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Voice From The East

Neel Preet

Copyright © 2016 by Neel Preet.

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Contents

1.. Ballad Of The Black Fort

2.. Bose

3. Dauntless

4. Difference

5. Dream Girl

6. Drought

7. Earthquake

8. Expectations

9. Feelings

10. Glimpse Of That Witch

11. Her Virtues

12. I Want

13. It’s Haunted Tonight

14. Jesus Told Me

15. Kite On The High Hills

16. Let These All Happen

17. Lost By An Inch

18. Love Me For

19. Mood Swings

20. Mother Saraswati

21. Native Land

22. No More Grudge

23. Noah’s Ark

24. Risk

25. So Many Dreams

26. Soil Of The Magadha

27. Some Things Never Change

28. Story Of The Night

29. The City Has Changed

30. The Foregone Days

31. The Unwanted Dream

32. The Wild Story

33. Time Flies

34. What Not To Say

35. When I Met Her

This Book is

dedicated to Nana Ji & Nani My Elder Brother, Parents & Family

And to these close ones of mine Smriti Ratan & Maily Vir, those adorable school friends of mine who always had understood and backed me up keeping faith in all of my moves;

Vikas Kumar, Amber Anand & Subhomay Saha, those comionate school friends of mine who always had been very generous to me and with whom I shared my school days memories;

Rishabh Jaitly, Prateek Kamboj & Naman Sharma, my friends who stood by me and had taken care of me like a family member;

Jatin Bhutani & Saurav Singh, my friends who had ed me and encouraged me by always appraising my efforts;

Navneet Kaur, Varun Sharma, Mayank Singhal & Sonali Chopra, my friends with whom I share some of the most remarkable memories of my college life and the ones who always gave me reasons enough to cheer;

Shubhangi Verma & Anjali Shukla, those wonderful friends of mine who always went through my poems and gave their honest reviews and suggestions which actually helped me far long to understand the readers’

perspective;

Kunwar Gaurav Giri, Rakesh Singh & Satyam Singh, those brilliant people who acted as elder brothers to me in my hostel life and always taught me enough good deeds to help me in becoming a better person.

Acknowledgement

An Effort to count on all those who gave me the Strength for having the Vision to shape up my Imaginations; Yes those minute things got collected together to form up this complete matter.

To all the teachers who edified me at all different stages and in all those different institutions where I got the privilege of getting my mind mentored to which I can only say that your obligation of showering knowledge upon me will stay priceless to me forever.

Mr. Madhukar Singh, for giving me the Winning Formula of Life;

Mr. Allan Cowell, for teaching me Literature & Discipline of Life;

Mrs. Kalpana Sinha, for standing with me in all my lows & helping me to get all of my complications sorted out;

Mrs. Sudha Mathews, for trusting, ing & encouraging me;

Mrs. Ranjita Mitra, for always trusting me even when the world declared me wrong till I turned the world as my stage once again;

Mrs. Sweta Saurabh Sahay, for finding out the voice inside me & making me recognize my skills & creating a leader in me;

Mrs. Namita Sinha, for teaching me Humanity & covering all my mistakes each time from the world till I learnt to correct them all for you were my mother & the first teacher of life.

Mrs. Tripti Toor, for being liberal & extremely ive to me;

Mrs. Smita Mishra, for spotting out my uniqueness at the very first meet & believing in me & my qualities;

Miss Marian Fidel, for securing my interest to get my book published being my Publishing Consultant at Partridge India;

Mr Pohar Baruah, for guiding and helping me throughout my publishing procedures being my Publishing Services Associate at Partridge India;

Partridge India Team, for cooperating a lot at every important step and to get my first book published.

Very proudly I would say that all the institutions where I had been as a learner at different stages of my life has the biggest role to play in the path of my achievement. My schools Don Bosco Academy and D.A.V. Public School gave me reasons enough to always keep moving ahead in my life while my college Rukmini Devi Institute Of Advanced Studies made me realize the values of my

dreams.

