When we confuse our feelings with the truth………….

You see someone giving you the glad eye
making you blush and flush your red cheeks
Only to realize that it was not you
But a dazzling spiffy chick, who wooed the guy.


You see Beyonce and Shakira groove
So immaculately, aesthetically, sensually.
Again only to realize that , even by moving
Heaven and earth , that’s something you can’t do.


You’re travelling and can’t help but drool over a Lamborghini
So black, Chic , elegant , dashing, glistening
Only to realize its about time that
You fished your purse to pay the driver, the taxi money.


You look all goggle-eyed at the collections Gucchi and Louis Vuitton
–Some of them dangerous enticing yet so deplorably elusive-
Only to realize that it’s high time you switched from f tv
To Bloomberg for you have a business studies project to work on.


You could be lost in thoughts about a somebody,
Very special and awe-inspiring
Only to realize that the somebody knows you exist
But still only as a virtual ‘nobody’

You fantasize the prospect of you being the next American Idol
Getting to sign a trillion contracts , autograph books and paychecks
Again only to realize that when you open your mouth to sing,
People can’t help but find it lethal and fatal.


You wonder if by chance you could become an “Ambhani”
Stinking rich, helplessly famous and tiresomely successful
Only to realize that you can very well be in other’s shoes,
But it’s just that you can’t have their money.


You wish you could get into Cornell, Stanford or Harvard
The ivy-league universities that boast of unparalleled excellence
Only to realize that you can obviously enter them
But only as a university security guard.

You wish you could date Orlando Bloom
At whose sight you could effortlessly melt away,
Only to realize that the Hollywood hottie already
Has a shorty who is all va-va-voom.


Oh yes indeed how easily we accept this imposing thing
that’s called ‘R-E-A-L-I-T-Y’ .
So that we don’t confuse our feelings with the truth
And just work on what life has to offer and bring.

Let’s just not build castles in the air
Dreaming about someone you wish you were
Instead, do something about your present life
Or else sadly you’ll end up in a pit and nowhere.

WHY I SHOULD BE LIVING THE MOMENT……..

I’m sprawled snugly on my bed.
With every bit of physical stamina spent,
I groggily allow my mind to roll instead.

I see a film of those good old times,
When we filled our lives with shameless giggles and gossips
- Sounds more euphoric than that of a Christmas bell’s chimes.

But then you know how our minds are downright devils!
They don’t let you indulge in lollypop-sweet memories,
but casts them away, by bringing forth those harsh perils.

I wonder how those moments have left an emotional dent,
So ocean- deep and morbidly stark-
Of which you can’t help but sadly repent.

Before despair gets the better of me,
I try to nod it off in a strenuous attempt,
Deciding what through my mind I want to really see.

I allow those dark clouds to metamorphose
Into beautiful and sunny vibrant skies –
Something I achieve through sheer mental force.

I program my mind to delve in to the future,
Where the scenario would be more promising and exciting
- This I’ve always wanted to picture.


But, oh heck! – Mr. Dirty Mind scores again,
By inviting his friends: Mr. Fear, Mrs. Insecurity and Miss. Uncertainity
-As if it’s trying to say ‘ life ahead is a helluva lot of pain!’

It makes me see the trials and tribulations I’ve to pull through
-like a rake working its way in and out of snow-
For ultimately in the end, my worth I’ve to prove.

Arrgggh! I’m desperately caught in a crossroads
Failing to decide what to think,
With my thoughts alternating like boxes in chessboards.

At that, I notice in the corner, a clock unmindfully ticking away.
And then, so unceremoniously, it dawns on me how I’m squandering
The precious minutes of life by forgetting to live the day.

So I firmly ask myself not to purposelessly lament ,
Because if there’s anything more urgent and demanding,
It’s living the moment !!!!!