The domino effect

I was there
Just existing
Working on myself
Evolving by learning to dance
To read more
To smile openly
And that was it
and you were there
Going through the tension
Through the trauma
Through the challenges
Through the hardships
Trying to face them
Trying to avoid them
Trying to solve them
And whenever possible, fix them
You were giving your best shot
Sometimes questioning, “Why me?”
Crying through the night
Waking up with sore eyes
And worse, sore mood
and ill health
But you were not giving up
But the thoughts and memories always linger
It kept haunting you
You kept dodging them
And so was the battle played
You were eventually tiring
The thought of giving up was creeping in
But you held on
You didn’t doubt yourself
You didn’t question your past decisions
Which led you into this very battle
It was what you chose
And maybe you accept it now too
But, now you got yourself a cheerleader of a sort in me
Someone who can try to encourage you
And try to help you to not give up
Not to give in
Not so soon
Not ever
And you feel confused
That you never asked for a cheerleader
So, why him? Why now?
And I do not have an answer
All I can say that life is such
And everything follows the domino effect
Each and everything in your life
And mine
Have led us to this point
And hence here we are
You fighting your battles
With more ferocity and more calmness
Not only for yourself
But also maybe for me
And also for others who mean the world to you
And hence comes the saying
“United we stand,
Divided we run towards each other to be united.”

P.S.: Today’s song pick is I swear by All-4-one. I used to listen to this song in loop and then forgot all about it and now it is back again in my life and I welcome it with open arms and the memorized humming of the lyrics. How are you all? What are the weekend plans?

The voice of Time & Happiness

Have you ever seen me? Have you ever touched me? Have you ever heard my voice? Do you ever imagine how do I look? No?  Well, but I exist. Everywhere. The harsh truth is: No one really believes in me. I have seen the very first formation of life as bacteria and algae to stars and galaxies. I remember everything about everyone.  Their past, present and future. The thing is that I can’t speak on my own, unless I really want to. I am bound to the one Superpower, about whom I wouldn’t speak anything.

It has been just a few years for me. Let’s say from the early stone age to modern day world. I have seen people evolve, technology evolve. But they haven’t really evolved from within. They have actually become darker with regards to their thoughts and nature. They are scared of the society. The social class. The society they made themselves. They can have what they want, at times, but they don’t stretch their hands to hold it because of social awareness. They do what they don’t want. And they do nothing for what they actually want. Reasons may be many. It’s true for most of the situations.

Well, that’s just one aspect of life. Now, something about one thing which everyone might agree. Every action has consequences. Every word, spoken or written, has consequences. Even someone’s silence does have massive consequences. No action has consequences, too. Dig a little deep into your minds and take a little leap of faith. For there is nothing wrong with taking an action which could result in something you dream. Something you desire.

Now, let me tell you a little story about ocean tides: Once the tides yelled at me that they are tired of their routine exercises on and off the shores. That was the only time I saw them come to me. They didn’t come after that day. Reason?  I said, “All right. You are asking me for something against your nature.  So you want to stay at the same place like waiting for someone? Right?  Fine. You can take rest. But sooner than later you will not be fine. You will stink. Shout for help. But no one would hear you then. And if that happens, don’t you come to me again.”  Hence, it goes this way, “Time and tide wait for none.”

Can you relate this to human nature? What am I trying to tell? There is always going to be ups and downs in life like tides. That is the very part of everyone’s life. No one is truly happy or truly sad here. If you think a king is happy, you are wrong. There’s a proverb:  “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.”

If you think that a poor family is sad, well, not always. Their happiness is when the Mother sees her little children have their meals after a day of work. The Father earns for  the happiness of the kids. So there is little  happiness there, isn’t it? True happiness is something which I have seen elude many, many over the ages.  If you can’t relate to  this, you got to get under the skin of people to truly understand why and how they are what they are. And then you’d find the true meaning of happiness.

Now, wrapping off  this little text for your convenience. The future: Everyone cares and is scared of what future holds for them, right? Well, it’s good to plan for the future. But do not let it ruin your present. For I have seen a lot of time people waste in their lives waiting, waiting and waiting for the “right time”. That makes me wonder when I was wrong?  Right?