The one fact that stands here is that I never turned out to thank you all the way I should have done for your well wishes and the blessings you showered upon me which indeed had enriched me but another fact which is always going to stay is that you all are the irreplaceable no matter how far distanced we may be and how much more years may by.

1 Ballad Of The Black Fort

Westwards in the outskirts of this megacity where only temples and cattle exists, A road connects one right from the highway to the old fort which for an unknown reason was old enough to be listed in historical monuments of the state. The fort is believed to be once the palace of the native ruler until the foreign invader robbed the throne from the king, But now it is only a fine dark ruined fort for the tourists and the historians to gather and hear the story of the old fort from the locals.

Tragic was the story of the king who was defeated in the battle and lost his kingdom. And just to fill a soul with remorse was probably why this story is still kept alive, The cruel invader had not stopped only by conquering the palace and establishing his rule in the state, But also he carried the nasty ceremony of brutal burning to death of the former king along with his royal family.

Terror which started from the fort was then spread over the entire kingdom with black clouds of misfortunes moving in the sky of the state, While the new ruler was considered to be unworthy by the subjects chaos was developed everywhere in the state. Ministers who were loyal to the former king decided to take an ultimate step of

which nobody knew the consequences that would follow, It was the time when the entire state was submerged into the feelings of revenge.

Astrologers were called upon by those ministers to set forth the perfect time for carrying out their purpose, The black magician was then promised that he would no longer be abandoned in the kingdom by the loyal ministers of the former king, By sitting on the bank of that holy river on the no moon night he conducted his rituals. The very next morning news spread in the entire state which filled the entire state with festivity, The royal palace of the state was completely burnt having the invader king along with his family inside.

It took an entire week to get the fire completely extinguished from the fort, They say that nothing pleasant ever happened to any of the king who resided in the fort after the revenge night. The revenge had ended by taking up the lives of many innocents turning the fort to be cursed, Moreover the burnt fort was not only turned into black but also had turned those time

2 Bose

He had chosen his headway across those treacherous paths where he had to take the bull by the horns.

While his clever escape under of nose of the British made him the master in the art of disguise,

But we know that this paladin also mastered the art of conquering his fellow countrymen’s heart.

Salute to his endless sacrifices and countless efforts to snatch back the freedom for his motherland,

He released the prisoners of war to found his brave army igniting the hopes of freedom in million hearts.

He rose up the voice from the east loud and clear to the world and made his advance glorified.

He is ed for his revolutionary out of the box approach he is Subhas Chandra Bose.

3 Dauntless

Can stand all along by own for he requires none to company him in the pursuit,

Neither would the stout hearted welcome any soul in his quest nor would any auxiliary oblige him.

Believes in no companionship but still stands for the stony broke more than any boon companion,

Expects no commendation from anyone nor has any desiderate from anybody.

Has the own pride of his walks the only pride of the planet that stays unbeaten.

Not afraid to take the charge alone when none dares to stand and still steals the conquest solely,

Such spirited extraordinary mettlesome can never be dismayed by any malefactor.

4 Difference

While they kept on mocking at every stride of mine they only went on making me sturdy,

The more I walked upon the boulevards less travelled the more I found the fingers rose upon my move.

For me it was like sculpting my reasoning all ready for all ordeals what so ever might I confront.

While they kept on judging me constantly and each of those times with their wrong sense of judgments,

I stayed hushed and continued steadying forward providing occupations to the unwaged indolent folks.

And being the captain of my voyage I directed my ship in my own ways to reach that conclusive destination,

So here’s the difference as those who ever had interrogated me now hides stuffed with all the answers.

5 Dream Girl

Because I can never find someone like you, So I would never search for anyone apart you. Dreams can be real that’s why I don’t fear, So even after voyage of years you are near.

