Random Musings

A dark scary night Not a soul in sight I am lost in dusty bye-lanes Fear grips my heart Suddenly I see ahead A busy highway with gleaming lamps Hope emerges from my heart again Merciless sun is beating upon the land Dry arid land looks thirsty and bland Trees slowly wither Life hides wherever it can The wind suddenly turns into a gale Thunder and lightning herald the coming of rain Hope leaps up from my heart again Disrespect, negativity, ego Make me go insane Mistrust, misunderstandings, insecurities Fill my heart with pain An evolved life emerges Embraces me without the desire of any gain Hope dances forth from my heart again Life is such a struggle Some days it feels like a dark night On other days like a parched land Some days the heart cries unable to tolerate pain Leaving my self behind I retreat into another world I fight, I shout And berate my life for making me so frail Once the tempest is over I sit calmly and I seek To hear what life...

"Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees Time can break your heart, have you begging please, begging please" ....so sang Eric Clapton in his touching song, "Tears in Heaven", written after the tragic passing away of his child.  Time.  A simple word we use so often in life. Everyday utterances: "where is the time", "what is the time?", "how much time will you take?".  Time becomes a banal entity in the daily grind of life, hardly ever getting the attention it deserves.  And yet sometimes, events happen that knock us out of our senses. And make us feel as if time has come to a stand still.  Its almost like we humans lead a life built on expectations. Tomorrow will come, I will have food to eat. A job to go to where I will be loved and appreciated. Family and loved ones to be with.  A continuum of expectations that assumes life will stretch from today to tomorrow into infinity, the way we "expect" it to be!...