Let’s Play!

Let’s Play!

Let’s play

O dear time

The game of life

In your own courtyard

Under your own shadow

On your conditions

I accept your rules

Play rough

Play soft

Play hard

Play funny

Play fair

Play dirty

Play as you wish

I promise to amuse you

Play to live

Play to kill

Play to build

Play to destroy

Play on your own terms

I would never complain

Play

Like it’s no match

Like you are already a winner

Like there is nothing to challenge you

Like you would crush my existence

For this asininely act

Under your wheels forever and ever, and my soul

Would just vanish, as it never appeared

Even then I wish to play

O dear great Time

Let’s play

I promise

I would continue

I would rise

Every time I fall

I would resurge

Again and again, and

Will continue playing

The immortal game of life…

By: Praveen Parasar

Date: 24/06/2012

THIRSTY SOUL…

THIRSTY SOUL…

Thirsty soul

Walking by sea-shore

Looks through the horizon

Infinite water

With a Glimpse of hope

To quench its thirst

Dives through

Deep down

Swallows it all, but

Salt dilutes the blood

Tongue reacts

Spills it all, surprised

It looks to that

Infinite domain

Disappointed, it walks back

To the world, it left deserted,

World, of fading hopes, dead souls

Whose bloods polluted

The river, and

Water became an illusion

Alas! The moment of apocalypse

It thinks for a moment, and a sigh

Sits on the chair

Looks at the table 

That still had a paper, a pen

An ink-pot with last few drops

Lying at the bottom,

Thirsty soul

Once again

Swallows it all,

Licks every last drop, of ink

Mixes with the blood

Nerves twitches

Venom or nectar

Uncertain, it dips the pen

In own heart, and decides

To rewrite the history

Of someone

Once called

Human!

BY: PRAVEEN PARASAR

DATE: 20/06/2012

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

That we used to play

Long ago, in your backyard

Making our way through

Those plants of berries

Away from the crowd

From family, from everyone

Just you and me

Playing, hide and seek

Oh Dear! How easy was it

To catch you, to see you

Even behind those berry plants

Because my heart was always filled

With the smell

Of your jasmine body

Because we breathed same air

Dipped in love

That came from heaven, blessed by angels

Because our heartbeat

Sang same song

Even in midst

Of all the chaos around

And I knew

Where you hiding,

I used to find you, always

However hard you tried, to hide

What fun it was, and

You wondered, how could I

Did I cheat?

Did I keep my eyes open?

You used to ask

Showing a sweet frustation, smiling

I used to let you

Tighten your scarf on my eyes

And the play continued.

BY: PRAVEEN PARASAR

DATE: 10/05/2012