Sunday, 29 June 2025

We never lose.....anything !

 I have been searching it for two days....

Didnt find it in love.....or friends....or family.
I found it in a moment I call my own.

I just found the feeling that was lost....
A feeling that could help me overcome disasters
A feeling that can help me sail through
A feeling that helps me to keep going....forward....
To keep putting efforts...
To not look at the returns....
To just live.....exactly as I want to:)
Happiness...they say is a choice...
I believe it is the positive side....of every situation .....every person .....every game.
Does it really matters....the winning or losing!
I suppose what will matter is how much I put in! How tough.....I became! And how boldly I made myself face the fight.......

I don't know How someone who made life judges our purpose here....and calls us back....
How every human learns ....being so different......so unique....
Some just keep blooming.....some who keep hating.....some who just dont have the time to live....they keep busy. Looks like I am too idle....to notice them all.
Or may be because I was on the lookout for my precious feeling that I lost....that I tried to find in each of them.....
Yet
Found it in me. 

Thursday, 19 June 2025

My heart grew bigger !

 You think I healed?

Good. If you believed!


I had a storm inside....that took alot of time...

The dreamer in me went missing since then...

It never settled...or was it waiting.......

For the thunder..or the rain.


I felt awkward....not in line...

When ever I took a step forward....

I was thrown back twice.

It wasn't working....

Untill the day.....rain took everything away!

What was hidden deep inside...

I witnessed it being washed away.

I cried like I lost myself....

For something that never meant.

Something precious that only I dreamt.....was broken.

And not every broken thing, can be repaired....I found.

That's when I realised

I could hear emptiness...speak...

Of how foolish I was!

To water a weed! 


You know how I felt then?

Instead of being in that state of sad....

I felt happy from inside!

Because I had done what I did!

And I had done everything right!

Not for once was I pretentious 

Or tried to hide.

Nor was I tired of trying!

Thats what helped me look through...

I realised I can never be healed...

Through the pain....or the loss...

I realised I can never escape some things...

there is no need to show a bold face!

I was waiting outside a closed door afterall

"Not Welcome" was the only sign it bore...

So I gathered all the courage,

To leave ...and never return...


And that was the time...when I realised...

Just like the brain grows with practice...

So does the heart after loss and gains!

My heart grew bigger! 

It learnt to let go...to give up....

It learnt to live with pain, suffer and 

It learnt to .....re start ! Reset ! Relive!


Monday, 26 May 2025

We watched the moon together ♡

 Just like everyday,

He walked me home.....

Though it was cloudy..but it was our thing to watch the moon together!

So we looked for the moon...

It took longer than everyday.


Standing on the side of the busy road..

he drew me close, stood behind 

His head rested on my shoulders....

His hands slid from my fingers....to my elbows,

I could hear his heart beat loud and clear....

He lifted his face...

Said, "I found the moon....what about you?"

The clouds never gave way to the moon

I said, "not yet." Asked , "Where is it?"

He turned me towards him ....

And smiled his naughty smile! 

He always came up with such things

And I always found them funny.

Before he could speak anything...

I pulled him to go home.

Yet this person who doesn't listen to me when he should....

Pulled me back,

Kissed me on the forehead,

And said, "Everyday when you look at the moon, I look at you."

That was true. 

He always looked at me....I had never asked him to look away :)

I still don't. 

Thats our moment and we need no words...

Thats how we have been ignoring the moon everyday :) 


Sunday, 18 May 2025

Let her be

Somedays I feel 

Women are enough !

Somedays I wish 

There were no men !

No prejudice....no comparisons

No biasness.....no judgements....

Or may be I wish....Men were not trained as 

The MAN - The KARTA from birth!


They could choose to not be responsible,

They could cry before people too....

They could feel .......show emotions....

They could.....IF they wouldn't have been trained....as

The MAN from birth!


Or may be if I was born in some place where 

Women are not "allowed" by men!

The Woman decides.....to stay or leave!

Her BRAIN could really function well!

Without minding the brains....of her father...brother...husband...or son!


And where she actually lives.....!

Lives a life......where she is giving !

Where is loving......where she is simple...

And where she is just herself!

Without the fear of validations !


Sunday, 11 May 2025

Rejuvenate

 I believe that home is where my people are....but right this moment....

When I am in the 2bhk where I have spent my childhood....Every lifeless thing......is speaking volumes!

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The dining where we had flavourful family meals....reminds me of the heartfelt laughters.........

The big mirror of my small room...reflects the little girl dressing up for her best days and adjusting the only accessory I wore then....my specs :)

The little cupboards that made my study...... I stored my clothes in.....look like I came out of some toy world.....yet I arranged them every now and then ! 

The living room....sofas .....still have that velvet cloth on which I made designs with my finger......

The long balcony.....still is like a mini garden....with beautiful birds singing for me!.....I used to keep standing there....to get a glimpse of them.....

Papa's rotating office chair was my artistic corner! That is the place I discovered I can draw;)

And above all these ...

Above all these material things.....

I remember this living thing I loved more than my younger brother ♡ I and Manisha didi brought him home without our parents permission...and papa said since he is here....let him stay and Harry was home :) 

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I don't know what happiness is. But I know I am thankful to have this moment when I cherish things around! When I tell the younger me....that Life is worth living! Leaving the nest! Coming back ! And living more and more ! 

