Ending a Conversation....:-)

{ This is a poem i have written for some of my friends who had a characteristic end lines, really funny ones, and how i never managed to accept them as the endings. wrote this in my IInd yr mbbs. enjoy:-)}

I am a very simple boy,

With a little bit of fashion.

But oh my ! I don’t know how,

To end a conversation.

There the ones with sweet tongue,

They take you to a height,

And they just pull right down,

With a sweet goodbye, good night.

And the ones which annoy me most,

Do they think I’m a clown ?

Or one of those dumb mascots,

When they suppose they’ll see me around ?

Yes, there are some funny gals,

They prefer to use, ‘chalo’(Hindi)

And I smile and reply with glee,

Well, where do you want to go ?

Oh ! one of my personal favourites,

Where ‘achha’(Hindi) signifies the end,

Sounds like ‘yes’ is the call,

But the opposite message it sends.

And some just don’t deserve a phone,

They talk so little, so much so,

Though the talk has ended long ago,

There are miles and miles to go.

And then its me, the gentle guy,

I think how to end while I chat,

I never get the nerve to say goodbye,

And well that’s that.

I like those people, bold and all,

They hit you like a stone,

Like they have been ending things all along,

“Hang up buddy or I’ll bang the phone”

Arsh:-)

Month of May. by Arshaj

{ Six months after i had written a poem, my friends insisted that i give rhythm to the verses. }

I close my eyes

In a hope to see her again.

I search, my sight

Sees nothing known at another end.

I know you lied,

That you would come back for me instead.

I’m still alive, on . . .

These darkened roads just to tread.

I’ll follow you there,

I’ll follow you there where you stare,

I’ll follow you there,

Walking silently in an innocent Month of May.

So much to think,

Of many things I had to say.

I’ll give my life away,

Just find me some another way.

I fear, they fade,

Shadows from my past I barely see.

Are you for real,

Like those silences talking to me.

I’ll follow you there,

I’ll follow you there where you stare,

I’ll follow you there,

Walking silently in an innocent Month of May.

Arsh.

Day May Come.... (Lyric)

Changing seasons,

Changing days of my life.

I have a reason,

A reason to be alive.

No these failures,

Can’t get to me anymore.

And so is the same,

With tears and smiles.

I’ve been alone for long...

Long roads to travel,

I’ve been in the hearts,

Of the weak, & the strong,

To lose control now,

Of this life I’m leading,

I have a good feeling,

That sorrows end, i don’t pretend,

That day may come...

Life gives you,

Lot of things to live for.

May be I am blinded,

Too blinded, by my pride.

Must shed off the mask,

To see all the happiness,

These glares that I wear,

Preclude my vision beyond the tide.

I have been long for long,

Not long enough to forget...

Long roads to travel,

I’ve been in the hearts,

Of the weak, n the strong,

To lose control now,

Of this life I’m leading,

I have a good feeling,

That sorrows end, I don’t pretend,

That day may come,

That Day May Come...

Arsh.

Nothing to Lose?

The deep dark shadows of our minds

Set out, into the night

Fearless, as a beast,

Invisible, to our sight.

As the moon peeks from behind the dense clouds,

It faces their cold stare

They all rise in unison

To fight the battles those were unfair.

The Earth’s bed rumbles now,

It’s getting hollow from inside.

Its spirit eaten away,

By the dark human side.

And now even She doesn’t care,

If a beast lives inside.

She will surely show,

Her power, as we divide...

An eye for an eye,

And the heart missed a beat.

So much of hatred inside,

Slumbering in the heat.

Is our conscience asleep?

Or do we pretend to ignore.

That our bodies are no more,

And our spirit is all sore.

So much do we hate this place?

That life is no more precious.

Just an object we possess,

Just as worthless as we are here.

Have we succeeded to deceive?

Our mind, faithlessness and negativity ooze

All the innocence lost, we now believe,

There is nothing more to lose.

Are we not forgetting what we are fighting for?

We were the bright stars, in the setting dawn.

From what we aspired to become,

We have come too far.

