Need to be bold —
if you are to
take on the world.

Need to be bold—
if you are to take a stand
for what you believe in,
without the fear of
what the future may hold.

Need to be bold—
to accept the fact that
if you speak your mind,
you are going to have
more enemies than friends.

When the river of love

dries up

heart turns into desert

without any oasis in sight.

Truth doesn't change

just because you choose

not to believe it.

Memories are like clouds—

some are like the white fluffy ones

floating carelessly in the sky

bringing happiness and joy

putting a smile on the face

                    and

some are like the dark clouds

that stays, bringing with them

thunder and lightning

causes pain in the heart

and bring tears to the eyes.

My friend from a distant land

asked me —

What does freedom mean to you?

I replied :

"To walk on the streets of my country

any time of the day or the middle of the night

without the fear of being *****.

To live and work in any part of my country

without the fear of being beaten

black and blue for not knowing

the language.

Practice any religion or be an atheist ( which

I am) without the fear of getting killed.

But more than anything  —

the freedom to choose,

to live my life the way I want

not just survive,

never surrender to anyone's wish or will."

Outside your world

I stay —

not wishing, not waiting,

and no, not stalking,

only gazing from afar

like I gaze at the stars

and the Moon.

Poetry and love

both came uninvited.

Poetry stayed,

love went away .