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Precious Thots

2011-12-06T06:06:00.000-08:00

There is so much to write
That I dont know where to start
You have left an imprint so bright
That a lifetime will not help distort

The journey so far, travelled so fast
Has been filled with memories from the recent past
Leaving me dumbstruck in considerable awe
That I had to fall back on my forgotten poetic skills to hem and haw

A lot of happiness and excitement
Interspersed with a lot of anxiety and disappointment
Your birth has been a miracle of life itself
A story so lush with action of yourself

The anxiety started much in advance by everyone
With your arrival eagerly expected and prayers done
I was the first to know the news, slightly before it came
For I had read tonnes of literature on the same

So when the results came, I was thoroughly overjoyed
And we shared the happy news with everyone and enjoyed
But immediately came the scare, bringing a tear
Rushing us to the hospital in nervous fear

The first 3 months were quite hectic
With your demanding mom becoming more erratic
With weird requests late at night, it was hard going
But for you my dear, nothing was beyond my doing

I have been following your growth right from when you were 8mm long
When I first saw you, a lovely angel with a heart fluttering strong
That brings tears of joy to my eyes even as I recollect the moment, so frozen in time
The most enduring of images there ever will be, seeing a life being born from mine.

Just when things were settling down in earnest
And everyone was getting excited and getting some needed rest
There came another shocker to our hearts, another stern test
For getting a baby as precious as you, everything has to be at its best!

I already had the checklist ready based on my extensive research
And was glad when the doctor checked all the boxes based on her scan and search
But my heart stopped a beat when she consulted her senior and saw a shift in her tone
And the mood became sombre when she finally broke the news that you dont have a nose bone!

This event triggered the most frantic search ever
From the US to India to Australia, family members wherever
To understand whether further diagnosis is absolutely required or not
Given the procedure will put you at risk, we didnt want to, but we were in a knot

At the end, we decided to put your well being at the forefront
And trust in the power of prayer from everyone we knew, and bear the brunt
Your mom had the courage to take in the longest needle I have ever seen
All to ensure that you are safe and healthy, the most precious gift there has even been.

The results came out normal, bringing collective relief after a while
And from then on, with due extra care, you didnt give us any further surge in bile
You took your own sweet time to finally develop your sweet little nose
But everyone around you went into panic mode until then, I suppose!

The first kick you gave had your mother screaming in joy and chime
And gave me the same feeling as seeing your heart beat for the first time
As days went on, she was making me jealous as you were responding to only her brush
But then soon realised that I had a calming effort on your adrenaline rush

We enjoyed the days counting down to the arrival of my dame
Scouring the internet and arguing countless times over your name
While enjoying your attention from inside your mom's tummy, constantly shifting positions
And keeping you engaged and singing lullabies through my ameteurish piano compositions

There was no shortage of drama just prior to your birth, a week ahead
First rushing us to think you wanted to meet me in a hurry, turning all our plans on its head
And then when we have finished re-scheduling everything, taking your time to come out
Keeping all of us waiting and guessing, 26 hours in all, even to the point the doctors were in doubt.

I was there all along, keeping your mom and yourself company, anxious after every BP drop
Waiting for my precious daughter to arrive, my most sought after prize
And then as suddenly as it was, there was a surge of activity and your head appeared with a pop
Taking even the doctor and experienced nurses by complete surprise

November the 12th, just as my sister always wanted and I had secretly hoped,
You came out with a loud sneeze, and just as soon I had you enveloped
My darling was in my hands and the next 15 mins were absolute bliss at last
Just you and me, looking into each other's eyes, while an eternity walked past

Not a word spoken, not a cry heard, you were just exploring with your eyes dashing
Having me completely mesmerised, I wouldnt have noticed if the world came crashing
I would have even failed to capture the previous moment if not for a eager nurse who told
Hearing her complement your long eyelashes, I was filled with pride as a dad only a few minutes old!

Then started the flurry of calls I didnt want to make
Although only a few minutes it would eventually take
I didnt want to lose even a few seconds of that precious time
When that instant connection was established between us, poetic beyond rhyme.

Even your great grand mother flew in at 85 yrs to witness your birth
So precious were you, although at 2.6 kg you were quite small in girth
Of all the names shortlisted, Sahana (Patience) was finally chosen as it struck a chord
And it did resemble the times you have made us desparately wait for you to break free from your cord.

To say that your mom has been through everything to bring you here
Is but a massive understatement, for the sacrifices she made for you my dear
From her food to her job, from her sleep to her greatest fear
Has all been for you and only you, my precious one born in the Rabbit year.

There is a lot more to say, but I am sure this verse is just one of aplenty
To describe my loveable girl that I have always wanted, my most precious dainty
But what better way to celebrate my 30th birthday than to compose this poem, long overdue
Smiling ear to ear as I commence describing the precious thots about you!

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The search has just begun !!! (to find my way back to earth from Cloud 9 - on second thot, I dont want to!)

One Step Closer

2006-06-24T10:01:00.000-07:00

One Step Closer

Lot of things make news these days
But the most important ones are not those the newspaper conveys
Something that touches the heart and triggers pleasure rays
Are often the result of innumerable prays.

Neither the ones which make you smile in happiness
Nor the ones which make you scream in delight
Not the ones which make you squeal in excitedness
But the ones which make you cry, though not in plight

For the news is something
That is worth everything
At that point of time, nothing
Else seem as important, as that thing.

The way your emotions surge
The result of your long subdued urge
The way you always wanted it to be
Now that it is, emotions are let free.

The hop in your step, the end-to-end smile on your face
Your heart and its pent up feelings, it betrays
With nothing to stop you, all your emotions surface
And when one spots it, the resulting blush adds to your grace.

Sparkling eyes that makes the sun envious
The added pink tinge in your cheeks quite obvious
Happiness that abounds the heart is most precious
That there is still a long way to go, seems oblivious.

Aching hearts, crying souls and painful farewells
Been through it all, and now the sounds of wedding bells
Seem to ring in the not so distant future
Though till then, we might be a step ahead of our culture!

A missed opportunity a couple of years back
But God gave a good job to fallback
Experience, we gained, in work and life
That will stand us in goodstead when we become man and wife.

A lot we learnt through these years
Felt close in joy and dealt with our fears
Every fight brought us closer together
Waiting and longing and praying for fate to bring you hither.

Finally the day is nearing, when you will be with me
I cant wait to experience that moment of unprecedented glee
That we are meant to be together, God can foresee
Close together, from now on, forever we shall be!

Life is not going to be a smooth ride
And I need to find resources to provide
But with you by my side
I can leave all my worries aside.

The moment I met you, I knew this is it
That I have finally got my dream girl, every bit
An innocent girl with a golden heart, mine she did split
And here she comes, to set ablaze the light of love and life, in that slit.

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The search has just begun !!!

Long long ago

2006-02-13T18:54:00.000-08:00

Long long ago

Long long ago came along a girl
Who has since taken over my world like a whirl
I have since seen the most beautiful love unfurl
Cos goddess as a gift, I had got through an URL

It all started off, seems just like yesterday
When all things gone wrong, I would still make hay
When my life was all about misery, and one kill
When I thot everything was nothing, you fit the bill

Just looking at you standing still
Motionless, seducing me like a pill
Grinding me to the limits like a mill
I have never thot abt dying but u created my will

Nice memories I will always have, of you my lovely garden
Of the moments you arrived through a beep and all those buzz
Wishing it lasted forever, I guard those memories like a warden
Happy and sad, those filled with flush and blush, fury and fuss.

Words seem endless, when your beauty plays a song
They seem non existent, when you do come along
Flutter, my heart does, whenever your mind screams
Cos I feel your feelings as fast as lightening beams.

Moments, so precious, have I collected
Across the two years, since we connected
Something I lost, the same thing I abducted
Alas, yours seem to weigh on me as its recollected.

A million things said and done
Doesnt equate to your brilliance and beauty
And the search has just begun,
For making you happy in life, is my duty.

Girls I have always revered and respected
And you, for the golden heart that you depicted
I have never been so closely inspected
And all my actions changed and perfected.

Without you, I wouldnt have been myself
Where in every action, thy come before self
Everything I do or say, you have changed to suit
Your sense of style and gentleness, you command to boot.

You have been my best loot
My most precious thing, I will hoot
Your health is the only sore foot
On shining silver, like soot.

"I love you" is all I can tell you
Undying love for you all through
Im sad that nothing much I can give today
But I really mean what I keep repeating everyday.

Im still in a flux on where I will be
But I want you always close to me
Every second, through my thots, I see
Your reflection in my heart, making me glee

Valentine's day is nothing special
Just an excuse for me to cover up our spatial
Seperation by uttering those words many a time
Only when I hear your voice, these thots become sublime

My current situation is grim
But you fill my heart to the brim
I have to get a heavy purse and frequent the gym
And as always your name becomes by fervent hymn.

Love is universal, so they say
And all I can do this day
Is to make u happy, I pray
Till the time, together we stay.

An effervescent passion
A controlled compassion
And a selfless deed for education
Together with a confused vindication

These are just a few of your traits
That acted as charming baits
For me to fall into a "trap"
Amazing how each other, we can fully map

You came into my life and filled my heart's gap
You are the best of the best, I can continuously rap
Thinking of you, my eyes resemble a tap
Cant stop admiring you, even when you are taking a nap

Im very proud of you, my dear
My heart beats for you, Im sure you hear
A thousand miles apart, we still appear
So close, our love always shifting up a gear

Time has never been on our side
But sooner or later, it has to abide
As our love transcends boundaries, bonafide
Sticking together for life, a wild ride

You can run, but you can never hide
From the fact that relationships rise and slide
Together, we have laughed and cried
Longing for my proudest moment yet, when you become my bride

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The search has just begun !!! (to get close to you, and closer to your heart)

The search for love..

2005-10-27T01:35:00.000-07:00

Stars shine only in the night
Is something that is said without insight
The sun is so close to us giving so much light
Yet people are ignorant that its a star, such blight!

So near, yet just so perfectly right
For life to sustain here, and thus is the plight
Of the people we love, giving us so much delight
And we conveniently ignore them whilst calling ourselves bright!

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The search has just begun !!!

Ninaivugal

2005-09-19T09:01:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you get to chime what you think all the time... this is juz one of those precious moments..

En kannil therivadhu paavadai
Pengalukku azhagu serpadhu nooladai
Azhagirke azhagu serkum un mellidai
Endhan uyirinil kalandhenakkali oru vidai

Un koondhal poovadai
Un kannam then adai
Nee nanaigiyil naan oru kudai
Indha ponnalil ivvarigalai nee udai

Undhan punnagayenum meladai
Un idhazh oru sevvazhai
Kazhuthil sumakkiraaye oru thazhai
En ninaivinil midhakkiraaye endhan paavai

Kaatrai pol en kangaloram alai
Kavidhai pol en sevigalil suvai
Kannedhiriye thondri nee en manadhinul marai
Kaalangal thorum poothu kulungum nee oru tharamai

Un aasaiye en latchiyangal enbadhu endhan parai
Kanneeraga kooda vilagi sellathe unnai serum varai
Ennai ennidam irundhu pirikkiradhe undhan paarvai
Eppozhudhu enakku kidaikkum undhan muzhunera servai?

