Author: Amar Agarwala
Winding up one summer’s day…
It’s late afternoon… discernibly hot, lazy and a trifle breezy. Can hear the cacophony of honking vehicles minus the urgency of a normal weekday traffic, could be the unscheduled holiday declared right in the middle of the week… being the birth anniversary of the great legend. Feel a trifle dull, besides its sultry outside and I can see pedestrians, meandering listlessly, perhaps winding homewards. Some stand huddled around the small ramshackle tea-kiosk just across, a hot cuppa on a hot day perhaps brings fortified relief. The clock shows its well past four…dusk is more than an hour away, can spy a few birds gliding aimlessly across the rusty-blue skies, a few lines emerge across the realms of my mind:
Waiting for Dusk..
As dusk drawn neigh,
I heave a sigh,
A day in my life is done,
When the skies turn dark,
The stars will mark,
My prayer’s the God’s did shun,
Darkness whispers night long,
To shadows in a muted throng,
Dreams which were lost and won.
Dawn will colour another day,
Much ado to make hay,
And life will watch the fun.
I urge myself to leave office.. perhaps the quietude of home beckons. The noisy street below and the drone of construction work on the adjoining plot suddenly seems unbearable. Shall come back tomorrow, I solace myself, to wage another battle with life. Even though I can boast of no victories today, for it was a grim day of survival – gritty perhaps but then I live to fight another day. At the end what really counts, for me, for anyone is – Survival. And that the God’s have kindly bestowed.
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Dancing
Summer Rains..
Looking at the rains today.. I remembered a summer long ago. It would rain almost every day, just at dusk, like it is raining now. They were painful times.. and my heart would feel heavy. Yet, the pain would inevitably bring old memories, which would caress the soul with its balm of loneliness and a strange comfort that I would never be alone again. Pain can be a strange companion.. haunting but loyal, perhaps it never leaves us completely. how to appraise a domain name . It is strange when we embrace its cold nothingness.. for often its our’s forever, teaching us golden lessons which are priceless.
Summer Rains..
It would rain that summer when dusk fell,
Pensive I would watch tiny rivulets swell,
Flowing rainwater… carrying little dry twigs,
And the trees wearing drenched green wigs.
The wild wind whispering songs of past,
Spraying droplets the clouds would cast,
Thunder sounding like the drums of heaven,
Darkness shrouding the stars like craven.
Sounds on earth as the rains did pour,
Reminiscing thoughts long lost in yore,
Craving for souls long gone from my life,
Just grovelling around in pain and strife.
Only thoughts remain of that sultry summer,
When thunder sounded like a crazed drummer,
The lightning had revealed demons of dark,
Deep scars within which left it’s mark.
Dusk draws neigh…
Can hear the cacophony of birds returning to their nests.. their day is done, unlike us, they do not have the luxury of a holiday, every day is a working day. Wonder if they know what holiday’s are all about.. but perhaps they enjoy their work and day much more than what we do. I always feel animals and birds live more in the present, for they do not care to think or hoard for the future like humans. Blissful life really…today I cannot see the evening star, perhaps the clouds cover it. When I was a child I would be told to make a wish moment the evening star was out, there were a few lines which was prayer like, I would need to recite it, but I have long since forgotten it, much like I no longer wish when I see the evening star. Just today, I feel like composing the lines.. my own for the evening star:
Star light, star bright.. I wish I may, I wish I might,
Fulfill my desires prayed for.. be it day or at night
Moon light, moon bright.. I wish I could, I wish I may,
Be happy always and spread joy.. in life’s glorious way,
Lord of the Heavens… angels & fairies heed my prayerful call,
Send me goodness, bless my home…and may I do good to all.
May the days ahead.. bring forth the best to all the denizens of this nation – usher in lasting peace, health and prosperity and propel us forward into a bright and glorious future.
Another Sunday…
Endeavored all Sunday long.. duties & work galore,
Struggled hapless with trivials.. yet they seemed to pour,
Did some.. failed some.. wonder what was in store,
Few I knew would be happy with me.. the rest little sore,
Tired and harried I ran around as the holiday wore,
Times I felt a little terse and at times I even swore,
Monday loomed large ahead..could feel work implore,
Had enough with weekends.. wouldn’t want anymore.
So it ended another Sunday…not the best I could have but then we need to live with reality and with life. Needless to say, it is not always interesting or good but then who am I to say so… we all need to live with life and even if it is not fair, it is yet worth living.
A NEW ACCOUNTING YEAR..
A New Year’s Song..
My beloved Accountants of this world unite,
A new accounting year commenced last night,
I believe we still have mighty battles to fight,
And nobody cares about our sodden plight,
Even though we portray that we are right,
And victory may appear out of our glaring sight,
For a change let us stop being so uptight,
For divinity has played upon us a little trite,
And our true blessings may be in blight,
But at the end of our tunnel.. there is light,
Also we are bold enough to not get a fright,
Let us march ahead for never know what we might,
Be there the deepest of seas or mountains of height,
For there lies hope and I believe our future is bright…!
Composed by CA. Amar Agarwala,who warmly salutes every Chartered Accountant worth his/her element in salt and every other accountant who struggles hard for existence and wishing each of them a – HAPPY NEW ACCOUNTING YEAR!
AN ACCOUNTANT’S JOURNAL…
A SUNDAY MORNING & YOUR THOUGHTS…
Woke up to pearly skies with touches of crimson…it turned a shade of azure a little later. A lovely morning with mellow sunshine, chirping birds and dew-drops scattered across the grass-blades, glistening like diamonds on a sunlit stretch of green. Makes me think of all that is beautiful.. all those who light up my life with their subtle touch of love and affection. I wish them all a lovely day… and to all those who are lonely and will spend their day in reminiscing the past – just know that all that we have loved and shared is never lost – time may dim memories but it cannot erase feelings felt and shared with those we have deeply loved:
Thoughts… they fleet across my mind,
Some reminiscences.. .some just desires of morrow,
They engulf me with joy… drenching my being,
I walk down memory lanes… with them beside me,
The world seemed mine… time had ceased to be,
Veiled in bliss… moments frozen in time,
I caress them…for they will be with me,
They never cease to usher feelings sublime.
Some make me smile with forlorn bliss,
A few shroud my soul with sorrow,
Pensive thoughts of you… my mind dreamt of
Or did it from the yesters borrow!
Some days are better spent with thoughts… for they help us to understand deeper meanings in life, we need to know. And what wonderful companions they are.. imagine what life would have been without them.
A Sunday Without….
Festival of Lights
They will be lit, lamps all… luminescent in their pious glow,
I will sit under starry skies… reminiscing of days long ago,
When the lights and endless laughter were a part of the day,
When life had a colour, a glow… like a rainbow at play,
Near ones, loved souls whose nearness was sheer joy,
Old rituals, customs and festivities not just a routine ploy,
Passed away… those moments and ones who are now of yore,
Shall never return again… my blissful past to make me smile like before,
Yet, I shall light the lamp, and seek the stars again on Deepawali night,
My homage to moments, feelings and loved ones whom I shall never sight.
Wish everyone a most wondrous, joyous and a peaceful Diwali. It is not just a day to light lamps but to light up our lives. And the only way to do it, is to light up the lives of others…! May the lamp glow and dispel the darkness of hatred, violence, selfishness, greed and fear….and may God bless us all!!
