Choices !

A couple of strong ones to help one leap over choice hurdles !!

Make your choice! – Moses!

 

A barren land faced the striving Moses

As he left behind the streets of delight

Facing the future he crushed the strewn roses

He rejected lusty distrust to choose the difficult right!

 

Forty years of wandering in a deserted land

Forty years building character and honor in his soul

Eyes fixed on the immortal goal God planned

Eyes that stayed strong though austerity took its toll!

 

Many a time do we face such a daunting choice

When enslaved riches compete with honor and pride

And even more the joy of speaking in a truthful voice

Joyous is that soul that can cast golden shackles aside!

 

We eternally admire the noble and honor their toil

We envy their glory but can we strive to emulate

Can we wear the thorns that did their soft beauty spoil

Only then are we tough to take on our whimsical fate!

 

There lies a strong Moses hidden in us all

There also hides a monster slobbering with greed

The role that we choose will ensure we rise or we fall

For by our choice have we ourselves our future decreed!

 ………………….

 

Choose or lose . . .

 

At a crossroads of time without a clue

Two crucial paths stretching before you

One crucial choice and you don’t know what to do

Watering the point with your bemused dew . . .

 

One path is right but which one is it?

Both lead to pain as if a throat is slit

Desperately trying to maintain your wit

If you don’t choose e’en to walk won’t be fit!

 

Choices descend often in our lives

Often new paths from a choice derives

And even if wrong to enrich archives

Only choosing determines who dies who thrives!

 

So while its tough its a do you must

Past and present cheated but in future trust

And even if it pains you can never be unjust

Choose or perish at the crossroads to dust!

 

One day at a cross I had to so choose

I hesitated for I did everything so lose

But to live I accepted e’en failure’s hues

Even the pain of losing my very soul’s muse!

 

So I did choose and now its your turn

Leave the cross for every cross will burn

And here is just a thought try it and learn

Every right choice will the facile ever spurn!

 

That’s it that’s all so just do it now

And it won’t matter if you broke every vow

So take the pain and so your future allow

For if you are brave you’ll recover anyhow!

 

God sees us cry and gently smiles

For even His blessing often beguiles

So pray that glory follows adversity’s wiles

So we hope so we last the eternal miles!

 

Come dear one now its time to make your choice

I spoke so true for its our very God’s voice!

….

 

Good morning – 1

Good Morning!! short verses to help the day begin – with a smile 🙂

 

A Good morning a day,

Is a truly nice way,

To stand up and say,

I remember you today,

And that I honestly pray,

That you have a great day!

**

 

Here’s a Good morning to you,

From the sky so blue,

And the sun so bright,

And pretty birds in flight,

The flowers smile in fragrance,

Find joy in nature’s elegance!

**

 

A night spent in rumination,

Of current fights n fulmination,

And whether we live in pain or exultation,

Victory, thy shall be ours at the culmination!

**

 

A new morning and its bound to be good!

Let’s smile today as everyone should,

Greet the morning with vim and vigor,

See your fortunes only grow bigger!

**

 

Greet the new day at each sunrise,

Smile at the morning have said the wise,

Dream and strive to make them true,

With each smile shall the Lord bless you!

**

 

Rise and say Good morning!

To a new world that’s dawning,

There’s every chance to be,

All that you’ve wanted to be,

So go create your own fate,

God’s with you so don’t be late!

**

 

Gently rises the morning sun,

To softly say the night is done,

Its time for action, its time to run,

Go win today and have lots of fun!

**

 

A winter’s day starts so late,

But that’s an opportunity to create,

For the morning gloom with a hint of light,

Is just the promise of a future bright!

**

 

It’s the last day today,

Of an old, old way,

The new order shall bring,

New ways to sing,

And a new way to create,

Your very own fate!

**

 

A quiet day to begin the year,

Spend some time with whoever’s dear,

For soon you’ll be again on the run,

To win yourself a place in the sun!

**

 

Its darkness today as the sun isn’t awake,

He’s taking it slow before the fury does break,

Stand and be counted if you want to run,

If you want to win as you follow the sun!

**

 

The sun rose again after many a night,

Beginning with just a few strands of light,

His eyes did speak, devoid of fright,

Take my soul and go take flight!

**

 

The day has come squeezing past the night,

The night is dark but can never win the fight,

Allow the sun to light up your soul,

Borrow his fire and go find your goal!

**

 

A Good morning I send to all who care,

For the sun has risen with his warmth to share,

As his heat is only to ensure that you win,

Shun thy fears for winning is no sin!!