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The search has just begun !!!

Irony

2005-07-23T01:47:00.000-07:00

Written with my heart engulfed in sadness on hearing that yet another one of the bloggers whom I visit regularly is happily flying away.. They all do so that way, dont they? Including me..

First you say "so long",
Then u just long
You get ur parents to come over and "ting tong"
But somewhere down the line, your heart becomes strong...

Every passing second, misery you prolong
Hammering your heart like a powerful gong
Exhausting lame excuses for flying many a furlong
Knowing that your decision was but a ping pong...

Realising u have got it all wrong,
You write a sad song
Finally u know where u really belong
A place u have ignored all along!

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The search has just begun !!! (to mourn for the thousands gleefully flyin away..almost everyday)

The Blessing

2005-06-24T12:23:00.000-07:00

Dedicated to a soul I truly care about, on her 23rd birthday.

The Blessing

What have we in this world, so precious
That even a thought about it would taste delicious
A heart of gold, a body sculpted to perfection and a soul so gracious
That any attempt at describing it through words would be simply outrageous

A smile from ear to ear, so captivating
In its innocence and brilliance, it’s invigorating
It is a topic that is not worth debating
Cos just the purity of the package is so gravitating

I never had trouble finding words like I do now
Or for that matter, whenever I think about a vow
That I took a couple of years before
In the month of my birth, a date reading four times four

It aint a writer's block, far from it
When all I can do is think about it, every bit
Destiny, as its so often called, bound together
Two unstrung strands called him and her

Its often trivialized as just a four letter word
But that feeling is the best in life, not everyone can afford
And this I feel whenever I get to think
Of the titanic personality, who made my heart sink.

Separated by time and space, I yearn for her presence
Joined by our mutual feelings in every perceivable sense
Curse, I do, for I have to undergo this excruciating sacrifice
When in reality a wish in person and just a gentle hug would suffice

Twenty two years ago, on this wonderful day, five times five
When every single Indian soul then alive
Was rejoicing their heroes lift the World Cup trophy, live
So blissfully ignorant of the real blessing to arrive

When earth-bound came an angel from heaven
Having to go through human suffering, caused by the number seven
But God knows only the best people can handle the pain
That many others would give anything to abstain.

Sometimes I wonder why life has to be so unfair
That I have to be so far away from the people I really care
Tears that rolled down her cheeks, as her quivering lips did part,
When the last I saw of her and I had to depart,

Was like a blemish on an impeccable piece of art
Which continue to prick me, day in and out, like a dart
Cos after all, what I left behind was a piece of my heart
And will last till we no longer have to be physically apart.

Love is a feeling, people say, but I saw it in her eyes
Filled with innocence and faith, devoid of vice
I wish I can make this special day a bit of a surprise
Cos for me, she has definitely been the ultimate prize.

Millions aint worth a penny, if you are not with these people
For they think of you more than yourself, is justification ample
Just like my parents, who had set me an example
She, in every way, forms a perfect sample.

So painful it is to get words through, even if I feel they are due
When my eyes resemble sparkling leaves in the morning dew
Longing to resurrect my torn world and begin life anew
With a person, whom I have been with, just a few

Days, or was it years
Cos I was trying to suffocate my eyes and ears
Capturing as much as I could, while it lasted
As every moment without her is equivalent to being wasted.

I don’t like to send en e-card or something copy pasted
As only in my heart can I replicate how sweetly it tasted
Looking at her now, ever so beautiful, albeit digitally
I could feel her looking back at me, engulfing my heart totally

With her lovely glistening smiles
Aligned with smooth polished tiles
In my brain, every pixel re-compiles
Bridging two souls and 2000 miles

On this most joyous occasion
I would like to thank her for making me a better person;
Ever after she made her conquest after a sudden invasion
I have been dreaming about the future without any cessation -

After an evening of glorious glittering procession
Accompanied by classical musical percussion
And garnering the much-awaited religious permission
I will finally make my invaluable acquisition.

Worries lash her gentle heart, a thousand and one
And till now, I have managed to quench none
From the time I have known her, it has not all been joy and fun
But that’s life, and that’s the way it’s done.

My mistakes in the past, she has forgiven
Loves me, she does, this beautiful vixen
So do I, with all my heart, and dreams I have a ton
For our life together has just begun.

She’s a rarity of a girl that I want to preserve
Giving her joy and happiness that she eternally does deserve
A few thoughts I have translated into words with a lot more in reserve
Those that I can’t put in words, however much I have tried so far, let me conserve.

She has definitely been a divine blessing for me
As for a lot of others, and those loved ones will agree
On this beautiful day, I have but an intermittent plea
That my goddess, soon I will be able to see and forever let it be.

This aint really a worthy birthday present
And I still need to earn her parents' consent
But after electing to suffer, I am finally on the ascent
Hoping soon I can become worthy of being her match, a bit decent.

This physical separation, we have been left to silently rue
But in this new year, happiness and prosperity in plenty may you accrue
To start with, let me wish you
A Very Happy Birthday Janu!

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The search has just begun !!! (to bring happiness to this soul)

Then

2005-06-15T12:15:00.000-07:00

Then

paarvaiyal abagarithen
pookalal alangarithen
kaigalil aravanaithen
kavithaiyai sorpozhinthen
kaalathal sezhal izhandhen
kangalaal sirai adaithen
ullathai parisalithen
kanavugalai pagirnthen
azhaginil vaayadaithen
peyarai swasithen
sirippai rasithen
vaazhkaiyai yosithen
muzhumaiyai nesithen
sugathai valarthen
manidhanaai peruthen
kavalaiyai aruthen
tholaivinil poruthen
kaanamal karuthen
muyarchiyaal viraindhen
ookuvippal sezhinthen
ullathai kavarnthen
arunigil varavazhithen
anbai arinthen
moondrezhuthil kavizhnthen
magizhchiyil karainthen
pasa mazhaiyil silirthen
punnagai malarnthen
kannathai parithen
latchiyathai adaindhen
muzhumaiyil nee then...

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The search has just begun !!!

Friend Philosopher Guide God

2005-06-15T12:14:00.000-07:00

For the one and only one...

Friend Philosopher Guide God

I dont know where and how to start
Cos you are as delicious as a pineapple tart
A smile that you spontaneously bring to my face
Everytime I think of you, every one of the days.

How much I yearn for a tight embrace
Conveying my greetings to my ace
On being with me, yet another year in life's race
And I would be overjoyed to receive your grace.

I owe you so much in life
Not to mention life itself
I am so far from you and your wife
Yet you always think of me before self.

So much I dream, which still remain dreams
That I wanted to give you, still unrealised I rue
But those recollections, of school days and ice creams
And you have given me everything I wanted, all through!

From balloons to Hot Wheels
To all that I now realise as one-sided deals
From the trembling hands that bandaged my wounded knees
To being with me all the time to get the books and pay school fees.

From melting your heart whenever you heard a "pleaaase"
To moulding me into a boy capable of living life overseas
From making me navigate a tricky adoloscence phase with ease
To pouring down my cheeks as I feel your absence when writing these.

From taking your deserved place in my heart on a permanent lease
To giving me memorable laughs and cornered grins with your uncanny tease
From making me realise, from a young age, the importance of courtesies
To taking pride when I lifted aloft my Best Conduct trophies.

To describe you, I cant find a fitting phrase
You are as brilliant as the sun's rays
From the image in my heart and what my history portrays
You mean so much to me, much more than what this poem says.

6"2 is the latest tamil movie
That doesnt promise much, says the tv
At 62, you are still tech savvy
My eternal pride, my internal envy.

You have been as good a teacher in my life as any other
People yearn for those they dont have, but I dont miss a brother
And a true friend above anyone I have ever got, even her
You will be etched in my heart and memories forever.

A philosopher, so perfect that I love it to the core
A reliable guide who has experienced my future before
The God, my god, that I have only heard in folklore
Without you around, for the past 6 yrs, I feel terribly sore.

I think of you all the time
Not being with you is the biggest of my crime
Your words, your blessings have shaped me in my prime
Your love I try to unwittingly return in the prayers I chime.

Memories bring a smile, so painful
Looking blankly at the skies with a face sinful
Trying to locate mercy, care, confidence and comfort, plentiful
That I always find in your words, reverberating ever so beautiful.

Through all this disdain I can declare
That you have done everything for me, beyond compare
And life is so pathetically unconvincingly unfair
That I dint allow you the luxury of choosing my pair.

Now I realise the true meaning of giving
Unto others without nurturing the returns
Tredding the big bad world with barely enuf for a living
Holding your invisible hand to traverse along the twist and turns.

When it comes to expressing how I feel now, I do miserably fail
In this impossible endeavour of putting forth love, words are of no avail
Having left with no choice, I stop this flow, although thoughts prevail
"I LOVE YOU APPA", something I have never told you, and thus I vail...

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The search has just begun !!! (to get some happiness into the life of the one)

Chinna Chinna Aasai

2005-06-10T14:49:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite songs is "chinna chinna sigarangal" from "Kanaa Kandain". I was humming it and kinda tuned it blandly and turned it around a bit...for u know who. I tried singing it, but she couldn't bear the donkey in me. So here it goes in a much safer medium..

சின்ன சின்ன ஆசை

சின்ன சின்ன சிகரங்கள் காட்டி செல்ல கொலைகள் செய்யாதே
உன் சிரிப்பில் எந்தன் புன்னகை என்றே எந்த நாளும் உரைப்பேனே
அன்பே நீ எந்தன் அருகில் வந்தாலே பாச மழையில் நனைப்பேனே
கண்ணே மணியே முத்தே அமுதே என்றே நானும் துதிப்பேனே

காதல் என் அருகில் வந்தாலே பயந்தே விலகி சென்றேனே
நீயோ எந்தன் வாழ்வினில் புகுந்தே என்னை நானே மறந்தேனே
நினைவில் தோன்றி கனவில் மலர்ந்தே நீனே வாழ்வென உணர்த்தேனே
மனதில் ஒளிறும் தீபம் நீயின்றி நேரதின் அர்தம் இழந்தேனே

செடிமேல் காணும் கொடிபோல் நினைத்தே உன் மேல் நானும் படர்வேனே
தெய்வம் தந்த பூவே உன் தேகம் பட்டு பாயென புகழ்வேனே
தாகம் மோகம் எல்லாம் உட்கொண்டு சொர்கம் சென்று வந்தேனே
நெஞ்சம் இரண்டும் ஒன்றென்று உனரவே கனவாய் நானும் மலர்வேனே

எந்தன் ஜீவன் எனக்குள் துலைந்தே உனக்குள் காண கிடைப்பேனே
அம்மா மடியில் சோர்வினில் சாயும் சுகத்தை உன்னிடம் பெருவேனே
எந்தன் பிரவி என்னோடு நீயும் பகிர கண்டு சிலிர்தேனே
இந்த ஜென்மம் உன்னோடு நானே முழுதாய் கழிக்க இயல்வேனே.

