Tales of the Wanderlust

When I can’t talk to you after a testing day, When I can’t see you roaming around, And feel secure in that natural bond, which tied us together, When I can’t listen to your voice - a soothing reassurance, like a breeze that foretells the arrival of monsoon on a sultry summer evening, I try to hold on to the myriad images in my memories I try to experience them in my mind I try to look into the photos in which we have frozen moments that defined my life. Alas, that only makes me cry As I crave more to hug you tight, to lean on your shoulder to beat, to pinch, to bite you to laugh my heart out with you. Those long walks are gone, The silent evenings are a distant past! The unseen, untold, unforgettable hands of darkness hold me down as I try to jump out of this quick sand. All I see is the huge distance As I try to grab as much as I can from your presence To fill up the vacuum of your absence, I slip down in the abyss as huge tongues fla...

The thin line separating solitude and loneliness is the same that separates fasting and starving. We walk alone often as we don’t have any choice or sometimes by choice to follow our calling. But are we actually alone in this convoluted world? When everything is connected to every other thing through a web of life; no please not the internet but by the underlying, unidentified, often ignored string. Do not the birds carry messages of love across the globe? Does not the wind bring stories from distant lands? Does not the sea carry the brave to their new homes? Aren’t our paths are shaped by thousand other hands? Strangers give hope and show love without any reason as long as we are open and shed our inhibition. A boatman rows me across and shares his food saying ‘eat my son’! And if I am humble enough to accept, I could see heaven. So having no company presently isn’t all that adverse     There is someone walking your path with you unseen. Albeit he is at a different time i...

Steps to rapture Enlightening candle, Enchanting glow Passion hot enough that it smokes! Elevating to cloud nine Doritos, thanks to Panda Oh yes, Tang, thanks to Sharma. Mood lifting melodies Hearty laughter Dude club Appy says "Oh Fuck! Tomorrow is IOD exam" Happiness..............