Friday, January 8, 2010

In a Moment

In a moment,
Somewhere a life is lost,
Somewhere a life begins.

With a cry, wheels of life are set in motion,
And somewhere with a sigh, a life ends.

A cry that, for some, begins a new dawn,
filled with endless hopes and happy dreams.

A sigh, that for some becomes a cry,
as A journey of dreams, hopes and efforts ends.

Moments come and go by,
In this circle of Life,
Time moves on without standing still,
and Life walks along hand in hand,
without pausing for breath.

In this constant tug of war,
between Death and life,
Where in a moment I find,
Death staring back from the face of life,
Or life smiling at you, while waving death goodbye.
I stand doing my best,
Not to fight Death,
but to give back life it's strength,
To fight away Death with  all it's might,
And begin again it's unfinished journey.

In this circle, taking tiny steps
I walk along all alone,
Creating my own destiny,
While still searching my road.

18 comments:

Shakthi said...

Lovely . Your ability to think and express clearly is always a wonder to me !

SA said...

This is awesome stuff. It rhymes for couple of lines. The essence is damn good. I don't understand how you people write these poems.

Keep up the good work

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harshita s said...

Beautiful

ani_aset said...

Have a look..nice poem by the way

In a moment,
Somewhere a life is lost,
Somewhere a life begins.

With a cry,
life is set in motion,
with a sigh,
a life will meet its end

with a cry,
begins a new dawn,
endless hopes and happy dreams.

with a sigh,
begins heartfelt tears,
ending a journey of dreams, hopes and efforts

Moments come and go by,
In this circle of Life,
Time will move on
it wont stand still,
Life will walk hand in hand,
it wont pause and take a break.

This constant tug of war,
between Death and life,
In a moment I find,
Death staring back
from the face of life,
In a moment I find
life smiling waving death goodbye.

I stand doing my best,
Not to fight Death,
To give back life it's strength,
To fight away Death with all it's might,
And begin again it's unfinished journey.

In this circle,
taking tiny steps
I walk all alone,
Creating my destiny,
still searching my road.

Kyra said...

@sHAKTHI
thanku but you do spoli me :)

Kyra said...

@Sanjay thanku...even i am clueless how people write poems :)

Kyra said...

@Aniruddh wow u have made it sound lyk a poem and a gud one too..i think shakthi's compliment shld go to u :)..thanx for posting it...U have nt modified nything infact u have made it sound as it should have...credits 2 u :)

Kyra said...

@Harshita thanku :)..glad u liked it :)

Toon Indian said...

that's really cool meeta..I think you have poured you daily experience into it..it's a play/a movie characters come play their part and vanish..then another scene begins!!

very well portrayed

Kyra said...

@ToonIndia thanku :)..i tried dng tat..read anirudh's version..i lyk btr than mine..it has btr clarity.

Vivek said...

Thats the beautifulest little peice I've read in a long time and its my personal opinion that this is your best work till date. Keep it up Meeta :-)

Kyra said...

@vivek thanx for the compliment, i'll try 2 keep up...hav u read the version of my poem anirudhh has posted??..it's btr i feel

Abhijeet Mukherjee said...

Nice one doc..keep writing :)

delhidreams said...

first, i won't write what came to my mind initially when i read this because for that a little context setting is necessary

second, n this is that context setting...it is my personal definition of creativity, maybe u'll agree, maybe u won't.

a creative piece for me is that which tells what the author/poet.dancer/painted wanted to tell me. but is has also got a second meaning. for it to become a true creative (for me at least!) it has to inspire me to do something of my own, its like a positive domino effect, it must inspire me to creativity.

third, n ths is not a formality, i really liked this poem. yes it could have been crafted better (and i've nt read ani_aset's version, 'cos he shud nt hav posted it here), so, yes, it cud have been crafted bttr, but my two parameters of creativity whch i mentioned above are met here. i love it because it tells me what u r thinking, n it inspires me to write a few lines of my own.

and these are those lines, that came to my mind initially (n in Hindi) and i dedicate them to u, as an observer when you have stopped nararating your poem...

these are for you meeta,

ज़िन्दगी और मौत के इस मंच पर
मैं खड़ी हूँ यहाँ
यादें चुने हुए
सूत्रधार बने हुए

Kyra said...
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Kyra said...

@adee thanx for sharing your views in detail.
I agree with your definition of creativity though i do relax the criteria's at times..bt they'r the same three parameters.
Anirudh posted his views 'cuz i asked him to..infact he'd asked me to delete it after reading..bt i felt that readers should have both the versions.
Crafting is my weak point..but i'm working on it..hopefully it will improve with time.
And thanku vei much for u'r beautiful verses..they give me a good feeling and encouragement to keep writing.
after readin u'r verses this thought came to my mind..
I do feel like a sutradhar..who through her poems tries to keep alive the memories of those lives that were cut short by the snap of death..mayb this is the reason why i dwell with life and death in my poems so much.

baavriviti said...

beautiful poem!

Kyra said...

@viti thankyou :)