SMRUTI
RANJAN MOHANTY
A LOOK AT LIFE-29
If you want to
dive deep into life
Its intrinsic
beauty and intricacies
Look at me
How solitary I am
In the midst of a
crowd
I am all lone
Fighting a lone
battle
In a no man's land
When I was born
There was no fanfare
When I will die
It will be another
uneventful event
Will never go down
In the annals of
history
As something
memorable
And glorious
Every moment I die
Every moment I
reincarnate
To live life
In the most
ignoble way
Under the burden
of
Relationships and
expectations
I feel suffocated
A sense of deep
melancholy
And deep seated
antipathy
Hunts me
All of a sudden
I find the
spectrum of rainbow
The next door
I forget
everything
And get deeply
engrossed
In what is
happening around
This is the way
We live life
Tend to forget and
forgive
Live it minute by
minute
Make thousands of
compromises
To make life more
bearable
In this apparently
unbearable world
Is there anyone
Who understands me
Is there anyone
Who accepts me
As I am
Is there any one
Who feels my feelings
Is there anyone
Who loves me
without a condition
Expecting anything
in reciprocation
Or I am just
Deceiving myself
all through
copyright@smrutiranjan 4.4.2016
A LOOK AT LIFE-28
Grief and relief
Hatred and
jealousy
Love and betrayal
Hope and despair
Sorrow and
happiness
Are but
Passing phases of
life
They do come and
go
Leaving their
indelible impression
On the mosaic of
life
Shattering its
very foundation
And all that one
fondly
Loves and
cherishes
Fortune and
misfortune
Just come and go
And nothing is
more permanent
Than their
impermanence and fragility
These are just
parts of life
Bound to come and
go
Non can help it
But one can help
oneself
By cultivating a
positive attitude
And by
appreciating the reality
That sorrow
How much poignant
it be
Happiness
How much
fascinating and hilarious it be
Are not going to
Remain for ever
Often the biggest
of tragedies
End in a nice
comedy
And become
harbingers
Of peace and
prosperity
That positive
state of mind
And the ability
To remain
undisturbed
In the midst of
Pair of opposites
Will safely bring
One ashore
copyright@smruti ranjan 3.3.2016
A LOOK AT LIFE-26
Let me live my
life
The way you lived
it
With all love and
passion
Far from today's
rational world
In the beauty of
nature
Let me enjoy my early
childhood
Relish every bit
of it
The way you did
In your good old
days
Let me dance and
play
Fly in the
beautiful world
Of prince and
princesses
Fairies and ghosts
And let me have
all those moments
Which once you had
Just do not make
me
A prisoner of your
unrealized dreams and aspirations
Do not make me an
oblation
In your
sacrificial rituals
To go up and up
In the ladder
Which never ends
I am just another
kid
Like those in the
hamlet
I envy them
Envy their lives
Envy everything
They have
The carefree life
That freedom and
open childhood
Which I do not
have
I feel suffocated
When I find my
childhood in chains
Give me that
breathing space
To breathe
And look at the
world
As it is
Even for a while
I ever doubt
Your love,
affection and
Concern to see me
at the top
But for a moment
Just get me out of
the seclusion
The heap of books
The monotonous
life
The values of the
larger society
The burden of
hopes and ambitions
Just enable me to
have a glimpse
At childhood
It's beauty, charm
and elegance
That makes life so
beautiful
copyright@smruti ranjan
27.11.2015
SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY
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