Is not attached to an element,
To a being,
To a desire,
It’s true, eternal and exotic .
Thank you god,
For bestowing life, upon my carcass
Thank you god,
For teaching me all those lessons,
Thank you....thank you....
Nishant Rawlley
*****
The Veil
I've walked a long, long way towards Happiness…
The nearer I go, the farther it moves away...
The sun seems cold, the brightness nowhere to be seen;
No abode, no place nearby where I could forever have been...
At a distance, I see a VEIL... A veil of darkness...
The darkness flames a spark the light can’t extinguish... I move towards the trap as if
hoodwinked...
Years ago I had seen this veil, the betrayer of trust…
the masked people and the confinement...
I see a dark dead body and several haunted shadows, all devoid of light and hope...
It seems the pain gnawing at my soul is about to stop...
People think my life is happy for I'm always seen smiling;
Though nobody understands the burden of heartaches that go on piling...
The veil seems like an end to this pain;
Another step towards eternity cannot go in vain...
As I crossed the veil, I finally realized;
The happiness I had been searching everywhere was within me ...Just disguised...
In another world it feels better;
Where nobody hurts the people to whom they matter...
The veil represents the power of the dark;
he power of love and an unwritten mark...
Isha Soni
*****
The Change
This sudden change of mood
The air seems to be sweet
The birds are singing to me
And sun doesn’t seem to give heat
Wow...What are these changes
Indicating at ...
Attractive now looks
Even the eerie bat.
My night waits for the sun
But the craves for the night,
Uff... This weirdness
And stupidity is of utmost height.
Winking at me all the time
These starts seem to be playing,
The rustling of leaves
Echo celestial talking.
Don’t know why my heart beat is slow
And breathe so fast,
I am bound in divine spells
By nature being cast.
Somebody tells me
I am going crazy,
Others say its love
Which make the world hazy.
Don’t know what this eccentricity
Is all about,
But someone’s name
To this world I wanna shout.
All this time
Somebody was upon my mind of mine,
The mere thought of whom
Brings in my eyes
A magnificent shine.
Monica Singh
*****
The Present
Times keep changing,
The world keeps turning around,
Sitting in the room of gloom,
The door was knocked again,
It was destiny the other side,
She was back again,
But not to take someone away, as she always did,
Today she had brought with herself, You,
You, with a dazzling smile and a radiant face,
Tada!!!
Leaving you at my doorstep, she left,
I welcomed you with a silent smile,
Somehow not believing, things could turn again,
That I could be happy again,
But you, gal, had the power to change it all,
You turned on the lights,
And the room was lit,
My life was lit,
Reality becoming too good to be real-touchwood,
Making me wonder, how more perfect could a person
get,
As if handcrafted by God,
With every virtue up to the brim,
Every time you smiled, it was divine,
Every time you held my hand, I was complete,
And every time you laughed,
I could hear the cackle of a baby,
Pure, innocent yet perfect.
Rising in love with you was only natural,
I was in love with you,
Before I knew I was,
Every moment we talked,
Special and memorable,
You became so much a part of
me,
Waiting for that one call in the day,
When we would share anything and everything.
Hearing my name in your voice,
That feels so good,
I don't want to hear anything else in the world,
All these times we tease each other,
All these times we can't put down the phone,
And enjoy the silence,
Just coz I know, it’s you on the other side (and vice
versa)
And if they say, home lies where the heart is,
You are my home.
My beautiful love, my lovely partner,
My greatest friend,
My cute lil bachha,
I love you
I could keep on going on writing,
But I would never be satisfied,
Coz no words are beautiful enough,
To contain your beauty and my (our) love,
I love you. I do.
Nishant Rawlley
*****
The Dream
Hold my hand,
Take me into your arms,
Steal me away from this world...
Steal me away,
Into a world meant for us,
Into a world sans boundaries,
Into a world of emotions,
Where our togetherness isn't questioned,
Where there ain't barriers to our love,
A place so divine, our home.....
