chances

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Poem, Spot poetry, thoughts

You’ve got chances
Ain’t nobody watching u do the little dances
You gonna sign the dotted line
And bring out the red wine

Shout out to all the boys and girls
you fought with
Befriended you and all the ones you got with
Doubled down on lucky things you bought with
And all the friends you taught with

You’ve got a hundred days to go now
Before the lights are gonna blow now
Make it count, make it round make it, make it snow now
Make it like the best ever show now

Jump on the wagon, drive on the sidewalk
Sing all the songs , hear all the people talk
You’ve got chances, don’t you be trying to blow them
Use them, now’s your chance to show them…

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Everybody lies…

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Poem, thoughts

Everybody lies, inside
Making sure we rise
Up into the air, we fly
And everybody lies, alright?

Not everybody feels the way
The way you, only you want, them to be
And everybody lies, you see
Say what you want them to say

They don’t have choice or a chance
They don’t really wanna do this dance
They edge away from you, asleep tight
Dreamin of your lies tonight

And everybody cries, alone
Cos everybody knows, like I do
That they’re also lied to
Still, everybody lies, inside, like I do…

Jaago

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Hindi, Poems

Kabhi nishaani chhod ja
Apne astitv ki, apne hone ka
Uth ja, pagle,pair chala,
Ye waqt nahi hai sone ka

Datt ja tu, bas maanna na haar
Teri jeet pe manayenge tyohaar
Pade rehne ka sukoon ek dhoka hai
Ye sukoon ek hawa ka jhoka hai

Nishabd, ye duniya nikal jayegi aage
Aur tu bas peeche peeche bhaage
Kosna na kismat ko us waqt, mere yaar
Uth ja, toofaan se ladne ko ho tayyaar

Nindiya na aaye, aise sapne dekho hazaar
Mehnat se mere bhai, mehnat se karo pyaar
Aaj aur abhi ka waqt hai sahi, sun le
Bas uth ja mann mere, sapne baadme bun le…

Ice cream

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Icecream, Love, Poem

A scoop, a slurp, lickety split
Banana flavoured, a big bite I bit
Rocky road all the way
Vanilla was what I wanted today

A cone, a cup, a big bowl of cream
Ice cream, Ice cream, every summer’s dream
Butterscotch to quench my thirst
Or shall I have strawberry first?

Brain freeze, tongue gone numb
Icecream makes me go all dumb
But what even can I say to you
I just love icecream, that much is true

Chocolate is best, some say
But I beg to differ, Mango’s on the way
Coffee and honey and walnuts too
Black currant if I’m feeling too blue

Pineapples are great, coconuts too
Hundreds of flavours, oh what can I do
There is but one lifetime, to try them all
Have a little icecream, and life is a ball…

I never thought I would

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life, Poems, thoughts

I never thought I would
Run through the day like this
Time, when it has no meaning
What can I say? Gee whiz!

I never thought I’d begin
And end the day aloof
But seventeen hours of sloth, sin!!
Here I am, on the bed, poof!

Ambitions burnt, muscles drooping
Weak as a paper Mobius strip, looping
I turn on myself, my mind entropies
Though like an eagle, it’s soaring, swooping

I never thought I’d remain
A shell, a mere shell, of my capabilities
Killed me, did what? My responsibilities
Or so I say to myself, again n again

I never thought I’d argue
With myself, and lose spectacularly
That moral fibre inside me is new
I never thought I’d never get to see the old me

And that makes me sad, that makes me weep
That hurts my feelings, buried so deep
Compartmentalize, I do, I know I should not
I never thought that my feelings’d be all I got …

My Little Boy

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Love, My son, Poems

You nibble my nose,
And kiss my cheek
You know that makes me
So very very weak

You loom, and stare
Into my eyes, with orbs
A dirty brown, smile and bare
My soul for all eternity

You nestle up in the crook
Of my arms , and nap and snore
You read me like a book
And know which buttons to push

To make me grin, and wonder why
God blessed me so, my little boy
You make me feel alive and spry
You. You bring me so much joy…

Little things

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Poem, The little things, thoughts

What is it around you,
That makes you smile a little
That makes you not feel blue
That makes you strong, not brittle
It might be a little cushion, red, all agog
Or a little statue of a big smiling dog
It might be a painting, that you made, one day
Or a table or a shelf, where you hide things away
What is it around you, what little thing
That make you happy and content
While running this race, and suffering
That bring back memories, like a scent
Hold it hard, hold it near
Reminisce, repent but do not fear
For this is life, ’twas always so
A little smile, a long way to go…

Baatein mere dil se

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Hindi, Poem, Sleep

Maine dil se kaha, ae dil
Dhoond tu koi khushi aaj
Dhoond, in taaron mein jhil mil
Koi hasne ki wajah mile aaj

Mere dil ne kaha, bande sun
Tu kyu rota hai, aansu rok
Taaron mein nahi, yaadon se bun
Woh haseen pal, aur bhoolega shok

Un lamhon ko chun, is pal ke liye
Jinhone kabhi tujhe rulaye
Kabhi hasi ke phuwware bhi diye
Jo aa jaate hai bin bulaye

Maine Dil se kaha, ae dil, zara sun
Bas ek chaadar banakar dede mujhe
Bani kuch in yaado se, zara chun
Odhke jise so jao, duayein deta chalu tujhe

Mere dil ne kaha, abbe aalsi ladke
Kya raat ke andhero mein jagata hai
Dopahar ko badi mast neend so jata hai
Aur raat hote hi mann mein angaare bhadke

Chup chaap shayari band kar abhi
Ankhiyon ko de kuch vishraam
Subah ke intezaar mein na reh kabhi
Subah hote hi karna hai bahut kaam

Lockdown

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Alone, Bored, Lockdown, Poem

That corner of the house
That always felt mine
That painting, that chair
That table to dine

That fridge, it hath held so much treasure
A love so real, a love without measure
Those colors, on the walls, muted yet nice
That special bookshelf that could never suffice

That cupboard, it held so much in store
That Television, my true love, my core
That sofa, it’s curves so well contoured now
It knows me too well, it loves me, and how

And yet I’m so sick of it, sick of it all
Come next sunrise, come next nightfall
It all feels constricting, it feels like such pain
I wish I could go out, so that I could come back again…

Thoughts on the pandemic

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heroes, Poetry

Peace? What peace? there is no peace
Why would you think there was any left
Please, oh please, do not say please
Those words don’t mean much to the bereft

Worry, anxiety, the world is all wrong
And yet some people dance, some sing a song
There is no door, no light, no tunnel to be found
We’re all sinking fast, with no hope around…

The days are all long, the nights are all dark
Children and dogs, both pining for the park
But sparrows and crows and parrots and hens
Make merry and sing, while we twirl our pens

The future! The future! Oh what lies ahead
Is this Armageddon, like a prophet once said
While nature enjoys, and men shed some tears
Pray, time the healer, will lay to rest our fears….

And when we come out of this enforced funk
Realise the true worth, what’s treasure, what’s junk
I hope we make gratitude our everyday thing
And know our true heroes, their platitudes to sing…