Its hard to remember forever all the momentous occasions in our lives...
What seems now as the most descriptive, emphatic, the most poignant
Is but a lapse on our thoughts at points in time... a glimpse into reality

Its so unsuspecting now... but in the passage of time... will it hold
I remember today as it is live... immense in its capacity to launch me into
A world of such sudden and surprising immediacy, my reactions so real

Not a calculated decision in making, or pretense of belief, or even thoughtful
Its just reactions, a series of actions based on pure instinct, animal in a way
Which enriches, hurts, humors, makes the pulse beat... moves the soul

I don't remember the most basic of things that i have gone through.
Early days when i lost my teeth, feel the pain now of my growing years
The taunts of my misplaced youth, the first time I glowed in the morning sun

As the waves swept into shore. and the wind braced my chin, what day was it
The first smoke of jealousy, the first dip into the money bowl, when was that
The first disenchantment with life, a giving up of the will, how was that

As the unfettered soul voyages on into the future, with hopes that's unending
And the reality keeps reminding us of our living mass that needs tending
As the mirages and realities keep merging within the twilight of our minds

Comes a tomorrow that makes it easy to check our course, if we are on track
Of what we conceived, and constructed in our minds, as real as it is unreal
Imagination and illusion collide in unison... and if this is not enough to laugh

...What is? ...What will be?

Tinglish - A Series in English with a phonetic Tamil Twist

1. Avarice - Denotes Greed - Specifically greed for the rice belonging to others (Ava' - Rice)

2. Very nice - raging rabid dogs (veri-nais)

3. Photocopy - freshly brewed replica of south indian filter caapi (photo - caapi')

4. Visionary - a deceitful and untrsutworthy person, a poisonous fox (visha-nari)

5. Audrey - the command for a dancing girl (aadri)

6. Murder - a man from madurai (maru-dar)

.... cud b contd

In suspended animation

what world do i live in
what dreams i see
what life i witness
and how is it such a mess

does it make a difference
if i am around or not?
but then how do i get the will
to go thru it and be still

why do i need to have
the feeling that i will miss
all the stuff that goes on
if i do take leave?

what is it that holds me back
to exist in my current mess
what is it that helps me pass
the days filled with emptiness

why do i hope for a better day?
why do i crave for a better way?
why do i live thru another day?
when in this instant i want to go away

what do i look forward to
when i just cant see
any damn thing positve
for the life of me

if this is not explicable
what is and what will be
is this hope or just misery?
the answer just beats me...