ரேண்டம் ஆக்ஸஸ்
தேடல் இப்பொழுது தான் தொடங்கி உள்ளது !!!

உதவி:
http://subhashini.blogspot.com/2005/04/writing-tamil-blog.html
http://www.jaffnalibrary.com/tools/Tsc.htm
http://www.suratha.com/reader.htm

[Transliteration]
Chinna Chinna Aasai

chinna chinna sigarangal kaati chella kolaigal seiyadhe
un sirippe endhan punnagai endre endha naalum uraipene
anbae nee en arugil vandhale paasa mazhaiyil nanaippene
kanne maniyae muthe amudhe endre naanum thudhippene

kaadhal en arugil vandhale bayandhe vilagi sendrene
neeyo endhan vaazhvil pugundhe ennai naanum marandhene
ninaivil thondri kanavil malarndhe neene vaazhvena unardhene
manadhil olirum deepam neeyindri nerathin artham izhandhene

chedimel kaanum kodipol ninaithe un mel naanum padarvene
deivam thandha poove un dhegam pattu paayena pugazhvene
dhaagam mogam ellam utkondu sorgam sendru vandhene
nenjam rendum ondrendru unarave kanavaai naanum malarvene

endhan jeevan enakkul tholaindhe unakkul kaana kidaippene
amma madiyil sorvinil saayum sugathai unnidam peruvene
endhan piravi ennodu neeyum pagira kandu silirthene
indha jenmam unnodu naane muzhudhai kazhikka iyalvene

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Konangal

2005-06-06T22:04:00.000-07:00

I really think actions speak louder than words...And this is just what I want to say.

கோணங்கள்

வார்த்தைகள் வீணாகும்
ஞாபகங்கள் நிழலாகும்
எண்ணங்கள் கனவாகும்
உன் கரங்கள் அன்பாகும்

லட்சியங்கள் தவமாகும்
புன்னகை பண்பாகும்
பாராட்டு சிலிர்ப்பாகும்
உன் செயல்களே வாழ்வாகும்.

ரேண்டம் ஆக்ஸஸ்
தேடல் இப்பொழுது தான் தொடங்கி உள்ளது !!!

Konangal

Vaarthaigal veenagum
Nyabagangal nizhalagum
Ennangal kanavagum
Un karangal anbagum

Latchiyangal thavamagum
Punnagai panbagum
Paarattu silirpagum
Un seyalgale vaazhvagum

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Dreams...

2005-05-15T09:31:00.000-07:00

Dreams...

Dreams are for people to believe
Are a way in which they can relieve
The pressures of everyday life, and to leave
Every night thinking of what they could achieve.

Discoveries and Innovations, come not from working hard
Nor can you aspire to become a painter, artist or a bard
It is from the darkness of the night that ideas bombard
After which creativity shapes them and reaps the reward.

Dreams are something commonly understood as metaphysical
But to those who live it, its a beautiful rendering of a musical
Most of it seems so natural that people often construe it as practical
After all, its a cruel joke played by the brain for sadistic pleasure, in optical.

To those who are in doubt and diabolical
It is a way to recuperate, biological
To those seeking hope, its symbolical
Of the power of the unknown, albeit illogical.

Dreams are for you to think big and build careers
But more importantly, its a way to confront your inate fears
More often than not, its full of happiness and cheers
And even to the most hard-hearted soul, it dutifully adheres.

But alas, everything has a flip-side, and so does a dream
It doesnt visit the past and the future aint as lovely as it may seem
The brain is made to overwork to project wishful thoughts and beam
And almost every dream is too few and far-fetched to redeem.

All it does is last a night
With no immediate solution in sight
You dont really need it by right
If you hold onto yourselves, tight.

Dont let dreams amplify your plight
Dont let dreams take you on a fantasy flight
Dont let dreams fool you into thinking you are elite
Dont let dreams misguide you into taking things light.

However, dreams have lived on for ages, everyone knowing it, despite
Keeps haunting you in your sleep, day in and day out, without respite
As irony would have it, when it is at its height, its equivalent to a blight
But surely, whatever said and done, dreams are a delight :)

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Dec 2004

Rules Vs Choice

2005-05-15T09:29:00.000-07:00

Rules Vs Choice

Rules tell u wht to do.
Choice is entirely upto u
Rules tell u wht u dont
Choice is whether u will or wont
Rules make you sign on the dot
Choice allows you to conceive a bypass plot.
Rules are there for your choice
Choice is there even if you dont have the voice!
Rules determine what you are
Choice takes you up and far
Rules punish you and leaves a scar
Choice means that you dont have any bar!
Rules are there to maintain order
Choice makes you think and reorder
Rules are something you must
Choice makes everything adjust
Rules are what you learn at five
Choice is there till you are alive!
Rules tell you whats right and wrong
Choice will make you get along
Rules make you beware
Choice is present everywhere
Rules tell u that shudnt tie the knot
Choice is that you care a damn not!

Rules does not allow you to make a choice
Choice allow you to define your own rules.

Which do you think is better....its ur choice :)

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Dec 2004

Sleep

2005-05-15T09:28:00.000-07:00

Sleep

What happens to your body if you dont sleep
Its like a cellphone in silent mode that doesnt beep
Hardwork is what makes success and laurels come in a heap
And mental concentration is for you to administer and keep.

No use, people say, if you have the money, but your body is weak
Explains why people go after philosophy only after they are past their peak
Success may accrue a beautiful chick and a car that is sleek
Health is wealth - the former is what people should try to seek

Work smarter, not harder, but sometimes you have to stay up late
Be it your boss' fantasy or on your own doing or may be your fate
But you can always convince your body with your mind acting as the gate
That it should function properly, even when its tired, in an active state.

Dont burn the midnight oil trying to get money for an estate
Nor to prove yourself to people, so that they will say you're great
But if at all you have to, try to be active and not too sedate
And in gauging your sleeplessness, let this be your template.

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Dec 2004

Sachin's Head

2005-05-15T09:27:00.000-07:00

Sachin's Head

Sachin, Waugh, Lara
Ponting, Hayden, Rara
I agree not everyone is great
But dont put those pour souls under the grate
Just because their form tends to be-rate
And what the public opinion polls state.

Give them their due
They are sparkling like drops of dew
Making you stick to the tv like glue
All day long, even without visiting the loo
Sometimes they are under the hue
But await the great ones springing out of the blue.

Form is temporary, class is permanent
And dont shut out the guy who has been the tenant
Of your heart for the past decade.
Dont degrade the fellow whose batting facade
Has changed the game and inspired countless from being sedate,
When his comrades will vouch he needs a parade!

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The Game

2005-05-15T09:26:00.000-07:00

The Game

The toss of the coin says
That ther are only two ways
Whenever India and pak plays
More than a billion expectedly gaze

The batsman take the hammer and blaze
While the bowlers toil hard with their swing and pace
Trying to locate the ball, the fielders are often made to star-gaze
Running all around the 100yards circular space

India won from behind twice in a coupla days
While they kept their cool, the pakis muffled up their chase
The spirit of India is what continues to amaze
Be proud to be an indian, showcasing the blaze of glory in ur face.

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Truth About Life

2005-05-15T09:25:00.000-07:00

Truth About Life

Birth is an occurrence
Job is sustenance
Money is a penance
Wife is maintenance

Thought is a disturbance
Joy is in adolescence
Status is flatulence
Character is radiance

Ego is a fence
Friend is a fragrance
But India is the ultimate in every sense
Without being there, life is (and is worth only) a sentence.

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Mar 2004

Happy Deepavali

2005-05-15T09:22:00.000-07:00

Happy Deepavali 2004

Have a great deepavali
Spreading warmth and enjoying it totally
Travel miles and create new styles
Fill your life with happiness and smiles

Smoke your vices and burst your fears
Drown them in the sound of firecrackers, amid cheers.
Get rid of darkness, and your goal, you will sight
Against all odds, fight with all your might

Hope this day dawns with some insight
And this glorious festival of light
Adorns your life with things, colourful and bright
As lovely as this picturesque night.

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Nov 2004

The Hand of God

2005-05-15T09:21:00.000-07:00

The Hand of God

When you came into my arms crying bitterly
You engulfed my life in your tears literally
Ironically, it was also a moment of unabated joy
For I knew that I had you now and forever to enjoy.

Pacing to and fro through the crowd, when everything seemed so slow
"Will I get you? When will I get you?" racing through my mind in a treacherous flow
Waiting for you in anxiety, the seconds were painfully sublime
Now, pressing you against my chest to calm you down, I lost track of time.

When you mutter those incoherent, yet perfectly understandable things with your hushed voice
For all the while I yearned for you so much, this is where I can thank God and rejoice
I thought you were a chapter of my life, now you have become a book in yourself
You stepped out of your cocoon and embraced me, throwing all my worries into a shelf.

Thinking about the future, our lives intertwined, my heart knows no bound
Your eyes open up and capture mine with that powerful innocent mesmerising gaze
As if placing your life in my hands, clenching my fingers, you communicate without a sound
To describe that instant, when the world seem to be us, even poets will be without a phrase...

I see you, hug you, and kiss you, hands trembling in happiness and all excited
I plead with you to stop the tears, even as your voice goes shrill
Looking at you, cuddled around my arms, I wonder if I had ever been so delighted
We have a lifetime ahead of us to bring us closer and closer still.

Your softest touch sends a electric wave through my shivering body
And I try to avoid a tear of joy, before I proudly present you to everybody
Just can’t wait to rediscover the world with you, to share and have fun
I welcome you to this earth, the sculpture from the hand of god, my beloved son.

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Nov 1999

The Count of Life

2005-05-15T09:19:00.000-07:00

The Count of Life

The first ten years are full of nice things, lovely memories, frolic and fun
And the next ten races past, when the responsibilities have hardly begun
The twenties are spent in looking at/for girls and trying to focus your gun
While the next ten are meant for bringing up your daughter and son
The forties make you experienced on how hard it is to earn your bun
Although the fifties seem like your life is wrecking havoc and has suddenly spun
The sixties are spent in reconciling to the fact that you are a setting sun
And the seventies are spent in leisurely going through what you had done
The eighties are miserable as you already seem to weigh a ton
Beyond ninety, whether you like it or not, you are a burden on everyone
Though I sincerely hope everyone here lives to be a hundred-and-one!

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Feb 2004

Merry Christmas

2005-05-15T09:17:00.000-07:00

Christmas

Christmas and New Year is a time for love and fun,
A time to give your heart to everyone
A time to recollect, reshape, recharge, and reach the skies,
As the rest of the year, without a pause, simply flies.

