SOMETHING INSANE HAPPENED LAST NIGHT

The might of a zero powered bulb

Escalated to the status of a halo

The plight of an arrogantly mannered macho

Depleted to the weakness of a zero

The drunkard from our colony turned into a sage

To sacrifice the wines he got drunk with at every stage

A betrayed lover went on a nasty rampage

Blaming the world for the caused damage

The streetlights turned red maybe with anger or joy

Not letting us know whether it was natural or a ploy

The parents of kids leaped out in search of a toy

They had either misplaced or planned to destroy

The pavement occupying urchins broke into a dance

Not letting anyone know of this impromptu stance

Rich people abandoned their homes for a chance

They had been imagining during many moments of trance

The roads started rolling on rooftops

And the footpaths took a breather for some gallops

Robbers were running insane in search of cops

Probing their identities that had shattered their hopes

The fury of bats overruled the night

Thwarting everything that was wrong or right

Like dead people the world slept with eyes closed tight

Something insane happened last night

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A PART OF ME

A part of me pales out

A part of me burns out

A part of me wears out

A part of me questions me

A part of me criticizes me

A part of me rebels me

A part of me walks away

A part of me hides away

A part of me runs away

A part of me deceives me

A part of me mistreats me

A part of me forgets me

A part of me is no more me

A part of me is so much tainted

A part of me is a yesterday of myself

A part of me continues

On a beaten quest of A Part of ‘Me’

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STILL SOMETHING LEFT IN ME

The influence of winning

Keeps destroying my spirit of losing

I still have some faith left in struggling

Driven not by a good idea

Being chased ruthlessly by bad ideas

I still have some sanity left within me

Surrounded by darkness

Teased by average light everyday

I still have some life left to survive

In a world of too much knowledge

I lack the wisdom to cheat and manipulate

I still have some honesty left to rely

I am asked not to unleash my fury

And I am tagged of being timid

I still have some courage left to defy

Others might be better than me

But I don’t want to be like those others

I still have some uniqueness left to imply

Millions have abandoned me

But I haven’t bid farewell to their existence

I still have some ethics left to comply

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JUST FOR YOU BABA

Why is it that your memories

Have come revisiting me today?

Many years after you left us

So suddenly and so quietly

Holding us back from taking you

To a refuge of prolonged life

There were days when you blessed me

But never hugged me even though

You had wanted to do so very often

Maybe I didn’t allow your feelings

To come avalanching on me

Fearing that I might not want to change

Our worlds I still believe were so different

You were caught up in a time

That I never was eager to inhabit

And between us was torn apart

A mother, a wife stuck in juxtaposition

Endeavoring to pacify the unleashed tempers

You might not have agreed with all my

Lunatic decisions that invited emotional disasters

But you silently stood by as a spectator

Wanting to help me out instantly

But you never discouraged me

From fighting back with restless grit

It was only this morning that I felt

You were standing by my side and telling me

I want to come back to you from somewhere

You are not liking it there so alone so rare

But I am clueless as to how I can bring you here

A world you had never liked when you were there

Maybe it is about that house that you had once

Spent your childhood in which is leaving you

Feeling anxious about its future or maybe

It is about the lane you had walked alone

In your youthful days to prove that you

Were born always a strong winner

I can’t promise you but I will try my level best

To bring you back to where you wanted to be

And left so suddenly with your desires left

Unfulfilled and unachieved so unknowingly

Maybe I too am waiting for you to come back

To me in a way you had always wanted to be…

This is just for you Baba my loving Baba

From the son whom you had wanted to be a rebel

Let me tell you I have grown into the same rebel

Disagreeing over wrongs and fighting for rights

Walking not like you but maybe dreaming a lot

Like you the way you did with my loving mother

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THE IDEA OF A DEMOCRATIC NATION

Unfurling the tricolor,
To salute a creation,
Coming together,
In honor of a celebration,
The idea of a democratic nation.


Remembering the martyrs,
In respect of their revolutions,
Revisiting the history,
In quest of redefinition,
The idea of a democratic nation.


Calling over the times,
To raise voice in observation,
Of concerns closer to the heart,
To power a manifestation,
The idea of a democratic nation.


Foreseeing a future,
Of peace and protection,
From the felonies of fanatism,
To guard against extreme devastation,
The idea of a democratic nation.


Seeking freedom from prejudices,
To defy the evil practice of discrimination,
On grounds of caste, creed, sex,
And to curtail malpractices in name of religion,
The idea of a democratic nation.


Let's unite once again,
In the fair interest of our beloved nation,
To protect the rights of women,
And to gift to our future generations,
The idea of a democratic nation.


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