Time moves on and tide breaks out, But ships wreck down not the journey. Lost in the middle of ocean, You showed me the way.

Because you can see the shore, I don’t have the fear to sink. Because you are the dream girl, The destination is so clear.

Because you have the heart of million fathoms, You possess sacrament to forgive the mistaken. The heaven to me is to sail having you by my side,

In the ocean of dreams you are the lighthouse.

6 Drought

Flooded were the houses on this barren land with all the hungry stomachs of the fellow villagers.

Yes those statistics would have presented you the accurate number too till now,

But there were no statistical data to tell about any helping hand for that barren land.

And the gangs who fled away from the village years ago to keep away from the pain of hunger,

Now construct bridges in the cities but none of their bridges connected to their own village.

Seemed as if there were no ways present for the nourishment of the people of the dry land,

Who fulfilled the aspirations of several by allowing them ruin their own landscape to produce energy.

Now they have none of those fellow beings to return the favor back to the

villagers,

Even the dam which was created in the region kept that region deprived of the electricity.

Since the ones who generated electricity out of the cost of the villagers just lit up their own lives,

They made the sinful mistake to forget the ones who made them but the heaven sees everything.

The ones who had lost their roots cannot stand still longer as wind blows away the rootless nimbly,

The almighty would never forgive the cruel ones who made his children starve for food.

7 Earthquake

The boy sitting by the window, young and unaware had nothing to do rather than his usual holy deed of iring the beauty of the land far away. For he knew nothing absolutely that the present morning would not have the same end was still so cheerful and lost in the thoughts like a daydreamer.

The quake came and gone and before he could understand a thing he lost his all. The cascade of tears were unstoppable, even the executioner would have turned pink with pity. O the poor lad not did ask for once what was it rather his anxiety lied in why was it?

It was late now and he had to abide by the command of the god as he had no other option left. Dear lord please forgive me for I want to know what his sins were. O supreme have some pity on thy son who is left with nothing not even the salty tears on his face now.

The brave is not complaining anymore for he had learnt what life means. He is out there on a journey now with no resentment and no expectation and had learnt to accept what comes to life readily and gratefully with a smile so pleasing. Dear lord he thanks thee today for everything.

8 Expectations

The question had probably been the same for ages that why does it happen and we always had tend to find out the numerous reasons behind,

So each of the time it ends up by reaching up to that same conclusion of the fact that everything cannot always go the way we desire them to be.

It surely becomes burdensome for not keeping up to those expectations that you had always been expecting,

Most of the times the more difficult part for me seems to be when all of you keep on expecting all different out of me and I don’t want to break up any of your expectations.

But I hope you’ll realize that I cannot be all to everyone of you and do what you expect out of me even though I want to please you all but I remain helpless since I cannot be all,

I don’t want to disappoint any of you but I just want to move on those paths where I can see my destiny so clearly.

I know what ultimately concerns you and just to get you breathe easy let me tell you I have always ed it that no matter what so ever may occur on my way I won’t do anything that would be hurting anybody’s sentiment,

Now at this moment of time I just expect that you would have understood that I’m on my way right.

9 Feelings

I went through so many things after you left but it will always remain a secret as I’ll never prompt even a word to you about it nor would you ever ask me my pains. I felt the pain so deep inside that even the glimpse of those moments make me shiver till I break down on the floor with ache.

The nights were darker and more painful as they blew off my sleeps leaving me so restless. Even the short naps were deadly with dreams those trembled me down again and again. All I could have done was to wait for the nearby lights to be switched off and went out in the park all alone in the dark to cry for what was left over. I felt the cold breeze on that park bench where I spent the whole night of longing but you never felt my cry even though I felt you in the air of the night so cold.

Even the days did not seem to be brighter now and those sunrays on my face could not shine my face like ever before. I thought that the brightness would bring some new hopes to me rather they only made my scars more visible under the lights leaving me yet more helpless.