**

 

Good morning to you from faraway,

From the glorious city ofBombay,

I hope you have lots of fun and play,

And have an interesting and smiley day!

**

 

It’s not yet morning but do make it good,

I’m standing with you as I’ve always stood,

You take the day and create a win!

Come talk to me if you get into a spin!

**

 

Sometimes a morning is lazy and slow,

That doesn’t really mean that I’m feeling low,

Just charging my cells form top to toe,

So in a moment or two I’ll be on the Go!

**

 

Arise, arise awake!

You’ve your future to make,

Your fears to forsake,

Your victories to stake,

And a whole world to take,

Oh, arise, arise awake!

**

 

It’s a Good morning,

A time to sing a song!

So while you may be yawning,

If you can sing, sing along!

**

 

I look at the sky but can’t see him,

He is hiding behind the circular rim,

I’m waiting for the good sun to rise,

With his shining light, bright and wise,

Know, he will satisfy your every whim!

**

 

Its time again for the sun to greet,

The whole new world he is going to meet,

For he will always show us the way.

So we can make this a special day!

**

 

A lazy morning when the sun,

Is smiling to say, go have fun,

The day has come with its future bright,

Go and bask in the bright sunlight!

**

 

The morning Sun,

Salutes the one,

Who’s up and about,

Who’s got no doubt,

Who has the courage to say,

I’m going to win today!

**

 

The sun has risen and its time for fun!

What are you doing oh children of the sun,

There’s a whole world just waiting to be won,

Stop sitting and chatting, just run, run, run!

**

 

Good Morning is the nicest way,

To say that I care,

If you happen to have a tough day,

I am here for you to share,

For every morning I do pray,

That you have pleasant fare …

**

 

The sun was late his light to shine,

He was busy in the east while, the west did pine,

While he may be late his commitment is sure,

He will always shine true for our troubles to cure!

**

 

All mornings are good and all are bad,

It’s up to us what happiness we can add,

Sometimes the sun will make us so sad,

But we know that depression is simply a fad,

We know how to smile and forever be glad,

That progress is the only truth this universe has had!

**

 

A sweet smile for the sweetest one,

From the one and only Sun,

May your day be filled with fun,

And just keep smiling even while on the run!

**

 

Every new morning is like a flowering bud,

As each petal conceals its essence and dew,

So we create memories both vibrant and dud,

As each hour will reveal opportunities new,

Fear not the challenges just dive into the flood,

Don’t wait for God or waste time in a queue,

Have faith in this day as you would trust in your blood,

Nothing can stop you from joining the victorious few!

**

 

Good Morning says the brilliant sun!

To the children of style,

I know you want a sensation,

But just you wait a while,

The future is sure to be full of fun,

But you’ll have to run the mile,

You must storm the enemy’s bastion,

Even though he’s full of guile,

And then when your victory’s won,

I’ll revel in your brilliant smile!

**

 

 

Once in a while comes a violent day,

When friends will war as enemies play,

There is danger that we may lose our way,

Only time will decide who has the guts to stay,

So come take my hand, come join the fray,

As we forge ahead for we shall win today!

**

 

The Sun is so bright,

All charged and ready,

All prepared for the fight,

The feelings quite heady,

The bloods surging alright,

All smooth with no eddy,

While he thrashes the might,

Just hold the ship steady…

**

 

The bright Sun today

Dropped in to say

Arise and go meet the fate,

 

Don’t think and just run

Like a shadow of the sun

You have a battle at destiny’s gate,

 

Eyes of steel and confident smile

And you will win in just a short while

But your courage must last till that date,

 

Then as you survey your spoils,

Forget not these toils

To help others to this glorious state!

**

 

A sweet little morning and the birds go cheep,

Oh children of the Sun are you still asleep?

Wake up and smell the morning so bright,

Believe in yourself and see your future take flight!

**

 

Good morning dear special person,

Its time to awake,

The Sun sends his gentle rays,

Before the world starts to bake,

So get up now and get on the run,

You have a destiny to make!

**

 

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight,

Your secret weapon to defeat your fate,

 

A smile makes your enemies forget their hate,

And helps you convey your charm to your mate,

 

A smile is your friend and lifts you up to be great,

Takes you soaring to heaven at victory’s gate,

 

A smile frees your mind and allows it to create,

So quick, flash me that smile before it’s too late!

**

 

Baba !

