What it takes

A smile is what it takes,

To cheer up the spirits.

A laugh is what it takes,

To forget the bad issues.

A rose is what it takes,

To express the feelings.

A hand is what it takes,

To hold another hand,

And, to walk away.

A dream is what it takes,

To embark on a journey,

For achieving something.

A tear is what it takes,

To shed the pain in heart.

A sorry is what it takes,

To solve a bitter fight.

Patience is what it takes,

To receive something special.

Love is what it takes,

To bring two hearts together.

Trust is what it takes,

To bond those hearts forever.




I enjoyed writing this poem a lot. 

Hope from heaven

Look at the stars,

They are shining with grace,

Look at the moon,

He is smiling with romance

Even the late night breeze has touch of love

Trying to evoke the spirit of peace in hearts

To heal the tears

From the cheeks of sad souls

When the frozen hearts get the warmth

Of blessing from heaven

The tears starts flying upwards

With the smile from the heart onboard

Wait for that moment

It will come for sure

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Bleeding Tears

You cry, when you are hurt

It is same with others

When you hurt someone

You might not know, the depth of their wounds

That you inflicted upon their hearts

As you are kept away, from those grief

As they believe,

You won’t be able to understand it

They just wish a piece of mercy from you

Some moments of peace away from you

It’s not due to any hatred

They just wish for some calmer times

Not to be hurt furthermore

As they prefer to cry in the loneliness

Without letting, anyone see their tears

Sometimes, excessive tears can induce bleeding

Through the nose without any warning

The more they love you

The tears will be harder to stop

As they don’t expect you to hurt so bad

Unlike others

They panic to control the blood and tears

Yet without any anger or ill feelings

It’s cruel not to see the depth of that love

Be it friendship or any relation

You don’t have any right to hurt anyone

Even if they have hurt you once in past

Even if you don’t care

At least can spare them with their plight

If you care, apologize from heart

All those tears will melt down into relief

As you are someone with high esteem in their heart

Control your anger when you are with your beloved

Your words have power to heal or hurt

Measure it with precision to constrain

As even, you don’t wish to cause anyone to bleed

Unintentional, yet if someone bleeds with tears

Care them and make them feel better

And never make them cry again

Tears are dangerous than you think

There is no point in loving from heart

If you can’t show it when it matters

Sometimes words are enough to console

Spare some words and use the better ones  

Rather than cussing, just tell with calmness

What you feel, they will understand

If you wish their happiness

Never let them cry with your words

Cos tears bleeds sometimes

It’s painful than you can imagine 

Some times i find hard to control anger.Only later i realise that,ive hurt someone when i was angry.Well,unintentional rants can land someone in trouble with tears,Experience taught me this lesson.

Gun ‘n’ tears

We are living in a jungle of guns

We don’t know who have it with them

Everything looks peaceful

Once in a while

We hear that someone went crazy

With a gun

Shooting down innocent people

Who were just walking down the street

Or living on with their daily routines

In colleges, schools or some public space

We go out with a belief

That we will return home safe

We can’t predict a vehicle hitting us over

Just like that, there’s no guarantee

That we will be safe from guns

Lawmakers provide the liberty to all

To own guns for their safety

I wonder if everyone who owns guns

Really have any kind of threat

How can anyone justify themselves

After Shying away the responsibility

Authorities gave guns and ammunitions

To the revolting rebels

To unstablize various nations

Later they grew up as terror monsters

Attacking the old friends and old enemies alike

With no mercy

Authorities closed eyes on gangs

They closed eyes on illegal trades

Now they have huge reserve of arms

Enough to engage in fights with even armies

Pirates, Maoists, religious armies  

Ethnic miltants, you name anything

They all got guns to shoot down innocent people

Guns shoots bullets

Piercing through the body

And takes away the lives

But bullets don’t know

That it is killing anyone

It’s a dead metal born to kill

And to bring tears from countless eyes

No words or rewards could ever wipe out

Those tears from those eyes

Even after years goes by

Loss of beloved ones through bullets

That’s very tough on growing up children

Having to face an uncertain future

Can anyone explain why they need guns?

Just as they have right to live

We have same rights to live

Nobody has the right to take away

A valuable life

Nobody has the power to heal the tears

Then why they shoot those bullets

Those who lose their breadwinners

 Struggle to make the ends

Their tears never end

As they try to repair their lives

The loss to a bullet will haunt them

Helpless to do anything

Some may take revenge with bullets

But that keeps the cycle of guns and tears

Running endlessly with vengeance

Somebody has to stop it someday

That day might not come

But we can hope

As i watch more and more visuals of gun battles and loss of lives,it just makes me sad as i've seen death in front of me .

