Those Little Things

Can we remember, that love was ours,
I miss all those little things between us
That has somehow slipped away
As time went on and the years took its toll
We lost those little beautiful things
That used to fill our heart and soul
And they disappeared into some dark corner
Where, I can’t seem to recollect
And search, I can’t seem to recover
I miss all those little things about us
Which made our smiles brighter?

Life can be hard and it often hurts
We say, we do, a lot of things
That we never really mean to say or do
And before it is taken back
The pain has sunk in, the wound is deep
It hurts more with every passing minute
And the Bridge forever breaks again

I miss all those little things about us;
The things that made us strong,
Those made us do a promise of forever
Those which dreams were made of
Coated with rainbow colors and sunshine
Can we bring back that dream again,
And let go of the pain and heartache
I miss all those little things we used to do
I miss those little things we shared
I miss those people whom we were
And also the people we could be
Let’s take a moment to rewind and remember,
Walk down that memory lane once again
And bring back that joy we felt together
To this moment forever and ever

You and me

Like the feel of bare foot
On the wet grass,
Like the scent of mud
After that summer rain,

Like a hot cup of coffee
With sky crying its hundred tears,
Like an unknown flavor
Bringing in a new feel,

Like the aroma of wild jasmine
Which a breezy night bestows,
You bring in a new sensation
Engulfing me unawares.

With your hands holding mine
With your eyes holding mine
Let the time stop at this moment
With just you and me!

Sometimes

Sometimes I wish I can change my life

And mold it the way I fancy

Sometimes I love this life as it comes

Simply want to go on living

Sometimes I am simply stubborn

To accept my defeat

Sometimes I feel that I am losing it

And with that, the desire to live

Sometimes I feel alone in this world

And my heart cries out in pain

Sometimes, when all my tears dry out

I seek the meaning of living

And after so many sometimes, I try

To hide my pain in a dark corner of my heart

And then, my tears betray the pain

The more I try to control, they over flow!

Then comes those sometimes, I smile

To this world and love it with all my might

With nothing to mask my happiness

Of loving and being loved

My Promise

I can’t promise you sun, moon and stars

But I promise to be there beside you

When the sun rises and descends

When moon and stars come out to revel

When darkness spreads and you cant see

When your smile turns to sighs

May be that’s all I can promise

‘Cause I have got only me to share with you

To hold your hand and fight your demons

To be the wind to blow the clouds away

To be the candle to show your way

To be with you till time ends…

Sometimes, I wish!

Sometimes I wish simple things

Like tearing away these masks

Which I wear so freely these days

To hide those tears and distress

Who are my constant companions,

Following me like my own shadow!

Can I just be myself for once?

Without needing to hide behind

The fixed smile which comes

And always available on standby?

Can I cry my heart out for once

Without feeling guilty about it,

Till all my tears are drained out

Along with all the heartaches?

Can I be that girl for once

Who beams her sunshine smile

To the world around

Just because she is glad today?

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sometimes-i-wish-7/

Another night

Another day paving the way

For night to reign

Fading away slowly

Never to return again

Stars shining in the sky

Moon playing hide n’ seek

With little fluffy clouds

Night started its realm

I waited for my lone star

Shining down on me

From that distant world

Winking its way to glory

I closed my eyes

To hold back my tears

Which waits for a reason

To start its flow so freely

Another night alone

In this lonesome world

Though you shine down

From worlds apart

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/another-night/

Waiting for loneliness

Have you ever waited for loneliness?
The one which is as soft as a feather
Floating in the euphoric air
The one which is so high that
It can touch fiery glowing sun
Yet as lustful and ardent
Like forbidden love
As fragile as my mom’s china,
Which is kept with utmost care
As pliable as wet clay, waiting
To be molded by that potter
As boundless as green blue sea,
Which takes its color from your eyes
I’m waiting for that very own sensation
Which enthralls like first love,
And is supernal like a spiritual journey

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/waiting-for-loneliness/

Yesterday, Today!

Yesterday you looked into my eyes
And said, “You are special”
I thought about it and told,
“I don’t think, I am special
But I want to be special for you”
You insisted, “You are special”

Today, I decided
To be special for you
But do I have anything to offer
Except a heart full of love
A friendship to last a lifetime
And a promise to be there
As long as you let me be!

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/yesterday-today-3/

Sometimes...

