Thursday, July 28, 2016

No Longer!

I will not wait for you to regret what you did,
Does the setting sun wait for the stars to arrive?

I do not even expect your sorry or any other explanations,
Does water from the tap stop flowing without anybody turning it off?

I no longer wait for you to regret  those endless calls  that you missed,
Does the moon wait for the night to regret its ending?

I no longer wait for you to wish me good or wish me the best,
Does the soldier going to the war awaits best wishes from anybody?

I will not count upon you for my survival anymore,
Does the rains wait for the farmers to cry out loud?

I no longer  trust your words or actions,
Will you trust a snake that’s  full of venom?

I no longer carry any hatred towards you,
Does a tree not bear any flowers again after a storm has passed?












Saturday, July 16, 2016

A year ago!

So today it's been an year "16th July 2015-16th July 2016"! Same day last year while I was occupied making plans with my friends to go around the city of Mumbai, I met with an crackup. An accident such that, made me rest in bed for half a year straight. This year, from this date last year to today has been life changing for me. Be it a year of regaining health, preparing myself for all that is to come, a year of my graduation, a year of lot of adios , a year of some freshly formed relationships, a year of mental and physical recovery, and still a lot more to add on!

From such unsparing pain where I couldn’t sleep for 3 days and nights all at once, to eternal support of family and friends that made me stand back on my feet. 
Where, on day one, 
I could consider and foresee nothing but a gloomy future, a downward sloping career, 
today,
I'm on a notch where no negativity can affect me! This year wasn't easy, but undeniably worth experiencing and worth a thousand lessons and morals!

When we are at a stage where we are emotionally collapsed, when we can contemplate no other way things can work out, we have two flip-sides with us. 
One, either we can go deeper into the circle of depression and disconnect ourselves forever, 
second, try and put genuine efforts to get out of all of it. Thankfully I could be among the second one because of my doctors, my family and my friends!

There were months where doctor had put me on heavy medication, so heavy and extreme that were urgently needed to heal my body but my body refused to accept it and I collapsed,  there were days my emotions  couldn’t be handled by myself or anybody else around, but I'm extremely happy to conclude all of this as my past. No more medications to pay heed to, no more pain, no more those sad, gloomy faces and days and most importantly that I'm back on my feet without any major surgery!

I was never a good book reader. I read books as rare as one or two books a year but this period of one year made me a devoted reader. I guess you really don’t have a lot of options to pass your time with when you are bed ridden for 6 months! I read over 15 books, book that filled me with positivity and self realization books! it made me believe that books really are your best friends! It was during this time, when my dad and my best friend forced me into writing blogs, and it was then that I realized how happy, content and relaxed I feel putting my thoughts into words!

I don’t want to remember all of it as something very painful or something that I will never forget as an accident, instead I will always remember this period as a life transforming. A year that made me a better person, a positive thinker, a 'how to always be happy' person, a 'how to be content with whatever you have' person. I'm happy to have overcome all the things so quick and well because of people around and their support. This wasn’t possible without my family and a few best friends that I have being by my side 24*7 , always ready to talk to me, spend time with me, make me understand things, and most importantly teach me to be positive.


All I can think of and conclude my experience as, is that, a positive mind and a little time and space can heal all your wounds, may be not completely but most of it! What once to me seemed next to impossible is today my reality! I couldn’t ask god for anything else. I'm happy and content with my life, with the people that I have in it, with whatever I'm doing today, and am ready to face all that is to come! Cheers to this beautiful gift of God to us, Life! 

Saturday, July 2, 2016

The Third Level




It was the first thought that came to her as she woke up. He was gone. And, soon, this bedroom, the house in whose eastern corner it sat, and the tiny garden outside with its gnarled old red hibiscus and the half-grown mango tree they had planted together, all those would be gone as well. It was the strangest feeling ever.She stumbled out of the bed in bustle, running around in the house, as if searching for something, something that has  disappeared, she ran wild across all the rooms, the balcony, the roof,  until she got hit by the wall that reminded her that what she was searching was long lost, was lost in this world full of materialistic humans .

