On Hoarding

Insignificant memorabilia-
Immortal chains,
To the vast abyss of memory.
Pulling down deeper,
Faster and tighter-
Into that useless waste, of time.
Forever reminders,
Post dated to infinity,
Clinging on- to the past, and to future hope.
Selfish, materialistic,
Worldly, possessive,
And always one to lose.


© Dipti Agarwal
06/05/2009

Farewells

One last look behind the clouds,

One last dance in your arms,

One last kiss stolen from the makers of fate,

One love chanced with no expiry date.

 

One last night of togetherness,

One last sigh of passing,

One chance taken and survived,

One dream lived and fulfilled.

 

One last walk within your walls,

One last touch of madness befalls,

One and two years frozen in time,

Infinite memories, friends- all mine.

 

The last goodbye, the last farewell,

And wishing it never ends,

The last journey on the road,

A moist witness as the chapter folds.

  

© Dipti Agarwal

05/04/2009

* Note: Dedicated to my beloved alma mater- MICA

Choked

The longing light kissed my feet

And the shadows got darker,

On the road of reckoning

My steps were reluctant as ever.

 

I gazed frantically around

Trying to retain the dream,

To burn every last detail

And forever commit to memory.

 

It remains forever in my vision

But I don’t look it in the eye,

As the salty matters threaten then

A trigger to the blurred goodbyes.

Dislikes

I dislike partings...

For they make me so sad

They make me want to reach out...

Reach out to what’s not there.

They leave me all alone

With nobody but myself.

 

I dislike loneliness...

It reminds me of times it wasn’t so

When I had everyone around

Who never made me feel alone.

And then the emptiness stings

And I’m left struggling with me.

 

I dislike absence...

It leaves empty spaces

Where earlier there was none

My heart keeps yearning for those not there

It calls out... but there are none.

There aren’t even echoes to

Answer me now... only the blank.

 

I dislike silence...

It opens too many doors

Rather left unopened

It brings back too many memories

That are better off untold.

Unsaid, mum and in the box

Never again to be taken out.

 

I dislike memories...

May they be big or small

For I don’t like going back in time

To relive that moment

And then pine...

For things I shouldn’t think of

However they might be.

 

I dislike thoughts...

Those traitors my brain pets

Who just betray my will...

They don’t listen one bit to me

And then the salt goes over the sill.

Madly Drunk

I want you to hold my hand

I want you to talk

Into my ear softly so

Only I can listen.

 

I want you to hold me close

Be with me evermore

Take me to the land of dreams

Where you and I can be.

 

Let’s run away

Let’s leave this world

And the customs it forces to bear

I just want to be with you

To hear your deep voice

And never know any fear.

 

Of being alone

Of being trapped

Of being without anyone

Of being closed off

Without you

Without you, oh my sun.

 

Your smile brings smiles to me

Your happiness radiance to my face

I need you so

Please love me so

I’ll be with you forever and a day.

I... Who?

* I have put it as a picture to retain the format.

Part of something else... but apt for now

The wistful loneliness doesn't go away
Like a shadow to you
Night time blues and sleeplessness
And thoughts with sadness brew.

Oh, why can't we be together
Why didn't the time start
'Tis right to live in hope, but now
There seems very little about.

There is a feeling of uncertainty
Threatening to call a storm
Kicked out dreams and goals and passions
And none of the glory of the morn.