vida..

Visited temples to find it
no sign of it there

sought after in churches
and synagogues
no sign of it there

searched in mosques
no sign of it there

am still looking
for it..
'the inner peace'.
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Different phases of life are nothing
but stations

you take a way
or the
other
to reach
the destination you want to

In the beginning and end of
each phase of life
you
decide
to either be in or out of something

like
you are either inside or outside the train
when it's entering and leaving the station.
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Why repent
for
a wrong decision

you can take another to
rectify that

if a way leads to nowhere
a turn does.
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the lonely star

The only star in the sky
last evening
and
a melancholy lass
with a bottle in her hand
half filled
half empty
much alike her life

the star asked
do you ever get lonely
and
do you wonder if I am lonely.
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From nowhere
someone seems to be calling me
even when i am all alone
in a deserted place

a look at the mirror
alleviates me
at least I know someone.
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Few miles away..

I am not like the drops of rain
which get withered on hitting the earth

neither the ripples in serene Superior
which have viscocity but no velocity

and not the whirls in Ganges either
which only have agility
but can't go against the flow

I am like waves in the Pacific
which hit the shore more ferociously
everytime
they come back.
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Just few miles from destination
after a long and tiring journey

need to take a stop
as it's too dark

joy of having completed this far
and agony of waiting to reach the destination
only tomorrow and not today.
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I am exhausted after day's work

there is clumsiness in my walk
stumble in my talk

sleeplessness in my eyes
tiredness on my face

yet i feel excited
as the efforts are going to change the course
and the pain is worth it anytime.
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Sometimes I wonder how small the life
is
to do all i want to before i depart

and sometimes it's like counting my days on earth
in a hurry to get this departure re-scheduled.

And here comes the Family Guy..

Whew.. finally got hold of two Family Guy DVDs. Have been missing this serial since I left Folsom. The fat guy in pic, the protagonist Peter Griffin is a Catholic with heavy cowboy accent. The serial revolves around his adventures.
The lady is his wife Lois, a homemaker and from a very wealthy family. Griffin family has three kids but the show-stealer is the youngest one, Stewie. The family has an intellectual talking dog, Brian Griffin, who keeps showing his romantic interest in Lois. A diabolically evil infant Stewie Griffin along with doggie Brian does wonders. Stewie speaks eloquently, and has cruel ambitions and wishes of Lois's death. Even in this pic he looks so menacing. Brian is the only family member who really understands Stewie, instead of treating him like a kid. Brian drinks martinis, drives, watches TV and can talk more intelligently than Peter, the Griffin family considers him just a pet.

But for the Grace of God...

Have been listening to this amazing song " But for the Grace of God.." by Keith Urban for last seven days.
Such an amazing song.. so soothing.. so touching. It goes like this..

I can hear the neighbors
They're arguin' again
And there hasn't been peace on our street
Since who knows when
I don't mean to listen in
But the shoutin' is so loud
I turn up the radio to drown it out
And silently I say a little prayer

But for the grace of God go I
I must've been born a lucky guy
Heaven only knows how I've been blessed
With the gift of your love
And I look around and all I see
Is your happiness embracing me
Oh Lord I'd be lost
But for the grace of God

I can see that old man
He's walking past our door
And I've been told that he's rich
But he seems so poor
'Cause no one comes to call on him
He wanders through his empty home
Surrounnded by his things
And silently I say a little prayer, yes I do

But for the grace of God go I
I must've been born a lucky guy
Heaven only knows how I've been blessed
With the gift of you love
And I look around and all I see
Is your happiness embracing me
Oh Lord I'd be lost
But for the grace of God

I look around and all I see
Is your happiness embracing me
Oh Lord I'd be lost
But for the grace of God
Oh Lord I'd be lost

Oh Lord I'd be lost
But for the grace of God
Oh Lord I'd be lost
But for the grace of God

bellow..

I aim sky but
like my feet to be firm on ground

A little discontent has to be there
as I dont want to be a self-conceited brat

even when I achieve more than
what I dream of
or even when I am on top of the world.
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When the day dawns
time begins

when the next day dawns
time begins

such moments
when nothing happens
time begins

only other things continue to end.
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When doctors failed
you consulted God

when God did not respond
you said

do not weep
that was all
the length of his stay here.

inflorescence..

When my mind
drifts
into those rare moments of ecstacy

I become
not a flower
because a flower
has some weight and burden

I become
the name of a flower.
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It is always there
but when we begin to search
it won't be there

it is like looking for
one's own hand in the darkness

or is it like someone present
only when he is absent.
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Someone in some nameless season
had tilled this sky-land
with a plough of lightning

now at night
he sows the star-seeds
to reap in the morning
a rich harvest of light.