echo

we could have gone back
to the safety of the known
but we chose not to,
we should have cut adrift
our losses and our misery
but we could not,
instead we learned
how to live with them.
we could have walked away,
covered ourselves
in a veil of apathy,
but we listened to that heart
we could have given up,
say to ourselves-
'we have lost the plot'
but we smiled,
we held on strong
through the thick and thin
we took it all in our stride,
we walked on.
and when today i stand before
you once more,
with uncertainty in my head,
i find to my great solace
that you have endured.
those eyes in the mirror,
tell me only one thing,
'the lights of tomorrow
shall make the shadows
you see today,obscure.'

white noise

as he stood there,everything around him seemed to go by in a blur,as if he was the only thing left in focus and everything else was a seemingly indecipherable blob of activity.its like one of those freaking visual effects in films he thought and he pinched himself to try and snap out of it,but time had him in its mesh now and would not let go.he wondered how many eternities would pass before he would go back to being normal again and he suddenly remembered that it had always been this way with him.even as a kid,he was always conscious of the fact that he was different.every minute,every second had seemed longer than usual to him,his friends would always be running about,while he would just sit for what seemed like an eon,waiting.he could not remember what he had always been waiting for.he was still waiting,even now.it all made sense he thought,he was like Methuselah,condemned forever to watch the stars,he was immortal.this was his gift,this was his curse.the last thing he recalled was standing there looking at the waves crashing down and wondering what she might be doing this very minute,if only he knew how to go back in time,merely slowing it down wasn't good enough.the world swept past in all its perverse glory and filled his ears with a cacophony of subdued sounds...well so much for that he thought,if i am going to be stuck in slow motion,might as well enjoy it.

he woke up to find aditya seated on the chair beside his bed,smiling.'what the hell happened '? he asked.

that smile on aditya's face grew even wider,'you don't remember a thing?that was some very potent hash you know,you passed out right in the middle of the road'.he said.

silhouettes

you float unhindered
through the abundant skies
of my desires,
surreal and transcendental,
bending the light
that reaches
these weary eyes of mine
and i am lost,
in mellow silhouettes again.
i dare not mention that word
to you,
but suffice to say,
its a familiar feeling,
though this time
its a different sensation.

water

the horizon melting
into the russet sky
this summer evening
like many before
but it feels like
the end of days today.
there might have been
a tear somewhere in me
you see it on my face
you say,
as if searching for one
when we say goodbye
but don't for a moment
believe me
when i pretend to be strong
and tell you that
you haven't done enough
to make me cry
those aren't tears
its just dust in my eye.

Voyager

wandered through many places
to destinations that never
remained the same
a thousand journeys
that led to nowhere
were worth going on
to find
the few that did.
i endured the happiness
of solitary sunsets
and enjoyed the melancholy
of wide open skies,
and never got to
wherever it was
that i was going
i got lost along the way
lost and not found
never to be tied down
and never to be bound
for the world is my oyster
the road,my home
life is an ocean
and i am a voyager.

walk with me

there were smiles
there were tears
i walked a thousand miles with you
and i would go a million more
so walk with me
you don't have to be alone
i don't have to be lonely
anymore.

listen

roaring waves
and the raging wind
sweep the shore
of its feet
i stand unmoving
in my triumph
looking at the horizon
there are gulls
crackling overhead
i have always wondered
what they are saying.