Baba

A set of poems I wrote for my baba in his final few weeks and beyond …

 

The 8th of May 1995 – Sunday – the day after a training program where I overwhelmingly decided to NOT keep him bound to me and to not use his smile as my only reason for existence. Actually the reality of what I was doing started seeping in when on the 15th of April, at his 88th birthday celebration I noticed him extremely frail and weak and feared that he wouldn’t be with us too long, I started actually wondering whether I had a life without him … and then jerking back to reality realized how unfair I was being to him, to myself and to everyone who was dear to me ….

 

Releasing my father …

 

Lonely tonight with my father’s soul

For only his blessings have kept me whole

For only his life has shaped my role

What’ll I do without his smile as my only goal?

 

That smile that urged me to impossible heights

That smile that won me such innumerable fights

That smile that must now be only one of my delights

That smile I now release to be free from my frights!

 

My father you created me but now I’m my own

I won’t wrong you now by being just your clone

But you’ll live in my heart by the seeds you have sown

You won’t be my crutch and yet I’ll never be alone!

 

For now I shall live lit by your purest love

For even if you leave your love’ll bind me like a glove

For you’ll still inspire me but now as gently as a dove

Forever you shall smile on me from the heavens above!

….

 

Actually two hours later mom called to say he’s become very unwell and cant breathe and he’s being hospitalized …

 

 

 

The 10th of may and he was in the ICU – very unwell – and we didn’t know if he would actually ever leave the ICU … It was maddening to have to bid him farewell … but I had to …

 

Farewell Father …

 

All his sons and lovers pay homage to the man,

The one who believed that he always can,

To help him to begin another journey anew,

For of all of God’s truths this is the one most true!

 

That we strive and we build a shining land of glory,

But ever so often we must begin a new story,

For even loved one’s who’ve tied strings to our heart,

Must not be allowed to deter a brand new start …

 

And this also helps who we love to ultimately grow,

Love can also be a shackle that our future could slow,

So depart most beloved go in peace to new life

You’ll live forever in the souls of your children and your wife!

…

 

 

I also spoke to him once with Ma there … I told him that he’d been a wonderful father and had always been there for us and had left behind a saga that we’d be proud of for generations … I told him that we’d love to have him with us but ONLY if HE wanted to be there … I told him that if he did then he should tell all his illnesses to go away and they would. But if he didn’t want to then it was ok. I also told him we’d look after Ma as well as he did …. Baba had been unresponsive but he suddenly opened his eyes and lifted his hand and held mine …

 

 

He actually improved a bit, left the ICU and we moved him to a room in the hospital and Ma spent some time with him and then ….  on the 21st of May …. he finally felt too tired to continue … he passed away! I was in Delhi and going to Bombay to see him one final time was …. was impossibly heart wrenching … but I kept thinking of him and what he would have wanted us to do …

 

A son to a sun!

 

Duty must transcend pain

Only then are we human

Even amidst this tragic rain

We must be men and women

 

Yes I’ll never see him again

And he’ll now be only in my heart

But I’ll somehow carry on the train

To exemplify his amazing art

 

I’ve no right to go insane

I’ve no right but just one

As his star will today wane

I must be that nurturing sun!

…

 

 

 

He always wanted to be cremated in an electric crematorium but Ma said No. She wanted him to be cremated on a proper pyre. So we did … somehow the process was extremely cathartic – while his body died his soul came alive in us … somehow the future didn’t seem as bleak …

 

And it is morning!

 

And the morning arrives!

Touching so many lives!

So many thoughts

So many dreams

Doors that open and

Sometimes closed it seems!

 

And the morning is ours!

Over every gloom it towers!

So many who’re dears

So many who care

People who’re transitory and

Sometimes an eternity share!

 

And the morning’ll succeed!

Just as God hath decreed!

So many transactions

So many re-takes

The world’ll doth belong

Always to he who self makes!

 

And the morning will so pass!

Like autumn leaves on the grass!

So many memories

So many hidden desires

Never shall we say die for

Sometimes something eternally transpires!

…

 

 

 

After a few days I started missing him – really missing him. It hurt!

 

Father I await thee …

 

Oh spirit of my father come enter my soul

Oh spirit of pure love come and make me whole

Oh spirit of spirits come my destiny control

Oh spirit together we’ll reach your hidden goal!

 

Come and we’ll reach joy beyond human reach

Come for the spirits beyond our journey do beseech

Come be my teacher and I’ll spread what you preach

Come for I’ve still to learn and you’ve so much to teach!

