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I am Teesta

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I am Teesta river, O' tourist do you see? I flow in Sikkim, he was built around me Twisting and turning, I follow you around Isn't my gurgling water the most pleasant sound? From the glaciers of the Himalayas I am born I am the anklet that the foot of the hills adorn From high up the mountains to the valley down below I dance, I bounce, I play and I splash as I flow! The rocks and pebbles are my childhood friends I tag them and run away, our game never ends Too heavy to move, the rocks grumble and frown I giggle as the pebbles chase me but soon drown Young men and women want to play along They join me in a raft and burst headlong I take them in a bumpy ride, quite full of thrill Be wary, I am boisterous, forgive me if I kill! Like a young maiden, I wear ornaments that I make The glistening grains of sand from the stones that I break The milky white froth and iridescent bubbles of air Are much like the flowers bedecking her hai

Bitter Memories

Memories lingering in my mind, What do you intend to remind? Hasn’t the past already gone away? Why won’t you let me live in my today?! Why do those memories still remain? When they can never soothe my pain! Don’t they just bring more tears? A thousand times over the years…. Reminiscence thus comes at a great cost Sleepless nights, days spent in being lost While tragic memories bring you tears Happy ones make you miss those years! Haunting me over and over again These hurtful memories only pertain To a wretched broken heart Writhing in torment, torn apart Flashbacks playing at the close of the eyes Reliving them differently in innumerable tries But the lies don’t help, I drown in remorse My guilt only aggravates this unbearable loss! Why does this memory have to ever last? Why does my present wander to my past? Each second spent to recall what’s gone Makes it even harder to move on It’s a wicked trap that befalls all men For t