Dec 17, 2011

Such is Life!

What is inflicted, shall be healed.
What is shed in tears, shall be regained in smiles.
What is snatched away, shall be gifted in perfect wrappings.

C'est La Vie...

A few lines I wrote as a reply to a comment.
Like them.

A word about the Image: The Celtic Tree Of Life.
Wikipedia Says:
Their branches reach high into the heavens. 
Their roots dig deep into the Earth. 
Yet all are woven together, 
signifying the connection between 
all things in the Heavens and the Earth.

The symbolism of the Celtic Tree vividly comes to life in (this) design by Celtic artist, Jen Delyth. 

(Image Courtesy: Google Images)

Dec 15, 2011

The Last Dance


When lights go dim, and the stage is deserted,
When claps go distant, and praises go scanty,
When music fades, and attire gets old,
When feet get torn, and heart gets tired...

Your arms I'll house,
Your beats I'll hear...

Silently, sitting next to you, holding your hand into mine...
I'll breathe my last, 
I'll read my last words in a poem...
I'll dance my last, 
I'll kiss you last on your eyes -
which were my constant audience, and
my source of motivation for delivering performances,
Not good or great, but always exemplary...


For the one who made me a superstar,
....I'll dance the last dance of my life!!


(Written: 17.11.11)


Image Courtesy: Google Images

Dec 12, 2011

Blessed Release


We advance, He moves a step farther.
We solve, He raises the level.
We try, He shows a bright light.
We fight but finally, He calls it 'Over'.


He's the puzzle maker, the ruler, the refree.
The Hindu mythology puts it aptly, He's the Creator, the Manipulator and the Destroyer.

Mute Puppet mankind is, in His hands.

He's the one above religion, above spirituality.

Pleomorphic, Powerful and Omnipotent.

He's no 'Named God', no faith; yet the supreme authority.

For people he's called The Almighty, for me he's The Theory of Natural Selection, personified.

Everything is temporary...Life, Health, Happiness, Pain. The only thing certain is the end. The end of pain, the end of illness, the end of morbidity.


Context: One of my cousins, who had long been suffering from a progressive pulmonary disease succumbed to it, today.

We diagnosed it, symptomatically treated her, for there is no cure to the disease, yet. (As a Doctor, I feel crippled and worthless in such situations. And the very next moment, even more determined to do something to help alleviate such disability in the face of the 'unknown')

We prayed, optimized, put our faith into Gods. But, it was not in their hands too. The end was inevitable, under the control of the one who balances the universe.

For us, this is a loss, a heartbreak.
For her two sweet small primary-school going kids, this is a tsunami wreckage.
For the Nature, this is the daily routine.
And, for her soul, this is a blessed release...

R.I.P. Nidhi Didi
(12.12.11)