Why is it, the way it is?

(... Sneak peek into an Orphan child's thoughts...)

Why is it, the way it is?

Why no one was happy when I was born?

Why my very shelter was torn?

Why is that they called me a problem child?

Why the treatment I got was never mild?

Why the kids next door smiled all the while?

Why I was never even greeted with a smile?

Why my clothes & toys were stained?

Why everyone around were so strained?

Why a decent college didn’t come my way?

Why from everyone was I kept away?

Why was I the caretaker, all the time?

Why was I then, never worth a dime?

Why only my failures were highlighted?

Why as a living thing, I wasn’t cited?

Why getting anything was never so easy?

Why I had to keep myself for lifelong so busy?

Why is it that my struggles go in vain?

Why my pains keep appearing again?

Why is that I don’t get the care I need?

Why nobody cares, when my heart bleeds?

Why can’t I seek peace of mind?

Why with such a life should I bind?

~ Ruu ……

30^th October 2009, Bangalore

Why is it, the way it is?

When Sands left the hourglass behind

When Sands left the hourglass behind,

A timeless journey took over.

A journey so picturesque that destination didn’t matter.

And for once, in the open space, time didn’t matter!

As destination didn’t matter, directions were many;

Though directions were many, decisions didn’t matter.

For every decision chose a path, without much ado;

And every path so picturesque that destination didn’t matter!

With the hourglass left behind, time too, was history,

Pains of Past were history, and so it didn’t matter!

As a timeless journey began, every moment was ‘present’,

Present, they say is a Gift; So, even future didn’t matter!

On its maiden voyage, every sand particle was elated,

As it left the hourglass behind, the Sands were truly liberated.

For, again the sands were blown by the wind – as untamed as mind…

The Sands gained a new identity, by leaving the hourglass behind!

~ Ruu ~

30^th July 2009

Bangalore

फिर से क्योँ?

तन्हा तो हम तब से ही थे,
जबसे साथ तुम्हारा छूटा था;
दिलासा दिया था खुद को तब से,
मालूम होता है वो झूठा था!

एक अरसा हुआ, हम तनहा ही रहे,
न मंजिले बनी, न रास्ते छूटे;
आज जब तन्हाई की आदत सी लग चुकी हमको -
फिर से पुकारा तुमने, उतनी ही मोहब्बत से!

... मगर क्योँ? फिर से क्योँ?

~Ruu
22nd July 2009, 2230hours, Bangalore

Back with my Blabber!

... It's been a while; well, a really really long time since I wrote!

But does that indicate silence of my thoughts? Actually not!
I've still been doing all that "excessive thinking" , often termed as "over analysis".
However, was too lazy to log into my laptop to write down my thoughts.
(Sometime being lazy is good! Or so I say to comfort myself.)


Anyway, now, I'm back!
And this time, I will try to be intentionally lazy when it comes to laze!

Cheers!
-R