 

And soon all the past will have shed all its chains

And then even God will help destroy all constraints

And then together we’ll say ‘Aye’ and kill all the ‘Aints’

And the world will be awed by what our togetherness paints!

…

 

 

And a few days later I felt him by my side – with me, within me! It was momentarily  joyous!

 

Messages from a father!

 

Finally I felt him give me a hug

Finally my pain even his soul did tug

Finally he rose from that grave that we dug

Finally the gap between life and death did we plug!

 

One day I shall stand tall in his hopeful eyes

One day my inner genetic potential shall arise

One day I shall be alive so that his spirit never dies

One day I shall be him and shed this disguise!

 

For to be his successor my soul is now sworn

For his sun may’ve set but I’ve to create a new dawn

For he’ll live through me wherever he may’ve gone

For I shall be that son that he dreamt when I was born!

…

 

One night extremely worried about some work related matters I dreamt of him – looking at me sternly and sadly – as if chained to my problems and troubled by them – and not free from me, this world and all our issues. That’s not how I had pictured baba in heaven … I wanted to see him smile, I wanted to see him free, I wanted him to simply shower his blessings and leave the rest up to us! Somehow I felt that my love for him – my desire to cling onto his every touch and feel and word was not letting him be free and he was continuing to suffer my travails …

 

I thought and fought with my self and possibly in the most difficult moment since his passing, I decided I had to let him go. I had to let him free. I had to let his soul fly where it will and be one with God. I just couldn’t chain him like this anymore …

 

Releasing him again …

 

Thank you for coming back but now you really must go

I know wherever you are your blessings’ll bestow

Yes it’ll destroy me to let go of your loving hand

But I won’t keep you chained to be my smile on demand!

And only when I’m empty can I fill with true love

Love that you’ll shower smiling from the heaven’s above!

 

Yes it’s true that I called you back to again be my sun

For I wondered who’d smile for the victories I’d won

But now I know that your love is eternal for sure

Depart dear beloved now I know how to endure

And every time my eyes close you’ll be my prayer

For no one can cheat us of the destiny we share!

 

God, I gift you my father, please look after his soul

Love him like we do and help us again be whole …

**

 

 

He lives in my heart and my soul and my being. I will never be alone and yet he is free …. I remembered something I wrote a while ago – thinking of my daughter and myself and thinking of baba and myself … Its all about eternal hope and bonding!

 

 

If I’m ever not there!

 

If I’m ever not there,

Don’t miss me too much,

I’ll always be near,

Within your memories touch;

 

If I’m ever not there,

Remember my passion and love,

Remember that my spirit,

Will be watching from up above.

 

If I’m ever not there,

Don’t ever lose heart,

For I’ve brought you up to win,

Even if we’re physically apart!

 

If I’m ever not there,

Don’t lose sight of your goal,

For I shall always be alive,

Within your eternal soul!

 

If I’m ever not there,

Make yr dreams come true,

For beyond me is God,

And yr among His chosen few;

 

If I’m ever not there,

Do honor my poetry,

For do know that your born,

To create dramatic history!

 

If I’m ever not there,

Never lose touch with God,

For its He that blessed our breed,

Such that even destiny was awed!

 

If I’m ever not there,

Smile and take this view,

That my absence is a blessing,

To help you build your future anew!

 

If I’m ever not there,

I’ll watch for ever and more,

Beyond this river of life,

On that eternal shore!

…..

 

The future is ever beckoning and I guess I’m just beginning to smile through my tears …

 

… and then a year passed ….

 

One year hence . . .

 

One year ago I had let go a hand

One that’d held me so firm and secure

But he had to travel to on another land

But he left me the courage and strength to endure ..

 

One year ago I had let go a life

One that was so esconsed in his love

And since that day I felt alone in my strife

And then I saw him caring from the heavens above!

 

One year ago I had let go a song

One that had nurtured me throughout these years

But he’d said that good times’d again come along

But I must have the gumption to eradicate my fears!

 

One year ago I had let go a God

One who was the epitome of ultimate good

And yet He’s beside me in every step I’ve trod

And I travel on to eternity this secret understood!

 

So . .

One year ago I had let go my belief

One year hence I now realize lost powers

For I envision my future and even tears bring relief

For every father eternally his blessings so showers!

…

 

 

 

… and for a few days I was indeed quite sad … then suddenly a huge crisis hit me at work and I struggled and struggled and really missed Baba … and as always his memory helped me rise and face adversity and overcome!

