Ant R

Smile at me 
I tilt my head at you
Walk up to me
In that easy gait of yours
Gently touch my fingers
Entwine them with yours
Tighten your grip
As we walk along
Bright-lit city roads
Under a dim-lit urban sky
Lend me your shoulder
Rest my weary head
Caress my sleepy curls
Breathe into my ears
Hold me 
Comfort me
Nudge me 
Shake me
Slap me 
Dunk me 
Drown me
Wake me up!

Then

The sun shone bright
the world was new
the self was fresh as dew
the soul was free
there was no fear
and qualms were far and few

Wide starry eyes
pounced as they chanced
upon all things astray
Obscurity eyed
With ravenous greed
Unraveled till they lay

Now

The eyes have lost 
their glint and spark
the mysteries gone and dead
The tired soul
now looks no more
for things it left [...]

Here are some bytes from my latest office trip to North Bengal. 

We took an overnight train this time, it had been a while since I had taken 
the train so was reasonably excited to be on the Darjeeling Mail. Things that caught my attention on the onward train:

Notably fair share of colourful young crowd, mostly students I presumed [...]

Rise, ye ignorant being!
Tune in to the sounds of time
Get blown away by winds of change
Soar up into vacant space 
Believe in your wings of faith
Chin up, face skyward
Charging on full throttle
At your eternal object of desire
That brightest ball of fire
Just a few light years from it
Perish, you shall, albeit wiser
Flying solo 
Among a million such flashes
Reduced [...]