Being in your own shoes

  

It’s only in the cinema

That the hero has them all

Sense of humour, good looks

fighting abilities…

He’s a poet, a singer

A dancer, athlete, artist

All rolled in to one.

Imitating the reel

Could land you in grief

Or feeling inadequate

Impersonation of another

 Not your true self

Could leave you feeling

Tired, drained and exhausted..

Having to pose funny

Witty or courageous

When  not  feeling  

Any such thing  inside

Can be a strain

Yes, being somebody else

Can be a real pain!

Best is when you feel natural

Spontaneous and free

Content and happy

Happy in your own shoes!

Dried up!

If you milk the cow

To such an extent

That not a drop is left

And you begin to see red instead of white..

Who is to blame?

Milking the last bit

Of creative juices

Then fretting and fuming when it’s over…

Who’s to blame?

Vigilant

Many ideas for a poem

Come and run away

lost forever if you aren’t swift

Enough to catch it by its tail

and manage to note down

the key concept or lines

perhaps, a little book and pen

always by your side

could do the trick for you

help you develop it

to something satisfactory

and earn the claps/thaliyan

from the readers as well

So fret not over spilt milk

And resolve to always  have

your weapons in  place

any time, any where!

Winner

Little Raju ran excitedly

to his mother

his little face beaming

with happiness and pride!

“I won the second prize

For singing Ma!”

“Ok, ok, but why not the first prize? 

how did you miss that?"

His smile disappeared instantly

He was no longer feeling

A winner…

Yesterday,Today,Tomorrow

In a living room

Seventeen years ago

A husband and wife

were arguing strong

The exchange had begun

harmlessly enough

over reports of an actor charged

with  killing “Blackbuck”

an endangered species …

The wife felt that a

Mountain was being made

Of a mole hill

People in the jungle

Do it all the time

All the noise is

because a celebrity is involved!

The husband, on the other hand

 held the crime all the more grave

 as committed by a celebrity

A role modal!

Blessings and approval

such a  fan and millions more

encourage celebrities

to reject accountability

Responsibility for their own actions

Even today, the fans and close “friends”

tweet support and condemn victims

the dead and the injured…

“Those sleeping on foot path like dogs

deserve to die the death of dogs”

“Sleeping on the footpath is akin

To crossing railway tracks.

Why hold the poor driver responsible?”

Footpath to these “friends”, is extended road

And drunken driving a birth right!

We saw what happened yesterday

We know what’s happening today

Does it give a cue for

What’s in store tomorrow?

With “friends” such as these tweeters

Who needs enemies? !