Do not know what’s going to be the next but there is hope still somewhere that everything is going to fine. Again the nights would be warm with sweet dreams and sound sleeps and the

days would be fruitful and give me reasons enough to cherish moments with a smile and relief someday. I wish to reach the horizon a day and pave the way for happiness all around.

10 Glimpse Of That Witch

I could have seen her so distinctly but I’m just so relaxed that I have seen only the glimpse of her face.

Though the giggling of witches as described in the stories always had fascinated me but now I’m not at all fine even with smile of that witch.

That so unwanted greeting of her pulled out the heart from my chest and made me terror stricken.

Although I was terribly frightened but I still pretended to be an experienced graveyard keeper and kept on walking with a lantern beaming yellowish rays.

But after finding the moving shadow of her vanishing away into the thin air I dashed in the direction of my rescue wishing that darkest night to come to an end.

I did not turn back to any of the sound that reached my ears and kept moving till I reached by gates of the graveyard.

But just to shake me up with horror I found those gates to be locked and helpless as I was could not resist screaming loud enough to realize that it was just a dream.

11 Her Virtues

She is so incredibly sweet, Her sweetness alone sures all the beauty of this world. She is the one and surely the only, Because there can be none like her in this world.

Her innocence and kindness reflects as the shining furnace on her face, Her disposition of generosity remains the same even to the ones who keeps evil minds. Each time whosoever plays evil with her she simply subdue the circumstances becoming even stronger a person.

In the moments of adversity there forms a line on her forehead and her eyes gets astonished expressing her part of worries, But her brave ideas ease out her way to overcome these rugged paths at each very instances. Her readiness to face any situation keeps her a pace ahead from the rest.

Her intelligence throws the light of knowledge to the analphabetic, While her creativity rules the heart of all making this world such a beautiful place.

She is a performer who believes that once a task initiated should be accomplished in any case. And no power in the world can resist her course of action because she is a winner.

For she is so incredibly gentle who talks such ethics in her own very pleasing voice, That there is barely any word left in any of the language to describe her virtues. She is the best thing that could happen to the world.

12 I Want

I want to write the stories black and white, The tragedies and comedies of the life! I want to fight the snatcher for my right, The evils to get down to repentance!

I want to reside in the world that is bright, The place of respect and no discrimination! I want to invite the deprives to light, The unprivileged to rise fearless with respect!

I want to ride to see the braves on war site, The victorious heroes of my country! I want to ignite the hearts of citizens with pride, The freedom bestowed to fellow beings in the nation!

I want to recite the anthem for the people to unite, The language of love is the same in all the lands! I want to delight at least a child to responsibly decide,

The choice to make this world a better place lies in your hands!

13 It’s Haunted Tonight

It’s a winter night and even this populated city turned out to be so lonesome tonight,

No the fire is also not burning nor can I see any human anywhere around.

Fine it’s very late now at night but I those bustling of the cars at night in summers even at this hour.

Why am I too not getting a good feeling of this particular night for I’m old lover of nights.

Is it due to the running of chilly breeze with whistles which rather is giving me a feeling of the ing of a regiment of men who lost the battle?

Their uniforms were still shining white as if there were no dust in the battlefield.

How can anyone just not feel their cry for the souls who were moving in deep torment?

I probably can’t do anything rather than just to feel sorry on seeing those pale faces of theirs.

Wondering what message they carried with themselves while each faces seemed to be saying their own story of miseries.

As if they were suggesting that they had been the victims of backstabbing.

Helpless as I was standing solo all I could do was to move backward with my face still facing the direction of the wintry breeze.

Till I reached my door I did not turn my face around maybe because something had pulled me to keep looking still.

No enchanting of prayers can help me tonight to detach that distressing fear from my mind so I even not tried any of those.

Bed wasn’t comforting and my eyes remained opened till I saw the glimpse of sunlight from my windows.