Destroyed the keep,

And lost the golden hour.

The trickle of tears, hopes are torn,

Shooting stars fulfil no wishes no more...

Arshaj.....

Fading of the Stars...

(05-01-2010)

The dark skies seem darker,

The Sun has looked away,

All thoughts in my mind,

Have changed today.

Hope lies restless,

Like the flicker of a candle flame,

The walls around are broken,

The doors of my heart open..

For all i know we have,

Always tried with all our might.

Our will is all ours,

We’ve stopped to see the wonders that we sight.

When the roads were all open,

Have we failed to leap that extra mile?

And now we are far behind, so far..

Its the dawn of darkness now,

The fading of the stars.

Arsh.

(To be continued)

Break the Silence...

There is time to leave tonight,

To a place where we may fit,

I know, i have to find,

Somewhere to smile,

And someone to do it with.

Guess i, have lost enough,

Enough to learn this truth,

I don’t feel i have lived,

Lived like i wanted to,

And with whom i wanted with...

I see a road,

But the place where i want to go,

The light that i wish to see,

Some things just don’t exist.

Yet i believe to reach there,

I think its not fair,

To know where we would be,

When it rather be a mystery!

Its just because of these doubts,

I fail to break the silences,

Though i feel i might be right,

This is how far,

I can go and that's it.

I hate this state,

To feel something never felt before,

And to preserve it

As a memory, forever,

Like your soul.

I still know,

The road that doesn’t exist,

I still believe,

There’s a place where i can fit.

I break the rules,

Break all the silences,

Its not fate any more,

Its Destiny, is it?

Arsh.

And Lights are out...;-)

The lights are out,
But I am in.
And though I pray
I’m doing nothing.
So tell me now,
Is that a sin?
In a condition like me
I bet you are in.

So what is our fault?
Isn’t it god’s gift?
Even though electricity’s there,
There is always a big ‘if’.
He feels we should be rested,
How dare you break his wish
He’s granted the thing you need
The very thing you wish.

So tell me now you enjoy,
Under the blessings of good god.
Your best excuse and his ploy,
No guilt, it’s time you can afford.
But in the night, you need the light,
To brighten your dreams & gin.
And in the day when light’s away,
You curse but smile within…!

Arsh.

A Silence Within...

{Silence is a strong tool. It can be a great strength indeed. But i believe that we have to break our silence sometimes to set things right. Enjoy the poem....Arsh}

Who hopes for the laugh?
That is always coming by.
Who cares for a staff?
That Is always broken.
The hope that rises anew,
And a desire to begin,
But rising in stealth instead,
Is a silence within…

So far for long I’ve seen,
These clouds as they came by,
I guess, I forgot, they would,
Worsen all the ties.
With nothing there for help,
I try to standby,
I have the courage within,
And I try to lie.

This silence is so deadly,
I should make a cry.
For then only can I slaughter,
The silence that’s so sly.
And lightening tells in whispers,
Strong winds are they no more,
So grow a fragile thing within,
Into a POWERFUL CORE…!!!

Arsh.

A Long Kiss Goodnight...

Sanding on the heights,
Reaching out for stars,
That are now shining bright,
Just like my love in this light.
I can’t tell how I got this sight,
To see the hidden beauty of her, so quite,

And still she smiles at me,
And shyly draws her hair breaking my sight.

I felt as I am in a heavenly abode,
Just spying on the angels, that wore,
Silky shining robes of light,
That fluttered past me in a silvery gore,
And then a damsel ringed the bells,
Reached for me amongst the shells,
In her hair I saw a silver dove,
In an instant we fell in love !

I fell asleep, waking up in her lap,
Slyly and lightly she pulls me back,
And through the window I gaze once more,
The stars blink, pretty smiles they wore.
And now I return to her sparkling eyes,
She knows I’ll keep watching through the night,
And slowly she whispers in the dazzling moonlight,
Smiles and gives me a long kiss goodnight ! ! !

Arsh.

