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Opportunity

"Seize thy chance, for it would come to thee no more"

-Abdul Baha

Anything?

Is there anything more wonderful
than the moment
when the sun peeks out
from behind dark, rain-laden clouds
transforming in an instant
a grey world
into something quite magical?

Is there anything more pleasing
than the sight
of dark green trees
bathed in golden light
against a cinereal sky
casting ephemeral shadows
on wet concrete?

Is there anything more touching
than a naked stripling tree
braving a mighty wind
that fells the stoutest oak or holly
fighting to hold on
to that one last leaf
autumn left it?

Photos

Photos of my trip to DC for Vidi's graduation....

Goodbye 2005

The end of the year nears
Its time to take a break
Time to look back on twelve months past
And for the future, a resolution make

Momentous, this year has been
In more ways than can be seen
Choices, decisions and changes have marked
My year of three and nineteen

Many a new friend have i made
Many an old friendship renewed
Some relationships sundered in tears
But in time, on I moved

The year began on a sombre note
Varuna displayed his awesome power
The ocean rose, reared up its head
Wreaked havoc, made us shudder

Spring brought with it new life
Colouring up a world that was brown and white
The flowers bloomed, the mynahs sang
We all smiled; the world seemed right

Summer was spent in discovery
Research, music and family
Time with friends - some here, some back home
Its a time I would go back to happily

Fall, a time to work hard
Classes and profs driving us to learn
A new music group, also we began
All ensuring we stayed up, keeping the candles a'burn

Christmas, a season of love
Brought with it much merriment
Friends from near and afar together
Driving away all cause for lament

Its been a good year, this last one
I've grown, matured, learnt a lot
Now its time to say, goodbye 2005
And welcome the coming year, a brand new start

Oxymoronic

A day of great joy
and yet great sorrow
for those who are gone do not return
whence their fortunes lead them

Momentous occasions
rippling happiness
but underneath it all
shrouded in melancholia

Time moves but one way
what is done cannot be undone
try as we might
regret, we, however much

Circumstances...situations
hide cruelly behind corners
in confusing, labyrinthine walks
jumping out in triumphant irony at unaware us

Selfless, I try to be
and yet my heart aches
for that which is lost
cannot ever be regained

But there is hope
there always is
a new life, a new beginning
awaits us all

So let us tuck away the past
in a corner, wrapped in fragrant lavender
to look at and smile, once in a while
but never to dwell on

Bonds

Lost love
a flower withered
and yet it lives on

Memories
wisps of nostalgic cloud
floating, careworn in the air

Dreams
dry, wrinkled autumn leaves
flying into your face as you walk on

Sensations
invisible strings
trip you unawares

Purple, yellow, orange
colours of a time past
linger on in a black and white world

Wash over me, oh waves of time
in your dispassionate benevolence
blurring what has passed
and free my fettered soul