Bills

Bills

The damn Bills

Sucking away your life,

It kills

O Yeah, we need the electricity

And the internet, O We do

And nobody will give it free,

We pay up, me and you

Now then, why we question

If money were not the reason…

Why did we believe in the first place?

It is but the means to meet the horizon

Now we wake up in the morn…

Life sucks as if it’s a corn…

But then, the chirping birds are music

And the flowers weave their magic…

Yes, money cant buy you happiness…

If you decide to be sad…

But if you cherish a luxury condo…

Why is it so bad???

A cuppa tea in an earthen cup…

Gives me pleasure as much as a martini…

I can sit by the platform smiling watching the chimney smoke..

And can scream out loud from the Lamborghini..

Happiness as we know it

Is a state of mind…

No harm in loving the Moh Maya

And no glory either in leaving everything behind…

It’s a choice at the end of it…

Be sure of what you ask…

Coz life is a mirror of your dreams…

Switch on the lights and bask…

Between Mind and Heart

Between Mind and Heart

Of endless pros and cons,

Trying to objectify, beauty of floating swans,

At that, Black

With no reference to fall back…

And yet again, the monologue goes on,

Reveries woven, drifting song…

Hope and hopelessness, holding hands…

Down the road with dead end, they walk on…

Between the mind and heart,

Once again, torn apart…

Picking up the shattered pieces,

Hoping for a fresh new start...

But then,

Can one tell?

Will I act

Or will I dwell?

Those are the moments,

One can never define…

Can't plan, can't predict…

A suspense of a lifetime...

© Manashi Pathak

No, You don't have to

No, you don’t have to sit by me

Every time I am down and weak

No, you don’t have to meet my eye

Every time I look your way, shy

No, you don’t have to listen to my words

Every time I speak

No, you don’t have to

You don’t have to

No, you don’t have to be all smiles

Whenever we meet

No, you don’t have to check me out

Every now and then, to see me

Because one day I might be strong

Enough to walk alone

Some day, I wont look for one

One day, I wont have my words

One day, I'll smile for some one else...

'Gar ishq hai

Bahane dhundhu main

Teri awaz ko sunne

Un dhaago ko le chali main

Khwaabon ko bunne…

Do khirkiyaan hai

Tere sheher ko jhaankun

Un gehraiyon mein khokar

Khud ko jaise paaun

Zindagi se shikwa to kayi hai

Par maaf hai saare zakhm

Bas lavz bina tu samjhe

Saath chale har dum…

Phir kya pata, ab tak toh bas caravan tha

Tu hi hai manzil…

Is kadar tune jagah banayi…

Jaise tha bas tera ye dil…

Jab nigaahe dhundhe bheed mein tujhko…

Aur tere liye bhi bas main…

Kyun pareshaan kare tu khudko…

'Gar ishq hai to hai…

© Manashi Pathak

Kal Ka Pataa

Anjaanaa koi mile raah mein

Jaanaa pehchana lage

Jaise kisi duusri zindagi se

Aa gaya ho dham se…

Kisi ki hontho ki hansi

Bataye ki koi dost hai apna

Kya hua 'gar woh humrahi nahi

Par safar nahi hai soona…

Kehte hai ki pyaar mein

Dard ka samandar hota hai

Par ishq yunhi badnaam hua

Dhoka toh ummeed deta hai

Khud se hi karun main guftagu

Kya pata log soche naadaan

Samjhe koi bezubaan lavzon ko

Kehte toh sabhi apni daastaan

Har mod pe ek nayi duniya hai

Kyun dhunde tu kal ka pata?

Jo beet gaya who toh bas ek yaad

Aaj haal-e-dil toh bata...

© Manashi Pathak

Kuch zyaadaa hi Maanga

Koi apna dhundhu is shor mein

Koi nigah rok le mujhe

Main kaun hu, koi mera bhi hai kya…

Yeh pooch raha aaj dil mera…

Waadon pe jiya ab tak

Par sookhe patton ki tarah

Woh  bhi zameen mein mil gaye

Dil darrta hai

Ki phir na koi ise tode

Bas pal bhar ka saath dekar chhode…

Shayad kuch zyada hi maanga

Maine zindagi se…

Ek anjaano mein apna, sach ho har sapna

Aur rooth gayi woh mujhse

© Manashi Pathak

Dosti!

Ai dost mere,

Farishte ko paya hai tujhme

Humne jode dil ke rishte

Ye ek Din ka tyohaar nahi

Zindagi bhar main saath tere

Teri khushi mein

Du main party

Aansun bhi tapke

Toh du main hanky :)

Chahu ki Teri hansi Ka main reason

Ho life mein tere always Spring season

Kabhi baatein agar ho kam

Na samajh ki dosti mein na dum

But I don’t think I need to say that :)

Coz we understand each other

We are Friends Forever :)!

Cheers to all my F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Happy Friendship Day!



© Manashi Pathak 

Castles

As a kid, castles I did build
Aloft clouds so high
All Sunshine and Sky

As the world engulfed me,
Sometimes I surprised myself,
Sometimes the world surprised me

Even now I build castles,
But those are in Sand...
Waves can conquer, out of hand...