14 Jesus Told Me

On a sunny afternoon when I was sleeping near the window with no curtains to hide my face from the sun,

I felt those glaring rays right all upon my face and yes the lord appeared to me to tell you something.

He told that he could no longer see the blood of his children on earth where he propagated brotherhood,

Peace is what he appeals to his subject with his eyes showing the state of disquietude he had been all through,

Hurt yourself no more Jesus told me as he happened to be the one who suffered the pains for our sins.

I could no longer bear the sight of my lord filled with such deep agony so I shall put it all to you,

Peace and brotherhood is what we need because it is that holy spirit of love which cures all.

15 Kite On The High Hills

Like the kite made up of paper this heart too blew away far to a sphere in the untraveled direction,

With every moment that ed by I hold a feeling that returning back would be a child’s play.

But since I had no control over the air the returning seemed to be the ball and the chain for me now.

Over the top of the hills across the river where the kite got stuck was the place where my heart desired to reach,

And all those moments of crossing the river to climb up the hill top is still served so well in the memory.

Ever since I was loved by the hills and the smell of the river I couldn’t help leaving my heart over there forever,

I found that the weather in the hills never changes and so is my love for those high lands.

16 Let These All Happen

Let the shower of happiness pour on your head,

Let the carnival of joy bestowed to your feet!

Let the face of yours glitter shiny as the gold,

Let the heaven offer you the most auspicious gifts!

Let me make you happier than ever like never before,

Let me make you forget your worries forever and ever!

Let me make you the merriest soul standing in this world,

Let me make you feel carefree which stands everlasting!

Let me be the one to stand by you in all your high and dry,

Let me be the one to write verses in your praise forever!

17 Lost By An Inch

The loss at this moment is surely so much painful that too when the victory seemed to be inch near.

It shouldn’t have happened as each of the approach was laid to the far most extent of perfection.

But perfection stands no answer in this world which verity lays in being imperfect.

Hard it is to believe when the endeavours of years had gone into vain resulting into none,

Causing this demise of the desire that stayed close in heart making me wonder now,

For what could have been the reason for such destitution if everything was so fine?

There I realized that the only weapon lacked in this venture was honesty and the greed to triumph devastated it all.

Deciding the course of action lies not in human hands for us the proposition is just to the take move for righteousness,

Leaving it all in the hands of Krishna because he would make that happen which reasons out to be the best for all.

Lord says to go for the action since existence is not possible without the action.

18 Love Me For

Love me not because I’m an option better than the rest for there are no options in a love that’s true,

Not because I’ve conquered the battlefield as the one who had been invaded needs more affection.

Also not because I came across the ring of fire without a burnt on my body since my heart is always burning,

Love me not for I mentored you in your accomplishment as mentoring the folks is my job.

Never for my prowess of questioning the supreme because then I can question your love too.

Love me just for loving me and only if you can promise me of being by my side forever,

I would trust that you love me if you can accept my fights and have faith in my exercises.

19 Mood Swings

This mood is like that pendulum which sometimes seems to come near otherwise goes far away,

While the movement of the pendulum assures that nothing would be homeostatic.

Some petty pleasing things can really set the mood and keep the things going,

And on the contradictory side the minute mistakes can take away those moments of joy.

Easy it is to go by the flow of the wind and make promises but difficult to abide by own words,

Yes the mood swings to and fro and takes back what comes to the heart initially.

One may never realize how much those pleasure seeking moments might have snatched from the other.

20 Mother Saraswati

O deity the holy mother I pray thee for thou to shower thy blessings upon me.

They say that thou sit on the tongue to make the words come true which the fortune decides,

O mother I pray thee to make my words pure to the extent that results in making thy children happier.

I am no priest nor do I know any prayers so today I am singing my own prayer for thee,

Mother accord me the wisdom to serve thy fellow beings better and make me rich with knowledge.

Heal the marks of scars and remove those wounds from my body and prevent me from the airs of sins,

Appear to me and show me the part of truthfulness and teach me to walk on those paths.