Sometimes you can’t control the pain
It hurts so much that you don’t care anymore
Going on living seems like a favor to the world
You wish you can curl up go unfeeling
The tears that fall have no meaning
The heart that is breaking is beyond knowing
You wish you can fly to another land
Where pain and tears can’t touch you anymore


http://poemhunter.com/poem/sometimes-310/

Judgement

A shower of tears, a trembling hand
A tongue tied in knots, and a pounding heart
Waits for the judgement, you may utter today
Sealing my fate, forever to this pain

Who is a saint? Who is a sinner?
And who is the judge and who has the right?
Why pass a judgment, when right and wrong
Are never so clear or bright as daylight

Still, I pass judgment upon myself
More severe than what world does
Still I can’t bear those words which you may utter
And break my heart into million pieces

http://poemhunter.com/poem/judgement-27/

After hours

Morning rain ended a long, disturbed night
Dull rays of sun brought a sorrowful light
The soaked pillow is accounting for my grief
Memories of you brought me a smile so brief
Moving away from you, I pierced my heart
And realized that I have hardly a life apart
With deep love, I'd always remember
Of your beautiful heart that's so tender
Dreaming of your touch so softer
My heart would break in a blister
Of the warmth of your lips so gentle
Memories of mine would be eternal
The magic I thought is lost is still within
With the warmth of love ever rolling
Again and again in each moment
I wish I had asked you on the first moment...


http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/after-hours-2

I wish to fly...

I often wish
If my dreams had wings
If my hopes could fly
And nobody sets those limits

I feel like flying
In those endless, distant skies
Where I can touch the clouds
Where nobody is near
Who can touch my heart
Who can hurt my feelings
Who can find just fault
Where I have no questions to answer
From where the world is colorful
Yet very faraway

But where words have
Just one meaning
Where people need not lie....
I want to fly in that sky...
Where I need not act
Where I am just myself
My joy... my laugh…
My pain...my tears…
Everything is just mine…

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-wish-to-fly

He and she

He asked: “Why do you love me,
Even when I hurt you?
Even when I have nothing to offer?
Even when world is against us?”

She smiled and walked away
Hiding those tears which threatened
To fall and form another stream
But, never answered that question

In her silent tears,
In her heart was the answer
Which was evident like daylight,
Which he failed to see or understand.
She whispered to herself:
“Will he ever understand
Why gardener loves his roses
Though they have hurting thorns?
Will someone tell him
Why a mother loves
Even her most deformed child?
Is it beyond his understanding
That love is beyond all reasons?”

http://poemhunter.com/poem/he-and-she-2/

Park Bench

One of my lengthy poems... I felt that this poem deserved its length considering the fact that it more of a story than a poem:-)
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Sitting on your regular park bench
Watching the people around
Deep in your own thoughts
Smiling occasionally
With sun rays playing with your silver hair
What a pretty picture you make!

Did I see your eyes shining?
Watching the little girl with her father
Leading him with her little hands
Dancing the way around
Talking in a serious tone
May be about the life’s mysteries

Did I see a naughty grin?
Watching that bunch of girls
Heads together in secret
Hands on shoulders
Talking in those hushed tones
May be about a big conspiracy

Did I see a knowing smile?
Watching that young couple
Holding each other hands
Moving in unison
In their own dream world
Oblivious to the world around

Did I see a tender smile?
Watching that mother and son
Son asking his umpteen doubts
And mom trying to answer
And match his speed
With pride in her little wonder

Did I see a sad smile?
Watching that mom and daughter
Obviously in argument
Talking in the angry tones
Trying to make each understand
Yet not ready to compromise

Did I see a nervous smile?
Watching that lonely woman
Lost in her own thoughts
May be talking to herself
Walking with long strides
Not a companion with her

Did I see a warm smile?
Watching that kid with his grandpa
So comfortable with each other
Showing off his latest bruise
And watching in awe
The bigger bruises his grandpa has

Did I see that contented smile?
Watching the grandpa walk towards you
With his usual slow smile
Slowly taking your hands in his
Helping you to your feet
As if his world is only you

Still sitting on that park bench
Watching you walk away
Thinking about myself
Wondering about life
Will I be as contended as you
In the years to come?

http://poemhunter.com/poem/park-bench/

Lost in Love

Like a lit candle in the bright sunlight
Like a tear drop in the vast ocean
Like a sand grain in an endless dessert
Like a musical note in a concert
Like a word in a bulky best-seller
I am lost in your love…


http://poemhunter.com/poem/lost-in-love/

Night Traveler

I wrote this poem sometime back... Though, I wont say that it is one of my best poems, I like it and it looks like others like it too... Here, I am puttig it down again...

