Yesterday I was sitting and wondering why,
All that one wishes for remains distant no matter how much you try!
I was a kid when I used to crawl at my mother’s feet, wanting to rest closer to her chest,
But distant she seemed, as I would reach out a hand hoping she would see me, forgetting all the rest.
As I grew up, I learnt to play basketball, the basket, my goal, distant again,
But I learnt to still put the ball in there, a trick that we need to use to our gain...
Haha! Distant always were those 'magic marks' that my parents made me dream of,
Not that that I was a loser, for a tried till I myself decided to take my hands off...
Distant used to be that kite that we kids would clamour to fetch from the tree top,
Though I found ways eventually, to make attempts that wouldn’t always flop!
And now, distant is my mother's call, which I once used to hear and instantly run to her from my playground..
For after those scoldings, premonitions, and nagging advices, her caring hugs used to abound...
All of it has been distant, u know, just out of reach..
But I could eventually reach all of it, with the help of all that life's experiences tend to teach.
...
But, you, why are YOU this far?
You came to me as a means to reach closer to my wishes,
Then why are you distant as a star?
I spend my days, not in solitude, for there is a multitude of thoughts,
And I wonder, was it I, who lovingly let you in but, then, dint see that there were doors standing ajar?
I am walking out of one of those doors myself now,
For it’s all empty here, and all that’s outside is beckoning me.
I am walking out to let my thoughts breathe some fresh air,
For these gazillion thoughts are sapping me of energy.
But, I am still just around where you struck me first...
For me to feel you again, in the face of destiny.
The Glare of the sun, I remember, made me go numb and fall into your arms,
And it’s the same again, only, you are distant, and I seem to have no earth beneath me......
YOU; my Idea of a Happy Life, of Bright Mornings, of Success, of My Smiling Dimples,....of a Formless, Selfless Me....
