"The Footprint Sets "

Looking back across the tides of time
Wonder when those footprints just became mine
You had pushed me on to better days
You had helped me see through the maze
You knew where to hit when times grew tough
You knew how to appreciate when it was good enough
But then the tide grew in and the waves hit hard
And I looked back to see the footprints had fallen apart...


The waters will rise and they will fall
The sun will come out and dry everything around
There will be many more seasons of change
But never say that just one set of footprints will remain

You believe in me and so I do too
You push me to higher ground and so I flew
You chided me when I sat back and took things for granted
You dreamed maybe more than I could have ever imagined
I limited myself to just my little square
But you showed me the stories waiting beyond..out there!

The waters will rise and they will fall
The sun will come out and dry everything around
There will be many more seasons of change
But never say that just one set of footprints will remain.


In view of all the questions that I have got regarding this poem and its resemblance to the other "footprints " poem..just wanted to clarify that this has a very different theme.
This is for a friend or mentor or someone who you want to be there for you as you walk along the journey of life. Sometimes things happen and we loose friends and people on our way and its not always easy...we long and pray for them to be there..
And thats why here the footprints dont want to be just one set....They want the company that makes them a better person,a better friend and accomplish things which they alone would never imagine to do!

This is dedicated to a special friend, mentor and critic....my way of saying Thankyou...my way of saying, "once a friend..ALWAYS a friend"

'My Prayer'

I understand not
What is your plan?
I cannot comprehend
Why the twists and the bends?
I lie in bed all curled up
Not a choice , not to warm up
but I know master you're shaping me
And so peacefully I will endure.

A life without scars
Will not make me realize who You are
The peace I would question, "How?"
I experience fully now
And though sometimes I maybe unsure
With you by myside I'll peacefully endure



RM@ Thankyou for showing me where our Strength and Hope lies...even when we can't ask or express...He listens even to the silence...

'Two Hearts'

"God made Sam and looked at his heart
He said, "What a beauty from end to start!
A heart that loves me, devoted and true
A heart that'll be among the chosen few.

Then God made Margaret, A rare pearl.
A gem, a beauty and so surreal
A woman He knew who would gladly serve
A woman who would be beyond words.

With two perfect hearts made
A great idea in His mind now played
Sam and Margaret put together
Will be love standing strong in any kind of weather
So He united them and placed them as one
He smiled as they wed
coz a journey of Love had begun....!!


DEDICATED TO ONE OF MY FAVOURITE COUPLE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!

Happy 25th Wedding Anniversary! Thankyou for being such wonderful spiritual parents and friends to me!
I thank the Lord for you and the example that you are to so many..in today's world where relationships, commitments and true love seem to be going extinct, you stand as an example to prove that marriage is not about two its about 3! Christ being in the centre!
I love you and hope you have many more joyous years together!

"To Papa with Love"

'Paapajaan' is what I also call the man
Who's made me to become who I am
As a kid I felt you kneel right beside me
And I always kept that extra chair for you
When I played house in make belief

Mom said I hurt you when I lied
Made me wonder coz I could never see your eyes
The eyes she said that also shed tears
When I did stuff she feared

I never skipped church or sunday school
Coz they said I could learn about you
I sang, I Drew and tried my best at memory verse
All I wanted then was to impress you Papa-'the maker of my universe'

Days passed and your little girl grew
I found others to impress and other dreams to be pursued
I loved you Papa but I had the world waiting
Everything around just so captivating

My heart now was torn between you and a man
All my conversations with you were now about him and our plans
I've got a new cellphone Papa and I wish you had one too
Would help me make sure you heard what all I needed from you

Papa? You there?It's been a while...
I need a hug Papa...I need your warm smile
The man I loved broke my heart
And all these months I blamed you for making my world fall apart
I felt mad and angry that you didnt care
And somedays I just wanted to run back and end the nightmare

I can never make you proud Papa Like I did at sunday school
I'm sorry I've let you down and have been such a fool
I wish I could turn back time and catchup on all that we could have done together
I've missed telling you about all that's been happening..everything! even the weather!

I love you Papa and there's nothing I long for more
To be your little girl and make you proud like before
I'm a lucky girl and you're the best Daddy ever
I don't deserve you and maybe have never
But You're my only Family now and forever!

"Mayonnaise Baatein"

A friend once said,
"Get on with life
Stay healthy keep fit
Eat chicken salad
With lots of mayo in it!
Smell like strawberry cheesecake
And give 'Axe'
A competition
Make excuses, brilliant ones
Never submit to opposition!
Idhar udhar
Sab barbaad hain
Sabne pehne firstclass naqab hain
So no tension
We're all part of it
Some destroy,Some pair up
Some amuse..that's their bit!
Bore hue tho dimaag ki bati jalao
Gaane likho,guitar bajao
Log kya jaane
What do people know?
Who's the conductor?
Where's the show?
The bored head
Nonsensical chatter
But what do they know?
What's making me fatter?
Blame the mayo!
Blame everything!
Pacify yourself by justifying things.
But worry not my friend
Na tu fiqar kar!
Zindagi kaatni hain, kat jayegi
Kabhi bore
Kabhi akele
Aur kabhi Dosto ke saath reh kar!"



Randomusing : "I know you'll know"
Janaab: "Apologies or Gratitude whichever pleases...as promised the cheesecake advice" (Preferred the blog to the report) :P

"Business as Usual"

Sunny skies
Morning dew
The mirror smiles
As I dress u
Nothing strange
Nothing peculiar
It's Business as usual

"Sunny side up
No milk please"
I watch you dress
Now with ease
Nothing strange
Nothing peculiar
It's Business as usual

Nervous smiles
Heartbeat loud
Your black robe
Makes me proud
Nothing strange
Nothing peculiar
It's Business as usual

Business suits
Plans and dreams
Ambitious chatter
Eyes that gleam
Nothing Strange
Nothing peculiar
It's Business as usual

The car crash
The telephone
Someone's dead
A Painful groan
Nothing strange
Nothing peculiar
It's Business as usual

Flowers and wreaths
Dust to dust
Part of me buried
And the other will rust
Nothing strange
Nothing peculiar
It's Business as usual

Emptiness and pain
A void made
Tears roll
Loneliness stays
Why is it strange?
Why is it peculiar?
How long before...It's Business as usual...

'Heart vs me'

"My heart feels ripped apart
it wishes to die down and never
beat again
It rises and falls
like the emotions and the tears
it wishes..it pleads...
to never love again

It pushes me away
It makes me want to go numb
to not feel the grace
I had believed in once
It cries and it weeps
and it slowly chooses to believe
That memories are weak
And people soon leave

I want you to embrace me
And hold this heart close
Before it breaks
Or just turns stone cold
I want to run up that hill
And feel the first drops
of rain
I want this heart to be revived
And get soaked in the rain
In the rain....
Of Grace again.

For you alone can sew through
This cut in my heart
You alone can take the pain
And turn it into a shout
You alone can converse
And make this stubborn heart believe
That though memories fade
And people leave
I still need a heart
To experience and share
'Your' love...
That will never cease..