If...

I can walk a thousand miles for u
But would u take that one single step?
I can make u smile everyday
Never let ur joy ebb

I will capture stars for u
But u have to be my galaxy
U can be my sandy beach while i'll be your serene sea

I will weave my way into your heart
Like someone inspired by a work of art
U would have to gift me all of u
For I would want you whole and not by part

U have to promise me wings
And i would keep u safe and warm
U need to woo me with tales
On rainy days and nights filled with storms

If u be my sunny spring
I would be your sweet breeze
If u promise to annoy me forever
It is you I would always delightfully tease

I would always be there to dance with u whenever u feel low
But u have to drive away my frown even before i feel it on my brow
U should make me laugh and i will tickle u alike
Every time i see you my heart rate should spike

If u be my sunshine i'll be your never-fading rainbow
I'll be there for u till the very end if you never ever let me go...

U are not what i need
But u are something I desire
For fleeting moments maybe
U stir up certain emotions and ire
U are not meant for me
'Coz u cannot be just mine
I know for me alone
You would never walk the line
Maybe i make u a tad happy
Maybe for u i am just a good time
Maybe in some parallel universe
That would be mighty fine
But i care and i care a lot
For things i probably should not
Soon i will walk away
Until then i'll make u laugh once in a while
Darling what say?

I did have a life before u
And i would have one after u too

'Coz i am someone who can walk on rocky roads without the comfort of a soft shoe
U are currently my favourite
But don't get your hopes high
U think u have me captive
But i am not nigh
I always look heavenwards
Ready for my next flight
My wings cannot be clipped
I never lose a fight
U think u can tame me
And glorify your heart
You are mistaken if u think i am a rare work of art
I am that sole star that might guide u on a moonless night
I could be that hurricane that would destroy everything in your sight
I will never spare u a second glance once i am done
U can never define me 'coz i am the unpredictable one!

fire and ice...

u are fire i am ice
now isn't that nice?
u try to melt me with your sunshine
and i bask in your flames
every now and then
i enjoy these little games
but the mystery remains
will u turn into ember or i into mist?
or would we find the will to resist?
but then we would miss all the fun
and i am willing to witness the fable that has been spun
i know u are willing since u always burn bright and fast
days for u are fleeting...u care not if moments last
but time for me is sedate until i freeze
and it is the moments that i desire to seize
what is to be of me if i melt a little bit?
would u die down or happen to be more well lit?
u possess what i lack
but i too might have something to give
we will see how the mystery unravels
if there's to be an end then who gets to live!

I want to be someplace
Where the sand is blue
And the surf is new
My footprints on the crescent beach
My hair flying in the wind like that of a witch
A wide and yawning sea before
What could i want more?

if it is not meant to be then why does it appear so to me?
why can't it be a straight road with no diversions?
i hate taking bends and losing myself on the way
where on my fragile being reality casts aspersions
i will say my goodbyes to those who greet with faint smiles
and hold on to the ones with fathomless stares
maybe this way i would come across someone who for a change actually cares
the more i digress the more i slip away from ever treacherous time
and in the process of sorting out, my frayed life collects more grime
tell me for once what i have to give for things to be a tad simple?
why is it that i walk through a green meadow only to reach dead periwinkles?
i demand a cheerful hue but am presented with something dark
the illusion is so alluring that the aftermath often seems so stark
how long do i need to trudge before i am robbed off all my desires?
before my insides turn to murky ice immune to even hellfires

It is but a phase...

and this too shall pass
it is but a phase
but hearts will race nevertheless
and the mind will crave what cannot be uttered
in its desperation to be free the unsaid will get mangled
its worth lost
but wait
for all that is credible is but fleeting
reckless tomorrow will bring upon a new whim
what then?
and so reason whispers to raging madness
this too shall pass
for it is but a phase...

Boredom....

across a pale blue sky the sun would bend
but my days...my days would never end
it is not my wish to watch the clouds
trapped within a concrete giant
for my modest dreams have not yet turned so pliant
I want to visit places where the grass grows tall
where time turns golden when it's fall


i want not to sit and let dullness imprison my mind
i yearn to be part of something stellar...where my thoughts are not so confined
how liberating would poetry for a living be?
truly fascinating if I could be just me
no true warmth can be felt in arctic smiles
days spent like this can never seem worth the while
the desire to run away is so fierce
that breathing itself seems a chore
if only i could abandon all and set out to explore
my longings alone would guide me to a land devoid of grey
where my imagination can run wild
where to dreariness it would never fall prey!

Words once.....mine.

what i could not say forever lay on the corner of a sidewalk..
marked by the pedestrian everyday
something so heartbreakingly ordinary yet i could not say
seasons changed..the walk at times frozen..drenched...arid
yet my words lay there...silently staring up at the passersby
shunned....forgotten....unfreed
i wonder how different it would have been...had i uttered them out loud
had i set them free...made them part of the crowd
they would have travelled afar instead of lying in tatters
might have even spread warmth like how a rainbow scatters
what is to now become of them?
for they are no longer the same
worn and faded they have become a part of the cobbled path
yes indeed i had feared this aftermath
a time will come when they will forgo even a curious being
unwilling to break free...never having witnessed spring
such a pity....such promise they held once upon a time
words that were once.....mine.

teach me life how to let go
for you rob me of things every now and then
if it is to be like this
then what am i to gain?
i m my own knight...saving grace every time the sky tumbles
to appease you infinitely am i to forever live in shambles?
the world tears apart and i keep watching in the midst of it all
helpless even though long before i know of its fall
i fail to escape the carnage...unable to look away
and in a blink all that was full of hope turns gray
one day i m afraid i would run out of colors to brighten it all up again
then life we would finally sit together to account for my loss and your gain.