For children first, whose lovely heart will jump in joy for a small thing done,
For those innocent souls whose lives have hardly begun
God showers his love to one and all, whether or not he has won
So embrace everyone with the same warmth, be partial to none.

Take your time off and help people out
And see them turn better and become devout
If you shun them and bitterness if you spout
They will return the same to you, without a doubt.

A little thing done today
Indeed goes a long way
Reaching unto people's hearts to say
That you are the answer to their pray.

The happiness gained thus
Cannot be measured using any apparatus
But this will earn you the blessings of all those -
For everlasting joy, that is the best dose.

Make a difference to atleast a single life
Be it someone unknown, friend, relative or even wife
Bringing a smile to their face will be daunting, enriching and endearing
And thats when you realise life is not just about being daring, but sharing and caring.

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

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Dec 2003

Time

2005-05-15T09:15:00.000-07:00

Time

If you think about how best to use this second of time,
When you find a way, the moment would be long sublime
If you think living this second to the fullest is ur wish,
You will lose it and end up looking foolish
Dont think too much about time,
It will pass by before you see this rhyme
If you pause to think what to do this instant,
Dude!, wake up, time is not a constant!
Time and tide wait for none,
So enjoy it to the fullest and have good fun
Some days are supposedly auspicious,
But every single second is precious
So dont unneccesarily whime
Spending time is not the ultimate crime
Take some time off to love those who matter
Else, thats when your life will really be in tatter
Without worrying about financial sums
Live your life as it comes
How you have lived your life is seen only when it goes
By the number of people you leave in sorrows.

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Dec 2003.

Happy Birthday!

2005-05-15T09:13:00.000-07:00

This was written to wish one of my good friends Divya on her birthday

Happy Birthday

A Very Happy Birthday
Is too small a word to say
For this is such a lovely day
When upon you fell the sun's first ray.

You came into my life my chance
Within a short time you did enhance
Gave me a vivid glance
That life has such a beautiful stance.

True friendship is hard to find
But for those around you, it has been very kind
You are a fragrant essence
Making people happy with just your presence.

Thanks for joining me in the friendship garden
That is devoid of any warden
Hope this birthday gives you more than you wish
With whatever you want, let life furnish.

When looking at my lovely bouquet, of friendship's faces
Picked from so many, wonderful and different places
It suddenly dawned to me, with such delight
That friendship is the most beautiful sight.

Though it has taken my life-time, to add each one
I know that still yet, my task is not done
For I shall continue to gather, along life's pathway
More radiant faces that I shall display.

But dear friend! This I want you to know
It will be your flower, the first that I show
You have given me memories, filled with laughter, never any tears
They will always be with me, throughout the coming years.

Believe me when I say
That you are a sparkling bright star
Don't ever forget for even a single day
That to everyone around you, how very special YOU are!

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Nov 2003

The Secret

2005-05-15T09:05:00.000-07:00

The Secret - Courtesy Anshul ( Sorry for infringing your copyright )

I think you've always known
But juz not willing to accept
Even though you have physically grown
Havent fully grasped the concept

Of remembering your roots
Many of which you have already tread with your boots
Sorry is often the easiest word
It goes off from your mind as easily as your lips could afford.

A wonderul creation called man
Stumbled upon this earth
And spread across the globe as many a clan
Caring for this stupid rock, a dearth.

Often amid the beauty of nature
Have you been lost in admiration
When building your business stature
Have you lost it in extermination.

"I never cut down the tree
Neither did I pass any decree
To fell nature's loved treasure"
But the truth reveals a devastation too huge to measure.

Looking up at the sky is a wonderful sight
On many a blissful childhood night
When you grow and increase your might
Air pollution and the like is often taken light

Even when you work, you damn the road-user's plight
At a traffic signal, for instance, smoke and ash you smite
When you become your own boss, the lesser beings become blight
"Who cares about the road, I always use the flight !"

The cool breeze flowing across the placid sea
Makes him yonder and put forth a humble plea
"Soothe me down when I am heated and aint so glee"
But after that, poisons in tons he spouts and the ungrateful does flee.

The wind cant talk, the sea cant complain
Atleast we dont know, to put it simple and plain
What we do know is that we mercilessly have slain
A number of future generations (not juz humans) from those that remain.

You care for the tree and the majestic wood
When you know nothing but the trees give us food
When you are taught the usefulness of trees, you brood
Taking oath that when greenery is felled, I will intrude.

But oaths are promises and promises are meant to be broken
Even if u dont realise, you use tree-products even before you are ten !
And start making use of 'science' using trees to make a money fountain
Finally to make it even, you join greenpeace when you are old and rotten.

Trees, birds and animals have gone down in billions
While you try converting them into millions
"There wont be a tree after 150 years" warns some bearded professor
"So what?, I wont be there then" yawns a person busy with his processor.

Thats the attitude infused in a man
When he realised that he can do whatever he wants in his life span
With this stupid earth, cos he's God's most precious gift
His atrocious arrogant thinking sadly adrift.

Man is deeper than the ocean
And more expansive than the sky
But once he gets the scornful notion
That he is the best and gets his ego high;

Usually happens when he is in his prime
What follows is a bucketful of crime
Once that happens, there aint a lot more time
Before the proud arrogant man does sublime.

Survival of the fittest argues the biologist
Live while you can, grins the philosopher
Capitalism rules, laws of demand and supply exults the economist
Just to mention a few; are arrogant men, if you can decipher.

Lemme finish this piece of mine thus:
Only in a dictionary should I come before us
Lets not let man destroy what we live in, with his superiority
For these atrocities to cease, man must clarify his priority.

Dictatorship in Iraq, warmongers cry aloud
Let the dictatorship of earth not be forgotton under this cloud
Its the collaborated effort that can halt this destruction under a thousand pretext
I hope against hope that people make sure that after dinosaurs, humans wont be the next.

I hope Mother Earth tries to be fair
And survives this massive man-scare
We can pray, but to see the end, we wont be there
All we can do is try our best to prevent this massacre.

May this piece of common wisdom
In this scary big bad world, prevail
Let there be sense and humbleness in stardom
Cos thats the first step for man to survive and travail.

Live and let live, our dear Earth
Let us not betray it for our glory, money or fun
Please spare a thought for someone who has borne us from birth
Else it will just be the third rock from the sun.

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Oct 2003

When the sun rises in the west

2005-05-15T09:03:00.000-07:00

I happened to read one of my friend's poems in Tamil, when I got the idea of being subtle and indirect. I wanted to try out something, and since I had nothing to do at work, went ahead with it. Though it was made of single sentences, my natural instincts made it rhyme. So, I converted it as a poem with a few more lines.

WHEN THE SUN RISES IN THE WEST

When u see me there
And think u have seen me somewhere.
When u talk to me in a plight
As if u r gonna catch the next flight.

When u say bye sedately
And go off immediately.
When u think hard
To remember the name of this ward.

When u feel its always a gambit
And I am juz a part of it.
When u notice the beauty of the roadside poster
When I walk past u, popping like a toaster.

When u smile when beside
Though I can see u swearing inside.
When u think talking to me is boring
And start snoring.

When u plead with me a ton
Juz to get something done.
When u sometimes have remembrance
You see only my outside appearance.

When u think how much time u wasted
Rather than how sweetly it tasted.
When u know u can ignore me
And get away with it Scott free.

When u think u r frayed
And I was the one who betrayed.
When u feel enuf is enuf
And begin to puff and scuff.

When u do everything
Where I am not a part of anything.
When u do feel any of the above, my love
The heading will come true, I vow.

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Mar 2002

Best Name in the World !

2005-05-15T09:01:00.000-07:00

I don't regard this is a poem. You go crazy when you are in love and so did I. The weird obsession that I have led to this piece.

THE BEST ONE !

Saw Her Reaction, Endlessly Yawning Away
Showered Heartening Replies Everytime You Answered
Startling Hot Response, Evidently Your Air
Snubbed Having Reached Even Your Abode
Smothered Heart Recovered Enjoying Your Attack
Sincerely Had Resisted Ending Your Affinity
Seriously Had Ritualised, Even Your Annoyance
Smile Has Really Eliminated Your Age
Sweet Home Recipe, Exactly You Are
Sometimes Horny Rose, Everytime You Amaze
Soul Helplessly Reacted, Enquiring Your Age
Senses Have Retarded Expecting Your Arrival
Started Happily Recollecting Even Your Air
Sizzling, How Radically Everynight You Appear
Stop Haunting RA, Else You Accept
SooperCrack Has Receded Eternally You Assumed?
Simply Hunting Restlessly Envisaging Your Acquaintance.

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En Swasa Kaatre

2005-05-15T08:59:00.000-07:00

This was written when someone special drastically left my life (though just physically). The first proper poem in Tamil that I have written.

EN SWASA KAATRE

En kannil pugundhu manathil nindraai
Manathil oru kodi aasai thandhaai
Thookkam keduthu kanavil vandhaai
Nenjai ennidam irundhu thirudinaai.

Kal manathai un sirippaal karaithaai
En Ninaivil paadhiyai paarvaiyaal abagarithaai
Theiveega kuralaal punnagai poothaai
Un asaivil ennai mayanga seithaai.

Arugil vandhaal vaarthaiyai sirai adaithaai
Paarkaamal ponaal uyirai varudinaai
Thikketra manithanaai alaya vaithaai
Ippadi kavithaiyaai pulamba seithaai.

Dhideer ena kilambinaai
Ennai vittu vilagi sendraai
Manathai pilandhu udiram udirthai
Ennai seyal izhakka seithaai.

Un kannil enna maayamo
En nenjil yerpatta kaayamo
En nizhal unakku baaramo
Un manam ethanai aazhamo !

Aasai kanni ennai vittu sellathey
En kanavil mattum varuven endru sollathey
Manathai ippadi thavikka vittu kollathey
Unnai paarkaamal en kanngalai izhakka vaikkathey.

Ennai paithya kaara viduthiyil serkaathey
En manam un pirivai yerkaathey
Anbae alaigal pondru karaiyaathey
Ennai vittu engeyo poi oliyaathey.

Unnai kaanamal kodhippadaindhen
Unnai thedaamaleye soarvadaindhen
En manathil unnai aravanaithen
Nee illamal ponathaal naan thoolaga odindhen.

Paruvam maarinaalum nee pasumaiyaai iruppai
Kaalangal maarinaalum nee kanavaai midhappai
Aandugal ponaalum andraadam nenjil niraindiruppai
En uyirae ponaalum en udirathil nee oondriruppai !

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Feb 2002

Channa Batura

2005-05-15T08:56:00.000-07:00

Well, relationships aren't without hiccups. This was written when my friendship with two of my close friends was at an ebb. The specialty in this is that every line is valid both for channa batura and friendship.

CHANNA BATURA

Friendship is like channa batura
And it has that special aura
Surrounding it, especially the well of heat
All other things it does beat.

