tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84942563281666911802024-02-07T18:57:23.050+05:30Random Thoughts, Commissioned or Otherwise!ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-42703912229954594512013-04-29T01:45:00.000+05:302013-04-29T01:45:02.081+05:30Color my world<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was<span style="font-size: x-small;"> a normal girl .. with normal attainabl<span style="font-size: x-small;">e dreams<span style="font-size: x-small;">.... </span></span></span></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A good education<span style="font-size: x-small;">,</span> a<span style="font-size: x-small;">n average</span> looking, well-m<span style="font-size: x-small;">annered</span> guy, a life filled with challenges, respect, <span style="font-size: x-small;">sensibility</span> and an <span style="font-size: x-small;">intelligent</span> kid! I had defined my life like this.
I had made it my mantra, to live like this,</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a</span> steady paced, peaceful, normal life. </span></span></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But then, I met you!! </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So much of spontaneity, rush, wish to
do so many things all at once, I was drawn to that nature instantly. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And i fell for you. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You added, salt, sour, and all the required
spice to my otherwise going to be a bland life!! </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There was an insatiable thirst in you
and i wished I'll cook for you. Rainbows started forming in my sky, there
were birds, chirping and singing, butterflies fluttering, yeah it may seem
too <span style="font-size: x-small;">fantasized</span> to you but I felt that... Seríously.. I did . . .
and then I started dreaming a better dream, a colorful dream. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A spacious house, a beautiful garden,
two white chairs on the green lawn, pink <span style="font-size: x-small;">bougainvillaea</span> on the roof top, a
wide window by my bed side, tulips on the rear of that garden, lilac tulips
specially, (I wonder whether you know what color is lilac!!) , fresh vegetables
on the dining table, fruits, light music and an orange shaded sky on a<span style="font-size: x-small;"> romantic</span>
evening. </span>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A</span>nd we would live many such
evenings together, you brushing my hair, I holding your hands tight, aaaanannnnddddd
a little kiss may be.. yeahhhh may be ;)... </span>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Each time I laughed with you, cried for you, <span style="font-size: x-small;">begge<span style="font-size: x-small;">d for your mercy [lolz]</span></span> one more color w<span style="font-size: x-small;">as </span>adde<span style="font-size: x-small;">d and I</span> wis<span style="font-size: x-small;">hed</span> I<span style="font-size: x-small;"> g<span style="font-size: x-small;">o</span>t</span> all those 16 million colors in my life to be hung on the<span style="font-size: x-small;"> walls of my memory lanes, treating even the passer-by!!</span> </span>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One day when you pass by my
graveyard you would definitely wonder at your own capacity of coloring <span style="font-size: x-small;">others'</span> lives. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">Until t<span style="font-size: x-small;">hen, quot<span style="font-size: x-small;">ing</span> my favorite band</span></span></span>, ...<br />
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"Baby just<br />
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_18">Colour my world, draw on my heart</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_19"> </span></span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_19">Take a picture of what you think love looks like in your imagination</span>
<span class="line line-s" id="line_20"> </span></span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s" id="line_20">Write on my soul everything you know</span> </span><br />
<span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Lyric"><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_21">Use every word you've ever heard to colour my world"</span></span><br />