P.S.: Isn’t this post classic? I am not trying to praise my work. This was not written by me. This was written by my cousin, the one who wrote THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE & THE COLOUR OF WATER. He is a blessing to me and helps me in my shortcomings. Hope he writes more and shares with all of us. Today’s song pick is Layla of Eric Clapton 🙂

Read it..

Read it.

You are in present.

Read it again.

You are in the present again.

The last READ IT

Is the past now.

The first READ IT

Is also the past now.

The next Read it

Will be the Future

Future is uncertain!

That Read it may never come

It may be Write it

Future is tricky

Think about the Future

Plan also

But don’t make it engraved that

It will pan out the way you think

Past.. Oh! Killing, shame, gone

Why to re-live it?

Didn’t you get it?

It’s gone

Just like a bird

Freed from a cage

It would never want to return

Within the boundaries

Yes! It’s gone

Let it fly

What you can do is…

Enjoy it’s flight

Not crave for it in the cage

Smile, when it flies with other birds

Smile, when it chirps

Smile, when it smiles back to you

Smile & bow down, when it’s grateful for the freedom

Smile and go to sleep

Next day, it will be there

At your window

To remind you

It hasn’t forgotten the manners

And still remembers you

The best thing you can do is

Feed it & Free it..

Hope you get it

If not..

Go above and again READ IT!

For how long?

I am happy now

But for how long?

I am so sad

But for how long?

I have a feeling to end it all

But for how long?

I want to stay aloof

But for how long?

I don’t understand what is next

But for how long?

Will you be my partner?

But for how long?

Let us be together forever

But for how long?

Let there be peace in our lives

But for how long?

I want to keep kissing you

But for how long?

For how long

Do I need all these things

Till they will last

This period of how long

Is not something pre-defined

Or something static

It varies in various situations

And also on the people

Present in that situation

But for how long

Will my life depend on it?

For how long

Will I feel this pain?

For how long

Can I keep you happy?

For how long

Things will stay good?

For how long

Things will be worst?

Forget all this shit

The main thing is

For how long

Can I keep myself in control

From all these mere things

And keep accepting

And tackling the situations

And this power within

Will define all the time constraints..

Free Style writing – Part I – Mischief..

Firstly, I just love the idea of Free Style Writing !! This is fun & if you haven’t done it, please let me nominate you. Write in this Free style writing challenge & feel the heat (as its summer 😛 )

I was nominated by Hargun Wahi for this & Thanks a ton for it 🙂 I am very very VERY late so sorry and the next free style writings also coming up soon enough 😉

Please go & check her site, she’s awesome & her posts can make you think differently for sure !!

Rules:

1. Open an MS Word document(or any other editor)
2. Set a stop watch or your mobile to 5 minutes or 10 minutes whichever challenge you think you can beat.
3. You topic is at the foot of this post BUT DO NOT SCROLL DOWN TO SEE IT UNTIL YOU ARE READY WITH A TIMER.
4. Fill the word doc with as much words as you want. once you began writing do not stop even to turn.
5. Do not cheat by going back and correcting spellings and grammar with spell check in MS WORD (it is only meant for you to reflect on your own control of sensible thought flow and for you to reflect on your ability to write the right spelling and stick to grammar rules)
6. You may or may not pay attention to punctuation and capitals. However if you do, it would be best.
7. At the end of your post write down ‘No. Of words =_____’ so that we would have an idea of how much you can write within the time frame.
8. Do not forget to copy paste the entire passage on your blog post with a new Topic for your nominees and copy paste these rules with your nominations (at least 5 bloggers).

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I WAS GIVEN THE TOPIC: “MISCHIEF”

Timer counting down

Is it indicating it will end?

Or it will start again?

Latter is good

Because if time ends

What will live?

Where will all my thoughts & past be?

Time willbe forgotten

Just like all the other things which ends

And if we forget time

There will be no present

Only past

All the good times, past

All the Bad times, past

All the past times, past

Where will we br?

Will be age?

