Your National Flag

I am exhausted after all the fluttering by the evening,
You may forget the song which you sing once a year,
I will think it is some kind of stammering,
But there is something I need to ask you here,
Do you even bother building a great nation?
Or just to enjoy the sacrifices of your ancestors is your notion?
Before you go to bed, before you warp me on your dead
Think of me for a moment, of your salute,
It’s a promise you make, to be a better citizen every day.
If your promise is just a fad, you can as well leave me alone this day.
One moment before you jump that signal,
One moment before you bribe that criminal,
One moment before you vote for your caste,
One moment before you block that free left,
Will definitely make a great change, and it’s a great start.
Celebrate all you want this day, but be responsible every day.
Happy Independence Day!!

The Stalker

"Memories in the mists of my mind uncoil and stir as I see your name. I was timid then, to get near you and just talk. Will you believe me if I say- I gathered courage once to come and talk to you? No! Don’t look at me like that, I did, I really. But, then you  burst into laughter with a friend over something that stopped in my tracks. Watching you laugh, I had to pick myself up, as I have fallen for you again. There you go, you are laughing now too!! I wanted to bring you flowers everyday then. All I could do now is to bring flowers to you here, once in a while."

An old man slowly got up using his cane, minding his knees from a cemetery that has been abandoned for twenty years by family. He turned around one more time, to look at the name of his first and silent love and the tulips that he got for her grave. He walked away into the dusk, not knowing he will return one more time to rest permanently.

The West

I don't want to come to west and join you..
I wanna stay here in the east and gauge the day for you...
If the sun is hot, I will ask him to cool down a bit when he reaches you..
If the moon is beautiful, I will request him to carry my message for you..
All the days and nights which are good and bad for me, should be just the best for you.. 
I will taste the day for you.. And make sure it is the best for you..
I will stay here and gauge it in the east for you..
To all the friends who are on the other side of the globe