 She opened the entryway of the house, the rays of the sun lightened up the space, but her mind remained glum. She could not take in the desolation that followed after he had departed. His words were banging her ears over and over again, from the love that his lips poured for her to the voice of his laughter that  brightened her day . From his early morning hugs to their late night coffee together. Everything seemed to be in place, those 24 hours, those cups of coffee, those memories, those feelings, what was missing was just one thing, just one, HIM.

He had left her without answers to her questions, in solitary, in this whale size city. Flashbacks of all the promises they made to each other were screening in her mind, wandering around for answers  to those unasked questions, the thought process took her to another level, a level of thought where she herself asked the questions and answered them too. She opened the drawer, dragged a piece of paper and a pen and went on writing carving down all her emotions on a piece of paper..


"You told me I was your lucky charm,
where did that charm disappear all of the sudden?
Did it ever even exist?
I  was the trigger of your heart you always said,
And you shot me with the same trigger in your hand..
You might think you won,
detaching me from your self in search of a better life,
But Have you ever seen a plant bloom and bear flowers for long without its roots and the gardeners care?
The face you changed into,
was as quick as the snake shedding its skin at the end of the season..
I consider myself dead,
because I  cannot deal with these sleepless nights full of your memories  anymore,
Because there are memories I wanted  to cherish all my life with you..
When I thought it wouldn’t work,
You made me believe it would,
And,
When I managed to make myself believe it will work,
You changed your mind!
I have been trying, I have been lying,
I miss you and there's endless crying..
I  have no regrets, infact, I'm  happy that I fought for somebody against all odds,
I know  I failed in reviving the living dead.
But still, I won, because I tried.
I  awaited your arrival from the very time you departed,
 with so many hopes,
It is painful, was and still is,  as the waiting sessions usually are..
But I did..
I wish I  knew you were never going to keep your words,
I  would have not trusted you over and over again..
I  didn’t trust my eyes, but your words..
I  waited long, to be a part of your song,
The same song whose composition you changed.."

 The letter was ready, the envelope was prepared, but she had no address to sent it to, just the name of the person she loved. She went through whatever she wrote for one more time, eyes swelling, tears flowing, a suffocating feeling covering her from all sides, she folded the letter into the envelope again, and slipped it into the drawer.

 "Wake up sweetheart!" a faint manly voice reached her ears. She opened her eyes, it was him, her love. She jumped out of bed, hugged him like never before, weeping as loud and as heavily as she could and whispered in a crying voice," I will never let you go!". "Shh..I am here, with you forever, I am not going anywhere and neither letting you go, relax sweetheart! I think you saw a bad dream", he replied. Holding him even more tight she said," Bad! This was the worst nightmare of my life, I almost died without you". He held her hand, went on his knees and ensured  her," Sweetheart, I promise to stand by you through it all.  I ll make sure our half grown mango tree, grows  with us, together forever. I promise to never let the color of our love fade just like those always deep red hibiscus we planted! You'll never have to spend a single night alone in this bedroom my love! It is you and me both, who have build this up, and we both, together forever with help all this grow. So, my dear lady love, once again would you like to grow old with me?" . She with tears flowing down her cheeks and a smile emerging through the cracks of the lips nodded yes..

'Every meeting is followed by a departure. Some meeting ought to be long enough to cover a lifetime other as short as a couple of seconds of eye contact. Hold on to those you love, hold on to those who love you.Yes there was loss, not one such as visible to others, but loss of those few minutes of happiness, that were covered that nightmare, loss of few minutes into anxiety and suffocation. That nightmare changed her life for better. From that night forth, she lives more happy, loved more deep.'



Hand in hand, we are all here to grow..

I have picked up my pen again today- since the mind is beyond full already, Well- lets start this straight and honest- I am really anxious t...