Remind yourself

None is god however strong
And none is small in the eyes of God
Remind yourself off and on
A lot you can do if you want

Some raise themselves
In service of some cause
Some challenge everything
And dare even gods

Never be content with the status quo
Where no one dared there you may go
Remind them who feel down and out
The spring waits not far from their door

Make it a habit to beat the blues
Let them not weigh heavy on you
Light the way that you pass
So that others who follow stumble not

You have reached where you are
As the generations before cleared your path
You have a bounden duty to perform
Those who come later, make easy their walk

Remind each and every soul
Sacred is the earth on which it descends
Offer on its alter all you can
And do your best before you ascend!

Weakness

Make weakness your strength
As you work to prove yourself
Who works in humility with the gift he has
He achieves what was beyond his grasp

No one then sees what he lacks
But wonders much at what he has
Others now feel what they lack
Being complacent with all they had

Pray He keeps you ever in want
And pity not but do and slog
Accomplish that which shall awe
Fired and determined as you are

The world is full of unimaginable miracles
Because of men inspired from within
What one lacked, it was his inspiration
And what he had was all in public service

He refused to be limited by his handicap
None could stop him , not even his handicap
He conquered the world despite the handicap
Where the fittest failed miserably with no handicap

One values something that he lacks
When it is in plenty he is careless
As the gifts rust with years and non use
What remains is only regret!

A seeker

A master is no master
Who is not a seeker first
One who says he knows all
He is shallow in mind and at heart

The more one learns
Still more is there to learn
When you teach someone
You are the first to learn

A good master and disciple
Are like rich notes that please
Following each other in harmony
Their music is soul stirring

The master is ever in search
For a disciple who understands
And what a disciple looks for
The master beforehand understands

No one is a Master but One
Others are only seekers
He is merciful and obliging
Yet it is not easy to find Him

Some seek Him in every breath
And some seek him not
True seekers are tested hard
But He woos them too who seek Him not!

Ahead of time

Some struggle to keep up with time
And some walk ahead of time
Obsessed with some higher purpose
They rest not a while

To conceptualize extraordinary things
And make them materialize
What is beyond normal comprehension
And also of the the wise at that time

When the newness so created
Is ignored,stolen or duplicated
The creator is hurt no doubt
But he goes ahead doubly motivated

The world may acknowledge or not
But his work is his reward
Far away from the worldly fame
He struggles undisturbed to create

He covers miles ahead
While the world looks the other way
And when the realization dawns
The bird is in late evening or has flown away!

Brainwashed mind

When light is no light
And darkness abides
An innocent life is snuffed out
In the name of the divine

To what extent a man can go
Even a beast may think twice
Win over by love, as some say
Or pay back many a time

To kill is still a crime
And to numb such minds
Technology may be a savior
When wisdom can't decide

Why has man been given a mind
When there is no check save fear
And the law that punishes crime
Nothing holds back a brainwashed mind

Such mind is no mind
But a robot only
That kills thoughtlessly
And is worse than a wicked mind

The struggle goes on
Between right and wrong
Wrong thinks it is is right
Time decides but in its own time!

Commercial charity

Charity has become funny
When one is really noticed
Either bared in part
Or in full dressed ice bath

There is dearth of love
And nature much subdued
As one advances somewhat
Or becomes something

The more serious the cause
With indifference it is stonewalled
Unless the funnier side is tickled
Or a joke lightens stiff hearts

When people enjoy the fun
They become more charitable
To part with something noticeable
Willingly and happily

Nothing sells like nonsense
Unprintable stuff or sleaze
Many spend a fortune on it
But not a penny towards charity

Charity is serious business
Promotion and more money
Those who can pay
Never do it silently

If one wants publicity
Name and fame
Recognition and praise
Charity is an easier way of commercial bargain!

Ghostwriter

You write I claim
It may not be that
What you think or want to say
The ghost is under control as the master pays

You want work and I name
You write for me as I say
You gain experience as you train
My works multiply that's my gain

Once you are your own
You shall be in full control
Well trained under me
My ghostwriter you had been

It hurts, it pinches
When intellectual property someone steals
And you have no option to resist or speak
For you sell yourself willingly

What if I write under my name
No one knows me or my name
Who shall read it and pay
What if I am my own ghost
A fancy name and some words to bloat
All I want is my work be acknowledged
Even if it be my master who claims all the credit!

Thread and needle

A needle is thin and sharp
That pierces without leaving a mark
A thread is thin but long or short
On which hangs the life as long as it lasts

Things that are made thin and small
They do matter a lot
Big is unwieldy and gross
In details is hidden that creates all

Think small to leap long
Think big when the gully is crossed
It is pure maths and science
That begin small but jump long

Life begins smaller than small
Nature springs from seeds small
Small is a building block
When it breaks the building falls

Thread and needle may appear small
But they do tasks both big and small
The universe is product of a phenomenon
Which began from a tiny dot!

Stitched

With time a thing wears out
And needs stitches and patches
So it is with an institution
With improvisations and no matches

New institution may take its place
Old one dismantled or consigned to flames
Antiques do have value, but not all
But they occupy your mind and place

Institutions over time become big and bigger
They accumulate fat at unwanted place
An old and white elephant they become
Who guzzle much but there is no gain

Trim or prune a thing of use
As it flowers and before it turns grey
But it has to be later cut and removed
To make place for something new

Purpose and plans undergo change
Priorities never remain the same
Let the old retreat with dignity
When young they roared and had their day!

Independence day

Are we bound or independent
Are we helpless or independent
Are we really independent
Though we celebrate our independence

Do we get two square meals a day
And a roof over our head to stay
What to talk of privacy even in name
We want no charity in whatever name

Big promises and bigger talk
That we hear day after day
But we have remained at the same place
Independence day with zest we celebrate

Is it a small thing that we are independent
As a people and as a nation
So what if we remain where we were
Some day we shall see some change

We now hope yet once again
We have seen a spark in his eyes
And he has a fire burning in his belly
He shall surely take us to a different place

We shall then be truly independent
All promises shall be kept when made
We shall remain uppermost in his mind
He was also like us and remembers to this day!

System

System is a patient
Attend to it
Why let it rot
And then suffer at its cost

It needs expert intervention
Good doctors and medication
To put life back into it
And make it as it was conceived

Why blame the system
Did we look after it
To make it responsive
And useful and sensitive

When we make merry
And manipulate the system
What is left is a sickly skeleton
That needs more than it delivers

Some say replace the system
But it works as good as we make the system
Who manage and use the system
Unless we change, how shall change the system

Use and throw is convenient to the consumer
But what we need is a long lasting system
It works as the back bone of the nations and its people
On which hangs their future and that of coming generations

Preserve the system for your own good
Why make it heartless and indifferent for good
Politicking eats into the vitals of a system
However sturdy and effective it looks!