Heaven or Hell?

We were both old and close to ninety five;
To this world, it was time to bid goodbye.
We went up, until the heavenly gate
Where He waited for us; Him, the Great.

'You go to heaven', He told me
'and you, Hell', that was to her.
'but why?' I asked. Couldn't let that be.
Be it God or whoever!

He wouldn't answer me for one whole minute;
Then a smile flashed across His face.
'That she will know', He said coolly,
'When she reaches Hell's red gate.'

'Then, I'll go with her', I declared,
'To argue for her cause.
She deserves Heaven more than me!'
I finished without a pause.

'You can't cross back to heaven then!'
He asked me to dare.
'You will be in Hell forever,
If she's destined to be there!'

'I know she deserves it,
More than You or me or Peace.
If I am stuck, let me be.
Heaven is where she is.'

He stared at me in feigned surprise,
'You know it's all for the best.'
Then, he said, 'Open the heavenly gate!'
Ha! I had passed my test.

Love is only once, they say

Don't know how long I can go on like this,
aimlessly, without focus.
I lost life when I lost you,
Now temme what is there for me to do?

You know, I tried to fall in love again once;
Ha, like I could. I did not know that then.
Every time there when things weren't fun,
I yearned for you; Now I hear, 'Ah! These men'.

Would think of you often and how it'd be with you.
How could I be in 'love' with any one else then?
It dawned upon me brightly when you left forever,
I couldn't be complete with out you, Hon.

That was when I knew how much I missed you,
A huge gap in me, but I guess twas a li'l too late.
I quit all my ideas of falling in love with someone else
And went into my shell for ever, Alone will be my state.

You may never know if I even liked you
Though that's on the wall for all to see.
So now, You are happy with another dude,
I'll stay at a distance. I'll let you be.

I can fall in love all over again,
but I realise...only with the same gorgeous face.
No other person in the world can match your
Elegance, fashion, tradition or grace.

Years may pass on, time does fly
I'll flow aimlessly like the river.
Angels may come and angels may go,
but you'll live on in my heart forever!

- Me

PS: you'd want to look at the tags. :)
PS 2: I write all these stuff. But I can't understand this one thing. How can you love someone so selflessly, especially when that person does not think the same way, or worse, does not know you exist?

A Ten Minute Attempt

(In the middle of a movie, when Munish was out talkin on the phone.. So, Don't xpect much :P)

Life wasn’t interesting, would have liked it short,
Till your tsunamic entry into my little world.
You came in to my life and (you) took things apart,
Redefined Beauty, internal, to me.

I loved this change, I loved my first and only change,
Just seeing you smile made my day.
You never knew that I even looked at you,
You just took my Breath away!

Things changed a lot, so did time..
I moved out of the city, against my wish.
I couldn’t see you anymore, not even in a pic,
Taken out of water, this little fish.

Missed you a lot, I couldn’t get you off my mind
Didn’t like any other girl. Not even one.
Days turned Months, Months turned years,
I became a Zombie, You became my dream.

Went back to the city, when I could think on my own,
Searched your street, my street and every place else,
Couldn’t find you at all, except in my heart,
I gave up hope, but couldn’t give you up.

What a waste, this life is, I couldn’t even find you..
Here I am wasting myself, whilst you mightn’t know I existed.
Did you even know me? Do you know my name?
Even if you did, do you remember me??

Not many questions, even fewer answers,
Gave up hope, but couldn’t give you up buddy..
Another girl enters, but the heart is divided,
I wonder how to breathe in, after breathing in already.

The day I saw you again, a feeling that is unbound joy,
Flowing through me, a feeling that couldn’t be hidden,
You not only knew me, but also remembered me,
“Oh my God, I can’t believe this”, You said and...

...later asked me, “Would you be my Man?”
Followed by, “Just kidding, No one can”.
I felt reborn, though for a second,
But I felt so empty, more like Hollow.

It took a week before I could be a li’l normal,
Before I decided to tell you that you were my Destiny,
But When you told me that you were in love with some one,
There was nothing left in me, coz’ yea, of course, it was someone else.

You were in my dream today, yet another time,
To remind me how things shoulda been ideally.
You talk rarely, Then I try not to show myself,
Coz’ I ain’t the guy you think I am. Coz’ I act.

Beauty in all its manifestations
Just beyond the end of my outstretched arm,
You just flew away, coz’ I didn’t wanna hurt you one bit.
So, I’ll just stay good, and savour all those little rare smileys.

And live through, just the same.

Love Story - Erich Segal

To think i missed reading this small 100 odd page classic all these years.... But then, i did get to read it atleast on my birthday this year, and am happy for that.

I was at a quiz a few months back, and there was this question...

Which book starts with..?
"What can i say about a 25 year old girl who died? That she loved Mozart, beetles..blah blah...And me..."

I had no idea... weird someone would write about a dead girl... i didn't know the answer, which i soon found to be the same as the title of this post. A friend of mine, who's usually very good with books, said it was a classic story of love..

Love?? Classic??
TORTURE!..... and i didn't have the slightest intention to know more about it..

Then, coming back to last friday, i escaped my birthday bash (a real bashing, mind you..), and was walking home alone, looking at the shops on the main road as i went.. there was this book stall on the road... He said "50 rupees each... ". I asked him what books he'd give me for ten rupees... He pointed to a few books... Among them was a lot of nonsense claiming to be thrillers and of course, this small wonder. This was the only book i'd heard of before in that junk, and i HAD to buy something to keep me occupied for the rest of the day. Without any second thought, i bought this book and went home..

I knew it'd take atleast another 4 hours for my room mates to come home... and 100 pages would be a matter of 2 hours max... I talked to the house owner, gave sweets blah blah.. and returned in less than an hour... With mega-maga boredom waiting to catch me, i sank into the love story. And i never knew what was happening in the real world for the next hour and a half..

You thought this would be a book review? Nah.. am too small a critic to review this book.. go get it yourself and read through... I assure you, it will be

Simple.... or should i say,


"Wonderfully simple

and

Simply wonderful"


The first part was as good as the last part, and the transition from the first word to the last word would be just outa this world. I never knew such a small and simple book could work this much magic.. Frightfully simple, freakingly good.

Better than most other books i've read, and i've read quite a few...

That is all ye know about it, and that is all ye need to know....... (Keats)

ps:

1. Ten rupees spent, a masterpiece earned. Bangalore is THE place for book-a-holics...

2. Am trying to read Catch 22 now.. its bloody insane... as insane as my household... i wont write about it here... never.. :)