21 Native Land

It’s the desire which always keeps burning as the heated flames at some corner of my heart,

To land on that delightful soil where the soul is welcomed so naturally by those aromas prevailing in the air,

I might be biased but I couldn’t help describing my native land as a part of heaven existing on the earth.

And so probably each of the days spent in the homeland stays memorable as the festive celebrations.

For love is showered everywhere over here like the unstoppable flows from the torrent,

Surely no beauty of this world can ever stand anywhere near to this unconquerable attribute of my land.

Yes happiness to me beyond anything else is just to visit my native land and recollect all the sweet memories.

22 No More Grudge

All these long poignant years had eventually made me reach that stage where I ever wanted to reach but never expected to reach.

And now with this noble brawn of bagging triumph in all my deeds it feels so much boosting simply filling the soul with full of tranquillity.

Well for all the pains received from you I stand beholden since they only proved to be fruitful enough just resulting in making me up for what I was meant to be.

There couldn’t be any greater wonder for sure than how that false promise of yours had changed my world and simply made my travel to reach on these easy streets.

Where I stand all high spirited than ever before with no more grudge left in the heart.

23 Noah’s Ark

If that day ever comes when the nature would eventually become cruel upon the subjects of the lord,

Then such a disaster to the mankind would occur only by the lord’s command to the fortune.

To penalize the sinners and make them pay off the debts for all their crimes on this very planet.

Pain would be served as the punishment to those who had ruined the sanctity of the world,

But for the holy hearts and noble souls there wouldn’t be anything to worry as god cares for honesty.

Heaven would be kind to provide the Noah’s Ark to keep them all shielded from the worldly adversities,

And for them to sail beyond that realm of misleads and reach the land of that decorum where only love prevails.

24 Risk

It’s not the first time nor will this be for the last time either, But yes definitely there is a difference at this very particular time. They might find it ridiculous because it’s such an unorthodox step, But at some point of time they too will find it a decision far much better.

For I know that the only trust which never breaks down is the trust on self, This alone is the reason enough to take a risk so tremendously out of the ordinary. Because I trust myself I have no fear of any repentance at the end, I know that my experiences can never be wrong for they taught me not to give up.

Now it’s all in my hand to decide which end I’ll have to run first, For the time had come now when that another decision too was to be taken. The decision of leaving another end for sometimes later was too a risk. This probably could not have been conquered practically.

But still I do not find any reason to look back to see what I could miss possibly, Because I know what I could gain actually can take to the winning line.

And I’m not afraid as I that teaching of Vivekananda, Take risks in your life if you win you can lead and if you lose you can guide.

25 So Many Dreams

I too saw them one after another and I believed in them too for them to come into reality,

But they all shattered just like a vase made up of glass falling down to the earth.

Only the wrecked were left lying everywhere on the ground like the ruined civilization,

Still they were enough to recollect those broken pieces of glasses to make that vase back.

So I reed them only for them to fell down again and break into more pieces now,

I tried to gather up those broken pieces again and do the same but this time I couldn’t.

And now with so many heartbreaks I cannot afford to watch dreams anymore.

26 Soil Of The Magadha

The land where the holy Ganga flows is the land of those elites and nobles whose steps destined the fortune of the Bharata Varsha.

Let me begin the glorious stories of the Magadha by mentioning the fact that this historically and culturally rich Empire has been acknowledged in the two great epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata.

This ancient kingdom was the land where the world’s first republic originated as this land is rightly the history alive on the planet.

It was this powerful Empire of the Magadha which made even Alexander the great to surrender and leave the Indian subcontinent along with his large army.

Proud I’m to tell that Magadha gave the world the University of Nalanda which stood up as the world’s best ancient university.

This land nourished Gautama Buddha to enlightenment and Magadha became that sacred land from where the world learned the noble teachings of Buddhism.