Oh I am deviating from the topic

And to say its 3 minutes gone

And I didn’t think of MISCHIEF

OH now I understand

Time is mischievious

It has already started playing with me

Not making me concentrate on

The given topic at hand

And trying to seek my attention

Just like an attention seeker girlfriend

But it don’nt know

That the attention seeker gf

Doesn’t always get all the attention

Just in the beginning

Then its all tata buh bbye

See, she is in the past 😀

And the concentration again comes

Back to the topic at hand

At this is how mischievious Time is

Because we believe we live in the present

But TIme makes sure

That we always think

That we always lived in the past.!!

Time- 6:50

Words- 205

Thank you for the great writing challenge. I would nominate many people as such. But anyone else who likes the topic or want to write can surely go ahead & write 🙂

Nominations:

Maryam

Aadhira

Jeni

Kritika

Naima

Priiya

Archita

Saloni

Now your topic: “UNDERESTIMATE”

I hope you enjoy completing this challenge, as I did. Good day!

Difference between E and I…

Think about your present
And the future
And life will be b’E’tter
Think about your past
And life will be b’I’tter
And that’s how its always is..
Do you agree??

Life has the last laugh !! or does it??

What is correct?

What is legit?

What is right?

What is acceptable?

What is better?

What is common?

When the past invades your present

What happens?

Does everything comes as a flashback

As if it just happened

Yesterday

No!! Just an hour ago

And now it seems all scattered

Is this what happens?

Or it already seems a distant past

And you can seldom remember

Anything clearly

It is there in your mind

Yes because it happened

In reality with you

But all is vague

And you don’t want to

Rub your hand like on the

Foggy glass pane

And want to see your past

In clarity because

You think that its gone

And let bygones be bygone

And you succeed also

Kudos !!

But till how long, is the question?

You will succumb

Not instantly may be

But eventually

And life will be there

Having the last laugh

As if it HAD you

All down on your knees and drenched

But….

Yes you were down but not buried

And hence you rise

You get someone more lovely

In present, or in near-future

And you get the reason

To smile back at life

And think(not say)

I have Her and I am happy !!

Life didn’t get to have the last laugh

And it never will

Death may have the last laugh

But, till that no matter what

We must have lived our life up to the fullest.

Counter clockwise moment..

I am trying to sleep staring at the ceiling of my room

Concentrating on the blades of the fan

How they are moving counter clockwise

And their peculiar movement brought back

All the hidden and long forgotten memories

It is as if I am looking on a projector

The blades of the fan not being any hindrance

I can see us talking on the couch

Laughing and teasing at the beginning

Being friends and exchanging numbers

Then talking to each other late nights

Trying to make the other smile when gloomy

Trying to make the other special

All those times of intermingled fingers

Of closeness and of intimate moments

All right there in front with the best smile

On her face and the feeling of completeness

On mine and the air filled with love and care

There were moments of tangos and dancing

And laughs and me on my knees

And she covering her face with her palm

There were moments of quarrels also

With her facing the other side

And me holding dairy milk but with vain

There were times of support also

When my Grandpa expired and she was there for me

Holding me right and trying her best to make me feel better

There were times of anger with no one letting go of ego

And not talking for weeks but just 1 sorry

1 smile was enough to make things straight

There were hugs and touches and locked lips and trust

It was US there and then a drop of tear

Rolled down from the corner of my right eye

It was like reality punched me at my gut

And all I could do was turn my side

Rub my face on the pillow

Hoping that she is happy and not going through the same phase

And not looking at the fan helped me

Avoid the past and gradually I was

Inside the blanket of sleep!!

Prisoners of Regret..

The present is what all we got,

The past is left behind,

The future has no shape,

Hope I will be found by someone whom I want.

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I wanted to be with her,

wanted to make her smile,

but now all I got is her phone number but no courage,

to talk to her because the time is gone.

I didn’t tell her, she got her love,

I am left behind, just thinking about her,

her simple smile.

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I wish I had, told her how I felt,

then I know I wouldn’t had been a prisoner of regret,

I would had been a free bird then,

but now it’s not like that, and I feel so suffocated.

I wish I had, done something to express my love,

then I know my future would had taken a good shape,

I would had been happy and surely she too,

but now it’s not like that, and I feel so suffocated.

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Life is short, making decisions difficult,

but always make sure you don’t make any decision that you live to regret,

because there is just no bail for the prisoners of regret!!