Poetry - The Escape Route

Staring at the night sky Talking to the lonely moon I can't help but notice the stars nearby Fading away in its twilight Yet it's the bright white mass, Telling me how each night is to pass, Reflecting to us the sun's setting glory, Isn't it like a leader's story? To have all those stars near you, Yet you have none to choose, Who can be just like you, All of them follow you through, Still none of this seems to be true. Quite contradicting, yes I understand, But then is where I'd always stand, In between the myths and truth, Forming my own thoughtful ruth, For the moon, for the sun And for anyone who made my mind spun To be alone up their all night, Something somewhere doesn't seem right, I guess I was all wrong throughout, It's the close knit group of stars I should have talked about, The ones together dim or bright, Helping the moon keeping the sky shine all night

The clock has already struck three, Yet my mind does not seem to be free, From the shackles of what the day offered, The moments of nostalgia which has me cornered Going through my previous works, The old memory in my mind lurks, Of the person who was once the closest, But now our hearts on someone else is focused We shared the moments of love & joy, I don't understand why we had to destroy, Those four lovely years of friendship, Those 'lil acts of fights and devilship Those moments of high melodrama, Our temper levels as high as Mt. Fujiyama, Those pecks on the cheek, Chances of it returning seems so bleak Never thought I'd be saying this, But your smile made my day bliss, It was the love that we both shared, We were best friends even if you never cared, So even though that friendship might never again exist, Those years spent together will always be missed, And so I end it with our goodbyes kissed!

As I sit down & analyze my day, I realise there's nothing left to say, Failing in our own expectations, It all leads to a future full of rejections If you want me to be more direct, Let me stop being poetically correct, And let you know what we went through the day, In the teachers' hands our result lay With the passing time our uncertainty grew, Those 6 hours of the day were the worst we went through, Worse than giving these exams, it is To realise how everytime marks give you the piss To fail to plan is planning to fail, But these thoughts are just there to sail, 'Cause whenever I plan, I don't implement, Even though that's not what I've meant As elders say, our lives are without focus, Ah! this is going the way of some circus hocus pocus, We live to enjoy, we enjoy to live, Well that's all my mind is ready to give, We'll go through the analysis some other day, Let me get back to going through t...

As I stand here in front of you, Let's not talk about something you already know, Let's not talk about how great we Indians are, Let's reflect a bit of tradition that is ours Over the course of thousands of years, Our mother land went through a lot of smiles & tears, From the intelligence of our mathematicians to the bravery of the soldiers, From the riches of our heritage to the mixture of our cultures, There are endless things to discuss about, Endless thoughts running throughout But I wasn't asked to discuss all this, 'Cause most of you have it on your fingertips, I was here to share our Indian pride, How all of us must have enjoyed this ride, From the stories we've heard of our Independence struggle, To the CWG's criticism & appreciation juggle, I'm sure we all had that big smile on our face, When our nation came 2nd in the medal race, The Patriotic feeli...

Electricity problem is giving us a headache, Heat stroke is near with the summer wave, When the lights go off & the fans go still, Delhi's Summer is here with the plan to kill, The ACs go shut & the temperature goes up, We face the wrath of the sun above, Power backup is all we want, Global warming - who gives a fuck at all! But if we continue like this, we'll have to call it quit, 'Cause the heat will rise & the clouds won't spit, The hot gets hotter & the cold gets colder, All this burden falls on our shoulder, The next gen. - god knows what they'll face, If sustainable development is not maintained, Who do you think will last the race? Will it be nature or will it be human? Ask yourself, your acts only give the clue man!

I was standing at the edge, Ready to take my final pledge, Infront of me was the whole world, Full of hate, Full of love, Understanding life is very tough The whole journey flashing infront of me, All those lovely faces that I see, Seem to be anything but real, Under the mask, their true identity is sealed What you see is not what it is, Everyone's life from outside seems to be a bliss, But what goes inside is not what you know, Most of them, don't let their emotions flow To understand yourself is what matters the most, It's the biggest battle you'll ever host, Don't wait for its end to come, End of the race for some, 'Cause life's gonna forever go on, I try to plan it out even while walking in my lawn Well, that's all that flashed in front of me today, All that my mind threw my way, I'm back to standing at the edge, My mind ready to form the h...

