I was in darkness, surrounded by cold wet ground,
I laid there alone, with no one around,
Fear and doubt was all that filled my heart,
The sadness and grief tore me apart.

One day I received a warm kiss,
For the first time I opened my eyes,
Wondering who I had missed,
It was the SUN, asking me to wake up.

I felt the change move through me,
I was no longer, imprisoned in a tiny shell,
I broke free into the world, to be happy,
What I did was look in the right direction.

All this while I was ignorant,
Assuming darkness is the opposite of light,
Now I know darkness is just absence of light,
I let in the light, and realized who I am.

By
Venkat Raghavan

There was this annoying noise in my head,
It was the alarm, made me get off the bed,
A sight at the clock threatened me,
Being late that I didn’t want to be,

A sigh of relief as took my seat,
A race against time, now that I had beat,
A cup of latte, now that I need,
And power to my comp that I must feed.

Clanking and rattling that’s all I could hear,
It was my comp and I feared to go near,
I called for help and hoped it would be frisk,
To my horror all he found was ants in the hard disk.

I have a clean slate, because ants ate the hard ware,
Lost five years of hard work.
Ants in my hard disk, no data there,
Ants in my hard disk my computer is bare.

By

Venkat Raghavan

I looked for meaning; I looked for a purpose, and also a little more,
These questions haunted my being and made my heart sore,

I didn't find any answers and I couldn't find the divine,
In my quest I learnt to live and embrace every moment of mine,

Finally my search was over, but a journey just began,
I found my mile stone; I knew which way to go as I plan,

I looked onward, and a secret I found,
It’s not the destination that matters, but the journeys abound.

By - *Venkat Raghavan

I am a little poet with a pen in my hand,
Trying to capture the world in black and white,
Creating my world like a sorcerer with a wand,
Its imaginary and joyful, filled with light.

By - *Venkat Raghavan

I am a leaf fallen from the tree,
The big wide world for me to see,
From the tall mountain peaks,
To the mighty rivers and clear creeks.

I was happy that I was finally free,
A travelling nomad, who I always wanted to be,
Along the way I met friend,
I believed, we will be together till the end.

Just as it came, it left me without a trace,
The joy and sorrow, without it I must face,
I counted the minutes, hours and days,
One day it came back like warm rays,

Being next to its side, the eternal joy I find,
Spending all eternity, I wouldn’t mind,
A tribute to my dear friend,
“The Gentle WIND”

By - *Venkat Raghavan

Sanctity of success comes from overcoming discomforts of hard labor

By - *Venkat Raghavan

The days of the bygone year I shall remember,
Every journey that I treasure.
I will not let it fade, the days of the earlier year gone by.
Days unfolding will be filled with immeasurable joy.
Thank you, ‘TIME’ for giving me another year to immerse myself in the ocean of gratitude.

By - *Venkat Raghavan