm, never cold

You're beautiful but there are lines,
Hiding scars, of those times,
When you battled the Sun and the rain,
When your kin were plucked, caused you pain

But you smile, coz its a new day
And you have learned to make hay
As the morning breeze caresses you gently
You sway, mesmerizing, so deftly

Like music playing from the past
You remind me of a time long lost
When i used to be just like you,
Free, happy and fresh as dew

You're soft, you're so tender
Smile honey, coz we're not here forever,
Smile coz this is all the time we have,
Smile coz this is the only time we have

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Of love, life and my little dog!

Damp steam rises from my coffee,
Clouds my glasses, makes me dreamy,
Reminds me of my perfect life so clearly

Of the time when i first learned to walk,
My playschool, that little girl in the cute frock,
My cat, my frog and my little dog

Of my friends who made school so cool,
My teachers, a few of whom thought I was a fool,
Of my best friend, with whom I lost my cool

Of my buddies with whom I played all day,
Harrying my mom, Troubling her all day,
Of the little one, how we dreamt up games everyday

Of college and the superfun train,
Of wading through water in the glorious rain,
Of IITJEE which almost made me insane!

Of graduation, which seemed so long
Of first love and all the complications that come along,
Of friends that are dear even after so long

Of my first job and Bangalore!
Of my roomies with whom I had fun galore!
Of my greatest success - going to Indore!

Of MBA and all the in-class naps,
Of stupid professors who would snap,
Of finding not friends but brothers, it was well worth all the crap

Time to reboot, stowe away the old,
To make my name, get it etched in gold,
To reheat the coffee, its got really cold! :P