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ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-57237236757313794302011-12-15T23:22:00.002+05:302011-12-15T23:22:32.855+05:30Shades<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A lemon yellow tint to the murky grey life.<br />An orange squash on a sunny day.<br />A gentle mauve colored sweet smelling lip gel on a cold winter morning.<br /><br />Friends come in all colors! (smell, shapes and sizes too :P)<br /><br />Some of them are rainbows. Package of all colors bundled into one. <br />Its the angle with which you see them makes the difference. Brings out that color in them.<br /><br />Everyone of us know how a brief chat with a long forgotten friend feels, how a simple take care text lifts up our spirits and gives us the confidence of conquering world, how a bland nonsense joke makes such a sense when you are with one of those idiots. <br /><br />You can slap some with the high rated criticism and expect no nice treatment, hug some and get a crunch back.<br />The ones who care and the ones who don't. The ones who dare and the ones who don't. <br /><br />You never get tired talking about them. <br /><br />Bright and Dark.<br /><br />Plain and Shiny.<br /><br />Fresh and Pale.<br /><br />Thankful to all those colors in my life :-)<br />Picture perfect!ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-5815904228679797282011-11-15T22:36:00.001+05:302011-11-19T13:20:56.497+05:30The comebackI'm not a celebrity!<br />
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No one noticed when I just slipped away from the screen and no one would notice after my coming back as well. But in the time period between the two of those important (to whom? me? ) moments, atleast someone would have felt the emptiness it created.<br />
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A little light slitting gap! Like the one a group of sunflowers feel when a cloud passes by on their heads.<br />
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A saudade of leaving the held hand of your love, the smudged glitters that trouble you through the back window of a moving bus! <i>Short lived but intense!</i><br />
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But at the same time, like holding on to a piece of split heart chain, hoping to joining it soon, we wait, we smile. <br />
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I assume I just saw such a smile... I have made a fabulous comeback!<br />
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Congratulations <i>to myself</i> ;)ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-2178043207195881092011-03-05T23:18:00.003+05:302011-03-05T23:33:23.735+05:30Madly Crazzzy!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVI-ONBmwY809juHscdI_LYC2x-R30whICEELpqGwMY_BPN5P3nxnKz8LSaLvHPIPHOXBlICENjYOh4zaf2kCmpGtY0XwUWVMQmImS1amOb2q8_uj5FGflRKEEzl4urdmI5ol1sMxVsc/s1600/dancing-in-the-rain.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVI-ONBmwY809juHscdI_LYC2x-R30whICEELpqGwMY_BPN5P3nxnKz8LSaLvHPIPHOXBlICENjYOh4zaf2kCmpGtY0XwUWVMQmImS1amOb2q8_uj5FGflRKEEzl4urdmI5ol1sMxVsc/s320/dancing-in-the-rain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580654994790001666" border="0" /></a><br />I want to stand at the edge of the moving train door, carelessly dive out with open hair while someone holds me back, may be tie me up with a shawl and let me dive again....<br /><br />I want to shout, pointless at a wandering wave on a lonely beach, may be at 3am on a chill winter dusk...<br /><br />I want to get drunk, go driving madly at great speed on a busy highway ..<br /><br />I want to get drenched in heavy rains in the middle of a traffic and splash out the pooled water on people around<br /><br />I also want to rush onto a busy road at the peak office hours while some one takes my hand and forces me to wait...<br /><br />I have gone crazy....<br /><br />after all isn't Life one huge mass of crazy chunks?ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-7725172406083336732011-02-24T14:35:00.003+05:302011-02-28T19:36:49.695+05:30Yeah, I miss you!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjj7qoeWJKwiF_kKHXfCSZHlodMEJ6m1zU3LiWcqtgFtW4qNlSRGYBgPq0VUqQAYIVGWJvMP0Hz3TDXav7Ba2O4RULjV4qVyEvr755i2Rii_F3wkEXR2ghifY-CpW0OMr2nFL6NiBK0pA/s1600/san.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjj7qoeWJKwiF_kKHXfCSZHlodMEJ6m1zU3LiWcqtgFtW4qNlSRGYBgPq0VUqQAYIVGWJvMP0Hz3TDXav7Ba2O4RULjV4qVyEvr755i2Rii_F3wkEXR2ghifY-CpW0OMr2nFL6NiBK0pA/s320/san.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577179816629866818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:130%;" ><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">You took me to those worlds I had never been to or not even heard of! I was back in<span> </span>my favorite white frock with big lace flower and a pink front pocket, white and pink shoes sliding over the finest of floors of the biggest of rooms I had EVER seen!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The jokes about the ‘big fat shopkeeper at the end of the road’, and you mimicking his ghostly face used to make me laugh holding my stomach and roll all over the floor!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">The story of your bravery which were made just for me; those stolen candies at a crowded shop reserved only for me; made me feel special!