One gesture

At times things seem to be going wrong

And this world seems upside down.

Harsh words said seem to etch deep into the mind

And no one seems there by your side.

Sometimes when you feel misunderstood

Or when the closest people think of you as no good

At that time when all you can feel is loneliness and despair

A feeling of rejection, feelings which cannot be repaired

But all of a sudden from no where you came

Like an angel on earth who came to vanquish the distress that prevailed

Its not like you knew, there was something wrong

The ill feelings were never spoken out, expressed or shown.

But it still seemed you knew something wasn’t right

You knew you couldn’t change it, but you were ready to give it a fight.

You saw that anger, that hurt in the eye

You saw the misery of each tear which fell from the eye.

You didn’t question, you didn’t reason

You quietly understood the awkward silence.

And all of a sudden calm and serene,

You just smiled and warmly hugged me.

I don’t know whether you knew that something was wrong

Whether the gesture was premeditated or a sudden urge

But whatever it was, it was genuine and warm

Maybe to forget those words, the gesture I craved for.

It seemed to encapsulate all those feelings of despise

Bring them together and throw them aside.

That caring touch, that innocent smile

Was all it took to make things right.

To make me feel wanted, to make me want to give things time.

Sometimes words can have such an impact

They stay in your mind and in a whirlwind of emotions you collapse.

But one sweet soft gesture from someone close

Is all it takes for them to be forgotten and slowly go.

The complexity of the mind

The human mind is so complex
Difficult to understand it is, immaterial which gender it is.
When it’s happy, when it’s sad
When it’s depressed, when its glad
When it’s funny and ready to swing,
Or serious, it’s difficult to speculate.
There are million things as a common man,
What even you do, sometimes you can’t understand.
Why ones sad on someone’s death
While the corpse is happy to be cremated?
Why someone’s laughing a minute ago
And all of a sudden is depressed and low?
Why don’t we practise
Sometimes what we ourselves preach?
Shout at someone for their mistakes
When we have been guilty of doing the same?
Why do we make someone our best friends
And then betray them in the end?
Why is it that people who love each other so much
Part in between for measly tiffs and act tough?
Sometimes people who we think we know better than ourselves
Seem to be those we understand very less.
Why feel happy, when someone’s in tears
Or feel happy when someone’s losing someone dear?
Why are we speechless when there is so much to tell
And let emotions take over ourselves?
So many whys such few are the because’s
So many things we do which have no causes.
Our own minds we cants understand
For something’s no reason the human mind has.

Why

Sometimes life takes crazy twists and turns,
Days which are supposed to be your happiest, end up being your worst.
Things which are supposed to give you pleasure and joy
Leave you in despair and utter turmoil.
Why cant things be simple and straight
Happy when you want them to or just pass away?
Or why can’t we be as solid as a rock
Let nothing affect us and move on without any blocks?
Why do we let our emotions carry us away,
Into thoughts of misery and dismay?

Can’t we be happy all the way
Singing and dancing and have a merry stay?
Is it necessary to have these ups and downs,
Constant mood swings, laughter followed by frowns?
Why can’t we be there when someone wants us the most
When we want to be helpful but are helplessly lost?

There is nothing we can do but sit and stare
Watch life gamble away, with our emotions at stake
Bringing sadness to happiness and happiness to sad
Is that one statement - that this time will also go away.
The only thing constant, the only thing which will not stay
Which will play with our feelings, our situations, our states.
Why can’t we let time standstill just for awhile?
Till we solve all our problems and absorb the happiness that’s there…