 

Communing with Dad!

 

Surprised tears rolled down my cheeks

In the memory of the man who gave me life

Perhaps they’d waiting these past few weeks

While I battled in his honor life’s defining strife!

 

His hands reached out and touched my own

As he stood by my side in the darkest hours

Gently he said, ‘Son you are more than a clone

These steps you must climb afore your destiny towers’!

 

His eyes full of courage thus urged me on

As he fuelled my passion revived my soul

A father never leaves even after he’s gone

And as we toil we honor and make him whole!

 

This melancholy moment so made me wonder

So real so loving that he really was there

It doesn’t matter what happens in the yonder

A father never leaves never relinquishes his care!

 

In darkness and joy, in love and in war

In the moments when our souls honesty do court

God slightly opens heaven’s ultimate door

And a loving soul reaches out a loved one to support!

 

So arise each son with courage and strength

Arise for eternity beckons from the beyond

And inherit the world never minding labor’s length

As always supported by that eternal loving bond!

…

 

 

And yet I think of him and yet some questions remain … he isn’t there for me to ask but I believe our souls are still connected and so someday somewhere I’ll get answers …

 

Tell me dad …

… (a strange insecurity) …

 

Did you love me when you were young,

When I was a baby barely able to walk,

Tell me for my memory’s jury’s hung,

I wanted to say so much but I barely could talk!

 

Did you consider me when you were strong,

Or was I child only fit for an ignore,

Did you care when you forgave each wrong,

Or was it an escape from a child’s bore …

 

Tell me dad for I worshipped your each step,

I adored every word that you never spoke,

Your every action my life did pep,

But I wondered if I exist when every morning I awoke!

 

Oh when you were weak I stood by your side,

I stood so tall that even your weakness may rise,

Oh I stood by you till the day that you died,

But I never knew where I stood in your esteem’s size!

 

I tried dear dad I tried so very hard,

I know that you smiled but did it stem from your heart,

Or was it a sign that you let down your guard,

I was your dear son but did I honor your art?

 

Forever and more will I live with this doubt,

Forever I shall wear the cloud of a query,

Tell me dad for I can’t live with a pout,

Tell me before of this question I grow weary!

 

Did you love me dad as you knew that I do,

Did you consider me that son forever your worth,

Tell me for I’m sworn to be forever so true,

Tell me for in your honor I shall inherit your Earth!

 

And even if I don’t I’ll still be your real son,

Even if you’re silent I’ll still know that you cared,

For I’ll dedicate to you every victory I won,

And I’ll succeed by merely the memories we shared …

**

 

BUT … Life goes on and on … It does!
… and finally I wrote this and closed this chapter …

 

A time to pass . .

There comes a time sometimes on this Earth

When one’s fulfilled all the promises of birth

And those that aren’t seem relevant no more

And a light so beckons through a crack in some door . .
That’s when one suddenly hears a call from beyond

That’s when one must form a completely new bond!

And so at such times while it’s a difficult choice

One must heed that innermost that truest voice

Progeny now strong must now fend on their own

And while they shall hurt hearts as heavy as a stone

Yet every spirit that day must abdicate its mass

And so one day one must so decide to pass . . .

This life after all is truly merely on His loan

So children so walk the path parents have shown . . .
Their memories forever yet stay alive and strong

Always so touching always singing along

God made us so fickle for its good for our race

As each new life evolves in each past life’s place!
. . .

 

I still miss him. Everyday. Love you Baba

Rising above the dark !

Rising above the dark – poems to rid fear !!

A dear child was getting horrible ghastly dreams … I sent these poems to her to help her stabilize … I think they helped … sharing

. . . . . .

 

Dear

Was troubled by your messages on your nightmares and how they are troubling you …

Here are a few things to consider ..

Read this 🙂

 

Your dreams are you!

 

What do you dream

When at night you sleep

Does destiny redeem

Or does mere fate weep

Do you rise in glory

And stand up ever tall

Or is it a tricky li’l story

Plotting someone’s fall . . .

 

What do you dream

When your mind’s at play

Is it to be supreme

Or find a covert way

Does new history appear

A shining new creed

Or shed a desperate tear

As more fears you feed !

 

I ask for its so writ

Dreams create the man

For your future’s so lit

For with every dream you plan

With every dream you believe

The future you’d create

Such magic you can weave

Open opportunity’s gate!

 

So tell yourself its true

As fantastic as it seems

Everything depends on you

Attitude defines your dreams

Your mindset, your stance

So really creates the seed

So dreams aren’t by chance

In your soul do they breed!