I've made a really big mistake, Without realising what was at stake, No matter how much she tries to hide, We're going through this emotional tide, I've cried after a very long time, But she's made me smile time after time, No matter how much with myself I fight, I won't be able to sleep tonight, I wish I could rewind time, And undo all of my crime! I don't know what I did was wrong or right, But it did change everything which seemed bright, I wanna find the colours but all I see is black & white, Wanna go far far away, and never come back this way, far away from her sight, Somewhere all alone, where no one could see me cry at night! I keep gazing at my phone's screen, Waiting for the signal green, It's not about what I said, Not about how I felt, It's about what You hadn't said, All about the colour red, I feel like hitting the road, And leaving for a place not known, And stay there forever all alone!

Talking to different people over the days, Just made me wonder, We could live life in so many ways, And there was no reason to surrender, After all life's a gift by the almighty sender We already talked about life being a mix of right & wrong, We've been talking about it all along, But there is a reason behind it all, There is a reason for every fall We may not know just what hit us, In an instant our dreams might flow away as dust, But yet it's better if we don't make a fuss, After all even iron has a solution to rust 'Cause when we fall, We learn to get up faster, We stand up tall, We become our own master Life teaches a lesson every time, I've learnt it through the way I rhyme, I have been hurt, I have been crying, But I still haven't stopped trying, Trying to smile, trying to move on, To be the person to look upon So here I stand b...

Standing there wondering how life's been, How our journey is to begin, After every tunnel, bright light is seen, So life itself might not be that mean Yeah, life's a mix of right and wrong, You can either be weak or be strong, You can either whine about it, Or go ahead and write about it, But it will not change the way, The way you've thought about it They say the world is round, And whatever goes around, comes back around, But the reason behind it is still not found, And you be good or you be bad, You'll still be greeted with a frown, They'll still try to pull you down And that's when you've gotta be strong, Never say never, f ight till forever, Get up after every fall, And make sure at the end, It's You who's standing tall 'Cause when you aim for the top, You just cannot stop, ...

The numbers are spinning around my head, Math is very tough they said, Alphabets + Number make a deadly combo, Trigonometry aint as easy as playing bongo, Permutation & Combination is all I ever understood Applying logic is all I could Geometry is the most boring thing I ever came across, I'd rather do probability where a coin is tossed, The limits we study know no bounds, Derivatives is as tough as it sounds, Math to me is still a mystery, Makes me feel I'd rather study history, Math is very tough they said, The numbers are spinning around my head. We started with stats which is as boring as it can get, Something more interesting than it was a set, "Math Nahin Aata" is what I just heard, Straight lines is the worst thing I've seen on earth, Math is very tough they said, The numbers are spinning around me head Author's Note : Well yeah, Math certainly is a mystery to me and I'm sure there are a lot of pe...

Rhyming is my game to play, To express my dreams destroyed like castles of clay, Whenever I feel I've matured enough, That's when life with me plays rough, Throughout the time I have been writing, Inside my mind I have been fighting, To gain my freedom, to gain my love Or launch myself to heavens above I keep on writing time after time, I don't feel normal until I rhyme, So many people I trusted in my life, Have done nothing but stab my back with the knife, So here I am expressing my grief, My happiness has been stolen by the thief, Writing helps me express my fear, So why should I worry when my pen is near, Even though all this time inside I've cried, I'll still keep smiling 'cause at least I tried, 'Cause sometimes it's good to put on that smile, No matter how much it hurts inside, It still makes life worthwhile, So even though you've cried all night, Trust me that smile would make it alright!

I just realised I never wrote about the thing I loved the most, Its high time I raise a toast, Toast to the beautiful game -  Football I still remember being new to the place, Relishing the challenges I had to face, To learn the game, to earn my name, To make sure it became my life, With football, I've never had any strife  The grass lush green, the smell of the field, The running behind the ball,  The keeper's dives and fall, All united in the love for the game, All shooting for the goal's frame The falling down, The coaches frown, Getting back up on your feet, Fans getting up from their seat, The speed of the forward, The elegance of the midfield, The strength of the defence, The fearlessness of the keeper, It all makes up one family, Brothers together in everything smart or silly The feeling you get when on the field, The passion for the game, No other thing could yield, It's Life's burning flame ...