And living doesn't mean....finding joy! Living means experiencing all that comes your way.....laughter...tears.....pain .....or struggle! After all everyone has a different story to write with a very different way of holding the pen and writing !





Thursday, 8 May 2025

They help me be me!























I finally understand the depth of these words. 
I have friends from different walks of life! And each one is so amazing ! I cannot  compare! I cannot even try!
When ever I talk to them 
I meet the coolest version of me
    Who believed in being nice
    Not to a person....or for a day
    But to everyone in this lifetime.
    

Wednesday, 16 April 2025

SHANKS thanks ;)

In the marathon called life

I met so many passers by,

Yet when he ran with me, 

I realised I preferred walking this time.

I wished time may go slow

I wished this feeling may grow

Of being loved and being with him

Looks like life unfolded me to him!


He doesn't make my things simple

He never compromises

He doesn't buy my yes or no

He says if it is about me....things can't be just so-so !

He waits...he stays.....

May it be dawn or midnight...

If it is about me,

He makes sure everything is perfect..is right.


Somedays he says ....he should have been a better HE ...that too for me.

but then I tell him...then he wouldn't have looked for me :)

I am happy he was bold...

I am happy he was more than nice

I am happy he took all the efforts

To make me call him "mine"♡


Thursday, 13 March 2025

Lets just live everyday.

Let me cry for this one time...

For the things I left behind.

Even though....Life is beautiful....more beautiful than I could have thought...

Even though this was not ....never my plan.

Even though I could have never been this blessed...!

Even though I grew out of the chaos that I never addressed!

Not always...did I have someone beside.....

There were days when darkness surpassed light,

Somedays when I managed to survive,

And some when I questioned the purpose of a human LIFE! 

I still don't have the answers...

but now I don't look for them....

NOW....I just live!

I live in the moment...as if

That is all I will ever have...!

SO !

To every person, I ever knew,

I wish you stay happy, healthy in this life.

May you realise 

Life is too short to judge and weigh!

Lets just live and let others live their way!

May we just stay humble and kind

May we always pray to God....

To have strength when we are faced with hard times!

And of all of this ....May we not blame the good or the bad....

May we be human.......because only humans can forgive, can understand! 


Monday, 10 March 2025

You make my world!

Looks like it took a while

But because I have had you all..... all this time

Even if things don't end up beautiful and nice

I will be content to just have you in this life❣️


My siblings were already in his written plans....but Shreyans! You were his surprise element....🐣😁


Sunday, 9 March 2025

My busy friend

I know we are adults, now

I know back then we were kids

But I didnt know..

Before sleeping on my worst of days.....

When I will count my blessings....

I will always count you ! My friend! 


I never wish to go back in time....

But our times together makes me nostalgic!

I remember everything so clearly

As if it was yesterday we met.

Became friends and had those

Talks and walks :)

I wish I really could pen down 

Every moment of happiness 

And moments of despair too

Thinking of this, I realise

The times are worth remembering 

Because I had you to back me up!


True! THAT time has become a beautiful memory now...

But I am still here and so are you!

Lets be friends !

We are on this earth for a very small time

Lets atleast try :) 


Friday, 31 January 2025

Like water....I flow

 When I was 18

I always wanted to foresee

What will I end up being !

Today I am 35

And like 18, I wish to forsee

What will I be at 50 ;) 


I never wish to go back

Change things in the past

Because every thing I did,

Was what I felt - was the right thing to do

At that time!


If I were to define my journey 

I would call myself a river

That went with the flow!


I have never stopped!

Even when faced with criticism 

When I felt unwanted

When I felt aimless

When I fell and gave up

gave up my most cherished things in hand.....

I never gave up on myself !

And looks like 

The writer of my story...

Levels me up....when ever I tried :) 

And I tried my best!


- my sister says this has come to me from my father - the character of not giving up....and giving the best shot when hardest hit :)


Saturday, 25 January 2025

Do not hesitate

 

I do share texts, quotes 

With friends and family

But I never advice people.


Yet if some day....

If I really have to give some advice...

I would ask people to NOT HESITATE!


I will tell....them.....

You and I are here for a very small time,

Wouldn't it be better to share our ups and downs

Talk more.....

Learn from each other's experiences 


May be the way you feel

Is exactly how I feel too! 

May be you have cloudy days 

But I am all drenched in rain!

May be people around us 

Are...waiting for us to open up:) 

And we fear they will judge or 

pity us!

May be they are waiting for someone 

To show courage too! 

May be they are waiting for someone 

To show up.....just like me and you! 

Friday, 10 January 2025

Mother - a special being

 My mother says,

"Spend the first day of NEW year, 

As you want your whole year to be"

I spent this 1st of January

Lying on the bed

All sick and tired !

"Does this mean the whole year 

I will be sick ?" I asked her

To which she replied,

"No! This means now you should eat healthy, do some yoga and take care of yourself!"

***

I too am a mother of two

I know how many stories I make each day

For them....I am like a god!

They believe me and love me

Even when I don't trust myself!


Did God really sculpted MOTHERS..

With unconditional emotions!

Strength that no one can match,

Care that none can reciprocate 

And love that flows without expectations!


***

If a mother would start journaling 

No one would believe...

The countless emotional tides,

she experiences every day.

Yet she is there each day 

to not just survive 

But to live, laugh and love!