Mahavira the monk who taught the world Jain philosophy and the last Sikh Guru brave Gobind Rai were born on this very soil of the Magadha.

Chanakya the all time greatest philosopher and political mentor to the great Mauryan Empire who wrote the famous book Arthashastra rightly known as the Father of Economics belonged to this soil of Magadha.

Soil of the Magadha is proud to have produced Valmiki the great writer of the Epic of Ramayana, Aryabhatt the great mathematician who invented Zero to the numeral system, Vatsayana who wrote Kamasutra, Rishi Shushrat who was the Father of Surgery, Ashoka the great who ruled the Magadha Empire to the highest glory and is being considered as the greatest ruler in the history of the Bharat Varsha.

Ashoka’s famous emblem of the Ashoka Chakra is adorned in the National Flag of India while Dinkar who is considered to the National Poet of India and Rajendra Prasad who became the first President of the Independent India are too among the ones who were born on this soil of the Magadha.

The soil of Magadha had witnessed all the aspects of the history and had truly marked the everlasting impact in history of the Bharat Varsha.

27 Some Things Never Change

And what I still wonder is that someday out of the blue you would come up to me,

Maybe that would be a chilly morning with fogs all around narrowing down the visibility.

Initially I would get a very dramatic feeling anticipating that probably my eyes were lying to me,

But I would still be standing there till you would have walked down to me as I always had dreamt it.

And there you would be standing in front of me smiling like a fairy child in your winter clothes,

Then again I would be noticing your sweet expressions those to which you ever stayed unaware.

There I would look up in your eyes only with one longing desire of telling how much I still miss you.

28 Story Of The Night

Each night that I keep awake up all alone is just to write an another story of mine,

Some nights it goes tragic and aching while at times it goes peaceful and gladsome too.

For I know that there are days after the nights which calls me up for duties,

But I still cannot stop the composition of my story by awakening my soul at nights.

Because just dreaming was not enough I started writing those dreams of mine,

With a hope of them turning into truth by dreaming them with eyes open now.

And the completion of each story of the night made these dreams to reach at hair’s breadth.

29 The City Has Changed

Walking down the streets after a long interval, I found that my city has changed. Some fine architecture has been put up to the project while taller buildings have cropped up. Roads are filled with even more cars and buses And bridges are made to pave more ways. The city looks stunning undoubting.

The book shop near my house where I used to run in haste during my exam periods in the winter nights is not there now. A new laptop repairing store has replaced that book store while the parlor adjacent to that is still running and is even more costly now. All the shops in the market place have some new kind of lights now and they look so wonderful in the evenings.

The paint on the mammoth structure of my school has changed, I stood long outside the gate of my old school but I did not enter as a feeling stopped me. My heart was not ready to see this change where I could not familiarize with any of the faces even after spending years of childhood there. But something never changes I saw some of those teachers who once put that

much of their efforts grooming me which today made me stand so boldly to the world. I smiled to see those familiar faces but I turned back without meeting any of them thinking that will they still recognize the backbencher? O these school mornings are still so chilly even in summer days.

The people too had changed and they are involved in larger activities, Now there are more business persons in the city dealing with the different states. The showrooms of top automobile manufacturers adds some more class to my classical city, These changes making to the progress of my city delights me and I wish to stay here forever and live all my dreams. In this age of changing many things had changed but not my love for my city.

30 The Foregone Days

Now since I have nothing much left to do all I could just do is to roam hither and thither just so aimlessly.

Those were the days when I used to keep so engaged entertaining self by drowning in your thoughts,

Each time thinking about the replenishing crafts and creativity just to get you beaming.

Dreaming you and writing verses those which meant for cheering you and only you,

Those were the days when I breathed easy and lived as happy as a flea in a doghouse.

Always veraciously cherishing the moments spent with you for every second that ed down the clock,

The foregone days were my golden days which indeed had made trip down my memory lane.