I think I understand this man, The years we've spent have made it count, He stays with me as long as he can, In 'me' is where his life is found Been together for seventeen long years, He always makes me forget all fears, The time we spent made us best friends, We followed the latest fashion trends, Like father like son like brothers it's done, The problems we cant solve have been none Work for men may be first, But being a father is what he nursed, He taught me how to handle life, & how he met my mom, his wife; He is my idol to which all will agree My Santa Claus besides the tree; His love for me has been infinite My hero through the shining light, Like angels from the heaven above, He's kept me like he never was My love for him seems so mere When I see my smile make all his tensions disappear

Where did my childhood go? Where I was picking out the crayon from my pocket, Playing around with the paper rocket, Dreaming of flying the plane sitting in the cockpit, Where did my childhood go? Where I was still enjoying the noise of my toys, But now I'm roaming around the hood with guys, Thinking where to go, what to do, Searching for my childhood even in the zoo, But the question is still stuck in my mind,   Where did my childhood go? Where did my childhood go? When I was still in the arms of my mother, Now I'm the one who least bothers, How fast has the time flown by, Now all I can relate with childhood is a goodbye Where did my childhood go? When friendship for me was the toys we share, But now I understand it's the way we care, Maturity is what with age I've acquired, But the return of childhood is what I've desired!

Just like any other night, I'm stuck here with my mind to fight, To search for that one reason, Which will completely blossom my season, Going through a heartfelt flash back, I tried to find those colourful moments, Yet ended up with everything white & black, Just like those colourless pigments In deep search for an Inspiration, For that thought of motivation, I'm in a state of desperation, My mind's a part of this impatient generation, And after a lot of repetitions, I feel I'm in dire need of a vacation To a valley across the lakes, Where I could enjoy playing ducks & drakes, Or just relish the beauty nearby, Of everything that meets the eye, I guess that's what I was looking for, Those thoughts I have to explore, The untapped beauty of my mind, Is waiting for that moment of Inspiration to unwind

The sleepless nights, The emotional tides, The time when nothing seems right, That's when we say that exams havn't been bright Accounts kept us busy throughout, Economics taught us about the PPC during drought, BS never cared for us, English has never been a fuss And then came the biggest shock, As hard as being struck by a rock, Mathematics is by what we were hit, In my dictionary it's as good as shit  The last 15 days kept us sleep deprived, But finally the day of freedom has arrived, It's high time we go out & have a blast, Enjoy these moments as long as they last Last time, I said we'll talk about 12th some other day, That ignorance might make us pay, But then who am I to say, That we didn't think about it on the way, Anyway guys, The clock has struck three, Time for me to be rhyme free, And make you all feel, That indeed, Its the run-time end of 'Half Yearly Nightmare' reel.

In search for the other half, The one which knew how to laugh, Not burdened with the weight of life, Not scared by the sharp knife, Lost somewhere in the wild, It's that other half which once smiled. Those walks through the park, That smile which lit a spark, No idea what's happening right now, But my heart would just not allow, To give up the search at this time, For that smile which was once sublime. Reasons for such feelings still unknown, No idea why these feelings have grown, Guess it's part of the ups and downs, To have those smiles and those frowns, After every dawn the sun will rise, And bring to us a new suprise, Till then I'd wait for it to be that smile, Which was once a part of the other half's style.

Poetry provides you the means of escape to a world of your own creativity. Photography helps you picture it all out.. :) I tried to give photography a shot too. Here's one of my photo albums. FB Link : A Shot at Photography Instagram Link

It was the month of August I remember, When for the first time we were together,  Unaware of what awaited us ahead,  All those moments going through my head, And so I raise, A toast to our friendship  I was new to this place, Thought finding friends would be the toughest task I'd face,  But then you all came along,  And now I realise where I belong,  And that's why I raise, A toast to our friendship  We started talking more and more,  Even in moments of sorrow we made sure,  We were there for each other,  Our love started growing every time we met one another,  And So I raise,  A toast to our friendship  And now we stand here, Just a year before we depart,  School may end but we would never be apart,  The bond we share, the way we care,  Losing you all is something I wouldn't even dare,  And tha...

Poetry is the means to escape to a world unknown, Exploring it after everything in your life's blown, The true poet rises when you're hurt, When your souls been shattered & thrown away in the dirt, Poems provide you the escape route, The path enlightened by the words you shoot, It's always about the road less taken by, Bringing out the real you which was very shy, And even if you end the day with tears, Don't worry 'cause you at least fought your fears, Went down like the setting sun, But will rise up again brightest than ever!

Hello Everyone, Well this is my first ever blog right here so Im not really used to it. Ive been pushed by my friends and family to start blogging so that I can share that lil' bit of poetry which I write but have always kept it locked within my own parameters. So here I am...starting off with a few poems I've written. Please leave your comments and suggestions behind for me to work over them. thanks, Ken