There sits a midnight pauper with nothing much to eat
Along comes a young man; marching to his own, fine beat
The pauper raises his hand, tries to catch His attention
The young man ignores him, looking ahead (maybe into another dimension)
His eyes dreamy, His eyes glassy
Walks away from the pauper’s misery
Without so much as a thought
Drowned in his own personal reverie
The pauper keeps staring
His mouth open wide
His expression spelt amazement
His eyes terrified
For what he saw in the young man
Wasn’t as disturbing; as what he didn’t see,
Walking into the darkness,
Was just a pair of eyes, and a pair of feet.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Chernobyl
Saw a documentary about the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster today, and came up with this:
There's a person waiting for you to come back home
and sleep by her side
She waits for a future with you and her
and maybe an innocent child
You could play all day
and put him on your back
You could see the smile on his face
and spend the rest of your life like that
Do you really wanna give that away?
Do you really wanna give them away?
Or are you waiting for the world to say
Please don't kill me for you ego
I don't deserve to die right now
Remember the games you used to play as a kid?
The ones with Superman and the bad guys
You've grown up now and there's no Superman
I'm not so sure about the bad guys
Do you know how many kids are playing
that very game right now?
Do you know how many mothers are praying
for their safety right now?
Do you really wanna take that away?
Do you have any right of playing with their happiness this way?
Or are you waiting for the world to say
Please don't kill me for your ego
I don't deserve to die right now
I'm a man, I'm a common man
A faceless man, an innocent man
I'm walking on the street
Following my daily routine
Can you give me a reason
for killing me slowly?
For killing my parents, my wife, my kids
my friends and my family?
I know you can't
I know you can't
I know you can't
Coz you're the same as me
Please don't kill me for your ego
I don't deserve to die right now
There's a person waiting for you to come back home
and sleep by her side
She waits for a future with you and her
and maybe an innocent child
You could play all day
and put him on your back
You could see the smile on his face
and spend the rest of your life like that
Do you really wanna give that away?
Do you really wanna give them away?
Or are you waiting for the world to say
Please don't kill me for you ego
I don't deserve to die right now
Remember the games you used to play as a kid?
The ones with Superman and the bad guys
You've grown up now and there's no Superman
I'm not so sure about the bad guys
Do you know how many kids are playing
that very game right now?
Do you know how many mothers are praying
for their safety right now?
Do you really wanna take that away?
Do you have any right of playing with their happiness this way?
Or are you waiting for the world to say
Please don't kill me for your ego
I don't deserve to die right now
I'm a man, I'm a common man
A faceless man, an innocent man
I'm walking on the street
Following my daily routine
Can you give me a reason
for killing me slowly?
For killing my parents, my wife, my kids
my friends and my family?
I know you can't
I know you can't
I know you can't
Coz you're the same as me
Please don't kill me for your ego
I don't deserve to die right now
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Find My Paradise
It is a lonely path I tread
With a couple of hopes
And dreams in my head
A lonely road
A lonely way
A lonely wind blowing my life into disarray
Is it unfair then, if I
Ak for some help
Or a piece of advice?
I’m just here to find my paradise
My paradise is a world
Where I’m not alone
With a few people I can call friends
And a place I can call home
‘tis a simple thing
The paradise that I seek
But coming across simple things is hard
Because they mean so much more to me
Along then, I’ll go
It is a long road ahead
And I still have
A couple of hopes and dreams
I won’t complain though
I’ll take life as it comes
With a pinch of salt and loads of spice
Who knows, maybe someday
I’ll find my paradise
I’ll find my paradise....
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
I am terrified of myself
It's getting dark
Night is setting in
The same old house that was
Cheery in the morn
is now getting gloomy and dim
I can hear the soft
whispers of the breeze
I can hear my own breath
Footsteps resounding and echoing
in this house of death
Every soft movement
feels like my last
every shadow; a murderer
every creak; my end
every passing moment, doubling the pace of my heart
Terrified to move
Afraid of staying alone
I look around slowly
This is the place I call home
I close my eyes
and remind myself
that my worst enemy
is my mind
I open them
and look into the mirror
a shadowy and pale reflection
of one that was caring and kind
This is my imagination
I say out loud
in a voice, not quite my own
I say it again, and again
but to no avail, nothing eased my pain
The pain of knowing
that I was being punished
Punished for my sin
A horrible sin, at that,
The sin of murdering my own kin
They are back to reclaim me
NO THEY'RE NOT
To take me to hell
NO THAT IS A FALSITY
I brought this upon myself
You brought this upon yourself
You brought this upon yourself.....