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I would have cried on your shoulder and complained about the bullying big girl next door; I would have come crying for you, hugged you and shared the prizes and gifts I got; I would have held your hand and squeezed it when you felt low and avoided looking at my eyes….</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span> </span>If only …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span> </span>If only you had been there to make them happen….</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">How nice it would have been if you in your nice little sneakers and boxer shorts, had grabbed my hands and pulled my pink little frock and led me underneath a giant table in a dark murky forgotten room, closed my eyes and shown me the biggest wonder of the world; a fluttering light emitting butterfly emerging out of your hands.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Wish I had got you in those happening childhood days!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I miss you!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I miss you in the memories of those days… in the sweet fragrance of the dreams of those days!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Help me rebuild the world I always wanted to be in, help me into the dreams of laid friendship. Be my friend forever.</span></p></span>ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-57140781936403945462010-11-03T23:28:00.004+05:302010-11-03T23:57:43.411+05:30Life is Crazy<span style="font-style: italic;">Had a deep sleep this evening</span>!<br /><br />This evening sleeps always make me think harder or say, deeper!<br /><br />Had this been a summer evening, there would be a pale yellow light everywhere and I would have thought of how life would be for people who have jaundice!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But it had started drizzling!</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Well, I walked to a local stationery shop to get some stuff!<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">The road seemed strangely empty(or was it the effect of this thought"full"ness?!!).<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">A house was decorated with glittering, colorful lights! There was going to be a marriage soon … What an irony, the house next door, was the house of death, people mourning, their somber faces!! Life is so colorful …. All black and white....</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">While coming back, same road, I found two little girls, hands on each others shoulders, walking so carelessly, I was just following them, soon one of them stumbled over a stone and the other girl so lovingly supported her! Such an innocent act of kindness moved me instantly!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">I also saw someone thrown on the side of the road, drunk may be, who could have been otherwise<span> </span>dining with his family , commenting on the long episodes of his wife's favorite TV soap, and secretly enjoying the food she prepared!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Question: Why is life like this?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">By the way, what do I have to do with these incidents? A mere audience?!<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></p>ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-59249583297153772822010-10-12T22:17:00.006+05:302019-09-05T18:28:11.184+05:30[ Blank ]<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FxviAM-I144jESKMZE7rFY0P2jNXdx-myBeIPV5htnoSNijPoj2afxotyuaVU0HrIurkD6ujT2SAtunqWR6uHC2ozf68ulrvKCljL3k_o_nSocECDraagSg0kaL2zKoCUhdHkpu1Tes/s1600/%5Bwallcoo_com%5D_PhotoBook_Horikita.Maki_NS.EYES.No.2_005.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527202854436934338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FxviAM-I144jESKMZE7rFY0P2jNXdx-myBeIPV5htnoSNijPoj2afxotyuaVU0HrIurkD6ujT2SAtunqWR6uHC2ozf68ulrvKCljL3k_o_nSocECDraagSg0kaL2zKoCUhdHkpu1Tes/s320/%5Bwallcoo_com%5D_PhotoBook_Horikita.Maki_NS.EYES.No.2_005.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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I want to shrink to the size I was <span style="font-style: italic;">20 years</span> before!</div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Blink</span> innocently.....</div>
