Gag bag

A glimpse into those pieces,
I once held together as one.
Reminds me of those special days,
into which today, for eternity I could gaze.

A smiling face glistens past one,
a shadow of a face I know.
Where have all the moments gone,
on whom I tightly held onto?

Last time I saw them,
they were alive, beaming and gleaming.
Today, I am not so sure,
is it just me or am I dreaming?

Ah! A crystal ball drops by,
with a flourish it unveils the future.
Oh wait! Am I ready to see this?
Of this I am not so sure!

What I want to see, what I wish to have,
may or may not be there.
Do I want to hurt myself
even without being over there?

Fascinated though I am,
at the prospect of seeing something I could.
But wouldn’t it just be more enthralling,
to actually live through something that good?

Today I have a thought,
its not actually true.
Its just something I wish it to be,
which has stuck onto me like glue.

However much have the little pieces been exposed.
Howmuchever sun and rain they bore.
I know some things for certain when I can say,
That though weathered, they are still the ones I adore!

I always wanted an elephant as a pet. I wanted to keep him in my parking, and wanted to give it food to eat, maybe play with it. Go for rides on it. It was my childhood fantasy. Even now, it remains my favorite animal, and bags the place for the animal I love the most, but am scared of the most! :)
Here's an ode to it...


I dream of an elephant,
completely milk white,
which not only looks thin,
but is just as light.

It runs around in my park,
even after it gets dark.
And then admires the moon,
only to realize it's time to sleep soon.

With its big black eyes,
it can tell all my lies.
But it will never scold nor hit,
only will it teach what is right.

When I am feeling sad,
it will sit beside me,
and hug me with its trunk,
so tight that my face opens with a glee.

It is my best friend,
which will to my every need tend.
I just wish someone will
to me this friend lend.

I was on this trip to Diveagar this weekend. And along the drive I experienced how someone so very strange, unknown can be so close just for the time-being. Ok, before you start judging and making up your own stories, let’s get to the fact.

On our way back, we took up the Tamhini Ghat road for Pune. We started at 5:30pm, and it being the winter season, it was quite obvious that we would be driving in the night time mostly. The tamhini ghat is as such dangerous, as there are no lights, and no villages on the way across the whole ghat region. So once you start, for the next 2 hrs, forget coming across a place to rest, take a break, fill petrol, get help and so on. Not even a light snack is possible. All along the road, there was hardly any car, and the darkness and the starry sky and the cold breeze were adding to the eeriness.

Cruising along, I came across a Tavera which was going in the same direction as ours, and at this time, I found a good friend in him. I followed it continuously, for want of someone to be leading me in the dark and curvy road, with no road signs to guide. Intrinsically we both were keeping the distance between us such that we don’t lose each other, without having to tell this to one another. After a while, he signaled to me to lead him, and I gladly took up the position to lead kindly light. It felt nice to help and be helped. And it is true that we never will meet each other, never might come across each other. We never did meet each other too that day as well, but for those 2hrs, it felt as if we were the best of friends on our way to a picnic. Sometimes you find people in the most strangest of all places, and they become the sole factor for enduring through that time. Some say this is what life is, I say this is Vasudhaivva Kutumbakamm, the motto of Symbiosis.

We had this wonderful poem (which now seems wonderful, back then it seemed horrible) in the 10th standard. Its about how scientific progress has gone ahead so much that now we don't require any of the so called genie or other wish granting demons cause what we wish for is already at our disposal. It truly makes sense looking back at the poem now..
This suddenly struck me now. Meenakshi (a good friend of mine) is leaving the country, and its the first time someone from our group of 10 is leaving the country. Till now even though 3-4 left Pune, we could all remain in touch forever through that awesome gadget called the mobile phone and its wonderful gift of messaging. But now, when it comes to international messages, well, its not that casual a thing. And I then started wondering that in the time to come, well, this is surely going to be the case with not one, but like nine others, and what will I do in that case? Its bad enough now, and i realized the depth when I had to remove her name form the messaging list, and it suddenly dawned that wo wo..!! Its really happening..!!
So I started my usual thought process. I always believe I can make wonders happen, for no reason at all, so I begin to dig deep to maybe invent some new gadget which will solve my worries. Ofcourse, most of this is just some cheap feelgood thing I have about myself, but then, I do feel good, so ya, I fulfill my purpose.
Anyway, point is, I suddenly remembered how Sirius (Black) had given Harry (Potter) the two way mirror to communicate. I suddenly started wondering if by luck I could land up on something that great, so that I can be like communicating forever and can stay in touch with all my friends whenever I want.
I then realized that well, I already have that gift in the form of gtalk/yahoo messenger and the other messenger services, which maybe would have made Harry envious himself. He would have easily given up that broken piece of mirror for some real time, voice chatting, supplemented by send files, emote! and other options.
So well, though we haven't actually landed up upon magic, we certainly are using like most of it without having the knowledge about how great an invention it is..!!
Kudos to mankind to make the world a really smaller place...!!

Well, I thought a lot on this, as to what all can I write. There is just too much... But I guess I can't summarize any better than this. Friends mean
Symphony...!!!
If you can fulfill this, then you are the one. Else, you can never be the one...!!!