Many a person's heart swells
And his mouth opens
Whatever his mind tells
He has lost his sense

Cos he has found something he likes
The person splits his heart like spikes
The initial aura turns into respect
When the person shares his thots in many an aspect.

Atlast, he has found one who has the same frequency
Of thinking and now he in a frenzy
Thinking of it, his mouth waters
At the thot of enjoying the beauty which glitters,

Even in the absence of a sun,
This is gonna be all out fun !
Friendship has the flour base of understanding
And when oiled with passion, it starts expanding

He starts to think the crust,
At this rate, is gonna burst
But as every joyous moment go by, the top gets a bigger thrust
As the air of meaningless talk fills first.

When the dish is ready, it is worth a thousand dime
It is taken to the customer of time
And he looks at it in awe
Amazed at it, as there being no apparent flaw

And then the villainous time starts to eat
Poking a hole in the head from his seat
And suddenly all the meaningless air gets exposed
It seems to be less glorious than what the friendly cooks had supposed.

There comes the doubt and the irritant
That the base wasn't as strong as intent
This leaves an unbearable pause in the proceedings
And brings many a friendship to premature endings

But when time realises that it has to give it a shot
It carefully slices a piece
And along with the spicy channa, real hot
Captivated by its flavour, which never does cease.

The taste of friendship erases
Whatever doubt and sadness one faces
Seeing the awesome structure collapse
Into a flat but amazing synapse.

Every mouthful of it
He reminisces its glory, and passion it again lit
This time more meaningful and glorious
Not juz being a time pass and hilarious.

He realises its value is non-estimatable
And begins to share his true feelings
Now, after the ebb, it becomes more stable
Which gives a satisfaction without any ceilings.

Friendship, like Channa Batura,
Has a beauty rivalling the best flora
But it can wither off in the absence of proper care
So along with the joy, sorrow he has to bear

To make it shape up into a never-ending experience
Regardless of sex or age or religion or any other fence.
It shows that bloated up things needn't last forever
And that he will realise its true worth early, if he is clever.

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Jan 2002

I am in Love !

2005-05-15T08:53:00.000-07:00

This was written when I unexpectedly fell in love with something. Or rather, I discovered that I was in love then. For those who read the poem and still searching for it, pick the first letters of the last 2 stanzas :-)

I AM IN LOVE !

The magical sound of the word
Is just too much for my heart to afford
I happened to catch it some years back
But when i heard it a second time was I taken aback

The name appeared too familiar
It just happened to be the best thing I could hear
Why should I like it, I have a hundred reasons
Its pleasantness is evergreen, regardless the seasons

It reminds me of the ad phrase "Its different"
And it took from me my heart, for eternal rent
Ever since, it's been a torrent
Of unending passionate current

My body trembles in front of its mystique
My heart flutters cos its unique
My mind aint gonna let it go
The name, which instantly brings a glow

To the face, as rigid as a tile.
Its inherent beauty and style
Makes it linger on in my memory file
And never failed to arouse a smile.

Split my heart and lips, it did
At every opportunity, to my mind, it slid
Out of the many things making one sensuous
Uttering this name is the least arduous.

Often I ponder what's in a name
But this name leaves me lame
Even though it hasn't got its due fame
It makes me love it all the same.

I had no pre-emption
That this word would make me say
Too lovely to keep..Too sweet for consumption
Sad, but it stays with me this way

Me, just a puppet in its hypnotism
Like a light passing through a prism
Which seems to be of little significance
But brings out its inner brilliance

Its melody makes one dance
It has that amazing stance
Which makes many an eye widen to have a glance
I am but one of its thousand fans..

My mind is in disarray
Whenever it makes a foray
To find out what makes it so special
Into which web, my heart, soul and body fell.

It is just a word we hear
But has become so intimate and dear
'Cos in it is hidden boundless charm
Which breaks my heart worse than any known arm.

Hearing this word gives an instantaneous excitation
The feel of adrenalin is just a citation
Of how I have become addicted
To the disease I doubt anyone ever predicted.

Its gleam exceeds that of the gold in El Dorado
This six-letter beauty leaves even a doe
Jealous to the core
Among names, this comes to the fore.

Strange and peculiar is the thought
Having the passion for this name, I have got
Really should leave many of you in fits
Even might start to think I am out of my wits

Yell I do, for my mind it never ceased to interest
Among the best of the best, this is the crest.
Really, I am in love..., with the above-mentioned name
And finding the befitting bearer is my ultimate aim.

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Dec 2001

Last Page From My Teenage

2005-05-15T08:51:00.000-07:00

Suddenly I realised on the eve of my 20th birthday that I would no longer be a teenager and felt saddened. This coupled with my friends teasing me as "mama" made me repent that I have missed out on any things in life. This poem is more like my brain trying to console my heart.

LAST PAGE OF MY TEENAGE

Girls turning 17 and guys turning 20
Have in common, rueing aplenty
For girls , its going away from sweet sixteen
For the guys, its losing the whole of their teen.

What is getting out of teenages mean?
Just another year goes by
Before you realise how long its been
Since you brought a smile with your cry

To the anxious faces of your parents
Who, you haven't spared a moment for
In these 19 yrs, but who have gone to any extent
To bring you up, bearing many a scar

So that you can live a life
Without the strife
That they struggled through and experienced
So that your way to success is cleansed

Of even the smallest of obstacle
But in the middle of learning oracle
Have you ever smiled at them and said "How nice you've been.."
Just a complement for caring for you till the very end of your teen

How often have you been to the temple
Or thought of God: Ram, Jesus, Allah for example
The Gods who arguably exist
Aren't the ones who persist

With you to read for your exams and take care of your health
Aren't the dear and near ones your real wealth?
Instead of bribing God to yield you results
Give due credit to those who have shouldered your insults

And patted your back for your award
Ain't expecting a reward
For moulding their ward
Into the best steward

Of handling his own life in the best manner
Mothers' Day and Fathers' Day banner
Often is just a passing sight
Which doesn't give one insight

Into the real feelings that we humans pride over animal.
Words should melt from your mouth like caramel
Cos the gratitude to these souls who shower love in excess
Words are too hollow and insufficient to express.

Countless are the made sacrifices
Don't they have to be permanent edifices
Always filling your heart
In need of money, apart.

In thousands have they spent
Lest you should repent
From their hard earned wages,
They are on par with the best of sages.

Parents are like blood, to put forth
They are the most important
But sadly we realise their true worth
Only when they leave us, content.

Joy isn't roaming around in bikes
It's in returning love to those who acted as dykes,
Borne the hardship to make you prosper
And become as lovely as casper.

So, feel for the 20 yrs past
Not the dates missed and girl friends lost
Not for the enjoyment and responsibility being less
But missing the million chances to thank the ones who bless.

May this turn in your age
Herald a beginning to salvage
The love of lost ones
And gratefulness in tons.

Life is but transient
Let not money be the only nutrient
Money comes and goes
Only increasing the number of foes.

If you carry loads of money to your grave
The by-standers will loot it, for it they crave
So carry tons of love, if you are clever
You will adorn their hearts forever

May not the ones you love be few
Care for those who care for you
Put the other before self
And you will discover your other-self.

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Dec 2001

Birth to Death in One Word

2005-05-15T08:47:00.001-07:00

I was planning to write just a four liner, but then thought of the pattern of writing a four liner for every word a person values highly from birth to death.

BIRTH TO DEATH IN ONE WORD

Birth
Is when one emerges in this earth
But nobody gives it a thought, even a dearth
Though they debate a lot about their after-death berth.

School
When in it, is a dry pool
When leaving it, becomes a career tool
When away from it, regretting that it was damn cool.

College
Sees a reduction in the baggage
Helps one salvage a good image
But if not careful, does a lot of damage

Knowledge
Often gives a person an edge
And also makes one not fledge
When their work, others tend to sledge.

Prize
Tends to bring more happiness if its a surprise
Shows that tall among the rest, did one rise
And makes one work harder and leads to better tries.

Milestone
Is like a ringing phone
Brings one on his feet before the next tone
Or is just a passing sight in atone.

Career
Is what makes one fear
Towards it, one proceeds in top gear
But when failures come, goals tend to smear.

Success
When it comes in excess
Is often graceless
And the happiness it brings, tasteless.

Failure
Has the tendency to lure
The person to endure
And find a way to cure.

Fate
Is not God's rebate
Shouldnt be an object of debate
But in it, man's hope must abate.

Hope
One feels it does nothing but elope
But it clings on to humanity like dope
Always helping clinging people with a rope.

Life
Without a wife
Is amazingly rife
Having no strife.

Death
Is just the last breath
So in two lines have i put forth
Cos thats the length of thought its worth.

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Nov 2001

Love's Dividend

2005-05-15T08:47:00.000-07:00

Bathroom is the place where people do the things they are most bad at, I am no different, This one propped up in the bathroom when I was thinkin about the 1 min poem I had written earlier in the day.

LOVE'S DIVIDEND

I don't tend
To pretend
That you are just my friend
Cos in my thoughts, you never end

In my soul, you have blend
In my life, joy you did extend
So my heart, to you, I lend
For you, to any extent, I will bend

Whatever changes in me, you desire, I will mend
If you do as much as append
Your feelings for me, in the smile you send
Then you will be the most important person I will attend

And till my final breath will defend
From those, who might even minutely offend.
For your happiness, I will spend
Each and every paise from my stipend

For you, my characteristics, I will amend
And even change my style, outlook and trend
Whatever happens, nothing can fend
You from me, even for a second.

Thus, on thinking about you, emboldened
My life, on your decision, I suspend.
My heart's share you have, I hereby subtend
This poem as that asset's dividend.

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Oct 2001

Peer

2005-05-15T08:45:00.000-07:00

By the amount of rhyming words I put in, one of my friends joked in the canteen that all I do is to write an essay and split it wherever there is a rhyming word. When I refused, he challenged me to write one right in front of him in 1 min. This was the result

PEER

My stare
Which they call glare
Is nothin but a flair
Cos for you I care

I dont have any air
Nor will i let anyone else touch even ur hair
For u r so fair
And i cant find a spare

No one else can make me bear
The joyous pain when my heart u did tear
Nor make me feel my tear
Running down my cheeks when u go clear

Nor make me cheer
Nor anal my fear
U r my dear
Peerless peer

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Thank You Friends!

2005-05-15T08:43:00.000-07:00

This one was written by me as a reply to the poem sent by my friends...

