Saturday, May 12, 2012

On my own

Its not easy
let me admit
to be alone

I figured this out
as I started to try
to be on my own

Throw open the curtains
when you're ready
to meet the sun

And the windows
to smell the evening rain
that first and then this one

Cook just enough
Have music fill your head
Lest anything else does

Step it up and sweat it out
Feels good it does, the work out
Left and right. Forward and back

Turn off the TV
Pick the book instead
And then back to "Crime at 10"

Eat when you're hungry
Pray when you're down
and pray when you're up!

Make that list
Plan your day
Strike 'em off, in pink today

Call a friend, meet one
Call another, wait some
Listen, its still raining.

Finish that report
Blog this out
Write a bit, think it through

Peel away, fear!
Tie up your hair
Set it free too

Some mango ice cream
Some Roohafzaa
Defrost the fridge and wipe floor clean

One meal to another
This task to the next
Stay alive now, last it out

I long for a terrace
to spy on the world
while staying unseen

Better still
climb and stand tall
on a mountain top, green

Be wrapped up by the winds
and fly with them
all thoughts away!

There, alone is ok
the self breathes deep
amidst the mist and its silence

Listen, it rains still
outside these windows
Alone I sit, behind these curtains

Its not easy, I admit
to be alone
Lets see how well I last
before my dear is home.

6 comments:

Aparna Kalley said...

Awww for the last line :)

Write my lovely write :D

Though you seem forlorn
and a bit love lorn
your inner spirit is not torn

heh heh mwah

Aparna Kalley said...
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k j pavan said...

Your 'dear' is speechless!

k j pavan said...

I really am the luckiest to be part of your wonderful world :)

Drifting said...

Loved this one :)

Vaani Arora said...

Write more often. Big hug :D