Where you be greeted by the first ray of sun, every
morning,
And then my angel smiles, "Good morning",
How I wish I could pause the time,
And savour the moment,
Dressed in the white night suit,
You look nothing less than my baby princess,
And then we sit in the porch,
Sipping our coffee and watching the onset of a new
day,
A new beginning...
And that’s how we start every day, together...
Steal me away,
To where there's only you and me,
Where every evening is our first date,
And then a walk over the beach,
Barefoot, hands together, Fingers interlocked,
The stars above smiling over us,
The loud waves singing only for us,
Midway I stop, I look into your eyes,
Your face angelic, under the soft moonlight,
You shy away, lowering your eyelids,
Making me want to kiss them right away,
A hint of smile on your face,
And I say it again, "I love you, You're the greatest gift
of my life"
"I love you too"
We walk back,
Your head on my shoulders,
It feels divine and exotic,
This feeling of both of us together...
Goodnight love...
And this is how we end every night, together...
So this is how it is,
The dream, my dream, our dream,
We shall make it happen,
For all I know, life is good, when you're around,
For you're the sole reason for my existence,
All I ever need is you, My sunshine, My princess, My
angel,
Though I write this,
But no words can ever contain my love,
And all I can say, is I love you....
Nishant Rawlley
*****
Tears
Tears... the pious drops
The signs of innocence
Just trickle down the cheeks
When emotions go beyond endurance.
The poet’s diamonds
The lover’s divine drink
Hard to measure
But express heart’s softness as mink.
That feeling of parting
Being away from dear ones
The pain of not seeing them again
That unbreakable agony, every delight it shuns,
Is silently conveyed by tears
No words can utter the ache
They just say everything
That the lonely heart into voice fails to make.
Not only token of sadness
Tears also tell the joy of soul,
That extreme happiness pours out
When the heart is content and whole.
Beyond seven sky cheerfulness
When everything seems just right
Then the eyes fail to hold
These drops, back and tight.
Tears we cry explicitly
Make the heart feel light
But those we cry inside
Narrate the tale of inner fight.
Is drowning and eating us internally
The conflict with oneself
We try to hide tears for fear of cowardice
And fail to ask even near ones any help.
Some like to cry in rain
So no one see those watery tears
Always keep a sweet smile on face
And alone all grief bears.
The tears I want to cry
Are nor internal neither in rain
As my emotions have all drain.
For me these are
No more than just water
They don’t any longer
Tend to work as wounds clotter.
Monica Singh
*****
Tears
Tears of sorrow
A chunk of joy, May I borrow???
Tears of pain
All I need is a practical mind, Totally sane…
Tears of rejoice
Why do you come always at your choice?
Tears of compassion
You are going absolutely out of fashion
Tears of love
As innocuous as a dove…
Endless stretch of time, where tears don’t rhyme...
Sands without footsteps … whose tears are dry
The lonely mountains often are heard with their cry…
The freshness of the morning star,
The tears of dew, it’s lovely shower…
My tears are just unnamed
Sometimes silent, sometimes defamed…
Weakness or strength whatever you might call
A priceless gift if from someone’s eyes, for you it falls…
Isha Soni
*****
Alone
Slow at pace... fast at beat
I move towards... something strange
Lost somewhere... thoughts unknown
Confused world around... still I go on
Walking on sand
Alone with thoughts
Don’t know where I go
Don’t know where I end up
Waves touch my feet and retreat
And leave me alone again
Breezes pass through and vanish
And leave me alone again.
Things unknown
World undiscovered
Myself undefined
People all strange
Such is the crossroad I am on
Don’t know what path to take.
I keep wishing on stars
That these should be someone
To walk beside me
Someone who’ll never
Leave me alone
And take me to just the right path.
But then I wonder
Do wishes come true???
Monica Singh
*****
The Brave Guy
He walks the trail
Head held high
Facing everyone in the eye
Harassed and mocked
Losing every battle before the struggle
But he takes it all
Losing without fighting
And he goes on
For he knows
There's nothing he can do about it
Yet he goes on
He's played with like a ball
Tossed to one side and then the other
She plays him too
Like some old discarded toy
Used at will
And he lets it all happen
For maybe he can't do anything about it
Yet he goes on..