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ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-10330732284442171322010-09-28T04:16:00.008+05:302010-10-12T22:25:07.745+05:30Night<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQ9qLp6I6DVt4Vm6SHiNZzOvmLEEmYi2NoOoiHiVD4U-lkk-8InuVewz-Hjc8TpwA1RhsI5gS71TriVD76OOcreZafAr4epGu3Hxq7IuqENhOdpYiYDqiyKAo35F9VMkBj-sAbFkp_Lo/s1600/A_Dark_Starry_Night_Wallpap.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQ9qLp6I6DVt4Vm6SHiNZzOvmLEEmYi2NoOoiHiVD4U-lkk-8InuVewz-Hjc8TpwA1RhsI5gS71TriVD76OOcreZafAr4epGu3Hxq7IuqENhOdpYiYDqiyKAo35F9VMkBj-sAbFkp_Lo/s320/A_Dark_Starry_Night_Wallpap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521730515211713138" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I am concerned more of the time of the day(??!!) 1.16 am on my computer screen …Fan above is making all kinds of creaking sounds…But listening to Shiv <span> </span>Kumar Sharma’s Marwa raaga, is a great feeling of getting drained in the musical rain!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wait, …… I just closed my eyes and thought of “Night” .</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ahhh, </span>Night ! </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The time where those who have been working hard all day go to rest, the lorry wallahs sit by the campfire and gossip, some working in call centers attending all those dirty calls of problems!<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Soft giggles of lovers , water ripples on bank of river, the haunting sound of some unknown bird on a distant tree, vehicles speeding on the road, the screeching sound of the tyres on brakes, and laughs of<span> </span>a united friends gang on a cousin’s wedding, the sound of vessles at a party! </p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I would like to go for a long walk on such a night!</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">And that hard hitting feeling of being all alone in the world, feeling as if the only person awake!!!!</p><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Eeew......... I'll better sleep now :)</p>ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-67821611285773699972010-09-25T19:25:00.004+05:302010-09-25T19:43:06.259+05:30Masked<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpl87gV0UuF62_T5TQVfGcgJ4pTkX3YcHMObsypWLM_zVzK4mYcjxD_V12l9bQTejJ90DL4PJpDKTg7zpLXZAOb_7xZSq7VUDs0CulZdTEY-7ZNHsL4-GCQ_uQ5KyMbE3r39i9qIuirHY/s1600/2139104944_0eace90040.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpl87gV0UuF62_T5TQVfGcgJ4pTkX3YcHMObsypWLM_zVzK4mYcjxD_V12l9bQTejJ90DL4PJpDKTg7zpLXZAOb_7xZSq7VUDs0CulZdTEY-7ZNHsL4-GCQ_uQ5KyMbE3r39i9qIuirHY/s320/2139104944_0eace90040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520850062494274850" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 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Now, I had to wear the mask too</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And the rule said “<i>There’s no going back</i>”!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-50741412087602401962010-09-17T17:27:00.002+05:302010-09-17T17:31:31.140+05:30After all, you did not break my heart<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWC3b8tys_mGkN1Zll4GbsJsr7u6vDzoTbcama1XoxvuqK3xujPSdbhTCqKTCe3Il2WoBk-E7U9FZ1ze9dq1sh-qLYLu6tSKFt7SOurwT7tZ7lL6U4PAqOhD7kWEoeP3nJMsPtC1LZdI/s1600/night.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWC3b8tys_mGkN1Zll4GbsJsr7u6vDzoTbcama1XoxvuqK3xujPSdbhTCqKTCe3Il2WoBk-E7U9FZ1ze9dq1sh-qLYLu6tSKFt7SOurwT7tZ7lL6U4PAqOhD7kWEoeP3nJMsPtC1LZdI/s320/night.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517851238410892898" border="0" /></a>
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Miracles never happen with me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But then, I do not know how I saw you here. Here…. on my lap … Foraying my inner tranquility with those deep brown eyes. <span style=""> </span>Were you here when my hands played on those strings? When I had closed my eyes in expectation of no one in particular but for a seamless beauty to manifest in front of me? Did you blow a sweet wind of love on my face which was partly hidden behind the flitting black hair? </p> <p class="MsoNormal">But.... <span style=""> </span>But….Can that be possible anyhow?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">There is no light anywhere…. All the light beads have dripped off and flowed into the sea.. and I am not on the shore anymore… </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I am drowning … Deep into the night…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Should I let myself drown? Or should I put my arms around your shoulders? </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-29031797233953440512010-08-21T11:37:00.007+05:302010-10-12T22:24:02.791+05:30Moving on...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFMe8V7aeBKitjsEsd-MSzTsd_aQ5Jrqap-LF41uNfiZVsJuyixR7Fy9M7FNPHKOuoQZ9STfUu5uKlAhp2aaO2Z-I0We9cZBsPkArT5a4qVOhpVf9V7EsvFAGfgV2pI-4odMcD1_rpnc/s1600/OgAAAN0kNN1fKLMBPKpSiP1BfIvTkILZViL2nWqHvG2j4-wVG1iAmMLeNLxWIbBnrsXMWbL6EGbjWxnLTRCT4NFYGwsAm1T1UKDCf93Pm0af-b8fZr-CI8XFlYNv.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFMe8V7aeBKitjsEsd-MSzTsd_aQ5Jrqap-LF41uNfiZVsJuyixR7Fy9M7FNPHKOuoQZ9STfUu5uKlAhp2aaO2Z-I0We9cZBsPkArT5a4qVOhpVf9V7EsvFAGfgV2pI-4odMcD1_rpnc/s320/OgAAAN0kNN1fKLMBPKpSiP1BfIvTkILZViL2nWqHvG2j4-wVG1iAmMLeNLxWIbBnrsXMWbL6EGbjWxnLTRCT4NFYGwsAm1T1UKDCf93Pm0af-b8fZr-CI8XFlYNv.