Signs of Life

The first drops of dew glistening on the leaves
As they shimmer and dance in the rays of heavenly light
Flowers, their delicate mien upturned as they capture the divine radiance at dawn
And the gentle morning breeze refreshing the drowsy oaks.

As the sun wakes up from its nocturnal rest
Bringing its feathered friends along, who,
Chirping clear and sweet, greet the day’s commencement.
As animals stretch out, beginning a new beginning.

Laughter all around, the joy of being.
She sits at her window, watching with glazed eyes.
She sees it all, she notices nothing.
She is dead, but she breathes.

She breathes on, her senses unfeeling,
Untouched by the joy around,
She will sit there, see the sun drown at eve,
As life passes by, she is left behind.

- Radhikaa Sharma

Quality of Loneliness

Solitary seems to be a wholesome word
Complete in itself, pleasant out of habit.
Silent words are the most clearly heard,
In the crowd of nothingness, in the vastness of the soul.

The abstract jungle of daydream,
Are easy to get lost in, forever and after.
The mind is a puzzle the soul must solve,
And the heart continues to be a mystery, murky, bottomless.

I badly need to get away from the world,
My soul needs to heal its many smarts.
My mind needs to rest itself from the ordeal of life
My heart wants to find a place for serenity.

I find that place, when I’m all by myself,
That place is inside me, has always been.
Solitude many be called loneliness, a sense of non-belonging,
But solitude has the rare quality of making me see who I am.

Maybe I’m afraid of who I will see reflected
When I look into the mirror of my soul
We are all trying to run away from it
The truth of our lives and our selves.

Still, when my conscience urges for sanctuary
And I feel I have no place to go
I know I can retire to my Inner Hiding Place
And unburden myself in the safety I know.

And so, despite the rush of the world each day,
And even when my dreams are dashed, and hopes dismayed,
When I find myself alone, I know who I really am,
And I discover new will to surge ahead.

Our reflection is what we need the most
And solitude is the crutch to our handicapped souls.
Man is but a social animal; he does need company,
But solitude makes him human.

The Forgotten "I Love You"

Because you have forgotten,
And I still love you.
Because all those times hold no sense now
And every promise turned untrue.

I remember you promising forever,
‘Forever’ is lost in the distant past.
We tried to cling on to nothingness
Nothingness is the remnant at last.

The mistake of it all lays anonymous
Neither of us recognizes the reason.
Wherein lay the final breakdown
And all the words came undone.

It was supposed to be our love
The elixir to keep us going through
But now I lay, senseless and numb,
What mistake I made, and never knew?

I loved you, and always will.
You may know, may forget, and may not care.
Being yours is my foremost identity
With you, I could lay my heart bare.

Everything’s now lost
But I know I know I can’t change again.
I am going to wait forever
And this forever won’t be in vain.

I’ll count each day,
And number my nights.
And remain yours till the end.
This promise, I promise, won’t break,
This is one vow I vow, not to bend.

I Will Be Right Here

The day that I first saw you
Is still fresh in my mind,
Still remember that first time,
I set my eyes on you.

I did feel a certain flutter,
And maybe you did too
But I didn’t really give a second look,
Never knew it could be so true.

Looked at you out of the corner of my eye
And maybe you too gave me a glance.
Tried to talk, gave it a try,
But Providence never showed a chance.

Stumbled, fell, and tripped all the way,
No one cared, as I delved in the deep dark.
I stopped trying to make myself say
To you, the way you’d make me spark.

I gave life a chance, more than once.
Never really got what I wanted.
Just looked at the rising and drowning suns,
As life passed by, and I was left behind.

I played the fool, and I knew I did.
Now I know you saw me blunder.
But that time I was too blind to see,
And to the buzz of life, I had to surrender.

Guess I never had the chance to look back,
And see if you were there for me.
I was dead, life was black,
All my emotions were at sea.

I returned to where I’d started from,
And life was just a dead standstill.
My conscience still raged an inner storm,
Every breath seemed to kill.

And then one day- I don’t recall when
We hesitantly said “Hello”
You entered and decorated my life then
The sweet melody of life, began to flow.

It was more than just the ordinary,
You made me feel oh! So free,
And I really began to believe in love,
Thanked all the heavens above.

What I had needed were you,
But still obligations held me tied.
And I just didn’t know what to do,
Felt so incapable of anything anymore.

Love won over all else,
And now I’m there, just for you.
Now I know all the time I’d lost, when
“You and me” just wouldn’t do.

But now that I’m here
There’s this one thing I promise
I’m standing right by you, my dear
And together is our world of forever bliss.

You gave me courage, made me strong
You’re the reason I’m holding on
I know you’re there, be I right or wrong,
My pains have lessened, if not gone.

The sweet nothings we talk for hours
Make me live life, all day through
The way we murmur “I love you” empowers
My heart and soul- divine and true.

The days seem to stretch into years
And each second ticks, just so long.
Your love helps me face my fears
Gives me hope, make me strong.

I’ll be right here, all the way
I promise I’ll never take back my word.
Living life with you, a smile a day
I know that my oaths, you have heard.

I trust you, and always will,
And pray for us to last on and on.
I’ll be with you, valley and hill,
Our love will last, long after we are gone.

- Radhikaa Sharmaa

Your Presence

Your shadow falling on the space beside me
As you take the steps to be at my side
To tell me how much you care
To make me smile whenever I cried.

Your hands, holding mine,
As we walk on a cold dark night
But I feel strangely warm inside
Looking at my reflection in your eye’s light.

Your smile, pleasant and soft,
Filling my heart with a wonderful peace
As I pray and wish to the Lord,
Let him always be with me, please.

Your eyes, reflecting the love I have in mine
As they look towards me and caress my soul
As they look at me and into me
I know that’s how my heart you stole.

I count on your presence a lot
More than you will ever be able to know
Your being here and being for me
Is what makes my life each day glow.

Stay here, forever and a day
We may even fight, but please just stay.
You are the only need in this life of mine,
You are the star making my world shine.

- Radhikaa Sharmaa