Nightmares

I don’t see dreams anymore

I see only nightmares

Ever since, you left me

Alone in this world

I am scared to lie on bed

Unless I am that sleepy

As all I think is about you

When I lay alone

As you was my only support

I wasn’t able to sleep many a days

As your memories refused me to get away

And left me in tears

Felt guilty that, I wasn’t able to save you

As you closed your eyes, for the last time

After gasping for the last breath of air

In a desperate attempt to survive

But shores of safety of hospital

Was little too far

By the time, I got a vehicle to take you there

You left me for a new world

I saw you struggling for survival

Many a night

In different scenarios

Where I kept running

In search of avenues to save you

Never once, I succeeded

As I struggled for long,

My friend taught me meditation

Somehow, I caught some sleep there after

Every night

Then trained myself to tire my soul

To get good sleep

But once in a while

I wake up shocked

Seeing another nightmare 

Live

This is a storm before

The rain of joy

Your silence will tame

When the smiles burst

Your Tears will dry before

The sun shines

You may be walking

Through summers of past

And Living through

Colours of lost dreams

And Swimming through

The lake of hope

To snatch back all that

Flew past your heart

You gotta fly away from your past

Towards a new destiny

You gotta dream something new

That’s so exciting

You gotta fight for a new dawn in life

To show your courage

As there are some people

Who consider you as a sour loser

Writing you off as a failure

They find joy in mocking and teasing you

But you can leave them speechless

As you walk past them

With the wand of glories

That they could never even dream

Stick to your likes

Build your life around it

You will see your life blooming

With the joy you never experience before

There is a reason for every life

Search for your reason

You will find it

Live

Death

Death comes like an uninvited

Cold blooded guest

Who find chilly nights and hot sunny days alike

 Some embraces him with joy

Some reluctantly leaves with him

Some are dragged down with no mercy

Some are lucky to get rid of his hold,but not for long

He is a guide,tormentor,messenger

With no attachment or feelings for any

Just comes to carry out a task

Always so focused about the task

So particular not to miss out even one

Keeps high standards with high efficiency

He tries to tempt one with lucrative offer

That could lift one towards a higher world

Presents the dreamy world of heaven

Just like a kid’s fairy tale

Convinces with with the assurance

That there won’t be any pain and suffering

There will be only luxury comfort

With angels and saints helping out

There will be only smiles all around

He never tells the fact

About a hell that stand beside heaven

Where there is only pain and suffering

With devils and demons rule with terror

There is only tears all the time

With no place to escape or to hide

From the tortue that awaits

And no saviors to save the day

He just bribes one to part ways with life

To leave all beloved once forever

Without any chance to return to earth

To care or enquire about loved ones

As only soul will get the visa

One has to say good bye to body

Just like parting with a baggage

More of a  contract of no return

No time given to fulfil any wish

No time given to exchange final goodwill

No time given to smile or cry

Once the visa is ready

The journey starts

As the guide greets with welcome

The air starts to move away

Lungs drive itself to the limits

To suck the vanishing air

In a last gasp attempt to breath

In a last gasp attempt to survive

Just as heart tries its best

To beat the betrayal of the soul

By sending the final power to the lungs

As the soul starts following the guide

Poor body struggle to fight back

Air keeps moving away faster

Body tries its best to catch some air

It shivers and jumps

Vibrates with ferocity as if it’s now or never

As the soul moves farther

Helpless body surrenders

With the eyes capturing its final images

Closes the lid on a world

That gave joy and pain

Memories and nightmares

Regrets and pride

Soul follows the guide

Breaking all the bonds of love and hate

With hopes about a new world

Heaven or hell which it doesn’t know

It’s another task finished for a task master

Death!

Questions to god

Sometimes I ask god

Why you are so cruel to those who are good at heart?

Why do you make them suffer?

Without even seeing the golden days

Many of those have to leave this earth

With hearts bearing unfulfilled desires

Their prayers for getting some more time to live

To see the dependents towards shore of safety

Why do you close eyes on those pleas?

When someone decease abruptly

Many a time horror surrounds their loved ones

With no means to go forward

Insecurity calling the shots

With responsibilities to take over the reins

Falling on helpless successors

To manage the debts and legacy

Some never recovers from the disastrous fall

And for rest of the lives, they fight for survival

With only nightmares of good old past in company

Sighs of, what if’s gives some consolation

Lucky ones make it to the nest of relief

When you can let off all the evil forces

Who ravish their brand of mischiefs?

Hurting others deliberately

Snatching their possessions for paltry greed

Making mockery of others sufferings

With disgraceful laughter

Torturing others with power of riches

Killing innocents for silly achievements

Leaving countless relatives in tears

With no power to retaliate

How you can justify the gross injustice,

 towards the deprived ones?