My First Date...:-)

{This was my idea for my 1st date as i thought of so many things that could go wrong and in the end turned in my favour. enjoy!!!;-)}

It was a sunny morning,
The stocks were high in rate,
But the most important thing that day
Was my first date.

Though the time was not till a moonlit night,
I was thinking, I was late,
For many things I had to set right,
Before tonight, I ate.

It all begins with a dress,
That I should or should not wear,
As my sister launches suggestions,
Oh! I can simply stare.

Not less than a supermodel,
Was my state of affairs,
Even the maid’s got time to watch,
Such sites, of course, are rare.

And then the time has come,
For me to roar and glare,
To shunt every thought aside,
I’ve gotta get something to wear.

And after seems like an eternity,
Cool attire, that’s mine
With lovely eyes & chubby cheeks,
I’m finally ready to dine.

Thinking on the roads alone,
How sweet will be a date of mine?
What she’ll wear, will our rhythms rhyme,
I’ve gotta get there by nine.

Avoiding the puddles on the street as
O Heavens it begins to rain,
If I get an untidy here,
Of course, it is my bane.

Instead I stared at stars that night,
They appeared so out of place.
With something cold just hit me thrice,
They just vanished without a trace.

After drying my glasses on a cloth, unclean,
I was soaked muddy till my sock,
I couldn’t remember the colour I wore,
Its entire glaze was locked.

With my joy and happiness packed off to hell,
I decided to take a chance,
I entered the dining place as shy,
I was a laughing stock.

And in those faces, I saw a face,
That summoned my smiles from hell’s gates,
There she sat, my once pretty date,
Giggling, in the same sorry state . . . !

Arsh.

If Only...

{I was inspired to write this poem due to a movie i saw that goes by the same name. The thought that what you may go through when you know that you are not goin to be there for someone you love is painful. And it does indeed make you a better person...}

If only, I would have known,
Where this day was leading to,
If only, I could have seen, once more,
In her eyes crystal blue.
The love that I had in me,
The happiness that I wanted to share,
And her smile’s what I wanted to see,
If only, once more, I would have stared.

Only love I wanted to give,
But I did hurt her heart somewhere.
Her feelings I failed to understand,
Got lost in my world, though couldn’t bear,
Strange, but a chance is all we get,
If only, I would have grabbed it, right then,
Could have stopped her, when she left,
She left, that I couldn’t see her again.

If only time turns back again,
So I can tell her how much I cared.
If only I can get a day or two,
Or even a moment with her, spare.
The pain that I feel now,
I just cry in despair.
If only, its just a dream, and that
I’ll wake up again in her arms, aware . . .

Arsh.

I Believe...

Halfway into the universe,
I see the burning of the sky,
The churning of our dreams,
Drowning, dying out tonight.
Like a dark secret prophecy,
That was revealed to us before.
And now faith and our prayers
Fail to hold....

And here i am, flyin away,
To where i have never been.
What am i to find there?
Would it ever be like my home...?

And how long will it take,
To reach there, in my sleep,
I will dream, i will dream...

That when the Sun rises again,
And the light reaches me,
I hope it burns my mistakes,
And then i will be free.
To rise again, preserve,
The beauty of what i see,
To this day i have faith, in me
I believe....

(...To be continued)

....Arsh.

A Murder of Time!

{Feelin sorry for what mankind has done to this beautiful Earth,
In order to live his dreams, Man has destroyed Her's}

Looking far and wide,
My vision now collides,
A thing, hard to recognize,
In its own disguise,
Laughing at the wise,
I don’t know what to say,
As many thirsty spies,
Are looting HER away.

Soon there’ll be no cries,
And neither birds nor flies,
I know it all today,
That there’ll be no way,
No fishing at the bay,
No earthly bond to bind,
And SHE’LL be ready to slay,
A Murder of its kind ! ! !

We’ll never be all that gay,
As an angry tide,
Can wipe us all away,
Leaving none behind,
And so SHE’LL find a way,
To stop her own slay,
Can you get away,
After committing such a crime ?

