When you have to win and you lose what do you become?
FEAR
Laughter they say is the best medicine
Crying to release tension is not a sin!
Live Life to the fullest –
Conquer your fears –
Let there be no regrets, no unshed tears.
Hold your head high, without a sigh,
Stride forward in the coming years.
THE ARMY MAN
The average age of the Army Man is 23 years.
He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who,
under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy.
Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer in the capital of his country, but old enough to die for his country.
Poetic response (to Nirmala) (in lighter vein – on turning 60)
No fear of judgment, but total understanding and empathy
Not indifference or apathy.
If we have touched some chord
With our narration
It is more than sufficient remuneration,
If the Flock we could regale
With our “Turning 60” tale.
Cheers to Friendship and a Happy Life
Minus Problems, or any form of strife!
Break of Dawn
Dusk — who was listening to Dawn all the while,
Began to speak in a misty style;
What about those who have been waiting all night ;
Hoping to get your bright and warm sight?
Dusk beamed at Dawn,
And smilingly she said
I loose my identity to see you rise
You tend to forget that in your despise,
Childhood Now & Then!
(A poem written while travelling on Steel Express) Gone are those days of innocent wonder, playing with friends on holidays, doll’s wedding with granny’s made…