gray

Hardly an inch
Of gap
Between white
And black,
And yet I managed
To stay
In that tiny
Space of gray.

Hardly a flower
Blossomed
In my heart,
Before its fragrance
Was taken away.
Yes, I too have lived
In that shiny
Place of gray.

Out of those
Colored glasses,
Though in bits
And pieces did
They lay,
I could merely
Pick the one
With the lightest
Shade of gray.

And of all
The souls on earth,
Those
That wander
Rampantly worried,
And in wonder,
Night and day,
I did myself find out
That my own
Was made of gray.

-- Praveen Kumar Singhmar.

Journey

It's been a life
full of wonders.
It's been a ride
on roller coaster.

I started slowly,
I picked up fast
the speed of life,
the moving stars.

I wandered alone
out into the wild,
and got my lessons
straight from life.

Hasn't been easy but
it was worth a fight,
I scratched my knees
quite a few times.

And so I believe
the life should be,
body used up full,
worn out and free.

Had it been a soft
and soothing walk,
would I have liked
it so much to say?

For it matters, yes,
only if, you reach
your destined spot
the harder way.

Meaning of Life

Understand life, they say,
I say, No, buddy..
leave it as it may!
Try creating a few
moments of happiness
only to find that
actually you can't..
that it's all written well before..
and all you can do is want!
Want, and then wait..
you may get it then & there,
or you won't, never ever..
Yes, there have been
some great times..
full of rhythm..
plenty of rhymes..
But, look back & see..
Have they survived?
And, there have been
a few bad phases too..
that put you down..
that made you cry..
Look back again and find..
Have they survived?
Nah! Just a matter of time..
Times and people,
moments and feelings
have always changed,
shall always change..
What will not change is
this series of change;
this chain of events,
some happy, some sad,
Good first, then bad,
Good, bad, good, bad,
then good again,
then bad again,
this endless chain.
So, stop that think-tank..
leave it as it is, as it may..
Do not over-analyze..
Live life King-size?

Of all the good things ever happened to me, I came to enjoy best the ones that happened after the bad ones.