Confusion

Confusion

Confusion, Confusion

Is the other me

I really am

Confused…

Intimidated I am

Feeling close

Feeling in love

But not in love!

Confusion, Confusion

Is the other me

I really am

Confused…

--NP

You Said...

You said…

You said,

It’s lonely at the top;

I looked around,

It was lonelier in the crowd.

You said,

Your friends’ve taken you for granted;

Think again,

You could call someone a friend.

You said,

You’ve never gotten back what you gave;

So,

You Expected!

You said,

You were low and no one cared;

Did you hear?

Someone else’s silent tear?

Think buddy…

Think!

--NP

Of Eighty Things

Of Eighty Things

Makes me wonder why

You never get what you give.

They say you do.

I doubt.

I cared for someone;

Who never looked back at me.

Not that I wanted it,

But an ‘introspection’ proved it!

Was I a fool?

Because I cared?

Thinking thy was close,

I wonder!

I gave a hundred

(At places)

Got only eighty back

Did I give all?

Is life teasing me?

Trying to have a good laugh?

Well…it hurts, you know!

--NP

Not an invite...!

Not an invite…!

I don’t know what I find

In those cold walls,

Outside the window:

I don’t know what I stare.

What If see you here;

What if I see you there;

I don’t know

What I will say

I look here and there

Wanting to catch a glimpse of you.

Your voice is what I crave.

Your touch is what I miss.

I wish to meet you once,

Just once more…

‘Coz nothing is forgotten

Nothing at all!

Now I can’t really bear

The restlessness inside me

The loneliness around me

Don’t drool

In my dreams

Of the day

And night

Barge into my life

Take me away!

Walk into my life

And push me out of it.

I have wings;

Teach me to fly.

I have a heart;

Teach it to beat.

I have a mind;

Teach it to think.

I have feelings;

Teach me to sense.

Come again

Into my life

Or leave my mind

At once!

--NP

Waiting...

Waiting…

Once again this depressing blow;

Why it always happens, I don’t know.

I look out from these grills

Bars they are, I only shrill.

A gloomy cloud descends

It’s difficult, no one bends.

I get what I need

Not what I wanted always

It’s wrong to ask

You err if you ask

To breathe is wrong

To live is wrong

Yet I am being optimist

That’s all I can do for now

Dark clouds hover

I am waiting -

For seasons to change

For spring to come

Springs to burst

When birds fly free

Music in the air

Minds are calm

Relaxed and gay

When dreams are made of smiles

And days are bliss

Pleasant is the whether

Not hot not cold

Dumbstruck is life

Intricate it is

Confusing more

Thoughts are more

Words are few

I am just…waiting.

--NP

Life

Life

Life’s playing games with me

It always wins –

A cheater that it is!

Life’s playing pranks on me

Having a good laugh.

Can I have the last laugh?

Life’s burdening to me

Maybe even I am same to thee.

Lets loosen the strings to solace,

Lets open the doors to sanity,

Lets walk towards sanity,

Lets live in peace.

--NP