THANK YOU

I want to thank you
For giving me the best gift
In those few
Lines, you have made a rift

In my heart
And made it split apart
Words flow out of me, I have bragged
That thought has been gagged

By the poem, short and terse
The most wonderful verse
I have ever seen.
I think I have been

Too lucky to have such keen
Friendys right at the end of my teen
Cos I never expected such reciprocation
Writing poems is my vocation

But they never match your clarity
And the sweetness of posterity
And the adorable alacrity
And the unexpected austerity

Which made my heart grow in happiness
Trying to escape from my rib cage
From being a muscle full of emptiness
It's become a treasured page

To record the golden words you wrote
Which is still in my throat
I was blessed more than anyone else in this earth
As you have made me realise that my dearth

Of friends is just a mirage
As was, to the English, Panchayati raj
It was the worst thing created by my mind
I should thank you for being so kind

To make it feel pure love
And bring peace in my heart, like a white dove
I was excited
Cos of you, the numerous things you have cited

I was blessed
Cos you, I possessed
I was honoured
Cos of you, my heart flowered

I was amazed
Cos of you, my mind blazed
I was dumb-founded
Cos of you, my words impounded

I was swayed
Cos of you, the poetic talent you displayed
I was hounded
Cos of you, faster my heart pounded

I was surrounded
Cos of you, even my sharpest feelings have become rounded
I was blended
Cos of you, your affection that never ended

I was dazed
Cos of you, your image that never erased
I was graced
Cos of you, the way my feelings you embraced

I was stained
Cos of you, in my mind your thoughts are forever retained
I was pained
Cos of you, when my heart you slained

I was astonished
Cos of you, in the world of love I wasn't banished
I was stunned
Cos of you, my poems have been gunned

I was caressed
Cos of you, all my worries have been redressed
I was energised
Cos of you, my thoughts have been enticed

I was psyched
Cos of you, my spirits have been hiked
I was enriched
Cos of you, the variety of topics you switched

I was touched
Cos of you, my heart has been flushed
I was bounded
Cos of you, my inner feelings were sounded

I was pleased
Cos of you, the spare time you leased
I was polished
Cos of you, the bad thoughts you demolished

Whatever I conveyed in the past tense
Is valid in the present and the future in each and every sense
Whatever happens, in essence
I thank god with all my heart for just your presence

In my life, and your poetic piece
Has become a disease
Which will never leave this body
Until I become a dead body.

Your poem that you did present
Has made the biggest dent
In my heart, affected by it to a large extent
In my sky of life, you will always be the waxing crescent

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Oct 2001

Ms A

2005-05-15T08:36:00.000-07:00

This was written when someone special came into my life (Aditi Saini)

Ms. A (Part 1)

She came down the stair
I was stunned by her flair
I saw her but an instant
And in a flash, my heart had a tenant

My friends said she's a little plump
But then, didnt she make my heart jump
Everytime she goes, from being just a limp lump
How will my mind ever dump

The idea of letting her image erase;
Wasnt she the ace
When it comes to the race
Of breaking my heart with the smile on her face

Which is like an evergreen forest
Never shedding its beauty nor taking a rest
Looking at her, even the wave's crest
Doesnt seem to interest

The imprisoned mind
Which seem to wind
At the very thought that she is one of her kind
And congratulates itself for the find,

The greatest treasure
I have ever got, let me assure
Never has a girl been able to lure
Me nor able to capture

My eyes, now noting
Nothing
But the smile in her face
Though my age says

Look down boy
I cant even toy
With that idea, seems so gross
When it feels she deserves a rose

The beauty of her innocence
Seems to order all my sense
To look, hear, smell, taste, feel
The goddess sent to seal

My heart once and forever
To be the slave for her
My mind has got a fever
Knowing pretty well it cannot sever

The mental projection of her digital self
For anyone including myself.
I am puzzled
That one look lead

To this condition
Where her each and every action
Leads to the notion
That she's the best in the nation

Of one billion
Of which I havent seen even a million
No medicine can cure the heart which is aching
As a result of faking

An affinity towards one person
For whom I have become a mason
And built a mansion
Full of passion

The partition
In my heart
Has been the worst after Lord Curzon
Had to depart

The lonely heart will throb
For the thief who did rob
It and making it wander like a pendulum bob,
Looking and thinking about her being my only job,

Will be the last to make me sad
Though when I think of her dad
Who earns more in one month than the total money I have ever had
Makes me look bad

But when it is comes down to her heart
Which is purer than the greatest work of art
Which has made mine tear apart
Which I might one day dart.

I never dream about her when I sleep
But when awake, she is like a businessman's cellphone beep
Always ringing near the heart and giving happiness to my soul
Without which it will be just a theoritical hole

Right now, i am not sure about my role
Am I a lover looking to cajole
Am I a friend accompanying her to a bowl
Am I a day dreaming owl

I realise this is not a physical attraction
For I never looked even for a fraction
Of a second apart from her face
Which itself leaves me in a daze

Her figure is just a haze
But her smile is a blaze
When I see the twinkle in her eyes
Even my hunger flies

When she comes near
My eyes are rivetted on her ear
Upon which flows a black river called hair
In contrast to her complexion, which is fair

There is a tear in my heart
Whenever she smiles and her lips part
A bit, to reveal
Her teeth, glistening like polished steel

I become a freak
When I see her cheek
My heart is in clutches
Seeing it turn red when she blushes

I am one of the many boys
Mesmerised by her voice
Which is sweet and divine
It modulates as smoothly as a wave of sine.

Every single minute she flashes past
My mind, which I thought was steadfast
In going according to my policies
Which have now dissipated like currencies

She was lovely today
And then the next day
I think she was better than yesterday
And this goes on everyday

If a day passes by
Without seeing her, my heart starts to cry
My eyes go dry
In my mind I fry

I ask myself, what does all this mean
What have I seen
That has made me no longer my dean
Why am I so keen

About someone I dont even know well
Why in my heart, her image should dwell
Containing her protrait, which I cant even sell
'Cos my heart is trapped in a cell.

Now, my mind is like hell
What happened to its alarm bell
To her, have I fell
I think only time can tell.

She is beauty at its best
And whats gonna be my biggest test
Is to be aware that its my duty
To see our friendly relationship is never faulty

Till the time I know where I stand
Will I take her hand
Or will she become grains of sand
Its too early to understand.

This poem has been the hardest to end
As my mind has a lot more inputs to send
But my fingers will bend
If I dont suspend

This work of translating
Each and every feeling
In my heart without deleting
Omiting or editing anything.

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Ms. A (Part 2)

I thought it was you
To whom the poem was due
But I dint have the courage
To admit to myself I had come of age

And I thot u were one of those
Girls who I feel nice talking to
But it took another girl to make me realise my pose
That actually I have feelings too

For you, my dear,
Whose smooth soft ear
Cant receive what I want you to hear
What I feel deep inside of me, crystal clear

That makes me so happy
That makes my heart leap in a frenzy,
Into a kind of trance
Like going on a tour de France

'Cos I know you are attached
That hasn't tatched
My feelings, though I wanted to supress them,
My heart is refusing what my brain is trying to stem.

I thot it was nice seeing you
Then I thot it was nice, the talking we do
Then I thot it was nice thinking about you too
Now, I think that you didnt have your due

Share of each and every feeling
'Cos I dont know if I have been reeling
In the deepest corner of your heart
In just a pulse out of the 72 a min that depart

And just the thought that I do, makes mine ache
With the burden of the secret which I hereby break
I am guilty of dreaming about you
Without wating for you to issue

Your permission
But the satisfaction
That is so gained is priceless
Which I will have for nights, countless.

I thank Brahma to have blessed
Me with the opportunity to see you,
And making me realise the meaning of the word obsessed
For which, it seems, I flew

Away from my homeland;
Will I get to garland
My princess of delight
Or will I end my life with the plight

That you didnt give the green signal
That I was just a residue from a funnel
That it was all just a fantasy
That made me go into a lifetime of ecstasy

I am wondering
That while you are dreaming
Is it me that you are seeing
I donno if its just my feeling

I have but a very thin ray of hope
That you will elope
With me leaving the other guy hanging by the rope
But that thought tends to soap

My mind, and keeps my heart together
Which, on your rejection, will tether
So, when you do finish this poem, if you think this guy needs a thrash
Dont tell me outright cos in a flash

You might be seeing a heart break
On which you might freak
So, even though you might feel I am a bloody moron
I think you can forgive me, being as soft as boron

I know its absolute craziness in the first place
But even though I know mostly it will end in disgrace
I am glad that I have atlast let out sincerely what I feel
Its upto you now to deal

This in your mind and reveal
Your feelings as I did, and seal
This matter but dont try to avoid me
But continue to be ,as ever, free

With me, sorry if I have upset you
But I think it was due
To this being my first crush,
I thought the only way to flush

My thots was to tell you truly what I felt
Hoping that the intenseness of it will melt
In due course
Standing the minutest of chances that you will endorse

My feelings, but since I think you too should have had your share of crushes
I hope you will forgive me for expressing my weirdest of wishes
Which was sweeter than the sweetest of dishes
Which was more agile than a shoal of fishes

In my mind, from the time I saw you first
My heart's boundaries burst
As you occupied every single cell
Which you wont vacate till I go to hell

Even though you may ease my heart's pressure
By giving yes or no as the answer
All the memories of you has been a treasure
Too huge to measure

And will linger on for ever
Whatever endeavour
I take to sever
It, I think it will end up as a savour

I wonder if anyone will ever replace
In my heart, your current place
But even if they do, you will always be the cream
Of my teenage dream

I realise I have to stop somewhere
Before my ligaments tear
But to be fair
I think my heart is beyond repair

Whatever happens, I would like to say 'Thank you'
'Cos you have made me feel what few
People get to feel in their lives
Towards someone apart from their wives

You have made me write two poems like these
And none had been harder to cease
I will try my best to stop thinking about you
But when I will be able to, I dont have a clue.

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Oct 2001

Singapore

2005-05-15T08:35:00.000-07:00

We have an anthem here (for all the IGs - Indian Gang), which had the first stanza. This inspired me to continue, one day when I was thinking about it while traveling in the train

SINGAPORE

They tell me in singapore the girls are pretty fine
Some are above ninety, and the rest are below nine !
Oh, I want to go , Ooh I want to go
Show me the way to go home

They tell me in singapore the pay is mighty fine
They give us hundred dollars, and take back ninety nine
Oh, I want to go , Ooh I want to go
Show me the way to go home

They tell me in singapore the food is pretty fine
The best is bread and butter, the rest are ferment wine
Oh, I want to go , Ooh I want to go
Show me the way to go home

They tell me in singapore the law is mighty fine
We live in constant fear that the police might break our spine
Oh, I want to go , Ooh I want to go
Show me the way to go home

They tell me in singapore the buildings are pretty fine
We look at them in awe, but they're too costly to be mine
Oh, I want to go , Ooh I want to go
Show me the way to go home

They tell me in singapore the transport's mighty fine
You go one place to another, it takes a hell lot of time
Oh, I want to go , Ooh I want to go
Show me the way to go home

They tell me in singapore the government's mighty fine
For each and every mistake, gotta pay a hefty fine
Oh, I want to go , Ooh I want to go
Show me the way to go home

The only thing which cools me down, is that serangoon's pretty fine
I go there every weekend and have a nice dine
But still... Oh, I want to go , Ooh I want to go
Show me the way to go home

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Sep 2001

Education System

2005-05-15T08:33:00.000-07:00

This is one of the verses that I used in a debate

EDUCATION SYSTEM

There might be corruption
But what we are aiming for is its reduction
May money not be the addiction
May we not create a faction

Whose main action
Will be to squander all the money in their nation
And stop cruel dissatisfaction
Of the majority of population

In the name of donation
Which shouldnt be there even in one's imagination
Which will lead to the cremation
Of the concept of education

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Aug 2001

Friendy

2005-05-15T08:29:00.000-07:00

I felt that I had to express my friendship in someway and what way is better than a poem? (I am too lazy to send e-cards and lazier to even write an e-mail anywayz). The first couple of stanzas were inspired by my favorite song then (Thank You by Dido) and so is rejetted (I am always very bad at copying).

