Mt. Ranier

There he stood, clad in white

Tranquility surrounded,

Breath taking sight.

Rays directed, strong and bright,

Clouds hovering,

Slivering light

Dormant volcano, buried vengeance,

He stands tall with might,

Come rain, come shine.

Distances

No matter how much communication advances,

only miracles bring together people across expanses.

At first you still feel a part of what you’ve left behind

With time they turn into memories, just passing by.

Consoling thyself the other end of the world is just 22 hours away,

The feeling of distance strengthens with a difference of night and day.

It was hard to believe distance changes everything

Experiences teach you what you could’ve never learnt reading.

You know less of your best friend, you lose trust in your love,

You miss being yelled at by your mom, your pampered since you don’t live at home.

There is very little instant messengers can do.

How much can words portray the emotions expressions do?

Distance tests relationships,

You wouldn’t know its value until you’ve tested it.

Like an epidemic spreads across miles,

There’s just one thing that travels as fast as light.

It means the same in every nation, all year round.

A smile can travel distances through air, water or ground!

Choices

Do I have cereal or do I have oats?

Do I watch a romantic movie or do I watch a thriller?

Are a few routine choices that wouldn’t change anything.

Then you’re faced with those life-changing choices:

What college do I join? What course do I pursue?

Do I accept this job or maybe there is something better?

One wrong choice and you find yourself working in hell!

Where could I find a definition to a ‘right’ choice?

Stuck at an intersection, how to I know which way to go?

There are choices thrown at me every minute,

Feeling it’s impossible to make a wrong decision.

Why do we feel we need a second chance?

To be faced with the same choice for a second time?

And here I see this choice in front of me,

do I continue with is poem or stop and read?

To cry or not to cry…

Emotions can never be understood

sometimes I wish I could.

When you hear good news

you want to laugh,

but right then a tear rolls down,

a wierd emotion experienced,

and then you realize these are tears of happiness.

When you’re sad you want to cry,

you realize you cant find tears,

and your eyes dry.

When you want to show you’re strong,

it’s like you’ve lost control

and you stand dumb,your head bowed down.

When you loose a little and you face it bold

you gain much more than you lost,

the strength untold.

Success makes you strong; failure stronger.

You begin to count your blessings

and enjoy the little things life has to offer.

Give a smile and spread the happiness

lend a shoulder when someone needs to cry

and never think twice, to cry or not to cry…

-Deepa Pai

I cant change anything, Can I?

I wish the world was square,

the dimensions would make meeting people rare.

With loads of people on its ground,

unfortunately, the world is round.

People bothered more about others

Whose faults pointed out, but theirs covered.

When I can’t change what others think of me,

You think changing me would make theirs minds suddenly clean?

Jealousy, anger, selfishness, spreading like wild fire.

With no person, nor politician, in the present generation to admire.

Power & money being humans priority,

You have both & you see the iron and magnet property.

Try to tell the truth & change the way people think

But you realize it’s in vain & then you let go and let your mistakes be.

Now from where do I change, where do I start?

Whom do you begin with? How do you ask?

Then you realize & you sigh,

I cant change anything, can I?

-Deepa Pai

Influence

“Seeing is believing”

Unless your mind is weak,

Your decisions change,

When someone says something

 

The mind is imprisoned,

There is nothing original in your ideas;

Others thoughts and dreams

You envision.

 

Its visible in your actions,

Heard in your speech,

Like a deja-vu,

But seen again in reality.

 

Might drag you along

The wrong path,

Could find success in it too

Depends on who or what influences you!

-Deepa Pai

 

“This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do.”

Phases

Laughter and cheer all around,
to xerox notes always bound.
Bunking class to have fun
or entering class when its almost done!
Little trips here and there,
no responsibilities,experiences to share.
Such are the glorious days of our college life.
Process of learning never ending,
fun almost lost once you start working.
Suddenly responsibilities dawn;
Nothing other than work on your mind.
With a new project every week,
Dead line dates pouring in.
Waiting for the end of the month
until the paycheck comes.
Years of learning always cherished;
Enthusiasm never diminished.

Nature is wont to hide herself.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.- Aristotle