Now

Sometimes all you need is a now,

Not a forever.

Cause you can't let the future,

Steal your happiness of present.

Learnings

And I have learnt..
To be at peace,
By loving without expecting

To stay calm,
By not predicting the future awaiting

Learnt the strength a group holds,
By participating and not competing

To silence the constant blabber of my anxious mind,
By going with the flow of my heart still beating

To not fear embarrassment,
As failing is more comforting than never trying

To be not afraid of the hurt love brings along,
As I wouldn't want to miss out on the emotion which keeps each life moving

To stay unfazed by the passed judgements,
As I realised they never make any difference to my being

To laugh at myself often,
Cause I realised I need a lot more jokes to keep my sane self going

To not avoid adversities,
As they are always around the corner, no fun not playing

And to not fear death,
As it holds my journey's final ending..

Rainbow

When you can make a difference
Bring a change
For a better future,
Better living
All the tomorrows
Which can be wiped off,
Of the gloominess that darkness accompanies..

Ain't only about the books
It's also about the bats, the balls
Which can never be held in their hands
For what lies ahead is only the blurred margins

All the greens of the fields,
Which will be missed.
The glaring orange of the Sun.
The bright red of the chillies, burning your tongue
You would want to see..

The view of the dark bulging clouds, ready to pour down a spell,
Along with their thundering anger.
And the thick branches in their hugs across the streets.
The brown of the earth,
The sky blue reflected by the clear blue still of the lake.
To rest alongside the streets, chasing the colour pop of a butterfly..

Things which you believe only when you see..
Imagination gives you wings,
But to take that flight
You recall all you've seen.
Close your eyes
And finally jump in..

So when you can make a difference,
Even a small one.
For them to savour the many rainbows the sky of life beholds
You must have done something right, after many wrongs..

( P.S - School eye camps are lot more fun than imagined! 😅 )

Acceptance

The love you thought you needed,
The love you thought you wanted,
Both leave you the same..
Teaching a lesson
Making you realise
To fall in love again
But this time..

A bit harder,
A bit deeper,
More truer,
More pure,
With self

And end that long wait,
for a soulmate
someone anew..
As your search ends
In your own reflection..
Staring back at you..
Waiting patiently
For you to make up for the lost time
And your acceptance..

( P.S : Sounds a bit creepy, but true fact!)

Within..

Search for the strength, within.
Search for that true love, within.
Search for that belief, within.
Search for everything you been wanting,
Everything you ever needed...
Within.

Language unknown..

People around
People here, people there
Few I understand
Some I empathize
Some make me feel
Some just stay still

I try
I struggle
To make something meaningful
Of the words said
And the words untold
Language I hear around
The slang unknown

Some thank
Some give a apprehensive talk
Some complain
Some backbite
These some sum up the whole

Getting the grip of it
Hanging with anything my hands can get a grasp on
Long way to go
Many souls to meet
Many voices to be heard

Rant.

Give them a part of you
They snatch away whole entity
Make them know your choice
They start making decisions you should

Scribble their name on your heart
They'll direct it to beat to their rhythm
Keep proving yourself at each step
For you to uphold the integrity of your every move

Since when love has become so pretentious
It makes me wonder
There's nothing new to be said.
The same old
Being packed in new style before sold.