Why I Pray

I don’t know why I pray

May be

I pray because I am

I am because I pray

I pray because I have faith

I pray because I know you are there

So many times I questioned

So many times you answered

So many answers you gave

Without any questions

I pray to let you know

I am there

I am there because of you

I am there and I love you

Not because I want something

But because I have you

I pray to you...for you

People question

People laugh

People gape

When I talk to you

So many times I justified

That you are there

So many times I tried to prove

That you care

And then I gave up

Faith can’t be forced

Faith can be questioned

It can be cut into pieces

And it can be thrown in the sea

It will be tested time and again

And it will survive

If it’s true

So many times I pray

Because I know you are true

So many times I pray

Just to hold on to you

I pray for no reasons

I pray on no occasions

I pray because I believe

I pray to hold on

I pray to connect to myself

Because you is me

That’s where you live

Right inside me

So many times I pray

But I don’t

So many times I want to ask for things

Then I can’t

Because I don’t pray for reasons

So many times I pray

Just pray.....

I am a part of a small NGO and just before leaving for my home town on Diwali ever year, I do a mini celebration with my special kids there. This year as a part of the celebration and pooja the gifts will include a special package of “SampoornaLakshmi Pooja Pack”. Not only because I am writing this as a part of a contest but also because the contest made me think and question my faith. I questioned and reasoned and I am glad my faith in the supreme power stood firm. I hope someday every one realise that the power is within us, we are our believes, we are our strengths and we are our weakness. It is in our hand to use or abuse the supreme power latent within us.

This post is written for the contest–Everyone has a reason to pray at PurePrayer

Her Dream Wedding?

Her hands are covered in henna

and her face is decorated with a shy smile

but her heart is disobeying her

She wants to be happy

She promised herself

It will be alright

It will be her fairytale night

Her wedding,

Like everyone said will be her re-birth

Her dreams

Like everyone said were just dirt

They why all of a sudden

She was unsure

They why all of a sudden

She didn’t feel happy anymore

Why after ages her heart was not with her

Then why all of a sudden 

everything was blur

She was asked to meet her taker

After he said yes

After she was informed

After it was officially announced to the world

But she couldn’t make herself go

May be she wanted to delay the future

May be she wanted it to remain a dreamy dream

Her refusal was appreciated

Her being coy was expected

She didn’t ask anything

No one told her anything

Not knowing is better

She thought to herself again and again

She survived the prying eyes of future relatives

She nodded at all right places as it was imperative

She cooked and she walked

She looked down and never talked

She did everything right

As right as the word right

As correct as the word correct

 

Then why all of  a sudden

She feels trapped

She feels choked

This is the eve of her fairytale wedding

Why even after people calling her outside

She couldn’t open the door

It was too late to do anything

Was it too late to do anything?

May be she can’t run away

If she goes out she will be forced into the marriage

But is there only one door to go out?

May be not

She closes her eyes and chooses the door

That will let her fly

That will let her be free

Forever!!

 This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda. We give out themes for creative writing each weekend for Indian bloggers

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Don't give up

Don’t give up

Just yet

It seems alone and dark

It looks tough and stark

But you have just started

There are miles to go

There are millions to know

Fall is just a season

Dusk is just an hour

There is sun and light

World is pretty and bright

Don’t look down

Just yet

Look out

Look up

No don’t give up

Just yet

Round the corner

Is my home

I am there

You are never alone

I will walk with you

I will be your wings

I will love you ever

No don’t be afraid

Just yet

Even if its dark

I am still out there

So don’t give up

Just yet

Days are tough

Roads are rough

You are bare

And you are sore

Legs are young

and refuse to walk anymore

Eyes are tired

Refuse to see anymore

No don’t close your eyes

Just yet

There is a wonderful world to see

There are thousand places to be

No don’t give up

Just yet

Come to me

Lets walk together

Be me and I will be you forever

Let’s walk the distance together

We are alone but not lonely

I am you and you are me

No don’t cry just yet

No don’t sigh just yet

Get up now and dust your hands

There are a thousand hearts to mend

There are a million smiles to spread

There are a thousand words to speak

No don’t die

Just yet

There are a thousand lives to live

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I promise

I promise to be there

Even when you are not

I promise to be bare

Even if you have stopped

Especially when you have stopped

I promise to open the door

Everytime you knock

I will always be at the shore

Waiting for you round the clock

Even if you have stopped coming

Specially when you have stopped coming

I promise to cry with you everytime you are sad

I promise to laugh with you whenever I am happy

I promise to stand by you, during everything that is bad

I will always stitch it up, when things get patchy

Even if you stop paying attention

Specially if you stop paying attention

I promise to be me

I promise to never change

I promise these promises

Not in exchange

But because I believe in you and I know 

What all I have gained

From you and from your goodness

From us and our togetherness

I love you for everything that you can’t be

I promise to never push you into something that you can’t be

I promise you to keep all the promises

And whenever I couldn’t

I promise you I will try again

Till I could

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Dusk

Waiting for its lover

Sun praying on the beach

Eternal quest to meet

The night in full glory

Hugging the orange hue

Filling its heart with the dancing rays

The union lasts for few moments

Eyes burnt and heart filled

A life spent and a life lived

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