Escapism!

Who you want to be
Where you want to go
You want to attract things you want
but don’t know how
How you want people to be
How people want you to be
But in reality, who are you?
To be or not to be something
To do what or what not to do
To own up or to live in ignominy
Who will hear you out?
When everyone wants you to listen
People have opinion, you fall prey to it
you be what they want you to be
You do what they want you to do
You live how they want you to live
And ignore what’s real, what your heart wants
And sometimes you don’t
you choose to not cry, walk out and move on
Or so you think
Your life, your choice
But then comes the heartbreak
And you want to be left alone
then comes in self-doubt
And you start to blame
Do you own up?
Do you take responsibility?
How does it end or does it have an end?
Is it really your life and your choice?
you get captured in your thought prison
And look for reasons to justify
for it’s really painful and difficult to accept
And then you take the easy route: Escapism!
Only to come back to the same walls
trapped in an imagination, starved of freedom
and plan your next escape!

Lame attempt to Rhyme!!

Some lame lines I thought of and wrote it for Urban Spice’s facebook page on April Fools Day.. Just though of sharing it here too.. 😀

Tea with Salt
Working tirelessly without a halt
Taken Sugar out from the syrup
Thinking someone’s remembering you every time there’s a hiccup
Custard without Fruits
No laces in your boots
Daal without tadka
Aata gheela when kadka
Executive Meal box without food
No stripes in your pinstripe suit
30 minutes delivery
No lunches are free
Got late for a meeting, there was lot of traffic you see
paid 150 bucks for boiled water, saying it’s green tea
Service tax, sales tax and VAT
No feather left on my hat
Thinking how to end my desperate attempt to rhyme
Where to hide before grammar nazis beat me for this crime
Let the sun shine while you make hay
Here’s wishing you a Happy April Fools Day!!

Now don’t beat me, okay? Happy Weekend!

All that I wanted to do

I took my cup of tea and sat by the window
I heard some sounds
There were people talking
Birds chirping, Dogs barking
Some cars were honking
Then there was wind, I could feel it on my face
And I could see leaves moving
A school bus stopped outside the gate
And waiting children lined up to get inside
Some were happy to see their friends
While some cried seeing themselves go away from their mom and dad
There were promises to see them in the evening and assuring kisses
That took me back to the memories of my school days
Until I saw a man jogging on the road
I remembered my New Year resolution to run everyday
I shrugged but my eyes still followed the jogger
Until they stopped at something red
And I saw a beautiful rose bed in the garden
It wasn’t there yesterday
And the roses made me think of her
I gave her roses every day, three to be precise
I never said anything, but she will always understand the premise
And I sighed
A cloud of dust from the sweeper’s broom brought me back to now
I look around and see a flock of pigeons on the porch
And an elderly man feeding them grains
Just then the water fountains start
And it all looks like a pretty landscape
Like that drawing I made in 5th grade
I got amused with all the stories and the sights
Just then my cell phone comes alive
I gulped down the remaining of my cold tea
As I tap on my phone’s cold touchscreen
There were few reminders and some emails
Also an SMS reminding my EMIs were due
I look for the day’s plans in my calendar
There was no mention of sitting by the window
Even though, that’s all that I wanted to do