FRIENDY

My tea has gone cold
I dont feel like drinking it
The rains will pour down, the morning news told
So I dont like getting up from my bed even a bit

The lab's a mile away
The landscape is all grey
And I pray
The sun's ray

Will pierce thru the wicked clouds bound
Northwards, blacker than coal
And my heart starts to pound
But then the rain takes its toll

And I come home soaking
To hear all my friends joking
About me, and smoking
It wasnt a bit cheering

I took a bath and had coffee
And wondered why today was all too bad
And then when I was munching a toffee
You came online and then I realised its not so bad

Its not so bad after all
And my fingers began to scrawl
Thru the keyboard , asking how you are.
Even though you are far

I think about you much of my free time
Which only stops when my stomach starts to chime
I wait for you to type each of ur golden sentences
With a heart throbbing in joy and all my senses

Strained to see what you write
Be it crap or bright
I enjoy everything
However cheap or great its meaning

I was so sad
That I was bad
At making a close friend
But after u came, it has come to an end

And I never thot I will talk like this to girls
Enjoying the chattering that uncurls
You made me realise how friendship is priceless
The happiness that it brings me is boundless

I wait the whole day
Eagerly glancing at the monitor
Doing short of a pray
That the msn actor

Pops up with your name carved on it
The glorious you represented bit by bit
The pleasure when it does happen
Has no words to pen

Then the time flies
Its like one second when you say good bye
I think my watch lies
And it is the start of the agonising period before u come again and say hi

You came into my life accidentally
But will stay throughout mentally
Even if your words sound silly
Or may act as if u just had a bag of chilli

I just dont have the heart
To lessen your so gained satisfaction
So I play my part
To almost perfection

And in the end of it all
Even though the mask may fall
I feel great
And my heart is heavier by a crate

My mind is lighter than a feather
Creativity goes to a new height
Trying to give a punch like a heavy weight boxer
Well, I dont know how I will react on the sight

Of you, as I havent talked to girls freely
It will be a nice new experience for me surely
I am looking forward to that dearly
Though it will only be every half-yearly

It has been countless nights
Thinking about what you are like
But I cant imagine the face behind all these nice 'fights'
And you being as sharp as spike

Wonder if you have thought about how I look
I will only get to know when I peek
Around in school without having to carry a book
Trying to find you so that I can speak

In person for the first time.
Sorry if I bother too much about words that rhyme
But I love them very much
Without them, I think my poems lack the touch

You're like a dream
Although I am not asleep
You're like a stream
Smooth in the way, between topics you leap

You are like a firecraker
Dont know when you will burst
You are like a hacker
A girl I enjoy talking with -You being the first

You are like a flower
Not knowing when you will bloom
You are like a tower of power
Capable of hitting me with a broom

You are like a mango
Sweet, in excess
You are like a foe
Knowing my strength and weakness

You are like a raincloud
When you will come is a mystery
You are like a block of wood
Helping others enjoy, listening patiently to many a story

You are like a clue
Easy to understand but tough to comprehend
You are like a glue
Helping others to mend

You are like a flu
When you come, you dont quickly depart
You are like a drop of dew
Sparkling and Clear at heart

You are like a swing
Being free and independent is your trend
You are like everything
That I wanted in a friend

I am so glad I am having such a pretty, witty, trendy friendy
With whom I can even play paandi or act like suppaandi
The time I spend with you is much nicer than that on the sandy
Beaches of marina and kandy.

Thank You so much
For what you have done
I hope this relationship continues as such
Having the same amount, if not much more, of fun

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Jun 2001

Exams

2005-05-15T08:27:00.000-07:00

This is a poem written when I had nothing to do but study as my semester exams were close enough.

EXAM

Examination
Is one of the biggest troublemakers
In a nation
Where the number of takers

Is shocking
Even in one's imagination
Everybody is seen talking
In all the places, including those for recreation

About the Dalton's theory of evolution
And trying to find out the solution
To the worst question,
Trying to attain the highest position

In their school or college
Though they might feel they learn much more than required for their age
Feeling they have too much a page
In their textbook, the journey through which is their pilgrimage

They are all the same
Trying to attain fame
Some ending up in shame
Others living up to their name

This is not the criteria
To judge a person
But trying to find an alternative, one might go into a hysteria
So, it remains a curse on

The student population
Hailing from the remotest of location
Across the globe, cutting across every barrier
Every fellow hoping to build a carreer, becoming a carrier

Of the hopes of their parents, teachers
And all other well-wishers
Will they attain glory?
Will they end up under the wheel of a lorry?

For all you know, the biggest category of people who decide
To commit suicide
Is the student
Which makes everyone repent

That the substantial
Young potential
Goes to waste
Which is a distaste

So, every student must see the fact
And not act
In a stupid way or behave
In a manner that will lead them straight to their grave

But learn to apply
The Economic theory of demand and supply
And other relevent things they learnt
After a large amount of midnight oil is burnt

To their life
To come out of their strife
And rise and shine
Like gas on opening a bottle of coke or wine

Putting hard things behind
And work harder to find
What they are good at and what they like,
Not which girl to chase in their bike,

But things that can bring them up
In life, which can be a dust storm in a tea cup
Or a hidden treasure
Which you will find if you can handle the pressure

Of working without a stop
To come to the top
In your field
And then you can weild

The sword of success
But then also, one shouldn't take a recess
As this is a cruel world
If you take a rest you will be hurled

Down, like Bill Gates
So, there is a lot of stakes
And you have to work even harder
To retain what you achieved, otherwise be prepared to come down the ladder

So, what I want to convey
Is that work hard from right now
To achieve what you wanna be, so that you dont become a prey
To the vulture of fate and bow

But stand tall
Even when you fall
Cos life is like a coin with success and failure
And the same side doesnt fall always, you can be sure.

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Apr 2001

World Of Women (WOW)

2005-05-15T08:25:00.000-07:00

This was written when I was pissed off with a girl (The poetess in IGNet before I came). My worst poem. This got selected as one of the top 33 poems in that year and got published in "The Silence Within" and also in a audio cassette and CD. Sad Truth.

WOW

WOW
The world of women
Is like a dove
White and beautiful in a den

Of a LOL
Lot of Lions
Namely men, strong and fierce
Whose heart they try to pierce

In order to win a TOSS
Treaty Of Superiority Submission
Whereby the prevailing boss
Have to repent for all the flaws

Committed throughout history of IOC
International Origin of Culture
Which I guess will remain a dream
Though the cream

Of feminists with the help of UNO
Unlimited Neurosurgical Operations
Hope to achieve it
But who, most probably will land up in sh*t

For they aim for the STARS
Social Trauma And Regional Shock
Which will never happen
Regardless of the number of tries undertaken.

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One year finishes here, my dear peer

2005-05-15T08:24:00.000-07:00

This juz propped up in my mind when I was in the computer room thinking of how to thank everyone for the wonderful first year I spent in college

One Year finishes Here, My dear peer !

Thank You One and all for

A
Beautiful
Colourful
Dandling
Elegant
Freak
Glorious
Hilarious
Interactive
Jolly
Kind
Lovable
Motivating
Notable
Opportunistic
Pleasurable
Quaking
Rousing
Splendid
Tremendous
Unbeatable
Vigourous
Wonderful
Xcellent
Year
Zero one of my life in Singapore.

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Alai Payuthey - The Waves Are Pouncing !

2005-05-15T08:22:00.000-07:00

This was written in the mid of April, due to public demand. We were returning from seeing the film Alai Payuthey on the first day it released, when Madhavan jokingly suggested why dont I write a review of that. This was inspiration enough for me to write this poem that night itself.

ALAI PAYUTHEY - THE WAVES ARE POUNCING

Waves are pouncing
Was a movie piercing
One's heart
Making it split apart

It's about 2 radical lovers
Not exchanging flowers
Not dancing on top of towers
Not having extraordinary powers

But something more day-to-day
Making some pray
Before the start of the movie
That it won't be boring, but seeing sophie

In the poster
Decided to plaster
The movie as just 'another' gory
Love story

But they were to be proved wrong
By the strong
Camera wielded by P.C.Sriram
Much better than that in Hey-Ram

He literally painted
The film-not just tainted
The screen
With the lush green

And the various other colours
Which lures
One into the film
When the direction diverges into a different realm.

Shalini, the actress
Proved she was not one
To wear a hand-kerchief dress
And so it was borne

By sophie who posed
In a song, which was the only toast
For those who appreciate glamour,
Which was her armour.

The skirmishes between the young couple
Was indeed beautiful to watch
And the emotions brouught out will not topple
The career of the actress and actor,who is indeed a catch

According to madhavan
Who has become an instant fan
Of the actor
Because of the name factor

Maniratnam was the biggest flop
Though PCS made the film hop
Along with his amazing
Photography, tantalising

Everybody while mani
Wasted the funny
Vivek as well as Arvind Swamy and Kushboo.
The latter two

Unpaid guest roles
Were included when any fools
Could have done them well
In which the director again fell.

Altogether,
Mani brother
Was not the usual 'ratnam'
But a begger with a 'pathram'

The direction was good
But not worth 3 sardar food
Which azza made full use of
By refunding the $8 thereof

Getting every cent
As the 3 hrs spent
Was not worth it
And seeing his fit

Body and his valid reason
That the a/c was not switched on
Even though in this season
Nobody will sweat, son.

The best comedy
Was from the daddy
Of the hero
Who was not a complete zero

Though not a master of zorro
He did bring out the sorrow
Very well
But again, Mr.mani didnt dwell

The ending fairly
And so the message was entirely
Messed up with the audience
In true sense

Were leaving expecting,
Atleast something,
In his next film venture
Though at present he may need some tincture

Because of this film though.
I must bow
To him for a film without any fight
Which was good insight

As it was unnecessary
And helped to carry
A message that fights may not be there
For one to make a fair

Movie like this one
With which I am done
With the review
Of a film worth a view.

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Apr 2000

A to A of Examinations - Reply

2005-05-15T08:19:00.000-07:00

I wrote this short one as a reply to the people who pestered me with questions ranging from how many dictionaries I had referred to why "yourself" was used way too many times.

