Thursday 29 November 2007

Birthday

What you want to be, you become.

In a hopelessly practical world

I turn 22 this Saturday.

Today it seems like Meandering Recollections Day

I can almost look past the 22 years

It has been a beautiful journey full of sweat

Well, guess it wont have been beautiful enough without the sweat

I am what I appear to be

(Except for a very small part of my life that I don’t like to talk about)

For you become, what you want to be.

………………………………………………………………………..
Some people call me atypical. But what to do, there is a contradiction in my birth date itself! I mean it is the first date of the last month on the calendar! Unlike a few other people, I like birthdays and receive bday wishes warmly. This one is to all the Sparkling Saggitarians.

Thursday 22 November 2007

River in the Boat

The monster cant hurt me if I keep dancing.

My feet dont hurt me anymore as I am used to moving them in so many directions, balancing them in such a way that i dont give them enough time to hurt.

How I want the present Alesea to die and a new one emerge. My everyday plan just does not work on field. Well strategy was never a forte!

But how much i want, she remains there with her own choices, not bothered about what others have to say.

I am not proud of her today. She was scared of her own self.

Today i want to love her enough to let her go.

..................................
The title is a chapter's name taken from 'God of Small Things'

Tuesday 13 November 2007

A Tryst with Kasauli

The night is beautiful today. The sky so cluttered with stars that they seem to be pushing each other for space. The coffee mug and the warm wrap keeps me somewhat tepid but it is quite freezing.

What is more beautiful is the calmness of this place. So much so that, I clearly hear my breathing.

The white and the black ‘Ruby’ runs around here as she has smelled milk. But my attention is already clutched by the enormous giant who stands far away from me, his hands sprawled and his eyes twinkling in a manner reminiscent of small bulbs. With a fright of its own the scene is as beautiful as it can get. The mountain looks at me directly in the eye.

It feels cold. Not freezing but cold. The warmth of the coffee reaching inside me through my hands. And ya the idea of romance does flash in now.

I look up, above in the sky. And like diamonds in the sky, the stars are sprawled beautifully but jagged in such a wonderful way. My analysis is broken with somebody calling me inside for dinner. Well that’s one of my friends calling me.

Kasauli is a nice place. Not a typical hill station but a small little place, lets call it a mount; to relax and unwind. Surprisingly, a small part of it, that I saw still is untouched. In the state of a burgeoning real estate boom, a part of it looks as perfect as a designer’s cuts.

The dinner and some self introspection apart from philosophical talks about few other common people in our world (read as bitching), the sleep lingers for long and finally enters me.

And now its time for the ideas. They can kindle to life amid a melody of chaos. Dreams- well they seem to be far away and I want to climb up the rooftop and touch the star.

………………………………………………………………………………..
The experience was so much like ‘The Daffodills’. I mean I can actually recollect emotions in tranquillity. Not to forget, the place where we were living. A beautiful and cosy cottage owned by a friend. Luxury Personified!