 

So what did you dream

What future did you create

Did destiny so redeem

Or did you court fickle fate . . ?

. . .

 

 

Yes my dear at times life seems very, very tough but …. I always believe that somehow we can !!

I wrote this when I was really desperately depressed but after that I realized … This too shall pass . .. and while we wait for it to, we may as well smile, we may as well hope. HOPE is greater than FEAR.

Somehow . . We can!


Sometimes you feel suspended in the sky


Somewhere hanging betwixt life and death


Not even the gumption to ever ask a why


And the only sign of life a somewhat shallow breath!


Sometimes life so shows you your face


Sometimes bereft from every loving embrace!


 

Sometimes your feet seem full of shackles


Somehow chained to reality and the Earth

And surrounded by mean derisive cackles


Not even able to remember your birth


Sometimes life stretches a barren waste


Sometimes everything’s a terrible bitter taste!


 

Sometimes in such state everything’s lost


Everything’s bizarre and horribly bleak


What did one do to pay such a huge cost


Did you cling to a life that wasn’t yours to seek?

Suddenly it dawns that nothing was mine


Nothing’s anyone’s only what’s within’s divine!

Well this is then common a crossroad to pass


Isn’t this where some glory we may find?


The pain you endure is the test of your class


The courage to leave every success behind


So suspended still doth a heart so beat


A soul doth speak and so destiny doth greet!

 

Yes this is the test, a river everyone must cross


To the shore that’s beyond taking nothing along


Thinking only of the future and not of one’s loss


Naked and alone yet with a brand new song!

Every man must so one day meet one’s fate


Losing all that’s dear’s a prerequisite to be great!

 

And so rose a man but yes tears are allowed


But only if one can smile through the pain


Nothing shall remain except a soul that’s avowed


And then shall fall every shackle every chain

Free then shall fly that man to the yonder


So’ll be my life that I pensively do ponder . . .

 

And then spake God ‘What is the essence of a man


He who can fly just cos he knows that he can!


So arise oh warrior go fight this new fray


Go create thy future for its a new one everyday’!
. .

 

And also read this … Had written this for someone equally troubled ..

 

Food for a troubled soul!

 

Swimming in a flood of worries and blue

Tossed like a raft in a violent storm

Despondent that there’s nothing I can do

Oh why’s life attacking in a malignant swarm?

Is it time to dig a hole and lie down to die

Or is there that modicum of hope standing by?

 

Hope, you know is just a state of mind

Let’s begin with what’s still mine to control

Checklist and slowly everyone doth find

Things I can do and p’raps that minor goal!

And overall my people and dreams’re still mine

By God I shan’t die, shall live to so define!

 

The checklist’s that raft in a storm of falls

My dreams’re my children and I won’t let go

I cling to my actions as hope quietly crawls

Determined to survive and somehow so grow!

Lo with each step, does the storm seem to abate

Am I seeing that ray of opportunity to create?

 

The big picture in mind, small actions so quiet

Focusing on my bits the storm ceases to matter

Never mind that emotions still run a riot

Never mind the jibes and the useless chatter . .

Slowly taking stock what’s gone what’s there

I find my life’s living, if just a li’l bare . .

 

So what says my soul t’was important to survive

So what if I threw away some good with the bad

So now it’s only good and I want to stay alive

So now may I again dream of destinies I had!

So doth our God help cull out what’s tragic

So we may discover some fresh and new magic!

 

Come that was tough but the worst is now gone

Come let’s try for every night shall have a dawn . .

…..

 

And the concept I told u about – The Secret by Rhonda Bryne .. This one’s based on that …

 

The power within!

 

Go deep within to the core of desire

And light that fire to fuel thy thought

As every thought thy actions do sire

You attract the results you really have sought

Such is the secret of how life doth flow

So do we prosper, progress and grow!

 

Positive desires create positive thought

Fear and pain create but the reverse

So its only our doing whate’er fate we brought

So we create our destiny for better or worse

Such wonder we possess to energize and glow

Such is the secret to beat every status quo!

 

Yes fear and pain create thoughts so dark

Yes dark thoughts create desires obtuse

Yet deep in each soul’s a golden memory’s spark

Wash away the dark with such a positive muse

I write for I learnt and thought you should know

God gave us this power our own glory to bestow!

. . .

 

 

Take care dear child … I’m always with you but I thought I’ll send you these to help you face life better and stronger and with a smile !!