31 The Unwanted Dream

God it was so terrifying how could have I just dreamt that?

For I swear on you that not at all did I find even a single moment of it to be pleasant,

I had so much longed for such of those moments to occur earlier once upon a time.

But now it had only driven me out to puzzlement and a serious non understandable state of mind where they seem to have taken the vows of killing me.

How could she just come over in my dream to snatch my peace and pull me back to old days?

Well if they are my dreams so shall I not have any control over them at least?

If not human relationships then least my dreams should not pain me.

Hear me Lord I’m not complaining for anything all I’m asking for is to have peace of mind.

Why is it so easy for her to trouble me yet so often by still occupying some place in my mind?

She came into my dream and took me to her city where I met her after those many years,

There we went to the temple on the bank of the river where she promised to go along with me which never turned out to be true in reality.

I walked down on the city roads with her trying to make her that it has been quite so long now that the two of us had parted our ways.

I wonder why she would just not listen to the fact and kept on narrating her own tales.

This seems terrible isn’t it and now I seek your help my lord why am I still getting these nightmares?

I wonder if every dream has something to say then what does this unwanted dream had to indicate me!

It’s miserable that I could not understand a thing and probably this had turned out to be the reason behind my sleepless nights.

32 The Wild Story

Yes I was over adventurous to risk for yet another safari in the cluster of grove that night,

But I shouldn’t have moved so deep inside the woods all alone along the spooky lanes.

That too when I knew that you won’t stand for me to take me out from the land where you put me in,

Wish you would have at least taken me to that site where the wildwood ends and life begins.

Well but you never turned around leaving me in the middle of the forest to fight for my survival alone,

And when I broke off the back of the beast just for my survival then you called me wild.

I came out of the spine chilling den of the devil just to you the wild story of mine.

33 Time Flies

Till the time you realize your conquest you already reach that stage when you start losing the grip,

Before one opens the eyes back just after it blinks probably the most wonderful sight might be ed.

Go for it because for all those moments that you would make up your mind the other might have already rushed for it,

One may never get to know how fast the time travels till the one gets in that position to race against the time.

Fast as the lightning flash in the sky circumstances changes and snatches away all which existed prolonged.

You may not find the time sufficient even for realizing your loss if you could not learn to value the time,

Time is the real emperor and there is no space for any pride since time flies and blows away anything.

34 What Not To Say

Because I have so many things to say I really cannot decide what not to say, To say or not to say is what the puzzlement means to me at this stage. For I waited under the gloomy sky over the years to this very night to occur, But for whatsoever I wanted to say is been ruined by my own words.

The moment that I achieved after my luck and patience of years is simply gone, Gone and gone forever for its never going to come back again is the truth. And truth is always bitter for I know that it’s artful to accept the bitter truth, I have even lost my rights to complain probably I never knew whom to complain.

For days to come by I’ll not sit in the dark and lament for what my words did, It’s hard to believe that the endurance of years had gone in vain. But it’s still not enough to stop me from hunting for another chance, And one more chance is what I need now as I now know what to say exactly.

For now I just not only know what to say I also know when to say, I know that I cannot bring back the time but I can still steal the victory.

For I know that my words can give me an ocean of another chances, I’ll say only the truth for as much chance that I’ll get being it bitter but still better.

35 When I Met Her

In the setting sun of Howrah I saw her in glasses standing right in front of me,

She was waiting with a black bag and her face looked tired which indeed reflected her tenderness.

Her bag had the mark of her creativity displaying her artistry,

While she was wearing the purest innocence on her face which seemed to be deep red as the tomatoes.

She was searching for a bus to cross the bridge and enter her city with a blue hanky in her hand,

Then she gave me that hanky telling me that yes she is that girl for whom I had been waiting to meet over these years.

Thus after traveling the distance of a light year came the moment when I received my most auspicious gift.

It was in the setting sun of Howrah when I met her.