Wednesday, December 5, 2007

It's one of those gains
When clouds rain -
And unabashedly so;
Who cares for cries of wolf?
Its the life - -
Life that rains -
In no time frame.

Tiers of joy layered
In baskets of several tears;
Happiness counts stratus pebbles
And Bliss is dear;
And Dearer counts -
It’s those moments rather
Sweeter than sour.

Rain … Rain come and breathe
Let me try, if not reach-
Over the spire steep;
If I reach the steeples bell,
Who but me will count -
The scattered drops
Of my fallen sweat.

16 comments:

Janice Thomson said...

Rain and life - always a wonderful, haunting - sometimes glad sometimes sad, metaphor to work with. I love the ending Alok.

Priya said...

Life that rains -
In no time frame

- U have very well related to life. Life is the same speed and force of rain. Its a win win situation or gone forever.

gP said...

a bit tied up bro...will b back soon. TC.

kalai said...

"If I reach the steeples bell,
Who but me will count -
The scattered drops
Of my fallen sweat"

dat drops of sweat is a result of ur hardwork, courage, confidence, etc....wonderful link to our life...beautiful...take care friend...

aria said...

You are again on a roll .. go on .. lovely ..

Keshi said...

love the last 2 lines especially!

keshi.

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

Well, what I was going to say was written by Janice. She beat me here. :)
Wonderful work!

floots said...

life indeed
rain can be good
bad
beautiful
necessary
as with all things
thank you

Isadora said...

A very sensuous observation of life :)

Deepa said...

///Who but me will count -
The scattered drops
Of my fallen sweat.///

Well.. waht can one say in reply !!!
profound

laughingwolf said...

"Who cares for cries of wolf?"

...well, another wolf, methinks... ;) lol

nicely done!

delhidreams said...

and thou will toil ceaselessly
and for thy labor, heaven will be yours...

Jeevan said...

Rain for necessary is a great joy, other than it spoils to send disappoint.

Alok said...

Janice: so true ... rain and life ... life and rain ... they always act as wonderful metaphors .. thank u much

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Priya: life is in moments according to me ... it is either there or gone forever ... thanks as always

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Siva [Ghost Particle]: Oh! its absolutely fine .. read at your leisure .... work comes first ... no hassels ... u tc and thank u

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Kalai: I am so glad that you felt that way ... thanks a lot for ur words

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Aria: you are again so kind ... these are at best what I term as my nonsense ... but thanks a lot for reading these which are no more thn scribbles ... thnx again

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Keshi: Glad u like it ... thnx a lot

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Andrew: Thanx as always and I know wht u wanted u say :) .. thnk u

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Floots: yes life indeed ... and it can be all of those ... so I really dont mind ... for with every negative there is an attached positive ... thank u

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Isadora: Welcome and thank u .. thts a nice thing to say

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Deepa: Ahh! thank u much for those kind words :)

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Tony [laughing wolf]: ofcourse it is someone else ... thts a crying wolf and u r laughing wolf ... thnk u as always

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Adi: Thank u bhai ... heaven ahhh! something tht I really think is unattainable ... If I get a piece of this earth with dignity tht will suffice a life time :)

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Jeevan: Everything in life is like that half glass ... its how we look at it ... thanks as always for ur insightful perspective

Thank u guys

Alok

mystic rose said...

inspiring indeed! the basket of joys and sorrows.. layered or not.

Alok said...

Mystic Rose: My thanks as always


Alok