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507745999080102514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Yeah, I cried last night!</span><br /><br />I held on to the pillow his head rested on, on the same bed he slept last time and let out all pent up feelings to flow out!<br /><br />It was a long time!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right; font-style: italic;">He did not come to switch off the lights,<br />to silently remove my glasses<br />and fold the book I read.<br /></div><br />I slept...<br /><br />Now, I smile, i must 'move on'.....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">No! please dont comment!</span>ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-65746966684249034992010-08-20T19:32:00.004+05:302010-08-21T20:18:12.608+05:30His memories<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivy52DkyibZ1pZ2sZXd6JSTqYqVjAQ4AN6wJItjp_K_teuc8x0VXuG_kufwuHx2zGAXDSOhqUBAg0Qq7yZvY_EeIc2tadhN6RAzUEg-2W9Kag8p196hvKTO-94K4oBxaUmY_CgjxwbQEc/s1600/empty-chair-empty-desk-225x300.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivy52DkyibZ1pZ2sZXd6JSTqYqVjAQ4AN6wJItjp_K_teuc8x0VXuG_kufwuHx2zGAXDSOhqUBAg0Qq7yZvY_EeIc2tadhN6RAzUEg-2W9Kag8p196hvKTO-94K4oBxaUmY_CgjxwbQEc/s320/empty-chair-empty-desk-225x300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507499997276691378" border="0" /></a><br />I have always hated how some government offices work in snail’s pace! People and especially few women (!!) handle papers and notes as if they are changing diapers of a two months baby! On every such occasion an invisible steam of anger passes off my head and I scream in a dumb voice, “What the heck! Give it to me and I’ll count that wad in a minute!<br /><br />It was a rainy evening; 6.30 seemed like 8 o’clock as black clouds spread over our heads! Back tyre of my pretty pink bicycle had got a puncture and I rejoiced at the idea of going to dad’s office, so that I could go home late, with him!<br /><br />I always loved this Harihar MDG during evenings when most of the workers left and dad along with a couple of co-workers used to finalize the day’s accounts. It was an old fashioned building with no definite plan or structure, but He was always proud of its 100+ year’s history and amazing (!!!) post-box like entrance. Well, somehow I loved it!!<br /><br />He never spoke more than a few words at a time. Those days, discussions with him seemed like dreams (Huumn.. it implies we both were great friends later and used to talk for tens of minutes on phone sometimes!! Yeah, this was an impossible yet true fact!! ).<br /><br />That evening, He sat at the other side of that huge table facing me; a plate bore the letters “post master”; I asked him,”Pappa, why cant postal department implement computerization throughout? I do not like it when you come home with that tensed face. Computers ease life pappa, softwares can be written for almost anything, other departments are so ‘modern’. Your offices use the same old dull colored papers. (My face had a “yuk” expression) “<br /><br />His eyes were still on those “dull-colored” papers, with his peculiar way of holding pen, he was signing a paper, his signature was so cute, he smiled, and said, “you write a software, I’ll bring it here and ‘ease’ my life, okay? “<br /><br />It was back then when I rode my pretty pink bicycle to a 2km away school called “Saint Mary’s Convent”; back then when I fancied the idea of becoming a “Mathematics Lecturer”; when I had no idea I would sometime in future become a software engineer!<br /><br />Pappa, I can write software for your department now! Can you come back for just once??ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-62944147261508128402010-08-18T10:53:00.007+05:302010-08-18T21:28:23.142+05:30Love Story of a Rain Drop<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRSdh-mcynaux3LcbgsCh4YDHl8_tvazF4HKypNWd1ItbKr0h9L2mOE11UOgdc0dEXYP8VnRfBcB9GFh2biwmD6FXoN99dldWBZMyWi0xrhsr-0f_KxDnfGxP3m3cvxKF6XD-4uwVAEI/s1600/raindrops.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRSdh-mcynaux3LcbgsCh4YDHl8_tvazF4HKypNWd1ItbKr0h9L2mOE11UOgdc0dEXYP8VnRfBcB9GFh2biwmD6FXoN99dldWBZMyWi0xrhsr-0f_KxDnfGxP3m3cvxKF6XD-4uwVAEI/s320/raindrops.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506718526311010274" /></a><br />We are coming….<br />Can you see that shadow? <br />We are occupying you… captivating you… <br />You heard me??<br />We will be right there… only moments later…<br />We are getting ready.. hold on… <br /><br />Yea…. We arrive .. :)<br /><br />Ahhh, that smell…. Ummm, are you happy?<br />I can feel it darling…. I see you smiling.<br />I would be thrilled by your touch but for this window pane! Damn it! It cut me off….