Life is like a game, you win some, you lose some
Sometimes the dice throws you a six, sometimes it makes you glum
There are times you move up the ladder of life
But there are also times life gives you loads of strife
You have to dust it off and get up and go forth be unafraid
Because when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade
Life is just like a game, you win some, you lose some
Just enjoy the life you have, don’t become life’s victim
Climb the mountain, clear the highest pass,
Or maybe you want a trip to steppes full of grass?
You be an emperor or the pope
Or perhaps be someone who has lost all hope.
Visit all the great cities of the world
See things that you never thought possible
Is this about a magic carpet I am talking about?
Nah, all this from the pages of a book
A good book is your best you guide
Takes you places you’d never thought go worldwide!
The monsoon season in Mumbai used to be my favourite because of unscheduled holidays from school and college! But seriously, who can’t love the smell of the fresh earth after a downpour and the feeling of everything looking clean and green? Here’s my ode to the rains….
It’s Raining!
I wake up to the sounds of the rain,
Crashing and howling against the window pane,
The rain is pouring down, looking like a curtain of water,
Looking more like a sheet, an impenetrable banner.
I look down at the road, see the snaking line of cars
All caught up in a massive jam, looking like twinkling stars
People rushing to get to work, to school,
With umbrellas and raincoats, looking all so cool
I do wish people stop a while and enjoy the rain,
Stop a while, smell the grass and not complain.
The rains are a time for newness and renewal
For a little pause in your life, before it turns a full cycle.
You think you’ve sorted it out,
You think it’s in the bag,
But when you least expect it
Another one shows up with all its swag
You start trying to solve it as best as you can
And hope that your efforts pay off and pan
Oh problems, why do you do this to me?
Why can’t you let my life just be?
Then the sweet smell of success
When everything goes according to plan
That’s when problems seem not so insurmountable
When the world seems brighter, more calm
That’s when you know you are in charge
The world better watch out, you are recharged!
Something that’s always in our hands, from the time we wake up till we close our eyes, our phones are almost an extension of ourselves. Here’s something I wrote for the extension of my life….
An Ode to my Phone
You are the first I see when I open my eyes and the last before I sleep
My heart goes a pitter patter when I hear you beep!
You are my access to the world
Without you, I feel I am not in control
When I look back to the time you were not in my life
I wonder, how did I manage with all that strife?
I am just a few keys away from my loved ones
Who are across continents and oceans
The world is my oyster, everything a click or an app away
You make my life feel complete, whether at work or at play
You make me preserve my minutiae of my daily life and my memories
With you around, life is a breeze!
Oh, my iPhone, how much I love you,
I can’t now imagine a life without you,
Please do not die on me, not without a replacement
Because I sure won’t be me when you are absent!