 

Keep smiling

………………………………………………….

 

It was heartening that after reading these the nightmares stopped !! J

 

Come . . . :)

I adore this one …. My eternal song to my team 🙂

Come .. For I’ve called you …

 

We’re on our way,

To the promised land,

So don’t feel scared,

Come just hold my hand …

 

Yes, the path is rough,

Full of thorns and hurt,

But it’s easy if you smile,

With untiring effort …

 

And sometimes we’re stuck,

With hidden fears and dread,

But one laugh per pain,

And all our fears are shed …

 

You might think I’m daft,

Talking of laughs and smiles,

But it’s the fuel we need,

To last us miles upon miles!

 

So with passion as fuel,

And only truth as our guide,

Even challenges shall cheer,

Even destiny shall abide! 

 

And if a stray failure or two,

Should sting and should smart,

We’ll vanquish and wear them,

Like medals on our heart!

 

Yes wonder you might,

If one should merely stand and wait,

Should we resign and pray,

To that creature called fate?

 

There’s no easy answer to that,

But this might help us decide,

Whether indeterminate or not,

We’ll never know till we’ve tried!

 

And to strive is to honor,

Our individual gifts from above,

Our work is our prayer,

To shower God with our love!

 

So it’s a clarion call to all,

But heard by just the chosen few,

Come, for I’ve called you,

Let’s build our futures anew!

 ………….

 

The end of evolution

I used to love this one … but have stopped reading it nowadays … I wonder why 🙂 Written circa 2004 after a nice night with the boys and a deep philosophical discussion about God !! Ha 🙂 Sorry its a bit long and I need to shorten it …. Im just a lil lazy 🙂

 

The end of evolution?

 

Is Evolution just a process?

That is in itself an end,

Or will even Evolution recess,

Oh, what lies beyond that bend?

 

Not to be leading,

And not to be led,

Not to be needing,

And not to be dead!

 

And all of these fulfilled,

Is that all our soul needs?

Where ambition is stilled,

Where we’ve forsaken the greeds!

 

Is that what is heaven,

The reason for all birth,

Is this the path given,

To inherit the Earth?

 

These questions among many,

Trouble my striving mind,

As the secret to progeny,

I am struggling to find!

 

And then that secret voice,

Speaks loud and clear,

Your leadership is mere noise,

The subject of your fear…

 

The real truth is hidden,

Somewhere deep inside,

While my heart’s just doing what’s bidden,

While I am running to abide!

 

What is constant beyond change?

Seminal beyond evolution,

Did God this drama arrange,

So we may reach the source of creation?

 

Where only the soul is leading?

And internally joy does spout,

This inner self I am now heeding

And that is the source of all doubt!

 

Leadership and beyond

Where we’re contended needing none,

Is this truth now dawned,

Like the rays of a lonely sun!

 

Well, I started out asking,

If Evolution will end,

But only a glimmer I am grasping,

Of that truth beyond the bend!

 

So, p’raps evolution and leadership,

Is the ultimate step but one?

A vehicle on the eternal trip,

When we will be one with the sun!

 …………..

 

Leadership Blues

This one’s ok types but I wrote it in 2003 and used to get very senti reading it – dunno why … Just !! Hence . .

 

Leadership Blues!

Leadership is glorious but only in sacrifice,

A leader is envied but he pays a heavy price,

Though the lure of glory often tends to entice,

Leadership is always a mixture of sweetness and spice!

 

A leader often ends up feeling completely alone,

Wistful and sad and as heavy as a stone,

Everyone pretends to be their leader’s clone,

But when its time to act, they tend to bitch and moan.

 

Oh loneliness is natural for a leader has no friends,

Always above or below, while his team he tends,

And sworn to take the shocks while negotiating bends,

But it hurts when he’s used for narrow, selfish ends.

 

And yet he must smile though his heart is torn,

And repeatedly forgive even if the victim of scorn,

For he can’t help adopt every child who’s born,

For a leader only leads when to serve, he’s sworn!

 

So he often stands alone with no beliefs but one,

That with his team he’s caught in the web he’s spun,

For being burnt to create is the duty of the sun,

And yet applause may not greet him when his day is done!

 

And yet without his team a leader’s blood wont flow,

For that second hand is his life is the first truth he must know,

So stand up oh leader face even the worst blow,

Learn that your glory’s merely the team’s reflected glow!