<br /><br />You look so beautiful today, your angelic demeanor, long curly hairs, and lotus like eyes (and that they are closed adds to the beauty)! I just feel like falling in love, right here, right now!<br /><br />Wondering where I learnt all these? All these euphonic words? <br /><br />Last time I came on earth, I gaped at Him, stared at Him, I stood there, for a very long time indeed. He did not move… not a quarter of an inch, and he did not close his eyes. He stared back at me, there was no violence, there was no remorse too, he just stared at me! <br />After a minute, It came…. like a thunderbolt, I shuddered; then I realized; he was pleading…. He had a message! His words flowed through his eyes. And I took them all, I grabbed at his words, they were huge but they were light! I held each of them close to my heart so that I would never make them fall off.<br /><br />I rushed after that. I did not stop. My fellow mates had a nice time partying there at the bottom of the pool, they sang as children splashed on them, they were enjoying the big roller coaster ride of their life. I had a message to deliver and I could not have spared any moment. From the moment I fell on the soil, when mother earth sucked me and sun vaporized me to form a beautiful cloud, I asked myself if I missed something big at that pool! <br /><br />Now, I’m here, and I know why I missed that fun!<br /><br />You are a visual feast....ohhh... its treat!! yea, treat or feast, I'm just learning lessons ;)<br /><br />He was right; you are an angel!<br /><br />I can see how my friends are rushing now, to reach a pool down there. Some are pushing others too, I avoid them; shout at them to mind their own business. Let them party!<br /><br />I linger on… <br />You may have a message for him!ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-50360076646030283752010-08-17T00:34:00.003+05:302010-10-12T22:24:31.927+05:30A message from a distorted soul<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Lra77Dg80VDS5KLMQ4N4-tap-aybJKhwuYlRVqYiKkayFMO4f3ErW_AXQ3aOy4VC1_oJZfM4txRSQeIBz1x-jaI5IpI5kQaXSymW9SD1C3KBDhfXlSt6hO-j8VSUe3BYSl0saVMIZYA/s1600/2786015241_c35d74a71b_z.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Lra77Dg80VDS5KLMQ4N4-tap-aybJKhwuYlRVqYiKkayFMO4f3ErW_AXQ3aOy4VC1_oJZfM4txRSQeIBz1x-jaI5IpI5kQaXSymW9SD1C3KBDhfXlSt6hO-j8VSUe3BYSl0saVMIZYA/s320/2786015241_c35d74a71b_z.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506087176004733186" border="0" /></a><br />My Love,<br /><br />Now it’s time for failed words, failed emotions… You have loved too much and it’s time to take some rest, and most importantly I do understand it!!<br /><br />So many dreams, a bike ride, singing, writing letters, talking for hours, crazy chats, gifts, a bite on the ear, kisses, hugs and sleeping on your chest!!<br /><br />A lot of misunderstandings and so much of explanations… Indeed you need a <span style="font-style: italic;">lot</span> of rest………….<br /><br />What is left that you could have done for me? I’m happy, and <span style="font-style: italic;">a hell</span> lot happy….<br /><br />Some souls are like that, dissatisfied, uncomfortable, misunderstanding and failing… Ultimately, other souls are fed up, they move … flow… sometimes run… undemanding, unquestioning….. Peace and serenity!<br /><br />Conclusion: Everything happens for a <span style="font-style: italic;">good</span> cause!<br /><br />Love again :)ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494256328166691180.post-36095891895699445412010-08-16T22:33:00.001+05:302010-08-16T22:49:29.863+05:30He abandons me… every now and then!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSy5V-KmkbcFCr9CB7m-DSlO0DWrHmCgc-iOo7s6OwF1elv2TCG5PB48FOgMV8VlNEgIgYoaOt4I22KO46KY9cyLi9TIIq0ugeFTBkyHfG-FbvDyPPWoeE_ZJaR6vGATWih-u8FGtCX2c/s1600/3243655585_bd78511901.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSy5V-KmkbcFCr9CB7m-DSlO0DWrHmCgc-iOo7s6OwF1elv2TCG5PB48FOgMV8VlNEgIgYoaOt4I22KO46KY9cyLi9TIIq0ugeFTBkyHfG-FbvDyPPWoeE_ZJaR6vGATWih-u8FGtCX2c/s320/3243655585_bd78511901.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506054633436661938" /></a><br />“I’m not satisfied. I want more! Give me a bigger share; don’t I deserve it? <br />When I offer you my only fruit, you fondly accept it?!! Don’t you believe in ‘giving-back’ theory? “<br /><br />He answers a NO.. a simple and plain No. And he doesn’t even try to explain why!<br /><br />Well, I guess he always knew ‘giving’, not ‘giving-back’, because his thoughts are selfless. He never declined my offer because it was my desire to serve him. He never demanded anything. <br /><br />I was always free, he never held me; it was I who never chose to leave. <br /><br />Now he abandons me; it doesn’t mean he never comes back. He could be just late. Whatever, I wait here, under the same shade of his trust and I never choose to leave!ivyonthemindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05074091934109208908noreply@blogger.com7