Sunday, April 24, 2011

Far away from home...


miles and miles away from home.........

in unknown streets here i roam...

expecting every now n then........

to see some faces i can call my own..........


years and years of endless search....

i lie waiting here on my perch......

wanting to go back.....yearning to return....

yet so confused ....ahead i lurch.....


time and time again...i make up my mind...

to get up and leave...and never look behind..

go back to where i have always belonged...

and yet i am here....stuck up in the daily grind!!


day after day....night after night......

unmade decisions......an unknown fright...

there is so much noise everywhere i go....

but not a voice that is dear...this ain't be my plight....


Each passing moment tells me, it is time I decide....

if i want to make my own way...or just flow with the tide.....

for i cannot go like this forever....

somwhere i need to stop....and get off the ride...


I need to go back, i have to return home....

where faces are familiar....and streets so known....

the land the sky, and everything that is below....

all that i can proudly call...my very own...

When I was Young...


When i was young, my wings yet to take flight
clouds in the sky were rare, the stars shone bright
i welcomed the mornings, and each day was fun
long before i got caught up in this run

this run for money, this run for fame
people complaining, finding some one to blame
they don't laugh anymore, smiles are so rare
their hands all empty..and life so bare

when i was young, life seemed like a song
it didn't matter if dreams came true, all that mattered was to follow along
wants were simple, needs so very less
with family and friends around, i thought i was blessed

now all i think of is to earn more and more
to have enough to go on a world tour
maybe build another house or buy a piece of land
or buy all the latest gadgets, as many as i can

when i was young my house was very small
yet it seemed big enough to fit us all
together we laughed out loud, and cried the same way
Being with each other somehow made the troubles melt away...

now this big house of mine , doesn't seem to have enough room
i think i need to move to a bigger one soon!!
laughing and crying are things of past
emotions surface rare, and seldom last

when i was young, i used to love the rain
i danced, i sang .. and forgot all my pain..
rains had some magic..they bought back fond memories...
of all those treasured moments...and emotional medleys..

rains now are so very unwelcome...
oh, it will spoil my dress and i will have to buy a new one..
look at all the mud here and there..
how do i walk home in my new pair...

Oh i wonder...will this chain ever end!!
will i be ever be strong enough to make amends
Ah, i wonder...if I will ever be young again
young enough at heart.. to enjoy the rain :)

Dreams


My hopes my dreams, which i have had since i was five..
even today seem so much alive...
yet so far, like stars in the night....
in my heart, they burn so bright...

they make me happy, yet hurt me at times...
sounding loud, sometimes like wind chimes...
take me up, they take me down....
put a smile on my face, then make me frown...

i wake up each morning, hoping for them to come true...
i then realize i am in a queue....
long and entwining it is....i may have to wait...
the path to dreams is never straight....

i make a wish, each passing day....
i look up to god, join my hands and pray...
i ask him the cause of all this pain...
i tell him if i wait too long, i may go insane

he looks down at me, and smiles...
tells me not give up, says i have to go miles....
before i reach where i want to go...
the journey may be tiring and sometimes slow...

tells me to enjoy the journey till it lasts..
before this present too, turns into past..
don't look too far ahead, don't you get lost....
this moment is what should matter the most...

he says i am not alone, there are others too....
since ages who have waited for the sky to turn blue...
mine are wants but they are in need..
for now he must listen to what they plead...

the path to dreams is never straight i said, but someday it has to end...
this is all that i need to comprehend....
for dreams are always meant to come true...
if you just be strong enough, through and through,,