The Year Gone By

The Year Gone By
Broken promises in the year gone by
Promises to myself gone by
Promises kept up in the year gone by
Promises to do something new
Promises to have fun
Promises to live and enjoy each day
Cheers to the New Year Ahead
But I have more promises to keep this year
I have more things to do this year
And I have to learn to live life this year

The Year Gone By
Taught me to be humble
No one is infallible

The Year Gone By
Taught me to do what I was afraid of
Never fear fear

The Year Gone By
Taught me anger and anxiety are not always bad
But they need to be in your control

The Year Gone By
Will not come back
Live each moment, it too will not come back

What Am I?

I love, but hate too
I care, and despise too
I can see, but still blind
I am a learner and a teacher
I have a dream, but am confused
I am nothing, I am everything
What Am I?
What Do You Care, What Do I Care
I Am What I Want To Be
I Am What I Am

Paradoxes of Life

The Paradoxes of Life
are Long and Short
Long Life, for Short Memories;
Broad Visions, and Narrow Actions;
True Friendship, but False Hopes;
Hatred Abound, with Love Lost;

We claim to have a lot of friends, but do we even know their favourite colour, or their first love, or the songs that they like? ... Isn't that the long and short of our friendships

We claim to wanting to do a lot of things in our lives, both personal and professional, we have broad and big vision; but do we back it up with equally broad and big actions? ... Don't we have inaction, or narrow actions at best?

We claim true friendship, but are we really there when our friends need us? Don't we have excuses just when they need our help? Are we not giving our true friends, false hopes?

We have so much hatred within us that we have lost the meaning of loving ... Loving our family, our friends, and loving ourselves ...

I Love You Because

I LOVE YOU because ...

you showed me my dreams,
you pushed me to achieve more,
you encouraged me when I doubted myself,
you held my hand when I was lost,
you trusted me when no one else did,
you taught me to separate the right and the wrong,
you cared for me when I was alone;
and
because
you lived your life as if it were mine;
I Love You because
there is no reason not to ...

Love

Love is

knowing each others' likes & dislikes;
sharing dreams & passions;
growing together;
agruing over petty stuff,
but agreeing over everything else;
fulfilling wishes before they are said;
enjoying one another;
pampering children together;
a friendship for a lifetime;
a bond forever.

Thank you my dear wife
for loving me this much
and even more.

On Friendship - Part II

Life always give us many opportunities
to make friends, to do things we wanted, to love and to be loved;
Some knock on your door,
Others come in through the window,
like gentle wind, or like a thunderstorm;
Don't fret over what is lost,
Think about what you lose
when you live in the past;
Hold them, feel them, keep them,
Each is different,
Each is unique.

On Friendship - Part I

Walking down the path of life
We make many friends
Each special in a different way
Each special in the way the touch our souls
All friends move on
And so do we
Still we do not want to let go
But we have to ...
So that each of us can touch more lives
And make more friends

Old Poem

Here's a poem I had written some eons ago (when I was 13 or so).
I still don't know whether I write well or not, but does it really matter?

This one's titled Courage.

Even if you know the art of fighting,
Fighting with anything, just anything;
You've got to have one more thing.
You need it even if you have skill.
You need it even if you have power.
You need it even with the best
Weapons of fighting a war.
You need it even when you want
The world's best things.
Well, you need courage.

I haven't edited this since it was published in a Children's magazine in August 1988. Nor do I intend to edit it now.

But a few after-thoughts are always welcome, isn't it.

As of now, I'm really not sure whether courage is more important or lack of fear or both (or none).

Do let me know your thoughts.