Misplaced the heart

I agree that I loved you once
but was careless at the start
unwittingly thus
I misplaced your heart.

I wrote to you many a time
you chose to close your eyes
and when I told you the truth
you chose to call it a lie.

You said what I wrote was too long
and made no sense to you
and yet I can swear on the holy book
what I wrote was all for you.

I know should have have kept it someplace safe
but I guess I wasn't that smart,
as a result of that little folly
I misplaced your heart.

Years are going by don't really know how to tell you
that I write whatever I do just for your sake,
if you choose to ignore it I can't help it
but then you can at least be fake.

Sometimes fake affection
can help someone like me
who's been denied love from whom he wishes
and get elated for free.

You can say that I lost it
but that's not an art
I had kept it alongside mine
when it broke I misplaced your heart.

A Seriously lame excuse

Get me a ticket which shall buy me a place in the best row
of the auditorium.
Don't waste too much time in talking to the sales girl.
Look the crowd has already started flowing in
in a while there hardly be would be any free air.
Get me wafer and get some cola
I don't drink so don't bother buying beer
I won't repeat my instructions
yes buddy the message is clear.
Go over to the fruit centre and get me a fresh and juicy pomegranate ,
I don't like sweets so don't you bring me that chocolate bar.

What a day

Let's decide whether we want to give it up
or do we want to make it up
or may be just throw it all way
what a day!

Should we patch up
or should we split
should we just walk away
what a day!

Let's play cheerful music
let's not waste time in fooling ourselves
let's not have it any other way
what a day!

Take out those stale pieces of bread
and give them to the men in red
we couldn't catch them while they were away
what a day!

Mix it up don't be afraid
it cannot be any other way
or we shall have to pray
what a day!

what a day in autumn time
what a day the winters' around
and I am ready to play
oh! what a day

You know these are Desperate times
But I know my heart's still mine
I have it all if I have hope
and shall have it come what may
what a day!

I have no idea why I wrote this

I have no idea why I wrote this
absolutely none.
Perhaps I wrote this because I had plenty of time
and nothing better to do.
But that still doesn't answer my question
that why did I choose to employ my spare time
in writing this than to have done any other thing.
The questions which come up before our eyes and force us
'to examine as to why we did this or did that
have no answers which can satisfactorily explain them.

A Lawyer's Journal Entry for March the 5th , 2011

Today I duped another unsuspecting fellow
and that has made me quite mellow,
but when he offered to pay me half the fee
I got disturbed , future emoluments are not my cup of tea.

I can live with adjournments I can live with delays
but money should be instantly paid.

My black coat bears on it
a long list of grievances and complaints
as also a whole lot of promises made
don't remember what became of them.

I am not loved I know this fact

not my fault , all a part of the act.

I don't like being a liar

though I like being called one

it adds to my importance and my esteem.

I don't dislike people calling me names

for they are better than my real one.

I am just just a guy making his living

why all this hue and cry?

I have always followed this motto in life

live simple and think high.

This is exactly what I do when I conduct my daily affairs

for simple drafting and arguments

I contemplate receiving high fares.

I still insist I am not a thug,

there are plenty of them already out there

I am just a simple man making my living

an existence almost thread bare.

Those who point fingers at us

should first analyse their own selves

and if they accuse us of swindling and manipulating

they should first clean their own shelves.

In this material world where there's a price

for everything there is under the sun

don't blame me for being what I am

I am just another one.

Once a Loser Always a Winner

It took me twenty odd years to realize this fact
and now that I have I had better act
to spread around the word for the benefit of my brothers
not that it won't prove useful if adhered to by the others.

It's time to forget how to do the best you can
for once you do it you'll be the man
and every time a venture crops up for completion
your name will come up for automatic admission.

If you want to take no part of the blame
if you never want to know the meaning of shame
if your heart craves for rest and peace
if you don't want work but want that fees.

Listen to these words of wisdom my friends
and act before it's too late make amends,
for there is a wise old saying to support what I say
and perhaps that's the reason you should follow this way....

Once a loser always a winner
Never doubt how true this is
once a loser always a winner
that's the secret of eternal bliss.

Once you show that you are good for nothing
no boss will ever come up to your desk
and say with a condescending air
that "Hey buddy do your best"

You'll be given your own little space
and you can always make up a constipated face
they won't bother you not for anything in the world
no obligation , accusation at you shall be ever hurled.

Once a loser always a winner
Many wise men have lived that way
Failure is the key to success
I have often heard them say.

If failure is the key to success
then soon all the treasures you shall possess.
For to open the treasure chest
you should either have the key
or you should be the bloody best.

Once you are tagged as a loser my friend
no fault to you will ever accrue,
and if by chance you do something constructive someday
you'll be hailed- the hero of the crew.

If the mission fails you won't be counted
when the time comes to pass the blame.
When the whole damn office is slogging around
you can follow the match without any guilt or shame.

Rather , your colleagues will mind, if you lend a hand
such generosity they would never stand,
for they'll be used to your uselessness by then
and once they get used to a thing or two
they won't have it any other way, oh yes !such are men.