But in the temple that resides within...
The lamp is lit
The flame strong and glowing...

 

© Manashi Pathak

Soulmates

In this endless universe,
There are two stars shining bright…
They were, they are and will be…
The jewels of the night…

Minuscule if you please,
Or profound if you feel…
But they are limitless,
Not bound by time's reel…

They collide and create,
New worlds with new light…
But one without the other,
Just doesn’t feel right…

Those two stars are living
In the hearts of two lovers…
Soul mates…
Who complete each other…

Love is just a fraction
Of what they share…
All emotions meant for one…
Be it pain, anger or boundless care…

Stars keep shining,
But one day, they die…
And even when they are old and dying…
Its only a dusk for another morning sky...

I Seek

I seek the sun

When its still dark

I seek the answers

To questions I didn’t ask

I seek the rain

When it’s scorching hot

I seek the sunshine

When clouds and storms are tied in a knot

I seek solitude

When I am surrounded

I seek company

When I feel grounded

I seek the leisure

When I need to be on toes

I seek faith’s treasure

When I sense my foes

I seek engagement

When boredom gets to me

I seek a gasp of breath

When hectic monotony overpowers me

I seek love when I feel alone

I seek a bosom to cry

When life pelts me with stone

I seek for perfection

Though it’s still unknown

Contentment is not part of my verve

But never do I ask more than what I deserve

My search will go on

It’s on a journey of its own

Reaching a destination and setting off again

Is nothing but an addiction to which I am so prone!

Adieu, Ahoy, Wait…& a Li’l More

Adieu, I say

To yesterday...

To the years of joy gone by

And to the moments of dismay...

Farewell, I bid

To an extraordinary period...

Where I gathered many laurels

And emerged much experienced...

Ahoy! Calls up my today...

Chores awaiting, and a voyage to faraway

I buckle up my belt, all geared and ready....

Hoping success; prepared being castaway...

Living this moment, i cherish...

Because the next, the previous will perish

This cycle goes on, and I live on

Laugh away; smile a li’l more, no time to be boorish...

Looking at some distance, awaits my tomorrow...

I smile, anticipate what is to follow...

Be it sun or shade, will face it with gusto...

Will fill life with goodness, won't leave it hollow...

Future is a book, yet to be opened...

Read it well, right to the end.

Why guess the climax and spoil it all...

Turn each page, live every word and then comprehend...

Adieu, ahoy, wait goes on...

Wish we get richer as we carry on...

Learn the essence of walking this earth...

Spread love, peace... is all we need, a dawning across the horizon......

Expectations Vs Reality

"What happens, happens for the best" said all the wise men/women. Optimism at its best. So when life doesn't meet your expectations, you change the scale and call it delight? Who are we faking to? You don’t get a 100%, you are not into "MII". That’s it. And your life will be very different from those who did get.

Now, if we ponder on the reasons of not meeting our own expectations, we can have a long list… may be we were not realistic, may be our caliber was not up to it, may be we didn’t try hard enough. Same goes for other aspects of our lives when we feel let down, disappointed… The gap between our expectations and what the ground reality is makes for the end-of-the-world feeling. The larger the gap, the more intense the feeling of hurt. It is obvious then we should either accept the reality as it is or try harder to meet the expectations. But many a times, we don’t do either… I was wondering why?

When we build our hopes on illusions, wishful thinking and start living a lucid dream when the difference between the dream and reality becomes a blur. We start expecting results which are obviously unachievable by the very nature of the characters in that dream, after all they are a figment of our imagination, the way we see them. And the clashes begin. You wake up then… but soon enough you go back to sleep coz that world is so much better… and then you are jolted back again…

Personalities, studied in depth by stalwarts like Freud, are shaped by experience with the world, moral values passed on and the inherent needs of the person. And for every person, these three parameters have unique and permanent values because each one of us have different experiences with the world, our morals may be different too and our inherent needs of hunger, thirst, rest, etc are unique to us too. And once shaped, personalities hardly change. So, it is important to realize and accept the way people are and not the way we want them to be, to realize the way you are and not what you are expected to be. Then you take it or leave it… the world doesn’t end.

Yes, all of us encounter such clashes of The Expectations Vs The Real, reason being, at first sight you don’t know how big the gap is… and by the time you see it clearly, you are drained out trying to bridge the gap. Two people are like fingerprints… unique. So obviously there will be differences that give them the meaning of their existence but the question is to decide on the +-% of deviation you are willing to accommodate. And if two people are like the North pole and the South pole, they'll always be facing the opposite direction. The other person here can be a real person or the goals we wish to achieve.

So, to have a peaceful, fulfilling life, one needs to be very vigilant in surrounding oneself with people and goals which fall into that +-% flexibility… in all spheres, be it work or personal. Recruitment process also stresses on this particular alignment of personality and expectations and my HR friends would more than agree with the fruitfulness of it. I don't believe in pseudo optimism or consolations, but only if we could look at Life with such objectivity, manage our expectations and surroundings, there won't be a word in our dictionaries: Disappointment.