When efforts seem to crush each other

With a package of disappointment

I look around with rays of hopes

Sprinkling some glittering thoughts

Around the periphery of my disappointed soul;

I have seen lives bitter than I could ever imagine

I have been to places tougher than I could ever think of

But when this sadness of being away from home

When this loneliness of detachment

Starts engulfing my mind

I back-off a little bit, and follow a vague light

Coming from some far distance

I am actually not sure if it’s really a light

I keep walking, hopes hovering

Thinking that the light will shine on me;

I take a deep breath as I walk on

I hold onto some shiny thoughts as I move on

Many things have changed in me over the years

But the urge to explore who I am

Has always been the same;

There are still sweet glimpses of festive celebration

Stuck in my thoughts

But they are aging over the time span

Like some ancient scriptures;

Tried reviving them many times

But  every time I attempted

I felt a void, something missing

Emptiness creeping in

Now I have stopped teasing them;