When I was 6, Dad and I would sit on the low tank in the compound and we'd draw a rough plot of a house on a farm. It always had a pond, a bridge and a house.
It's been 15 years. We have a farm. Dad's put in a whole lot of his time and resources into this.
And I'm proud. It's good to see him so happy and so involved and so earnest in this.
My parents got married in the house where I stay. The guest list had some 20 people. Yes, only immediate family. No religion and all that jazz (We're Atheists).
And yes, like it runs in my blood, I'll be getting married there. If I do. But yes, it'll be here. Without the jazz. With more people. Everyone I love. And someone I love like it'd kill me not to.
I think more than I write. I listen more than I talk. I chew more than I bite. Welcome to whatever's inside my head. Well, almost.
8.
7.
Cross the room
Find the window
Open the shutters
Let the sunlight in
Along comes the dust
And a leaf or two
A summer's wind
On a winter's day
And eyes that looked beyond
Will now look away.
A wasp escapes
A fly is trapped
A heart beating in a mouse-trap
Why have windows when you can't dream?
All they want is words,
And all you can
Is scream.
Pity though- I'm having an otherwise decent weekend. Tomorrow will be a trip to the farm. If I get decent enough pics, (and I quote my Dad here-) "GOOD. For you."
6.
Between going crazy
And staying sane
It's not much of a choice
Either way you're done for.
Might as well enjoy
What the madness has to give
A redder face
An awkward moment
A private thought
A song together
A secret laugh
A silly war
An unasked question
A body-less hug
A shared love
A common fear
But nothing compares
To the warmth of you
The smile of you
The sound of you
But I might as well enjoy
What the madness has to give
A madder, breathless life to live.
And the two of us will feel
So much more than we can.
So reach out in the darkness
Hold my invisible hand.
5.
Bad days come and go. See the silver lining? It's in the head. Maybe one day we'll have you tell me that.
Highlight of today, post the work chaos? It was singing 'No man can ever love you like I do' itna zorr se between Chakala and Model Town that I felt a bit of me fly.
I was happy.
Really happy. What a song to sing aloud. To smile aloud.
You know what happened after Model Town? The wind.
Today's to a dog. It, under ideal circumstances, would have been her 11th birthday. Stupid dog, but beautiful.
Anyway. That's about it.
Just a thought though-
If there's something that's hurting you, & making you smile- which do you turn your back to?
4
Yesterday's 'Once' dose touched me somewhere. I'm not shaken beyond belief and floored forever. I'm just wildly ready to believe that every incident that happens in my life is a life-changing event again.
People fascinate me beyond reason. While somewhere it isn't encouraged to talk to a stranger- My parents will ask me to delete a LOT of people. From all my lists. True story.
But stories interest me. Just when you should have turned your back to someone and instead you looked them in the eye (instead, by the way, is the bitch that works both ways) and say hello. Or whatever. You could reply with a thank you, or reply with a thank you and a question and push the conversation ahead. Set the ball rolling, as the they say.
Also, I've repeatedly convinced myself that I'm the extreme people lover-hater. I could shut myself up for hours and then cry for not having someone to come and ask for me. I need all the attention I think I deserve. All the time. Which is why I'm very difficult to be with. Friend-wise.
The thing is, I really think we're a lot of people told time and again that we're just one person. That sucks. We're not. I am everyone around me. I can choose who I am today. What part of them I am today. That leads us to major identity ghotala, but haven't you ever felt that spark when someone drove himself or herself as crazy into conversation which in most circumstances you'd have never have been in the circumstances to have?
The past few months have changed a bit of me. I let go of some of the inhibitions I never knew I had. I made someone laugh.
I giggled.
I sang.
I know I'm coming across as a total schmucketty schmuck, but those things would never have happened had it not been for there being someone to share them with.
Today, is and will always be about people.
3.
Saw 'Once'.
Fell in love. Twice.
And now, there's a face to the little joys, and the bigger ones.
Heard some more music, was made to hear some more.
Will anyone else ever understand the importance of 233, 40 and 6?
Will I express myself?
Did I?
Too many dreams in one little mind.
Of course.
There's the MusicDip element.
http://www.musicdip.in/2012/01/top-10-hindi-rock-songs-musicdip-exclusive/
That's another long, funny story.
Then, there's Tanya's blog.
http://theovertickingbrain.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/dost/
She'll have one too. When it is time.
When the words deserve her.
Quite a day, today.
Of resolutions. Determination. Expectations.
And the element of surprise.
"Ah, but Harry..."
2.
I dared to dream again today.
I spread my broken wings
I step across my little threshold
On ends and new beginnings
I think I heard my heart beat again
I fluttered at the very thought
The rush of blood to my face
Has set in earlier than it ought.
I'll ignore but I know inside me
There's a light in the far corners
I see a spark ignite my eyes-
No wonder lightning strikes
Before it warns us.
1
Waqt does a lot of shit and suddenly, even if we aren't okay, we've forgotten why we weren't.Trust. Love. Words.
Blood. Mind.
I haven't tasted any of these in a bit.
Today was just another day, but somewhere I have this feeling of impending joy that's waiting to come out.
Happy New Year- I hope every joy is bigger than the one you've just had.
High time.
Stooping stopping saving life
Ruki saansein but chalti life
Dil toota, par phir bhi life
Peechhe mudke jee li life
Aage bhaage girti life
Lakeeron mein likhi life
Oongliyon se phisalti life
Bina scene kiye yeh life
Tamasha har pal kari life
Kabhi centrestage pe darrti
Audience mein seetiyaan maarti life
Kicking biting kissing life
Hugs se love-hate karti life
Mitti se dhuli hui life
Mitne pe mitne-wali life
Soche-samjhe subah shuru woh
Shaam ko crying-weeping life
Gusse se phatti-tooti life
Kheench-taan par chhoti life
Aur ek minute ke liye
Soti hui dreamy life
Jhoothe high ki wannabe life
Chhupke smiling, blushing life
Ek baar ussne dekh kya liya
Day-dreaming pe chal di life
Heartbreaking si sasti life
Roz Goa ghoomti life
Anti-alcohol mentality life
Tharki friends ke tharki jokes ko
Tweets mein copy karti life
Rona-dhona bhari life
DP change karti life
21-jaise sochti life
14-jaise giggling life
Earphones dil se connected life
Mumbai ke traffic jam mein
Romantic imagination ki life
Pillow-talk mein beeti life
Football se haari-piti life
Superstar ke geek secretary pe
Jaan-lutaati secret life
Dost-dosti-waali life
Lyrics pe chalne waali life
Har scene ka brain-lab mein
Photo frame karti life
Dhunn mein besuri-si life
Komolika-type vamp si life
Lift-music ko gungunaati
Mysteriously smiling life
Madness, maybe, music ke naam pe
Kal aaj hi mein jeeti life.