Why do sinners get immunity from sufferings?

Why do you get their every wish fulfilled?

When helpless souls struggle to exist

Begging you for divine intervention

And waits with endless hope for your miracles

Hidden Beneath

Hidden beneath the silence

There is a lively smile

Hidden beneath the anger

There is a black humor

Hidden beneath the tears

There is an aspiring hope

Hidden beneath the unsaid words

There are millions of emotions

Hidden beneath the laughter

There is a mysterious pain

Hidden beneath the beliefs

There is a treacherous fear

Hidden beneath the greed

There is a story of losses

Hidden beneath the glory

There are hours of unrelenting effort

Hidden beneath the luck

There is unchangeable fate

Hidden beneath the love

There is a selfish necessity

Hidden beneath the hatred

There is dangerous jealousy

Hidden beneath the jealousy

There is unending anger to do better

Hidden beneath a wait

There is an undying wish

Don't you wish !!

Don’t you wish to have a shop?

From where you could buy happiness when you are sad

And some device which could store happiness

Unlike your heart for longer period

Don’t you wish to sell your tears and buy smiles in return?

As you, find hard to console your lonely heart

When things go wrong

Don’t you wish to have a cloning center?

From where you could get your loved one back

As love is hard to forget

And getting over a heart break

Some times becomes more than impossible

As the more you try, the more it haunts

Its better you get the clone of your love

To have a make believe life

Don’t you wish to insure your dreams and hopes?

So that you always get compensation for all your losses

That hurts your heart and gets you back the joy

At the earliest as possible

With great interests and add-ons

As, you can endure happy times

But, you can’t endure sad times

Don’t you wish to have a safe locker?

Where you could deposit

Your haunting memories of past

So that you don’t get nightmares

Don’t you wish to have a time machine?

So that you can always relive the moments

You love the most

Or era’s which you wish to be in

This is in past or in future

Don’t you wish to have a dream machine?

So that you can live your fantasies

Or live a kind of life that you dreamed off

With someone special, that never materialized

Don’t you wish to have a memorial park?

Where you could meet the souls of deceased

Who are closer to your heart!

Whenever you miss them and want to talk to them

So that you can live with the belief

As if your loved ones are always with you

No matter whether they are alive or not

These wishes are beautiful

But if it becomes true

Then this life will turn

To be a matrix of happiness

May this earth become a heaven!

And you get everything you want

May all the dreams come true!

And happiness sustain everywhere

It’s a tax less wish that you can have

Whenever you feel, you are lost

As sometimes fairy tale, thoughts can hide your pain for good

Stop Crying,My friend

How long will you cry?

Until tonight, or dawn tomorrow or until death

Do you think tears are the only way left?

For you, to escape, from all your pain

That is tearing your heart now

If everyone starts crying together

It will fill the earth with new oceans of tears

As everyone, have problems

Won’t the life come to standstill?

If everyone starts worrying

About all those pains of the past

One cannot bring back the lost moments

One cannot bestow breath upon a dead person

Then, what is the point in crying?

Over those moments, that is history

Understand the fact, my friend

Nobody will be worrying about you

As much as you worry for others

So stop crying for others over silly issues

Everyone is on a mission in life

Some times situation demands

Taking tough decisions for goodness

But regretting and crying over that

Won’t make any difference for you

If there is chance for redemption

You can try out your luck

But crying for unchangeable things

Can just leave you sick, nothing else

A second that passed by wont comeback

Like that, you cannot relive old moments

Stop living in the past, its history

Live in the present and see around

Dream about a bright future

As it is the only hope,

For which, each individual live

 For some, it is about getting rid of poetry

For some, its about getting good job

For some, its about getting love

For some, its about safer future of children

Wishes about future are endless

Then why you should be alone

Crying about silly issues, for nothing

There is only one life for everyone

This is the only chance given by the god

To experience the great existence

Living through various stages

From childhood to youth to old age

Life is not just about fun and joy

The pain and relief is another side

That you should handle with ease

Just like you smile and laugh around

Wash your face and wipe out tears

Bring back a nice smile on your face

Talk with all those around

You will find how happy or sad they are

You will get to hear about their sorrows

You will get to hear about their jubilance

And you will know, there are stories

Behind every smiling face that you see

You will understand, how brave they are

Facing those challenges, without showing

Any glimpse of sorrow on their face

Life is all about living it as such

There are no secret formulas to be happy

More you think and worry

More depressed you will become

Think again, does it worth anything

You are neglecting those who need you

Yet worrying about who don’t care

Mistakes happen, its human trait

There is no need to spoil, yourself for that

Just feel sorry for it and work well

So that you won’t be having any issue

Be positive and keep the mind strong

If you feel so down, walk alone

See those people walking in hurry

Without showing trace of sorrows

Immerse yourself in this busy world

With every second meaning valuable

To your earnest quest for peace

Tears

When I look at those eyes

I see millions of souls of tears

Filled up in the eyes

Craving for one thing and screaming silently

Let us flow through your cheeks

And, fall down to the very soil

Embarking all the pain that we could

So that you find some relief

Looking at us, valuing our sacrifice

As we are part of yours only

We had to bid adieu, as you are sad

Some day your pain will vanish

And, you will remember us.