Losing every battle before the struggle
And then comes the fall
He retreats into his meak dwelling
Curls into a ball
And lets those walls crumble down
Lets the rivers gush
The walls could only hold this long
If only tears could speak for themselves
His would have told you what he failed to speak
He cries
But cannot put a finger on the reason-why
What is it really, that’s escaping him
Being distrusted? Disowned? Distanced
He doesn't know
Or maybe the reasons are too many
For him to know what hurts the most
Yet tomorrow will again rise
And he will yet again go on
Head held high
Facing everyone in the eye
Hope, he survives a little longer..
Nishant Rawlley
*****
Understanding
We have arrived at a point of understanding
where there is no place for complaints or regrets
We might talk once in months together but,
You understand my inner turbulence
And I, your complete silence about us
I guess this is indeed the best state
of our twisted relationship
There are no expectations
but only acceptance of each other’s life
Even though it means living in entirely
different worlds without each other…
With that slight hope of brighter tomorrow
when we might walk hand in hand
on same path… towards one destiny…
But till than... we keep walking on our own paths
towards our unknown destinations
rolling like stray stones of muddy pavement
Monica Singh
*****
The Friendship That Was
I wanna be your silent friend,
I wanna be there for you,
It does not matter,
If we meet,
It does not matter,
If we talk,
I wanna be someone you can come back to,
Sharing your heart out,
And trust me I’ll be there,
This is our last year togethe
r
Or should I say the last few months together,
And then we do part,
Our paths diverge into our own worlds,
Your orkut profile says,
"Agar dekhni hai meri udaan, to aasmaan ko kaho thoda aur uncha ho jaye"
Soon it'll be time for you and me to fly unto your seamless horizons,
And then many years ahead on the timeline,
One day when I look back on time
And recall a friend,
A really sweet girl,
With an amazing dress sense,
The best dancing skills I had seen so far,
A mesmerizing smile always there to dazzle,
A girl who was, Punjabiyat personified,
The "Don't mess with me" girl
But most importantly a very dear friend,
Whom I could trust,
Who was always there to correct me,
A friend who truly matched the definition of a friend,
And it will be then that you'll return,
As a timeless memory in the heart,
And a tear rolling down the cheek,
I will be there for you even then....
Thanks for being there in my life...
Nishant Rawlley
*****
Love but Only Once
We love but only once
Everything after and before that are
mere illusions, infatuations or worse scenario… mistakes
Leading us forward or backward to the real one…
Lucky are people who realize and
live with that feeling and love for rest of their lives
But those who appreciate that fact
without yearning for the possession
are content souls
Because they know they can’t be with their love…
Only accept, though with grain of salt, that
"In love, happiness of other person is essential to your own"
You would want to live with memories
rather than living with wrong person
or compromising for sake of social ethics.
Yeah, You love but only once
The one who teaches you true meaning
of loving unconditionally;
even if it means sacrificing
because he knows what’s best for you.
Even if it is killing him inside
he won’t utter a word,
just making you smile each time you are sad
telling you how special you really are.
Won't you want to be in love
with him and only him for entire life…??
No regrets, No complains
No fear of loneliness
For you know even if he isn't with you
his prayers would always take care of you.
That’s the best kind of love
that I have come across so far
But hear hear, That ray of hope
that one day you will actually touch him
you will feel him for real
will always remain embedded
somewhere deep in your heart…
Indeed I did love but only once…
Monica Singh
*****
Behind the Closed Doors
Behind the closed doors,
behind the fallen eyelashes,
I find myself in lows again,
every tremor seems disastrous,
I feel lost,
I thought I had escaped it,
I find myself in the same web.....yet again,
I shouldn't have let myself go,
I shouldn't have fallen this time,
alas..!!!! I did,
why did it all have to happen,
maybe to jerk me that there's still a lot unknown in life,
you haven't seen it all yet,
that’s right, I haven't seen it all,
but how badly I wish to get out of here,
to fly free,....to fly alone.
to taste the platonic elixir,
sans dependence,
sans attachments,