Night is setting in
The same old house that was
Cheery in the morn
is now getting gloomy and dim
I can hear the soft
whispers of the breeze
I can hear my own breath
Footsteps resounding and echoing
in this house of death
Every soft movement
feels like my last
every shadow; a murderer
every creak; my end
every passing moment, doubling the pace of my heart
Terrified to move
Afraid of staying alone
I look around slowly
This is the place I call home
I close my eyes
and remind myself
that my worst enemy
is my mind
I open them
and look into the mirror
a shadowy and pale reflection
of one that was caring and kind
This is my imagination
I say out loud
in a voice, not quite my own
I say it again, and again
but to no avail, nothing eased my pain
The pain of knowing
that I was being punished
Punished for my sin
A horrible sin, at that,
The sin of murdering my own kin
They are back to reclaim me
NO THEY'RE NOT
To take me to hell
NO THAT IS A FALSITY
I brought this upon myself
You brought this upon yourself
You brought this upon yourself.....
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Eyes That Dreamt
In a world enveloped in darkness
Where hopes are hard to find
Where people look inside themselves to see
All the things that pollute their mind
And pray in vain
For forgiveness
For purifying themselves
And their souls
To jusify their acts
Of greed and jealousy
She looked at me with eyes
That still shone with dreams
The dreams in those eyes
Promising hope for the hopeful
And trust for the thieves
The eyes that refuse to see
The world as it is
Believing and making me believe
Nothing is as bad as it seems
The eyes that shone with dreams...
Where hopes are hard to find
Where people look inside themselves to see
All the things that pollute their mind
And pray in vain
For forgiveness
For purifying themselves
And their souls
To jusify their acts
Of greed and jealousy
She looked at me with eyes
That still shone with dreams
The dreams in those eyes
Promising hope for the hopeful
And trust for the thieves
The eyes that refuse to see
The world as it is
Believing and making me believe
Nothing is as bad as it seems
The eyes that shone with dreams...
Saturday, February 27, 2010
I'm always there
When nothing seems to be
like you want it to be
When nothing happens
the way you plan
When everyone else is too far away
to make you happy
And all your problems
make you want to lose your mind
Remember
the door's always open
I'm there to catch your tears
Sooner or later
Everything's gonna get better
Coz it just can't get worse..
When everything you want
is just a step away
And that's the only step
you can't take
When everything you dreamed of
goes down the drain
And you all you feel like
is just a big mistake
Remember
There's someone to whom
you mean more than the world
Sooner or later
He's gonna make everything better
He'll kiss away all your fears......
like you want it to be
When nothing happens
the way you plan
When everyone else is too far away
to make you happy
And all your problems
make you want to lose your mind
Remember
the door's always open
I'm there to catch your tears
Sooner or later
Everything's gonna get better
Coz it just can't get worse..
When everything you want
is just a step away
And that's the only step
you can't take
When everything you dreamed of
goes down the drain
And you all you feel like
is just a big mistake
Remember
There's someone to whom
you mean more than the world
Sooner or later
He's gonna make everything better
He'll kiss away all your fears......
Friday, February 19, 2010
Waiting for Somebody
Waiting for somebody to take my hand
and say to me don't worry I'm there
Waiting for somebody to take me along
in this life that's so bloody unfair
Somebody like you...
Waiting for somebody to stand next to me
and make me feel like someone cares
Waiting for somebody to make me believe
again that a thing called love's still there
Somebody like you...
Been waiting for years
and nobody's come
Been waiting for years
am still all alone
Been waiting for years
it's like nobody cares
Been waiting for years
I just wish someone was there...
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