Freedom in doses

Life comes with fetters,
Fetters we love, cherish, seek and pray for.
Never realising,
Or wishing for anything else, anything more.
Theres goals, work,
Friends, family, love.
All seeking attention, time,
All validating our lives, and what we stand for.
They enrich us,
Make our existence worthwhile.
But once in a while,
Theres an empty spot.
A spot which was born because,
All the validating elements simultaneously withdrew.
Through the hurt, pain, loneliness,
Something very beautiful is born.
Awareness of me, mine, myself,
Without any filters or definitions.
When they abandon us,
Our support systems give freedom.
The freedom of not being answerable,
Living for ourselves for those fleeting seconds.
Amidst the hullabaloo,
A place that is just for you.
Freedom in traces,
Freedom in doses.
Shraddha
16.03.2014

A Chalice full of Love!

An imaginary stretch of thought about Love gone bad.
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When God decided to give him,
A chalice full of love,
He showed up to receive it,
With a really tiny little cup.

He liked what God had poured,
In his small little vessel,
It was calming and refreshing,
Surely very sensible.

He liked the color and flavour,
And liked the inherent faith.
The smoothness and the softness,
A combination great.

But he doubted and questioned,
The logic and the history.
He heard and judged,
And disliked that story.

So he emptied his little vessel,
Back to it's source.
And God took back the receptacle,
What is love with force?

Shraddha.
20.04.2014

Farishta

Kaash aisi koi sahuliat,
zindagi insaa ko deti,
jhukte ho jab kandhe,
sandesa bhijwa deti,
door se tezi se daudta,
aata ek chota sa baccha,
laghuroop sidhaare,
wo hota koi farishta,
dono haatho se samet ke housla,
kandho pe laad deta,
jhukte kandho ko hota aabhas,
insaa ko milti shakti, sthirta.

Par insaan ka jeevan toh hai,
gehri saason vaali kuch palon ki ladi,
aisi suvidha insaan ko,
prakruti se toh nahi mili,
parr mili hai zaroor,
ek aatma,
jisme mein baitha hai,
ummeedon ka farishta,
buss mann laga ke pukaarna,
daudta aayega wo baccha,
dono haatho mein samete,
taakat, himmat, ichcha.