WELL…..

It has happened many-a-time when I am unaware,

All of my short-comings are cruelly laid bare,

Money changes hands like wood on fire,

I seem to run out of luck when need is dire.

There have been many obstacles in my life,

Like  a man with a tyrannous and strict wife,

Who had no liberty with his money and habit,

I have been forced to live like a ruined gambit.

My inside revolts against these unseen depressions,

Looking to thwart this cruel oppressions,

I look for a gap to soar into the vast blue sky,

And explore myself and learn to fly high.

I don’t know what makes me so complicated a man,

I seem to be unknown to every happiness that one can-

Experience in God’s green earth, save perhaps pain,

That engulfs my heart in its dripping jaws like a blessed gain.

Never have I been so confused over my priorities,

I can not fathom the depth of my liabilities,

Her cheerful face flashes in the screen of my mind,

And leaves behind a trail of happiness that none can unwind.

LONGING

I don’t know why I am like this,

My lingering desire to be at home,

I miss each and everything about it,

It’s garden, the interior and my blessed mum.

My heart yearns for the enchanted shores,

The pure air with its coolness and sweet talk,

I know I’ll return someday once again,

But still I want to go and run amok.

I am depressed, I think of my mom every second,

I miss her voice, that keeps me on my toes,

I miss her food, warmth and sense of protection,

Yet here I am, with none to listen to my woes.

I don’t like this bloody hostel, I don’t like it,

I don’t like this stupid college either,

It seems like a cage to me and my thoughts,

I like the bare grounds neither.

I like the green pastures, the hills under mist,

I like the lands full of grass and plants,

The greenery cheers up one’s mind,

And mingles with one’s hope and wants.

The barren fields here repel me,

The hilly areas of home seem a distant comfort,

I don’t know when I’ll go to the heavens beyond,

I want to go there not as my last resort!