A TO A OF EXAMINATIONS -REPLY
Well,
I thot my previous article
Would be like hell
For the RA Samaj members expect in every particle

Of my poem, a rhyming word
Which I couldnt afford
To put in
All those words were from my memory bin

And not taken a dictionary
About which I am very scary
And I intentionally
Placed "yourself" wherever it would tally

Because I wanted to impress
Upon each fellow who reads it
That that poem is meant to address
Him/her personally and I hope they take my bit

Of message
Which stands for people of all age
Undergoing examinations
Throughout the 185 nations

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Apr 2000

A to A of Examinations

2005-05-15T08:14:00.000-07:00

This is one of the very few poems everyone appreciated.

A TO A OF EXAMINATIONS

Adjust yourself
To the harsh conditions
Advise yourself
Not to neglect studies

Assist Yourself
By giving due credit
Appraise yourself
Of all your lessons

Adore yourself
For the hard work u have put in
Accept yourself
For what you are

Analyse yourself
For finding the mistakes you committed
Admit to yourself
If you feel you have cheated

Attain yourself
The peak-however u define it
Announce by yourself
If u feel scared, you feel relieved

Acquaint yourself
With the best books
Arrange yourself
The time-table to study

Audit yourself
The time you have got
Animate yourself
Dont just study

Always -you yourself
Think that
All ways including exam hall ways
Dont scare you

Ajudicate yourself
Find out if you will get A grade
Afflict to yourself
No damage if not

Amass yourself
Knowledge to keep u in good stead
Axe yourself
To check u have learnt correctly

About what you have learnt
You never should forget
Alternatively by yourself
Record the main points for revision

Account balances
Should not slump you-be
Aware of yourself
Think if you are doing justice

After all, you yourself
Know this determines your pay
Altogether for yourself
I would like to say that

Acquire yourself
The know-how; Please don’t
Abstain yourself
From the exam

Also you yourself
Lose whatever
Advantage you yourself
Will get if u finish early like

Amassing yourself
Wealth - so you
Await your opportunity
Grab on to it

Alas! opportunity knocks only once
So be on the lookout
Ask yourself
Or your friends if you dont know

Alarm yourself
If you are still ignorant
Address yourself
Find out-

Are you yourself
Sure of what you received
Arrogant nature
And ignorant stature wont help

Arrest yourself
The disturbances
Aerial view
Of any lesson wouldn’t do – Never

Annoy yourself
Which helps to further your tension
Appraise yourself
Of your capabilities

Await yourself
The exam paper so that your
Adrenalin level doesn’t raise
On seeing it and avoid

Allergies yourself
By solving Past Year Papers
Advent yourself
The management of time

Admire yourself
For the effort
Award yourself
A small prize

Allow yourself
A deserved rest
After you yourself
Think you have done your best

Alka Yagnik,
The melodious music and
Anderson (Pamela)
Arent going to write the exam!

Appoint yourself
As your secretary-chalk your study timetable
Acclimatise yourself
To the surroundings

Ambient atmosphere
Does help you concentrate
Avoid yourself
Places that aren’t devoid of sound

Arid conditions
You may find yourself in - Be
August yourself
And try to improve

Aghast if you were
Due to the exams in progress
After reading this poem yourself
What you have to do is

Await yourself
For the results to come!-Dont
Affect yourself
By not going to the exams

Adjudge yourself
The best judge of your
Ability and yourself
There is a lot of gain

Akash - realise yourself
Is not where the God is
Attain yourself
The inner realisation

Awesome if u feel yourself
What I would like to say
Again to yourself
Is that whenever you do

Anything yourself
There is a lot of satisfaction
And feel yourself
That you are not

Anybody but yourself
-You are somebody in this world
Anyway, take this poem yourself
Not as a junk but

As you yourself
Are nothing but junk!
After you die yourself..
Au revoir!

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Apr 2000

Tamil New Year's Day

2005-05-15T08:11:00.000-07:00

This was again written due to popular demand. After we had a nice time enjoying the Tamil New Year's Day with all our passed out seniors, they requested me to put it in black and white. This resulted when I attempted to add some colour to it -:)

TAMIL NEW YEAR'S DAY

Tamil New Year's Day
Stuck as hard as clay
In everybody's heart
I was mistaken in thinking that I would depart

Alone to Serangoon yesterday
But I was proved to be at bay
By the people present that day
Who were in the fray

To be the center of attraction
For the night which was an elation
To one and all present
In the temple under the crescent

Of the shining moon
Which may have given a boon
For the evening to be wonderful
And tasteful

For each and every guy
Forgot that they had to buy
From Mustafa Centre
And succumbed to the tender

Taste of hot dosas
And noodles with sauce
Seeing the gorgeous,
Dance atrocious,

In the green
TV screen
Which didn't distract
Me from thinking abstract

To create a four line stanza
To add to the extravaganza
Of enjoying the birth of the Vikrama year
Glad to hear

That whatever they think
Will materialise even before they can wink
So, with full heartedness
They recalled the happiness

Of their college days
"They" being those who receive handsome pays
With everyone else laughing
And whiling

Away their time
Until the clock chime
Ten
When

Suddenly Vinod, the lab soup
Got as tensed and hot as his cup of soup
And screamed "CHALO"
As a sudden halo

Descended behind his head
Aiding him realise that everyone had himself fed
And ready to go to their bed
But that he didnt buy what he intended

And so we five
Including RK,Vadai and Amit
Were as active as a bee hive
While amit took the opportunity to admit

That he had to consult a doctor
Due to the noise factor
Of RK's spendid shout
As if he was about

To kill anyone in sight
Which made everyone of us laugh despite
Which made a young lady turn back
Taken aback

By the uncivilised moron
Who usually is as soft as boron.
This funny part
Made our hearts almost burst apart.

Taking this opportunity, Vadai
Looked at a roadside "kadai"
And admired a woman's "sundi"
Not even hidden by an undy.

I couldn't imagine such a sage
Could admire such a magazine cover page
Which induced a rage
In me but noticed that his age

Was the source of the error
Of adoring the figure
This interruption
Caused a disruption

In our race
At a fast pace
The effect being our disgrace
In the face

Of the mustafa center watchman
Who was quick to ban
Entry into the shop
But he couldn't stop

The fierce RK - the king
Of barking
And making
Me stand in the baggage parking

Place, raced,
Red faced
And returned with the food packets
And some sachets

As did Vinod
Who gave the nod
To leave in peace
To NTU for all to rest at ease.

But he dragged me along
With a long
Debate on groupism
As opposed to individualism.

In effect,I almost missed
The p*ssed
RK and Amit
Who asked me to add a bit

Of sleaze
About him as I please
In this piece
And I said OK for a small fees

Which was him accepting me as a roomate
But he thought his fate
For one whole year
Was more important than a dear

Which infused a fear
Stronger than a mug of beer
And so as it stands
If my demands

Are met before today night
I will include it in my next write.
This piece, I dedicate
At a rebate

To my beloved senior
Who was the premier
Cause for this article and seems to be a fan (crazy???)
Of mine by the name Madhavan.

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Apr 2000

Memoirs of XI F1

2005-05-15T08:04:00.000-07:00

I had written one this poem, rather a collection of thoughts, when I was half asleep in class XI just catching a word on two. When I found it, I decided to call it Memoirs of XI F1, marked by its high discontinuity.

Memoirs of XI F1

A friend is but an arch
Who lends himself as a branch
To support one and all
When rough terrain befall.

Rare enough are those
Who feel they ought to let loose
Their precious little lives
Most of whom are reportedly wives

Who are either suppressed
Or demented and depressed.
Quite true, quips the economist
Who has the budget list
And finds a fitting analogue
In the market as dead as a log.

All are alike, says the philosopher
No two are alike, says the biology teacher
These petty differences do matter
In a world that does all but cater
To the need of a blissful character
Who expects everything on a silver platter.

A friend may be better
In his childhood chapter
Often a lovely smile
Would be embedded forever
In his memory file
Which streaks past some hour

Down memory lane he goes
Against hope he hopes
And with a spurt
Makes a frantic effort
To bypass time
Which may not be fine.

Suddenly he wakes up to find
The teacher trying to grind
Into the students' mind
That virtual and real are of different kind
And grins, blinking
About how impractical is his thinking.

This is indeed loneliness
That creeps up during adolescence
Which is tough to be shooed away
Without a friend in the fray.

Those who are your friends
Needn't follow the same trends
Unity in diversity
Has its own attractivity.

Widen your friends' circle,
Not a square or a rectangle
Extend in all directions
Without any restrictions
Also maybe that symmetry
Has its own beauty.

Restrictions posed on friendship
Is like laws imposed in a township
Percentage yield is very low
And would indeed be a blow

To the very meaning of friendship
Like the following usage of the word ship
Ship abroad has its correctness
Ship in or the like exposes absurdness.

It is like a ship that carries one to safety
In times of utter distress
Good ones of both wont sink or become empty
For one to ever redress

It is like a flower
It has that enchanting fragrance
It is like a punchbag
That takes terrible blows
But returns back just the same.

It is like a speedbraker
That gently puts a brake
On the meaningless endless race in life.
It is like a blackhole
That takes in everything
But doesn't boast of itself.

Life without a friend is like a soap bubble
Characteristic of a big void
It is like the sun
Glorious from a distance but hostile within

It is like 'kaatu malli' flower
Serene yet unimpressive
It is like an actor
Without an audience

It is like a charmer
Without a snake
It is like a computer
Without a chip

It is like a body
Without a brain
Life without a friend is one thing
Without everything else !

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Mar 1998

My First Attempt at Cooking

2005-05-15T07:53:00.000-07:00

I was introduced to poetry in 7th Std and I knew this is what I like. I wrote this poem in the holidays. We were supposed to write some article but I thought of giving my poetry skills a shot. So, the poem went into the Holiday Homework (sometimes interesting and challenging, but mostly rejetted stuff, which every PSBBian has to go through till 10th. The best thing was that nobody ever cared to submit it, unless the teacher is real pestering or if we actually like what we have done). So, my first poem went into my holiday homework notebook, never came back to me again, nor attracted any comments as even the teachers have plenty to do rather than sit and tick our holiday homework. Luckily, I had saved a copy in a old notebook.

My mother asked me to cook
For a day
And so I referred the cooking book
As I was at bay

To my surprise
I found a coupon for a cooking prize
I told my mother
For I considered her a good cook
But she asked me not to bother
And take a dish to my father.

I started on a dish proudly
As I considered myself highly
I bought some grapes in a basket
From the crowded market
For decorating the cake
Which was not fully baked

I finished the item
At last, with great difficulty
But it looked like post mortem
And I felt guilty
Of not knowing how to cook.

Much to my surprise
I got the first prize
Not as the best
But as the worst
Anyway, I was full of joy
At what I accomplished as a boy
And this made me try
Again and again
Till I gain
The success of cooking.

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May 1993

Intro

2005-05-15T07:45:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a blog having the collection of all my poetry...or whatever I can salvage...

And this will be the only non-poetic post in this blog!

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