Sorrow

From happiness thou beget

Thy laughter and its rhyme

Thy heart n thy dime

But from sorrow thou borrow

Solace and peace

And wisdom to keep

Edited 

From happiness, I often find,

Laughter flowing, free and kind.

Cherished memories held so dear,

A well of strength that's always near.

But from sorrow, I come to borrow

A flame that burns and lights tomorrow,

Peace that calms, a quiet guide,

To light my path and stay beside.

Offer all

When you feel you have nothing more to offer

That the road has drained you dry

That’s when you must decide to fly

See what sky has to offer

Adversity

Don’t detest those who judge

Learn lessons and rest you purge

Sometimes we all require a little nudge

When it does not come as a natural urge

 Gravity that makes us fall

Teaches us to stand after all

There are no forge without fire

So if you feel you are on a pyre

And world is giving you hell

Remember, it’s shaping you as well

Live Life

If you are unable to say

How today is different from yesterday

If your days are coloured in same hue

And tomorrow seem to offer nothing new

Then you are neither dead nor alive

For dead decays and turns manure

Life thrives on that hence

In time both has its purpose sure

So stop sitting on the fence

And no, don’t crossover as yet

For you wish it or not,

To that passing you would eventually get

So while you are here give it your best

Endeavour to live to the fullest

See, hear, taste and touch

Absorb what’s around as much

Learn to remember and remember to forget

Leave not much to regret

Learn to laugh and cry laughing

Fall in love and love falling

Clinch your chance, yet learn to let go

Soar high yet yearn to go slow

Take risks and risk to live

Extract all that it has to give

For there is nothing certain in life but death

No matter how hectic it may get

Finally you would get to rest

Life and Death

What is life without death?

Like a path without an end

A day without a night

It’s but death that completes life

Gives it meaning purpose and also hype

For who would long for what lasts forever?

The fall

If you have fallen

You can sure stand again

For one who has not fallen ever

 for sure is not standing

So never fear the fall

For if child had fear of fall

Man wouldn’t have walked at all

Good and Bad

The good is all lit and bright

Is seen by all and loved by all

Yet somewhere in the corner

There is always a wee bit of darkness

Where it wants to hide

And loose itself once in a while

The bad is all dark and gloomy

It’s unseen, unknown and feared by all

Yet somewhere deep within

There is always a wee bit of light

Where it wants to go

And discover itself once in a while

Dreams 4

There is no dearth of dreams

For everyone dreams of success

Of money and fame that it brings

Of happiness and tears of joy

Some can feel it and taste it

See themselves standing on the podium

 Crossing the line tearing the ribbon

They can hear the crowd cheering their name

Yet most don’t even start their race

For they are lost in the mirage of their dreams

Dreams u see, are reflections

Very much so, of a very possible future

Yet, like all reflections, they are inversed

What comes last is seen the first

While most see success right in front

They fail to see the toil and sweat

 The innumerable failures and falls

The treacherous path that follows behind

To the far end of their dreams

Tomorrow

Learn to dream

Yet not be consumed by them

Let them fire up your heart

Yet, let it not burn your soul

Tomorrow may be the day

When your dreams would hatch

But it’s always today

Where it is conceived

Faith

Can you take the leap of faith?

Jump off a cliff hoping,

That you would indeed grow wings;

There is then a chance my friend,

That you may fly,

Before you fall and die.

Content

It’s only in pain,

That I find my voice

I can either be a man of content

Or a poet of lament

Irony yet

It’s only in my writing

I find content

They say heaven and hell are forever

Its only earth that won't last that long

Your days out here are counted

So make sure you make them count

Half of it will be lost in the night

So don't let go what’s left without a fight

not in pursuit of some blind ambition

Or in some rat race of your own creation

But fight to fell what he'll or heaven is life

what is your worth

If you wish to sell yourself

Make sure you know your worth

The world for sure is a tough bargainer

But it’s always you who calls out the price

Change

No, man can’t be moulded

Or cast in any die

For it’s not pressures without

That changes man

But the presence within

Changes are not tattoos on our skins

But outgrowths of our souls 

Drive through the Mist

Driving through the mist in a haste
Vision blurred not sure where I head
Beauty all around unruffled untouched chaste
Pleads to stop, be with it for a while
Eyes yet strain just to see the unforgiving road ahead

The cool breeze filled with moist haze
Drenched of scent wild flowers fresh
In my ears gently sung
Pray slow down not rush
Feel the breath a while as it fills your lungs

Shying glance from her beauty serene
I sped past the meadows green
Dark dense woods basking in laze
Cajole me to slow down the pace
Bare my soul to her splendid grace

I raised my tinted pane to cut her dissuading gaze
Can’t slow down for a moment stop
Let go the dreams for so long I chased
Need steer clear let no affection crop
So I fled, through the mist I sped

Travelled so long so fast yet see no end
Journey so beautiful has turned into an ordeal
Life with no satisfaction no joy spend
Break the shackles of dreams surreal
Forget the end; for once relent…Fall in love with the journey instead