Monday 30 April 2012

Unknown

Ah, it is so difficult to forget
To be there where you are
For all I want is to see you once more
To share with things that I feel
But I know that how much I try
I will not be able to do so
All that I can do is to grieve for you
And hide my tears from the world's gaze
For while I struggle in this world
You are far away at some better place

A meaningful evening

I happened to spend the evening of 30th April with two of my closest friends Saumya and Vaidehi and my sister Sarah at an orphanage. We spent our time playing with the children, watching them sing and dance, talking with them and enjoying ourselves as well trying our best to make them happy.
The most of the girls at the orphanage were abandoned by their blood relatives and left at the doors of the orphanage. Interacting with them made me wonder how can anyone with a heart leave their children or children belonging to their relatives amongst strangers. Some of these girls were also physically and/or mentally challenged. It grieved my heart that somebody left his/her child just because the child was deformed.
However, on the other hand, I also noticed that every cloud has a silver lining. There are people completely unrelated to them who are always ready to help them by all possible means. It makes me wonder about what is love. Love is there in the smile of an innocent child, in the eyes of an elderly person. But why is love missing from our lives? Why is that we adults, who are physically and mentally capable of doing all work do not find time to love someone, to spend sometime with others? Why we cannot be more loving, more caring, a better human being?

Sunday 1 April 2012

Vision

I saw you in the crowds
And I saw you in the open
And when I saw you move
Afraid that I will lose you
I ran after you
And I ran and stumbled
And forgot my own path
As I rushed after you
I tried to call you back
But you kept moving
And you went farther and farther away
Till you faded away in the sunset
And the night blinded me
And now here I stand
Alone and crying in the dark
Wishing to be with you
But knowing that is not possible
And I wish you were here
For all I have are tears
While you have gone away