Reach for the stars

“Reach for the stars”
Don’t stop till you get very far.

Get on the vehicle of happiness
Leave behind broken wheels of loneliness.

May the mountains be your nascent step
And the ocean be you filled cup.

Walk until the aeons of time
Be real, life is not a pantomime.

Success and Failure go hand in hand
Their reminiscence is lost in sand,

Rise above the common greed
“Anything is possible”, is true indeed.

Ablutions and sacrifices are not the ideal solution
Bring about a change, it’s time for revolution.

The curse of oblivion befalls the great,
Thy will be remembered if you kill that treacherous thing called“Hate”

You can be the hope the world needs,
For those future historians you will be the first seed.

Catch that fleeting glimpse of a dying star
It’s not the end, but the beginning of a new hour.

Materialistic world

Far from the cry of the raven
We all want to reach a beautiful heaven.

Running after wealth and beautiful damsels
Not thinking about the beggar who needs a morsel.

No time for love or affection,
The smell of success in the only sensation,

Going into the wild to find the inner soul
Is now a myth made by a gaping hole.

"Within you, Without you"  may be words of a sage
We abandon life and its value in a fit of rage.

Eyes shimmering with water on watching dew drops on flowers
Now its gets watery working for late hours.

Some say " the times they are changing"
But change as such was never in the writing.

If only, I could return to those old times
To smile with happiness on hearing the wind chime.

Trapped in a materialistic world
Unchain me, I want to return.

When the mind wandered into the empty sky.
When the rhyming words would just fly.

When hands were meant for a hug.
When blissful dreams were attained on a tattered rug.

When life was worth living .
And death was not up for giving.