So think again twice,
And see that you be wise,
To stop this slaughter and slay,
Before the time slips away,
Coz then you’ll regret,
When SHE be in distress,
And will surely do HER best,
SHE’LL put us all to REST ! ! !

.....Arsh.

Judge of Character.

Your confidence smiles in sunlight,
Just the way you walk,
Augmented to the sky’s height,
The moment you talk.
& then you turn around,
A smile, those jaws unlock.
As you see life ticking on your wrist,
You are miles ahead of your clock.

Don’t wonder what’s in the day ahead,
It comes soon enough
& you extend your helping hand,
to the things you feel are tough.
Then turn around and vanish,
After someone’s out the rough,
Coz a thanks might rob you of
The goodness you know enough.

And never ever turn your back upon,
a friend who needs you to stay.
He’ll thank you for this gesture,
Maybe some another day.
Don’t grab the thing you love the most,
Let go, after your say,
Ain’t the force that determines your strength,
Its your ability to walk away. . . !

.......Arsh.

2 A. M...

The night is dark with a million stars,
The light it has is truly ours,
How far we have come without realisation, how far
We can go to save ourselves,
When there will be nothin to live for.
Just the salt of the ocean,
Won’t soothen our scars!

Now that the rains have started to fall,
Maybe they would clear our paths.
Show us the light in this storm,
Not of water, but remorse,
I hope we pay for all that
we have done from the start.
Like a dagger run through a fearful heart....

.......Arsh.

Seven...

{ In Genesis, God created the earth in 6 days and on the seventh day he rested. This was the first week, The number 7 is usually equated with the idea of perfection...:-)}

Seven seconds!
It takes me to miss you,
Seven hours of talk,
Seven hours of togetherness,
And just two of us,
Seven centimetres of drizzle, and fog
Seven hours of passion,
Seven hours of control,
Seven scents conquering,
Seven lands and points of ascension,
Seven days a week i miss you,
Can’t stay away from you for that long,
Seven nights of romance,
Seven notes of music, you sing
And love blossoms like a song,
That touches the strings of heart,
Seven lives together,
We would never be apart,
Seven months of love, affection,
Intense closeness n devotion,
Seven colours of the rainbow,
To Seventh Heaven, a leading path....

........Arsh.

IDENTITY...

{This is a poem for the new year 09, in hope to correct all the mistakes we’ve made in the past year, To discover the faith we have lost, to find hope, in an attempt to rebuild a future, so strong,That it cannot be shattered by differences of few...} ... Arshaj

Long time has passed,
For me to reach the place I wished
To see someday, rising above the rays
Of the sun, long time has passed,
I know I saw a reason,
To believe what I can be someday,
Just fell behind in this race,
I guess my eyes fell asleep.

Just a shadow of thorns, I see
I knew I’d feel the pain again,
In an attempt, I fade, I die,
To find my identity.
How did I find my way,
To this forbidden city?
Or was I destined to see the fall,
Of man, Oh! What a pity.

As a new day dawns, it burns
My eyes, to see the ruins we’ve made.
And slowly the lights of even stars,
Now begins to fade.
Woken up, to who I am,
I can rehabilitate, or Stand a watch over
The withered leaves and shooting stars,
And we share the same fate...

.....Arsh.

GANPATI BAPPA MORAYA

The following article came in the times of india today..... These are the many names of LORD GANESHA...:-) I knew very few. How many did you know???.....

Ganpati bappa moraya....
Arsh.

Behind The Face...

LIKE OCEANS HIDE WITHIN THEM,
THESE CREATURES CAN SURFACE.
LIKE THE MOON SOOTHENS US DOWN,
AND HEAT LEAVES WITHOUT A TRACE.
BIDING TIME THEY WAIT,
BEFORE THEIR TIME OF RACE.
THESE MYSTERIES SMILE SLYLY,
HIDDEN BEHIND A FACE.

EACH COIN HAS BUT TWO FACES,
THOUGH ONE AT ONCE WE SEE.
THEY ARE MEANT TO BE TOGETHER,
YET… SO SEPARATELY.
IN LIGHT AS ONE HALF GLOWS,
IN DARKNESS THE OTHER BE.
AND SELDOM DO WE DISCOVER
A FACE OF REALITY!

