Wednesday, December 10, 2008

OUR STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE

IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK
WHEN LEGIONS WERE STAR GAZING;
THOU THE SHRINE WAS JAM PACKED
STILL SEARCHING FOR THE MAZING.

THEY WERE GROANING
AS THERE NEAR ONE SCATTERED,
FORBEAR THE MOANING
AS ONLY THAT WHAT MATTERS.

AS THEY BEGIN THEIR HUNT
TO GO OVER THE SKIES,
MANY CROSSES THE SHUNT
BUT STILL SOME HOPE DIES.

THOU THE TARGET WAS HIGH
BUT THEIR ATTITUDE NEVER DIES,
SO THEY ALL STOOD OVER THIGH
ALWAYS READY FOR THE TIES.

THOU IT WAS GRUELLING, OPEROSE AND SURD
BEYOND THE SKIES, OVER THE CLOUDS,
STILL THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR THE CURDS
BEEMING THEIR EYES, ECHOING THEIR LOUDS.

THEY HAD TO FACE MANY CHALLENGES,
FAR MORE THAN THEIR COMPITENCE,
BUT THEY STICK TO THEIR BENCHES
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.

THEY RUIN THEIR NIGHTS
FORGETING THEIR KITHS,
TO PUT UP BETTER FIGHTS
TURNING OFF ALL MYTHS.

YES THEY TOO HAD A DESIRE
TO GO IN THE WORLD OF FROLICS,
BUT THEY SUPRESS THEIR BRAINS ON FIRE
AND PREFER TO BROWSE ON TOPICS.

IT WAS NEVER A CROW-FLY
AS THE MACABRE WENT ON,
BUT THEY STILL DON'T CRY
AS THEY WERE READY FOR THE CONE.

THEY CAN NEVER PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER
SINCE THEIR PATH WAS INTRACTABLE;
THEY LOOKED TO GET IT DONNED FOREVER
TO ROSE HIGH AND RESPECTABLE.

AS THEY LEARNED TO COME OUTTA PERPLEXITY
AND TO GET SANDWICHED CONSISTANTLY;
THIS LEADS TO THEIR FLEXIBILITY
SCALING THE GREATER HEIGHTs PERSISTANTLY.

AS THEY BAGGED OUT OF QUAGMIRE,
THEIR CODE FOR THE TRIUMPH;
THEIR RINGING EYES FROM THE FIRE
WERE READY TO FIGHT FROM THE LUMPH.

ATLAST THEY WERE ARMED TO THE TEETH
EVER READY TO FACE THE NIGHTMARE,
FREQUENTLY TURNING ON THEIR SHEET
SHARDLY A MINUTE TO SPARE.

WITH THEIR BRAINS SIMMERING
THEY WERE SHIVERING IN THEIR SHOES,
TRYING DAMN HARD FOR BUFFERING
THEY CARED THEIR EVERY MOVE.

ALAS! THE DAY COME SPIRALLING,
THEIR HEART GOING BUMPTY-BUMP,
WITH ALL THE TOUGHTS QUARRELING
EVER HOPING FOR A BIG JUMP.

SOME OF THEM DASHED,
FEW GET BUMPS;
MANY WERE PLAGUED,
QUITE A FEW DUMPS.

THOSE WHO LOST, BEGAN TO CRY
CURSING THEMSELVES FOR THE TIES;
THOSE WHO SHINE, FLEW OVER THE SKY
READY FOR THEIR SHARE OF PIE.

SOME GOT STUCK-UP
HANGING IN THE MIDDLE,
WHILE OTHERS GOT BACK-UP
SOLVING THE OTHER RIDDLE.

AFTER A QUITE WHILE
EVERYTHING GET SETTLED,
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SMILE
AFTER THE PACKED BATTLE.

NOW! AFTER A LONG TIME
SWEAT STARTED COMING OUT AGAIN,
BRINGING A CALL FOR THE CHIME
LEAVING SOME IN THE PAIN.

SOME LOSE THE BATTLE,
SOME CAME OUT GLOWING;
MANY GOT RATTLED,
FEW WERE BLOWING.

IT DOESN'T MATTER
WETHER YOU WON OR LOST,
BUT ONE THING IS MUCH BETTER
THAT YOU LEARNT WITHOUT COST.

IT IS NOT THE BOOKISH BRAIN,
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LIFE
WHICH IS LIKE A PASSENGER TRAIN
ALL WILL REACH THE SAME SITE.

HERE, ALL ARE WON AND NONE IS LOST
THE MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU TRIED;
OUT ARE YOUR INSTINCTS THAT YOU HOST
ATLEAST BETTER THAN THOSE WHO FRIED.

MY FRIENDS! DON'T EVER GIVE UP
EVEN IF YOU CRACKED,
ALWAYS SMILE PUP
EVEN IF YOU ARE SHACKED.

3 comments:

Rajat said...
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Rajat said...

In my views,apart from d writer even d readers {who managed to read d entire work in one go}also deserves a token of appreciation................right dude!!!!!!!!!

NAMAN LAHOTY said...

well.....yeah
specially after the last poem...

btw how will u rate all the poems??