Dad's decreased hairline...

Honking behind the wheels had been his deed..
Forty years continuous is quite a time indeed!!
Crowned with the glistening sweat, his forehead
today gleams with a pride..
Those pearls of hard work..shines with honesty,
Not a morsel do I surmise!!

Relentlessly redefining perseverance time and again..
With an acute sense of responsibility within ingrained..
Time and punctuality we just talk about..
For him it was all just sorted out!!

Labored on the fields, for quarter meal a day..
Yet slept on an empty stomach,never for once dismayed!!
A family of eight struggled to meet the needs..
As a stern self-respect restrained them to plead..
Destiny was what he gleefully embraced..
But not to be bogged down..
His village, he fled!!

A lean body walked into a city of dreams..
No..not on a tour as the line above makes it seem..
At thirteen when we talk about enjoying our teenage..
He was welcomed as a daily laborer garlanded with a mean wage!!

Fixing electric failures or cleaning cars..
Meticulous he was..always at par!
Just work and no pay..
Also were at times an order of the day!!
Wonder why it did not bother him ever..
A lost childhood, a savory teenage forever!!

A day starting at four with the world still asleep..
Too full of positives for negatives to creep!!
Stranded alone, the miseries wept..
Challenge to the fate proving too hard to be swept!!

Drenched in the scorching sun..with a torn vest..
Dichotomy of giving up and fighting, both abreast!!
Not a scorn on the face as he toiled all day long..
Humming all along the battle song!!
Evening came and he breathed a sigh..
Smiling with content, walking home with his head held high!!

As the evening breezed past the torn soul..
Scything through the fresh scars across the body taking a toll!!
Greeted in a shanty cottage what he called as his home..
Was he with empty dishes mocking his face turned all stone!!

To be continued...

Office Stereotypes...

Today was hectic..or so do I feel..
But love for the work..gets back my zeal!

Wrapping up for the day as I look around..
Pull away my attention does, a constant mouse-click's sound..

Glancing in the direction, from where the sound came..
Saw a pale shadow leaning in the official tame!!

Advance did I further to checkout the same..
And lo behold was the manager slogging this late..
You read it right... Stereotypes are to blame!!

With a sunken heart as I glanced at my watch..
It was about eight..with 15 mins to notch!!

Quietly I left and cheekily sauntered out..
Oh how low did I feel...for I badly wanted to shout!!

Made me feel guilty that he's working late..
At times I do wonder..
If they really have...so much on the plate??

Chewing through the thought as I, walked home sometime..
And there he was again, on the JABBER "online"!!

Look up did I, sadly at the clock..
Popped out, my eyes, reeling with a shock!!

It was about ten this time..
It was when I heard the clock chime!!

Crash into the bed did I and tried to be cozy..
My eyes won't shut, my dreams won't come..
For they wanted to be nosy!!

Drooping eyelids stared at the screen..
A moment's nap and back to the scene!!

Curious mind of mine, pinged him to convey..
Nothing on the work front..just to test "Hey!!"

Got a reply instant which left me in dismay..
He was really working!!
The status didn't lead astray!!

Three in the morning..and I finally rest my case..
I start doubting my velocity for I can't match his pace!!

And there he is on time, for the daily stand-up..
With ace up his sleeve and everything all planned up!!!

Amazed at it I am....and shattered and perplexed!!
For it only serves me...
A bucket full of complex!!!

Being Human...

There's an air of disappointment..
And it is with myself..
For I have lowered my bar..
But with an utmost dissent!

It is human, I seek solace in..
But I feel so guilty deep within..
Never before had I fathomed alike..
And that being envious of a person's might!

Was taught to love and appreciate success..
Mine or others' without being upset..
More so when the person's been primitive ally..
Immaterial of whether it's a girl or a guy!

A matured head has gnawed into that innocence..
Grazing away gradually a relationship's essence..
I tussle between the expected and the accepted..
For emotions I realize can't be perfected!

Seeking strength and faith from the reality..
I'm at least thinking about the duality..
Knowledge to judge the right and the wrong..
Is the only help I rely upon to dawn!

Factor out humanity and everything can be lucidly explained..
Rational it may sound, which sadly, reality can't sustain!
The only way out it seems..is to accept the "accepted"..
And move on to better the actual "expected"!!

Surrounded...

Surrounded I am..
By people all around..
No wonder why..
I can't fathom my heart's thumping sound!!

Soliloquies are what keep me ticking..
Tiring out after the day's mimicking!!
Mimick a person I am not inside..
Unwillingly I have to...to let the life glide!!

There is a sea of people whom I interact with..
Still hoping...relationship isn't a myth!!
Euphoric it is, every moment I seek new eyes..
With a melancholic heart but ably disguised!!

