MY JEKYLL DOES'NT HYDE


Me travelling to Mumbai to participate in a quiz , looking forward to meeting some friends there............... tis my first visit to the "city of dreams( many of them remain just that ...... dreams.....)"

BUT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ................

This is a poem i tried to write as an attempt to try out a new way of poetry writing.......
try and figuring out what it is i am trying to do (and please tell me ....... i still haven't found out ...........)

MY JEKYLL DOES'NT HYDE

Seeing is believing, I dont believe what i see;
I am always happy,but thats not how i feel,
nothing can stop me now,i am trying in vain,
this world is a happy place; I've got used to the pain

Everyone i know loves me, love's something i'll never know
I am always in control , I am doin coz someone told me so
I am a winner,thats something ill never be
I bring smiles all around,thats something ill never see

I believe i can fly,I feel I am made of lead
Tis a beautiful world ,wish someone would shoot me dead
I have lot of friends, its me against the world
All see is smiles, all that glitters isn't gold

I have been lying always, the truth is what i've said
I feel miserable now, now i feel great instead
I have acted all my life ,have never gone down that lane
yet I am a role model .............and I am called insane

The Reprobate

Ok .. This is an attempt to explain the mental state of 2 entities, a man and his alter ego(Kinda Jekyll and Hyde TYPES.. hence the name ....... DUH!!!)....
Its the struggle of a man who tries to put up a cheerful face (mostly lying to himself....)
The first part of each line tells us his general response to life to the external world . the second part of every line tells us how he is actually feeling( )............ and the last stanza well figure it out for yourselves

AUTO CHRONICLES:

The autos in kolkata are a treat to watch (though a pain to be in ........) the autodrivers in bemgaluru are so crappy tht they demand "one-and-half " (that's 1.5 times the meter fare ....which 99/100 times is tampered with .......to show more ...of course ) even if there are only 4 passengers instead of the mandatory 3 . The other day in kolkata , we were travelling to office and we were 4 in number.we go to the auto stand and tell one of the auto drivers...(since its a union ......... there is no cut throat competetion amongst auto drivers .....) him where we wanna go ... he thinks for a moment an takes us to an auto (his )and sez......... .."BOSHUN" meaning sit .........there were already 3 guys in the auto EXCLUDING the driver ..........we are like dude!!! there are totally 8 people.......... have u noticed??? he gives us the smirk only a true master can..... and starts the auto ....... all's fine but still one person has not found space to sit ....... once again the smirk ...........and then......HE STANDS UP!!! and sez..... don't worry there is place for everybody . the smirk again ........ and for the rest of the 10 minute journey . he actually manouevres the auto (THANK GOD ) standing up!!
NARAIN KARTHIKEYAN........... EAT YOUR HEART OUT . HAIL THE AUTO MAN

DEFINITELY.... MAYBE

Wrote this after I read John Lennon's "Imagine" for the first time..........
My "JUVENILE" (thanks....Everyman ...) poem shows the difference between the real deal and an impostor ..................again a relatively old poem

The poem typed out here is EXACTLY the same one i wrote waay waay back.... It has its flaws; which i can appreciate now. but going about to edit a work i wrote a long time back does'nt make sense....... "ROLLING IN THE MUCK IS NOT THE BEST WAY OF GETTING CLEAN"

CAN'T STOP DREAMING


A day will come when we all live together
building bridges ......not walls that last forever
when a woman need not bother if its night or day
Just imagine a day when things are that way.......

A day will come when we are not shy to smile
show that we are human....... and not be scared to cry
when kids run to school and walk back home
and no one needs to know how it is to be alone

A day will come when neighbours won't be strangers
when our dreams go higher and our thoughts stray farther
when distances and borders exist only on maps
maybe it wont ... but i am hoping. perhaps.......

The Reprobate

Listening to : Nirvana : Come As You Are (it never gets old....)

Reading : The Tipping Point........

Quote until the next blog : Omnes una manet nox - The same night awaits us all. (Horace)

Jargon until next time : BRB - Stands for 'Big Red Button'. The thing you hit when all else fails.