Memories haunt you all the time

The laughter and the smiles apart

The very thought of void brings something

Words and silence ever could describe it

Yet we the tears can speak

The language of your heart

Without telling anyone, ever one could see

As you can shed us to the gorches of no return

Happiness is just round the corner

Bit of sense from heart can keep you calm

But when immersed in thoughts

Worries and pains creeps in

Then you feel that you are sinking

As if, there is no solution to the problems

Thoughts fill the heart with emotions

Too hard for the soul to console

Only way out for you is shedding

A few drops of tears

But, once you shed us, we are history  

Our life ends, the moment, we part ways with you

But, we become eternal for your pain

God may see our sacrifice

To grant you the peace you wish for

From the depths of soil

We will be seeing your smiling face

 With satisfaction as if, your smile is our reflection

Some day when you enjoy the life

While you think about the past

Ask yourself,

Why you let us go?

Did shedding us help you in any case?

As we cherished to live in your eyes

Until you close your eyes for ever !

Misunderstanding

All my tears can’t even make balance,

For the hard times you went through,

You tried to hide yourselves in silence

Hoping that i could see your discomfort

The emotions of your heart never reached me

Its pity, that i never saw your heart

You tried hard, not to hurt me

While I kept trying hard like it means everything

To find out the reason for your silence

When I myself is the reason, how could you tell me

I wonder how I didn’t realise it!

When you looked at my eyes

I felt, it is craving to tell something

But the lips are tightened up by emotions

Not to spell even a word to me

I tried hard, not to let a single drop of tear

To fill in my eyes, as I know, you cant bear it

I walked with you, to see you off

With a smile in face and bleeding heart

I know you can feel my emotions

Yet you can’t help yourself, nor can I

We are two sides of the same heart

As you started moving

My eyes started filling with tears

I waved you, with a hope that you will comeback

Even when i knew you wont,

Still hoping and wishing you were here

Awaiting death and life

With hopes one goes to hospital

To have the beloved recover

And ,raise back to the glory of life

Not always there is luck backing up

Some times doctors have to spell

Harsh facts that no one likes to hear

Even with the advanced care and technology

Hearing the words that chances are low

Any thing can happen, be prepared

Or we can’t tell anything until some hours

Hope for the best, and let relatives informed

Looking through the glass

At someone gasping for life in a ventilator

It stops the emotions for a while

All that comes to mind will be

The good and bad memories of the past

The anxiety of the worst fear grips the eyes with tears

Trembling lips immerses itself with prayers

Hoping that god will lend a respite

Sitting outside the ICU

Worried about the outcomes

Thoughts about future looms with never felt anxiety

When days pass some relief of survival arises

Yet the fear refuses to depart

It’s a wait for a life and death

Minutes passes as slow as ever it could be

Every passing moment reminds of some landmark

Wishing all the way down inside the heart

Not to receive news of liberation of a soul

Waiting with a tired body and a weakened mind

To receive a good news of recovery

When ever a doctor or nurse comes out

Wakes up and runs like a kid with curiosity

Just for asking if any improvement is there in condition

Even if the knowledge of the condition is fresh in mind

Every time while looking through the glass panel of ICU

Sharpens to see if there is any positive move

When goes inside the ICU always heart pounds

Even if the condition is getting better

While seeing others suffer around the loved one

Only when some words are minced

The cheers of new hope arises in the mind

Yet the chances are always there to go wrong any second

It’s like walking through a tight rope

With cushions on one side for safe landing

And a trench awaiting a journey towards eternity

ICU seems like a heaven with a door to hell always opened

And those who serves there are life savers

More of angels sent by the god to enlighten the hopes

it’s a fact that they gives their best

But its not in their hands, always an element of luck plays the game

Miracles happens, so does disasters

Sleepless nights and tiring days never deters

The love for someone who is fighting for the life

Only visual that keeps one awake is the image

Of loved one walking out of that heaven with a smile

Some times the very thought of coffin coming out

Reminds the route to hell and endless tears follows

Dreams and nightmares mars the wait for that life and death

A wait that all not want to have in their life

 Nithin R S