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Premium Member Candour

Savouring joys of childhood,
Subtle longings as exquisite as silk,
Vibrant temper of euphoria and sombreness ,
I existed as a vivacious being.

Entrenched into studies and passion for friends,
Where intellect seemed to be all life,
Zealously endeavoured on ardent path,
Walked persistent and cherished travel.

Found my love and walked into life,
Ravished every moment of exhilaration ,
Hovered alpine to the summit of ambitions,
Achieved peak of perfection and pinnacle of fame.

Now as I experience the heyday of life,
As red as furnace on the edge of horizon,
I perceive the moment of truth in noontide,
Enigma of divine enchantment unveils .



Written June 22nd, 2013
Awarded HM


The Preparation of the Wise Men - the Camels

They always made me happy, 
The camels of the wise men, 
The slowness of their footsteps, 
Their self-sufficient ben. 

Camels meant there was time, 
For the three wise men to think, 
To ponder upon their task, 
To review their role as a link. 

They were required to assess, 
The child to be called god’s son, 
To see if he could be a doctor, 
To the poor, and to be the action.  

Mary and Joseph were important, 
To their question of universal worth, 
So they prepared themselves well, 
With questions surrounding his birth. 

They understood that environment, 
Is a factor in child development, 
So endeavoured to contextualise, 
The place of the baby’s commencement.  

They predicted they’d be rejected, 
By townsmen all along the way,
Spat at, maybe jousted with, 
By loitering agitators arbitrarily.

Especially at the door of the inn, 
There’d be jesters and jostlers alike, 
People shouting “Don’t go there!
Avoid them, and get on another bike!” 

And equally importantly, with respect, 
They thought of their theology, 
That their own actions may be vital, 
To improving others’ sociology. 

They considered their belief, 
In an immanently coming messiah,
And renewed their vow to choose,
A protege who would take us higher. 

So by the time they reached the inn, 
They were very much prepared, 
They could talk to each other freely, 
About the saviour that’d been blared. 

And the camels facilitated all this, 
Preparation and consideration, 
And gave the magi their pondering, 
Upon seeing the configuration. 

They enabled this baby to thrive, 
Gave his family his manifestation,
And felt spent entirely at their visit, 
Worn out by careful deliberation.
Form: Rhyme

Shadowland

 Shadowland 

Chained to the addiction of tempting Fate 
What if I told you that my life was once like yours?
Torn between love and hate
A shadow silhouette lurking between life and death
Fuelled by an emptiness to which I couldn’t relate

Caution to the wind of besting the best, 
A devious test?
Sweet sensations winning an egotistical contest
Life on the edge, merely a precarious precipice
Exhilarated ego threw flames to the flame
The fire inside couldn’t be tamed 

Comforts of home failed to exist
Love I yearned for endeavoured to resist 
 Mind effortlessly lied, failing to grasp the illusion 
between confused, lost and utter delusion
Life on the streets a means beyond the dare
Sink or swim baby, did anyone care?

Till the one eventful day when I chanced it too far 
Catastrophic event out of nowhere in shape of a car 
A sickening thud 
My frivolous life paid in blood 
My death in vain and loss of blooming years
Too late like acidic rain flowed those tears 

 What if I told you if you don’t already know?
The concise connotation 
through electric flashes of blue and red
 of the loudest despairing dread
 When they zipped the bag and pronounced you dead? 

And you become a glimmer that nobody sees
  and the silent scream that nobody hears
Except other shadows between worlds
  In an intermundane space 
Torn between abstract, physical and a forgotten face 

Temptation came as I sat here waiting 
To switch sides, she urgently advised me
I saw through her guise, this diabolical entity
I’m not an Angel that fits in your regular category
 
So, I spat in her eye and called her a name
Oops! sorry Lord forgive me I know you heard
Some of my old sass remains
Still new to the game
Yes, understood, it’s a crying shame.

So back to my story
Redemption came in the grand scheme 
I was one of the fortunate few redeemed
So, take heart, kid, abandoned to this shadowland 
 Not anymore
No more a wandering weary soul lost
Fate was not kind it was never your fault

Conducting your journey 
to me the charge has been given
Through a leap of faith all is forgiven
Form: Verse

Let's Reunite

We gave up our unity

With each and every barrier;

Abandoned integrity

Ushers in each disaster.

 

With our “narrow domestic walls”,

We all live in a cocoon;

Do we ever answer Nature’s call?

How do we expect her boon?

 

We defiled her to the utmost;

Aye! We love to hate;

With our unpremeditated boast,

We’ve brought in such a state.

 

We endeavoured to 'modernise'

This world of ours;

Nature will now all traumatise;

No lenience of flowers.

 

Corona’s raid,

Amphan’s dread

Turns us all afraid;

Once, Nature bled.

 

It’s time, it’s time,

When we must get unified;

Unity should chime,

Else we’ll get more petrified.

 

It’s the moment, it’s the moment,

When we all must sympathise;

To get rid of such confinement,

Let’s this earth re-naturalise.

 

With Pride, Envy, Lust,

We’ve made this earth an inferno;

With Greed, with Disgust,

We do suffer the bleeding blow.

 

One good deed a day,

At least, if we do,

We’ll keep the storms away;

We’ll feel ever-new.

 

Let’s renovate each thought;

Let’s renovate our aspect;

Things won’t be brought to naught;

Let’s love, and unite, and respect.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Rakhi

"  Rakhi - for my brother  "


Threads of Rakhi entwined in love,
Connote a sister's love for her brother,

Love that got obscured in busy life,
Distance progressed as we adored our families,

But only seemingly parted, 
Souls still one and a single thought,

Born of one mother, lived 
together for years
Celebrated, faught, annoyed, 
conciliated and understood each other,

Endeavoured on all topics,
Lived by each other in all thick and thin,

Childhood days are not just memories,
But to cherish and a reason to live,

Some family values, expressed by subtler gestures,
And immersed Into these fragrances..............

Are tender strings of Rakhi.
Form: Couplet


Premium Member Appreciation

Desire to survive, dream to 
thrive,
Everybody needs appreciation,
And if so do I , what's wrong ? 

My parents adored me dear,to 
absolute,
Graced me with ideas, shaped 
my future,
I appreciate.

My siblings embraced me in 
emity,
Making me witty and crazy,
I appreciate.

My confidant pal, my convoy,
Pioneered me to prosper,
I appreciate.

My companion stood by me,
Through all thick and thin,
I appreciate .

My little boy painted the blue,
In a perfect hue,
I appreciate.

I endeavoured to my supreme,
Idolised with all my passion,
Oh God ! Bestow upon me
Some divine appreciation!!


By Upma Sharma 
25/05/13

Awarded 2nd place win

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