Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Beauty of Life

Symmetry... Of sights, sounds, thoughts... Feelings... Is the beauty of Life.

We yearn for perfection, we strive for a perfect fit in the jigsaw puzzle of life... and there is... Although, there may be some loose ends, some broken corners, some asymmetry... but then we correct, we come round... to give ourselves, our world that perfect reflection in a perfectly silvered mirror. This is the journey we all take, from being a checkered Rubik cube to an absolute stroke of genius and perseverance. Our lives clock with the unfailing ticktock of the hands of God following the Sun... we race against it just to maximize our existence. Alas, we are just as minuscule as as a speck of sand in this endless universe and can be as majestic as the moment of creation all in a single coordinate. 

The war between what we are and what we want to be with a knowledge of what we can be is fought every single waking moment of our lives knowingly or not... And we believe in perfection, symmetry, confirmation... in absolute. I do. And this juxtaposition of the desire for truth and the acceptance of half-truths is the greatest irony of our lives. We accept, we adjust, we modify, we eulogize to make imperfection more bearable. We need to... to cover our insatiable fire so that it doesn't burn our homes down. 

Yet, a perfect note perfectly placed in a symphony, a perfect stroke of the brush creating a colorful melange, a perfect plot that brings our vivid imagination to paper, that perfect look in someone's eyes... is all it takes to make us believe that there is still hope... 

Monday, November 19, 2012

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…

Monday, November 12, 2012

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

Saturday, September 22, 2012

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...

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

'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

Sunday, August 5, 2012

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