kaka

dear empathy,
how i touched you today
held your hand for a minute
and then went on ahead... walking my way

saw the old man, bloodied at the pant
the expression on his face... sound and brave
and quietly wiped his eyes
where his tears ran...

we shed a tear together today empathy
you,me and the wounded old man
just that our eyes dried up faster,
while his... his stifled a scream...

the anger raged in us today
when the old man's face was resigned
when he decided to walk back to his life
when his simple request to his small world
denied... reasons undefined

have said a prayer for you today too
as the train overhead passed me by
dear empathy, can't say i've been ignoring you
dear old man, its been many days since you walked away barefoot
even today... you remain invisible to the eye.

scarlett's faith

in the belief of a strength i thought i had
and the courage i felt i could muster
i wrote a story i wanted to live
i dreamt an end i wanted to see

it was the story of my life
and the protege was the milieu
those which should have been my words to convey
were belligerently being written by the other few

the stumbles and the falls
and i believed i would persevere
when i was broken, i stared around the bend
looking for a hope, i knew it was there

many roads i walked and halfway through i wondered
if it was the right road to take
and then i wondered why i wondered
when it was my own road to make

why they didn't understand
i never really could fathom
the blame on me did it lay
or were the minds closed, far too soon

for every chapter that remained unended
o scarlett i was reminded of you
against the fire u vowed to think
tomorrow,when you could handle it anew

the unknown end of my story, i wish tomorrow would come true.


PS: something i had written many years ago...still holds true...