A Little Higher !

A Little Higher !

I was trying to reach for the Chocolates in the refrigerator,
And my siblings teased you need to reach A Little Higher!
Bored alone went to my granny and we played snakes and ladder
I was bit by the snake &she moved up the ladder  A Little Higher!
I ran to mom, 'I want to play basket-ball with dada' I told her
She said not now you will have to grow A Little Higher!
At school I was struggling with strokes of A, I heard the teacher
A diagonal stroke yeah,no..no, not that way A Little Higher! 
Confused on my way I wanted a candy to me feel lighter
I couldn't reach grrrr...I heard the machine say A Little Higher!
I graduated to high school &my score came my heart pumped faster
It was PTA,the teacher smirked and said he should aim A Little Higher!
''If you want a top college,admissions will be tough it’s college next year..
gear up''dad said .I nodded my head  yeah try A Little Higher!
Friend faced the music too his answer sheet had the remark very poor
We laughed it out with a Pepsi can Cheers!  A Little Higher!
We made it to college,smart girls flocked with miniskirts;we wished for thunder.
All the naughty boys screamed Boy wish it had flown A Little Higher!
Placements began we sat for interviews, top companies came to Hire
What are your plans?Dad asked. that day but my fear was A Little Higher!
Get placed & pursue MBA' Dad said. I am settled today but less happier
Annual meet I presented budgets and forecast for the coming year
My boss said "Targets were too low next time we need to set targets A Little higher!  
When I look back I regret for not being courageous & not being a fighter!
I should have told dad‘I want to pursue rock’ look I was back to Square 
I could hardly talk even the other day. I wasn't stronger , I didn't try harder,
Wish I had chosen my dream and voiced it a little louder.Aimed A Little Higher! 

Barkha Mehta (Malpani)- Emotions Redefined!: Shhhh…Silence

Barkha Mehta (Malpani)- Emotions Redefined!: Shhhh…Silence

Shhhh…Silence

 

Silence is a less known emotion…

Often taken only in negation

Well, its nature is unique full of complexity

Some seemed to have mastered this art; for some still a mystery.

Borrows attributes of water creates its path

Sometimes soothing sometimes sign of wrath

Is it a welcome solace, a much needed hush?

For sometimes it’s important to take a halt, not rush.

Not sure for sometimes it feels like lonely soul waiting to befriend,

Who has been hit and has reached an end.

Sometimes mistaken for attitude, anger and ego

Denied benefit of doubt; what if one is struggling to let go?

This curious mind digs deeper than required

And in this quest the mind writes and overwrites and gets tired

It asks is it anger, pain, defeat, helplessness or a weapon of the witty.

Or is it acceptance, failure, deep thought, spaced out, victory…?

Is it a cry of silence hard to hear? Muffled loud screams?

Or a misunderstood soul, sign of shattered dreams.

A zone entered to make others realize a hollow

But seldom understood because it’s hard to follow

True that muteness, uncommunicativeness can miscommunicate too

But maybe that’s why it’s a dagger famous with few

Curious and confused myself if it’s a wise tool

Friend of the intelligent and unknown to fool

As my quest for the meaning of silence is still on

For now I have some idea of conquering it and to hold on

It sure is beautiful if you can decode the mute whisper

It won’t tear you apart it actually brings hearts closer

For people sometimes draw this iron curtain

Yeah sure not an easy job to break this dead air for certain

But for someone who cares and understand real deep chances are fair

May be it sometimes means nothing more than a heart & mind- hide & seek affair

The nature of this calm will always be as difficult as its now, so let it unfold

yeah looks like there is some truth in the saying ‘Speech is silver silence is gold’

The Busy Tone (Too Too Too Phew ! )

Too too too phew ! The Busy Tone …

The person you are trying to reach is currently busy.

This line is familiar and the mention of this itself sounds lousy

But my case is weird, every time I hear this line

More than the caller I relate it to my life

Well because like that lady even I repeat this often

When people enquire Wazzup? How you? When are we meeting then?

I instantly reply, I will catch you later I am busy now!

The enthusiasm from the other side fizzes to all time low.

This line saves me from further probing

But not too long, the evil mind takes care of further examining

It then shoots questions on such a rapid pace

Yeah all deliberate, candid demands straight on the face

A 100 movies on the ‘do not miss’ list yet to see

A 1000 songs that relate me to mee

The bunch of friends I so long to meet

A list of favorite’s I still crave to eat

Some 10’s of outlets I still desire to drop

Some lacs of things I have been yearning to shop  

That time-out I long for to take that rejuvenating spa

Those days that I want to spend just with Maa and Paa

Certain chit-chat & gossip sessions pending with sisters

How I  wish to go back to Miss status for a while from Mrs.

Those mornings when I want to be married just to my cozy bed

And those nights when I want to flood YOU with all the love unexpressed

There is so much still incomplete, unfinished and impending

That my pen says, Oh let it be, I am tired the ink is less and your list is never ending

And yet you claim you are busy?

Then my friends go get a life more rosy Go get a life less busy!