Venture out, do I with a fresh energy..
Trusting my faith and destiny's synergy!!
Once bitten, twice shy as they say..
Cautious I have to be all the way!!

Embark upon the journey as I do with a smile..
Unaware of the destiny's nasty guile!!
I pour out my soul, I believe in doing..
A decision, I eventually end up ruing!!

For everytime I sulk in the wild..
Hoping this time, the pain would be but mild!!
Disappointed I get when greeted with an encore..
Calling it off again, pursuing no more!!

I lick my wounds, swearing not to dare..
Get tricked again to land up in despair!!
But it's a fallacy that the heart listens..
For it loses out on the eye that glistens!!

Realise do I that I'm a human, end of the day..
And have to take it along, come what may!!

No matter what peeves me around..
Or people for that sake....eventually who surround!!

Shouting Out Loud!!

I sit on the porch in the moonlit night..
Breathing in the calmness of eerie quiet..
Amazed by the sight of silvery guile..
But alas!!
It's the moon and not my beloved's smile!!

Same place..same time..like nothing's changed..
My soul..my heart..has got to be blamed!!
We talked the entire night..
We shared our plight..
It was never gonna end..we committed..
Unaware of the future's might!!

Euphoric it was and we went with the flow..
Afterall..
Moments of happiness is tastier than a lifelong sore!!
Surreal is the word which one can only feel..
Words always fail to unearth the ecstatic zeal!!
Intoxicating it is to let yourself loose..
Stronger than even the most luring booze!!

Her voice was shivering..
The nervousness was palpable..
With mumbling lips..
She played the love-scrabble!!

She giggled and she smiled..
She laughed her heart out..
Immersed in happiness..beyond a single doubt!!
She called out my name..in a funny amorous voice..
Letting the world know that she'd made the right choice!!

Bottled up emotions had found out a way at last..
Yesterday was gone and we'd moved on from the past..
Life could be so beautiful..it could be so amazing..
A rich pasture of grass let out for grazing!!

The dangling curls of her ebony black hair..
Glowing in the dark her glittery eyes' pair..
Rosy cheeks went blushing all out..
With pinky lips all curled in a pout!!

Could see the drowsy eyes..
Sleepy she was..or so I surmised..
To talk was little..to feel was more..
Those sweet nothings and her smiles galore!!
The breath was warm...the smell was fresh..
Face of hers..I wished to caress!!

Drenched in love when we realized it was late..
With music in the ears..who wanted not to be awake!!
Still I pestered, for her to retire..
To live the moments, in her dreams of desire!!

Bet you she obeyed..but only to pretend!!
For I heard her chattering back after a moment of suspend!!
Enjoying was she and enjoying was I..
Without an inkling that the time was to fly!!!

Eight hours at stretch and I was spent..
Engrossed in the silky voice at the other end!!
Riding was she the crest while I rode the trough..
Ploughing through the sea of love, together we towed!!

Get lost in the tempest, did we eventually..
Fading in the lane of memoirs..slowly gradually!!
Never to be it was or so did she think..
Tossing up the emotions at times to the brink!!

She needed a reason to affirm her belief..
Fortunately she got one as a welcome reprieve!!
She did leave the place but she couldn't leave the heart..
How cruel could be destiny to watch us fall apart?!!

A drop from the moistened eyes rolls down my cheek..
With a painful heart moaning out soundless shrieks!!
The agony is unbearable and so is the pain..
Love is so unforgiving and that is the lasting gain!!

Ohh!! Poor heart of mine...
Did you not learn again this time?
Encoring your lust for love..
And now do you ponder what you deserve!!

I see the moon vanish behind the dark clouds..
As I shout out my lungs, in the night loud!!
Depressed I feel now hoping that it's brief..
For I can't stay alone..

Nurturing this grief!!!

Nurturing this grief!!!

Instigate thy dormant soul..

  Torment thy soul....for calmness is satiating..
  Settle down no more as the world keeps awaiting..

  Subdued within you is that you want to achieve..
  Just change the eye that you employ to perceive!!

  Crawl out of the shell that you have cocooned yourself in..
  Let the whole world witness what God has gifted you within..

  Ebullient you say you are...then where is thy urge??
  Or you just claim it with thy aspirations all purged??

  You were living a frog's dream and you have taken a leap..
  Was that only to come and ring out an euphoric bleep??

  There is a lot at stake and I fathom the heat..
  But tell me my friend..until you bake it..
  Do you even get the steak?
  
  So rise and push the lame excuses aside..
  Swivel the oar and turn the mighty tide..

  Be the harbinger of Gen-Y the world sees within you..
  Take the center-stage and spread the Innovation flu!!