 

So a leader always smiles for there’s a fantastic return,

Even a bed of thorns he’ll take, even petals he’ll spurn,

For love and glory guaranteed if for his team he’ll burn,

Yes every budding leader this one equation must learn!

……

 

 

Vacation verses :)

Im posting these together . . . written on vacations !! Ha !!

Im going on another one soon … I think Ive changed though 🙂

 

Read on . . . .

At Mehsana resort … 2003

 

Taking it easy …

 

Lying on my back soaking the sun,

Reveling in the warmth loving the heat,

Recovering from living a life on the run,

Recharging my life for there’s an enemy to beat!

 

Wandering around with nary a care,

The green grass and trees and a slice of joy,

The waters freezing but I’m on a dare,

Running about with glee like a carefree boy!

 

I came here to see if I can take rest,

Whether taking a break makes at all any sense,

For I’ve to pace myself before giving my best,

This simply lets me forget that I’ve been tense…

 

Now, I just thought of work and it’s such a relief,

That there’s ample activity awaiting my return,

There’s no real danger of my turning a new leaf,

For I was born of the sun my enemies to burn!

 

…………………

 

At Udaipur … 2004

 

Dying for unrest!

 

 

The dam of patience did finally burst,

Just like a volcano dying to explode,

How long can he resist the never ending thirst,

The value within like splashing lava flowed!

 

A warrior when told to retire and rest,

When the battle is waging hard and fierce,

Finds his soul and duty put sorely to the test

As the smallest issue quite impossible appears.

 

Away from action but besieged by his war,

Chained to peace but with a tormented soul,

After a while even the beauty is a bore,

As the eyes re-focus on his eternal goal!

 

Standing tall aloft mountains and cliffs,

Surveying the climb full of glory and guts,

He must reach out a hand to eradicate the ifs,

He must temper his mind to overcome the buts!

 

The path ahead has a tendency to go down,

Unless he finds that hidden ladder to glory,

For as he climbs he smiles, while maintaining that frown,

As once again his striving soul continues his story!

 

……

 

Joined and severed

For my two girls – my wife and daughter … incessant touring and days away from them – hardly ever seeing them … hence … circa 2003

 

Joined … and … severed

 

My wrinkled brow frowns in deep thought,

As I contemplate my future decisions,

The road to peace is with danger fraught,

As war clouds obscure paths of precisions.

 

A tender eye do I cast on my loves,

As I teach them to fly on independent wings,

My feet are grounded as my spirit free roves,

As I strive to break free of mundane things.

 

They question my love, dying to live free,

They want my heart to always be true,

But though I can never forget my history,

My spirit will always seek a future that’s new.

 

I cannot gift you my future and my life,

But I can fill you with my knowledge and power,

You can’t share my flight on the edge of a knife,

But I can gift you the space and the ability to flower.

 

I am neither a cynic nor a sage so pure,

Nor a cheat nor coward filled with wanderlust,

But over the years I have grown to be sure,

That as I bathe in my glory, to you I must be just.

 

I must create a space where you can fly and be free,

Where loving and living are choices of your own,

Where no one may command what you need to be,

Where you’re free to develop as nobody’s clone.

 

So come let us savor these moments few,

As each of us re-creates our lives anew,

As we shape new worlds with a different view,

You’ll never find me far for I may never bid adieu…

……

 

silver anniversary in a couple of years :):):):)

 

Love and war

… and this one I wrote before Reliance”s Telecom launch – in Nov 2002 I guess . . .

There’s one part in bold which I really like and which has inspired me several times !!

 

Love and War

 

Lonely on a sleepless night

Spent in dreamless thought,

Of future dreams and rabid wars

I’ve barely even fought,

The mind was simply struggling

Yearning for a war,

Yearning again to be challenged

And stretching once more …

 

Lonely are these tiring nights

Spent in rumination,

Struggling to find the simplest path

To final culmination,

My mind soared to a future world

Where the enemy had fled,

And from that height of victory

I saw the path we’d tread …

 

What made us win for they really were

Better plan for plan,

I think the only difference was

That we just knew we can,

But I really have to question why

This never ending war,

Why is my heart so loveless

When love’s what war is for?

 

All my loves stand quietly

With but a single question,

Will we still be somewhere

After all the tension?

I created you to return to you

And that in stone is writ,

My love will always warm your heart

While we in two are split …

 

The sun and moon and silent stars

All locked in silent love,

And changing love as their positions

Move in the skies above,

Bear with me this winter dear

As this one deal is done,

But let this one be over

And you’ll surely find your sun!

…..