So at the beginning of the year
or better still of the career
declare this fact in unequivocal terms
that expecting work and quality from you
would be like serving disinfectants to germs.

There are plenty of folks working around
why should we bother running around
reluctance is our daily prayer,
work load, I am sorry we can't share.

If anyone dares to give you any work
you employ your reputation and your quirk
If that doesn't work though I think won't fail,
of callousness and incompetence do leave a trail.
And if I am worth half my salt
he would very soon realize his fault.
I bet he would then quickly retreat
and by his own vigour and labour would then the task complete.

It is because of the sincerity of such fine chaps
that we don't need to chew but get some easy paps.
Their quest for excellence I truly appreciate
and never against a hard worker will I discriminate.



Once a loser always a winner
If you work hard you won't be called a saint
if you don't you are not a sinner
Once a loser always a winner
the line between vice and virtue
just became thinner.

Laziness gets a brand new home

The socks drying on the sofa

weren't actually supposed to be there

but I didn't feel like picking them up.

The papers scattered on the floor

were supposed to be in the chests

but why bother picking them up.

There is no confusion in my life

when it comes to doing the daily chores

I get lazy as you like and that is all.

The smart little cellphone lying on the bed
should have been plugged in for power

The chap I see in the mirror

should have already been in shower

There is no day when I don't worry

about the time which soon will come

when I'll have to slog it out

or I won't be paid a any sum.

The closet where my clothes are kept

is quite unkempt

You can't tell the lower from the jacket

they all look the same to me

and it's only when I uncrumple them that

they tempt.

I havn't washed my jeans for months

what do I care?

I bought it when it looked light blue

now it's a little darker than Delhi's air.

Once on a weeked a ventured out for a trek

and with the mud the shoes got soiled

I even managed to skid on the hill

as a result the shirt got spoilt

Why to wash it

when it won't harm anyone

except for may be the hostess out there

who won't want dirty shoes to make way into the layer

The books lying in a towering pile
should have been on the shelves
the mantelpiece which is quite out place on the flowerpot
should have been with the elves
The jeans are not pressed the shirt isn't ironed
but I read somewhere they can do without it.
There's a little dust which has accumulated on my dvd player
Why do we have to clean up things, life isn't fair.

There is a small hole in my socks but I won't change them
If the sheets are lying unnoticed why should I arrange them
Shaving your beard is a cumbersome thing
why can't they let us grow it?
Why do we have to change the tyre
shouldn't we be allowed to tow it?

Who needs to hurry up when there's no particular good in it?
Why should we catch the first local ?
Heaven's gates are not going to be closed.

Let me dry my hair in the sun
don't hand me a dryer.
There's no bomb waiting to be diffused
I don't have to cut any red wire.

Why should there be long queues outside eateries ?
why do they wait for hours just to eat and it's not even free!

The moment the train arrives they make a dash for the door
I hate this silly habit....completely abhor
There's no one chasing your asses and your seats are reserved
and there is no prize for reaching there first
I haven't seen anyone who deserved.

When the same train stops at the station
and they know it's the last stop
they still run for the door
some run , stumble and some hop.

That poor door is just 4 feet wide
and their waists aren't twenty four
what's the need to make haste
it makes waste now we know for sure.

In a function where a buffet is served
they keep lingering by it's side
when the covers they open for consumption
they converge on them like a tide.

Oh! Yes the food may run out
and to be sure they don't get food at home
it's for the first time they have seen those dishes
and may be it's their last time to hog
before they get deported from Rome.

Always in a hurry
on roads in offices and in bed
how will they ever rest in peace
they'll be called the hurrying dead.

Scampering past the barricades to hear the leader speak
breaking queues in temples to His blessings seek.

I don't recommend hurry no Sir
except when you get Nature's call
and when you go to attend it
take it easy and finish it all,
there's no Nobel prize waiting for you
if you pee in haste
and don't you excrete with an alarm bell
no time you will waste.

Listen up when you take your bath
use up little water but a lot of time
use up an hour to massage your head
don't worry it is no crime.

Yawn as if it were a sacred ritual
smile for at least 7 minutes in a go
when you eat chew as if you are a camel
the office will still be there
it has no place else to go.

Sleep like a log
rest like a dog
and rise up like a dale.

Laziness is actually a virtue
which the intolerant call a vice
if you can be just a little lazy
you won't even have to pay the price.

Newer Older Folks

Can we play around in the dark
while the light peeks in through the hole.
Is it true that our visual purple would take a few minutes to help us out.
There was a sack which was the block
over which stumbled many a young colt.
The lower the rug slipped
the higher the bolt came.
Everyday and every night the stars talked to us
during the day they talked through the sky
at night through our eyes.
When you are in the vicinity of pubescent girls
and are rubbing shoulders with raw green lads
the face by itself breaks into a smile.
To tell truth from those lies
we need a toddler's eyes.
To get along with life
we need to embrace innocence.