IT BRINGS JOY TO MANY,
BUT CAN BRING SORROW TODAY.
THE FACE THAT CARRIES A SMILE
ALWAYS BRINGS SMILES ALONG THE WAY.
A LAUGHTER SO CONTAGIOUS,
THAT SPREADS FROM FACE TO FACE.
THE DEEPEST SORROWS ARE LOCKED BENEATH
AND HERE THEY SHALL STAY.

BUT NO! WE CAN’T DIVIDE,
ONE FACE FROM THE OTHER FACE,
THE WEAK LETS DARKNESS DOMINATE,
AND SO THEY LOSE THEIR GRACE.
BUT NEVER EVER SURRENDER,
LETS BATTLE FROM THE BASE,
ITS ONLY YOU WHO CAN DECIDE,
WHAT FACE YOU WANT TO FACE?

...............Arsh.

Tears...

They might tell us everything,
Or they tell us nothing at all,
Many things forgotten,
Amongst many of other thoughts.
The eyes though they twinkle,
What they hold is not for all,
They try to draw some attention,
As these tear drops silently fall...

They know they might go unseen,
They sometimes lose their way,
And sometimes they just wait,
For some another day.
When they’re finally at the brim,
On your lashes they just don’t stay,
They trickle down and relieve you,
Of so much pain.

A drop represents a sorrow,
But the same may mean joy,
We fail to understand them completely,
It’s a mental toy.
They are with you when you’r happy,
And when prosperity goes,
It all depends on how you’ve bin,
And the seeds that you have sown.

Maybe it ain’t that bad,
When your tears show,
Remember that a ray can pass,
To show you a rainbow...

...............Arsh.

A Corner For my Band...

{In a desperate attempt to find a room for practicing n creating music, Sagar (the drummer of my band) just started this with 4 simple lines and I did my job as the lyricist of the band to complete the foll. lyric. We couldnt manage to get a new place for jamming, but we had fun. This song is dedicated to Sagar:-)}

Yeah, i’ve bin thinkin,
The place i deserve,
When we r the ones,
Tryin to hav some fun.

Yeah, i’ve bin thinkin,
How u don’t realise,
With our sweat n blood,
These melodies are done.

Do you still think,
This is the best place for us?
When half the junk here,
Is covered in more than just dust.

No, i want more,
Than a few sq. Ft. Of land,
It stinks, it smells, its boiling,
In here without a fan.

But we still don’t complain,
U think we’ll let our efforts go in vain...

Giv me a corner,
A corner for my band,
N u will realise that,
We’r a party from a different land.
U will dance, you’ll faint,
Yo! Take a stance,
We’ll make the party grand,
Just a corner, n we’ll make your hair stand...

Hear us out, n without doubt,
We r a perfect fit,
Drums n guitar n a hint of bass,
We’ll give u a dashing hit.

And if yet u think,
We don’t deserve the spot,
I say get lost,
You crazy or what!

Giv us the comfort,
N respect a little bit,
If not the music stops,
N that’s it.

So slimy gits,
Giv me a corner,
A corner for my band,
N u will realise that,
We’r a party from a different land.
U will dance, you’ll faint,
Yo! Take a stance,
We’ll make the party grand,
Just a corner, n we’ll make your hair stand...

........................Arsh.

The Silent Window...

I sit beside the window,
To see the dawn say goodbye;
And I gaze again above the trees,
To see the dusky sky.

I still sit there on the window,
Gazing at the dark horizon,
And the birds depart before my eyes,
I feel their harsh tones.

And the plumes of sadness fills my mind,
As the tears roll Abyss,
They never noticed those lonely eyes,
Not even the Golden fish.

I sit beside the window,
To see it swimming by;
And splashes water upon my eyes,
They open to the sky.

.............Arsh.

Banks of Anonymity

Boom! The sound of death,
The sound of pain,
No sound of music,
What sound remains?
Just cries I hear everywhere,
This has lead to nowhere.
But to the doom of mankind
All along every moment we stare.