I am a night traveler
Travel all through the night
And my bed is a sailing boat
I reach for my bed every night
And take a trip places far away
To see new things and people

I travel past the harbors
Full of anchored boats
I travel past the beaches
With swaying coconut trees

I watch the waves
Embracing the shore
I watch the kids playing
And reach out my arms

Then I touch my own bed
Here comes a flash
And my boat is back
And I am back in bed

My boat sails every night
And reach home with morning light
Never did it anchor once
Still traveling every day
Hoping to reach
That unknown destination

http://poemhunter.com/poem/night-traveler/
http://etkalem.blogspot.com/2008/01/talvin-singh-night-traveler-by-deepa.html

Today, tomorrow and forever

It’s so long since you left me
And went in search of what called your heart
I still think of our days together
I still dream of tomorrow
Even while knowing the truth
That this today doesn’t even exist for you

I still believe and dream on tomorrow
And everything it would bring
May be I will gain it all back
Along with a face I love
Hoping that you will come back
And carry me away from these lonely nights

It’s not easy on me
Each day brings tougher challenges
Going through each word you sent me
From those mangled letters
May be you don’t remember those words
Because it’s all past for you now
And must have melted away long back
And present have supplanted the past

But for me they are past, present and future
And they drag me to our days
Yet they say “move on”
Along with those hidden pictures
I have hidden my feelings too
So that no one sees them
But if only you know
That you still remain in me
And there is a space for you
Today, tomorrow and forever….


http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/today-tomorrow-and-forever/

Whispering Rain

With a hot cup of coffee
I sat on my chair, by the window
Watching a thousand raindrops fall
Dancing to some unsung melodies

Reaching out to me
With its soothing little fingers
Caressing my cheeks wet by tears
Slowly washing sadness down

Whispering those little nothings
Knowing how to ease my pain
Telling me that I am not alone
May be shared their sorrows too.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/whispering-rain/

Journey of Life

Life is a long, long journey
Let’s take it one day at a time
Holding it dear and relish.
Let’s journey together
And hold each others hands
As we sing and step together.

Let there be road blocks
Let there be bad weather
Let there be gains or losses
Let there be smiles or tears
Let’s move together
Today and the days to come.

Let’s not undermine our worth
Nor compare us; with others
Let’s know that we are different
And that we are special
Let’s not set our goals
By yardsticks of this world
Cos we know what’s best for us
And let’s prove it again.

Let’s not take things for granted
And all those close to our hearts
Cling to them as would your life
Cos life lose meaning minus them
Let’s see each others worth
And what we are without the other.

Let’s not slip life through our fingers
By living in past or for future
Let’s live life one day at a time
And live all days of our life.

Let’s not give up anything
When we have fighting strength in us
Nothing can really be over
Until we stop trying
Let’s forsake our fears
Knowing we are together
Let’s take those chances
And learn to be braver.

Let’s not shut love, out of our life
Thinking of pains to find it
Know that love can be found by giving
Than waiting to receive.
Let’s not hold it too tight
With the fear of losing it.
Let’s give it wings
And let it soar to skies
And bring more than it had
And let it engulf us once again.

Let’s not dismiss our dreams
For they are to be kept close
Without dreams there is no hope
And without hope there is no purpose.

Let’s not run through our life
Like it is another mad rush
Let’s not forget where we went
Let’s also know where we are going
Let’s treasure each moment
And let’s journey together.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/journey-of-life-9/

It's a dream

Don’t believe my words, when I say that
You are the most appealing of all I ever know
Toss away the words, when I say that
You are the one I love more than life
Think that I am bluffing, when I say
That I would forsake this world for you
Decline my love, when I kneel down
And ask for your hand and proclaim my love

Know that I am living a pretty dream
Which makes no sense when I am up
Think that it is just another illusion
Which may not last for ever for sure
Or loose luster with the passing time
Or a mirage in a faraway desert
Don’t fall for this dream, knowing that
It’s a fantasy waiting to loose its sheen.

http://poemhunter.com/poem/it-s-a-dream/