Life as it comes..

Photo by  Evan Dennis  on  Unsplash Why don't you take a moment to wonder of how life came into existence? Why do you waste a day by not smiling? While you could be bridging gaps with it Why do you sit over there, destroying a life by gossiping? Why don't you use words to talk a soul out of depression instead? Why do you cry waiting for an old friend to return? Why don't you step out and extend your hand to someone new instead? Why does your ego stand so tall? Why don't you realize how insignificant you are? Why does your mind dream so small, containing only materialistic whims? Why don't you dream to strive for others Why do you sleep with no thoughts inside of you? Why don't you let a progressive restlessness of such 'Why's engulf you?

If I could travel far then I would travel far away from your memories that keep me up at night or haunt me in my dreams If I could travel far then I would travel to the graveyard watch the tombstone of our happiness shed a tear or two remembering you If I could travel far I would travel back to you in search of a missing piece of me that which stayed with you, while I walked away

Walk by the beach and take a seat miss set aside your sandals & give the ocean a kiss join your hands and clink your bangles sync with the ocean to make happy jingles Read a novel of a prince there once was build a sand castle in his honour catch a crab running to report to his boss be assured that here, you are never a loner Sleep on the sand and watch the sun go down take a smile from the fisherman and change your frown think of things you are grateful for and voice out a hum Now, you can call yourself a certified beach bum

Of rains that poured men that snored lush green forests, slippery road newly found friends to share the load hungry leeches and dead frogs a helpful guide and his friendly dogs hesitant smiles that turned to nonsense banter unfortunate incidents that no longer matter coffee, tea and maggi that was hot a new group of friends that earlier was not! Guitar strums and heart warming songs dumb-charades guesses - how many right and wrong? A trek that took place on a cold day who minds? It filled us with such warmth anyway...

I am told that when I was a young girl I used to tell bed time stories myself and fall asleep Fast forward to today, I rely on audio stories in synthesized voices to make me sleep I am told that when I was a young girl, I used to sit on peoples' laps, telling stories of how my day went Today, I quietly walk out of any room containing other humans When I was a young girl, I thought words were gifted to us so we could easily express love to the world around us Today, I sit as a cursed soul watching people I love sparing only silence for me When I was a young girl, I had a happy melody to my voice when I sang with souls around me Today, my therapist after waiting patiently for me to say something, hands me a sheet of paper asking me to tell what I feel in words...

Oh! the aroma of coffee bringing memories of a sweet intoxicating love a love that started with promises of tasting like a mocha but ended up leaving the taste of an espresso So, while I worry if my heart will recover my tastebuds seem to be at a higher risk Sharing our love towards sipping coffee I didn't realize time fly by A quick turn of events - you had finished savouring the sweet coffee And I am now reduced to a bitter residue.

This week I finally watched "The Waiting". Although I am ashamed that I took almost three years to watch a movie that I was waiting to watch right from the time I read about its concept on paper, I am happy I finally did. The movie stars two of my all-time favorites - Naseeruddin Shah and Rajat Kapoor along with Kalki Koechlin who inspires me with the simplest fact that she is much more than a fair skinned pretty lady. In this movie, she has turned lyricist for the beautiful song named 'Waiting for you'. The movie is about how two characters meet in a hospital environment and bond while waiting for their loved ones to get better. You get to see how powerful hope is, when that is all you get to have by your side. Oh! that is not the only thing obviously, you do have the fake promises of a doctor, shallow reassurances of a friend and a hesitant insurer with you whenever you don't want them. But the one thing that kept lingering on my mind even after the movie, wa...