Face this place if you dare,
There is fear and anger everywhere,
A glimpse of laughter you may see,
All malicious intent, it will be.
Walking away from these rotten grounds,
On the brim of inevitable calamity,
Ceasing tears, we wait silently,
On these Banks of Anonymity . . .

Can we stop this killing someday?
For a will to live, to exist, to stay.
Or do we just walk away?
Far away, searching a peaceful way,
And let the sounds follow,
Till her soul’s all hollow,
Green life turns yellow, to red,
Fading away, in the Sound of Death.

..........Arsh.

Alternative Endings...

" Slowly but steadily the leaves fall,
They think their journey is over now.
But when they are about to touch the earth,
The wind blows them and take them all,
To a place maybe good or bad,
But different, not the foot of the tree,
They were once on..."

......Arsh.

A Frozen Second....

Love finds a way home,
To the lips, and the smile they hold.
We are never alone,
There is the silence, before....

A breath of freshness,
As we retire to its scent so warm.
We just wait a little less,
Give it some time, before...

It blossoms, and knows you,
Just a moment has passed.
Don’t give up on it,
If it is, it’s the only one that’ll last...

Love is always there,
If you want it to be.
Just have to try to see,
Hidden, wrapped in beauty..
Subtle, as a veil, it is,
Between the seconds of your life,
Stop for a minute, or so
And you will see....


It will out-live you,
Even death, won’t do you apart.
You cease a small second, and
It’s a life time of vanilla heart.

These snowflakes as they fall,
Caressing my thoughts.
They awaken us again,
So gently, as the night ends, and there is dawn...

Let the deep yellow saffron,
Now open your eyes.
To the brightness that you missed,
While you rode alone in the night..

Love is always there,
If you want it to be.
Just have to try to see,
Hidden, wrapped in beauty..
Subtle, as a veil, it is,
Between the seconds of your life,
If you don’t stop for a minute,
You might miss it...!:-)

.................arsh..

The Wind Song...

I hear the wind blow,
Hold on to me, it says.
Let me take you
To the places that you love.
I will be silent but
You can make a racket if you want.
Let me take you,
To the places you want to go..
Watch yourself, fly over,
The world of your dreams.
Take a glimpse, We cant stay
I have to move on.
Breathing, the freshness of life,
Remember what you want the most,
Something, someplace,
Or even just a feeling...

And it comes to my mind,
And behind my closed eyes,
A picture, i took long ago,
It was alive, and she smiled.
Coming back to me,
Are all the memories, i've got
Awakens me, brings me back,
To the place of my dreams...
The wind has kept her promise,
That Angel smiles in her sleep...:-)


....... Arsh.

(...to be continued)

New Beginning ... {Lyric}

I have found myself,
Amongst many colours of life,
And i have gotten lost.

I feel cold now,
I’ve been homeless for an eternity,
Gotten used to the frost.

Many times i wish,
I could easily give up.
I have tried now and then,
But i cannot give up..

Now that, I've got hope,
In my heart,
And a habit of winning.
I’ve left all the failures,
In the shadows of my past,
And i head for a new beginning.
If an easier life,
Is what you want,
It is too much to ask for.
You better raise yourself,
Higher now we are,
Survivors of this war.

... Arsh.

(....to be continued)

The Realization mirror

Face the face
Behind your face,
And the face that you’ll see
Is a face amazed?
Coz the thought to face
The one you now face,
Can make you ready
To face your face.
That now you already know
What face you’ll face,
The fear that you’ll face
Is at least a face away!


SO NOW THAT FEAR
HAS LOST ITS FACE,
AND YOU FACE A TRUE
A CLEARER FACE,
A SMILE COMES FACE TO FACE
WITH YOUR FACE,
COZ YOU REALISE THAT
YOU KNOW THIS FACE,
AND THERE ARE NO FACES
JEOPARDISING THIS FACE,
AS THE FACE YOU NOW FACE
IS YOUR VERY OWN FACE.

............Arsh.