Little girl by the signal

Oh gosh! Am late!
And the red lights after red lights!
Frowning heavily,
I wait at the signal

"5 rupees, please take one",
little hand pokes mine.
a small girl, wearing school uniform
lost behind the load of garlands
"just 5 rupees, please do take one",
She pleads…

"Where are your parents?"
"near the roadside"
she points excitedly,
"see, there… "
A smile comes on my face
"do you go to school?"
"Yes :) everyday"
"What about your homework?
When you do it?"
"Sitting by amma,
when the lights are green…"

I take two garlands,
she moves to next vehicle…
green lights flashes
Honks and honks rushes forth
I too move on.

Something makes me
look back at the roadside…
little girl standing by her mother,
a book in her small hands.

Just in 10 rupees,
I bought a wonderful smile.
determination so strong,
Little girl by the signal taught…

lesser no more...

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moony rose

Spoony rose
Lost in a comity?
Bemused
Left rose...
vanished vision
And the missing heart...
Moony rose
All lost
in a single night...

Sapient?

Sapient
when would I be?
Pregnable,
Always lead astray...

Quest of a path,
expedition unknown...
Quest of a sojourn,
A terra incognita?

No panoply for support,
No counsel to behold...
Finding egress,
forlorn...

A sempiternal journey...
Frantic melange of a track...
collating au fait...
still assailable,
rose colour fool...

Sapient
when would I be?

door

life is a journey...
old saying known...
and there are places,
where toils gravestone...
seems a stop?
if you hold on...
there is surely,
another door unlocked...

Happiness...

Have ever tried
to catch a butterfly...
so lovely,
so colourful,
so elusive...
entrapping beauty...
blossom to blossom,
making you sprint...

go behind,
and it’ll scurry
further away...

cease the chase,
sojourn it a bit...
then you’ll see
miraculously miracle,
a wonder...
sitting on your
shoulders...
it finds you instead...

happiness,
a wonderful butterfly...
stop chasing it for once...

let it find you instead,
don’t let it run...

ur own

Ordeals,
your own...
Blame, no one...
Bare, no one...
Destiny,
yours...
And you,
alone...
Only you,
control...

Mama's Gal...

I want to hide in your warmth...
I want to lay my head in your lap,
And cry for hours...
But i won’t,
Coz it would worry you,
many more...

missing you,
mama...

I want to hold you tight,
and feel your smell...
I’m tired with the running,
makes me cry out,
for home-coming...
But i won’t,
coz it would break you,
many more...

But i want you near,
I’ll just see you...
and your scold,
that i always hear...
I’ll sleep in your arms,
Hugging your strength near...

i want to lay my head in your lap,
and cry for hours...
but i won’t,
coz I’m now old,
Daddy’s Big Gal...
Facing the World,
on Her Own...

While others...

PLAN while others are playing...
STUDY while others are sleeping...
DECIDE while others are delaying...
PREPARE while others are daydreaming...
BEGIN while others are procrastinating...
WORK while others are wishing...
SAVE while others are wasting...
LISTEN while others are talking...
SMILE while others are frowning...
COMMEND while others are criticizing...
PERSIST while others are quitting...

Adding one more.. this is mine... :)

BE YOURSELF while others are faking...

Sparrow

Why are my nerves tingling?
Is there someone behind me?
Hello! Who is there?

Oh! What a lovely sparrow!
Sparkling eyes…
Peak like an arrow...
Why you here?
I wondered, as I neared…
Ah! But she was not alone,
Surrounded by beaconing baritones…
What a lovely sight! I thought
Closer I came as I was caught
A beautiful picture...
A beautiful tone...

She looked at me!
Frightened?
Or with a plea?
I saw the floodgates…
Ready to open?
What it is…
What it is dear?
Why the diamonds falling?
I peer…

A pebble dropped,
And she disappear.
Dream no more…
Dream, no more…
Lets go out dear!

You Can

You an read,
when there is no light...
You can write,
when there are no pens...
You can sing,
when there is no sound...
You can hear my voice,
when there is no air..
You can walk towards glory,
when there is no earth...
You can weave your hopes,
when there is no place to abode...
You can stand apart,
when missing a part...
You Can!
Yes, I know you can...
You can achieve the sky,
when there is no one who relies...
You are the Child of God,
Yet another,
His precious Gold!