The World Moves On

Dreams die in eyes
Songs fade from lips
Hearts bid farewell to life-
And the world moves on.

Laughter dwells on lips
Smiles enliven eyes
Nectar drops from lips
Yet the world moves on.

Ebb and flow, come and go
Life has a changing face
Sweet and sour, turn by the hour
Oh the world's a strange place!

Love Don't Walk away

Love, don't turn aside

Please don't leave my side

No, don't walk away,

Let me hold on to you.

When you go away

I stare with helpless eyes

A lamb of sacrifice

Watching killer's knife;

Let me hold on to you
Like a miser hording wealth,

Like a hanged man's last breathe

Let me cling on to life.

It's My life

It's my life!

I'm gonna live the way I want
I'll tread the path I make
I'll live, whatever it takes
'For it's my life!

I'm gonna sing the song I love
I wont let you get me down
Whatever you do I'll win my crown
For it's my life!

I'm gonna catch the star I seek
I'll fill my days to the brim
Living my life is no sin
For it's my life!

The Dead Heart

And here, mounted and displayed,
You see a human heart.
Once it beat and pulsated,
Pumping life through man;
Hand-crafted by the Creator,
It was red with love in life:
Notice how pale it has grown.
No, it did not die, it was not killed,
Another hand replaced that heart
With a block of ice;
Plucked it from a living breast one day.
You ask for reason?
It was too soft, failed to deny
Calls of love!
One sudden stroke,
It beat no more.
Come, let us walk further.

The Last Challenge

Way ahead lost in mire-

Way behind thorn-strewn,

Ups and downs that form life

Upside down have turned.

Yet, for one more voyage heart yearns,

Last quest beyond what's known,

To dwindling strength and meager means

One final challenge thrown.

Victory not a target now,

No sorrow, should we fail,

Striving well with heart and soul

Through Gates of Death we'll sail.

Not for glory, our last thrust,

Not for name, nor fame,

They are but tinsel and dust,

To yoke of life pertain.

Beyond this realm, where finite rules,

In pure land of joy and light,

Where thrones for brave hearts wait

We'll claim them as our right.

March On

Soldier, your comrades fall,

Yon battle ground grows bloody;

Soldier, march on, there's no time

To mourn your fallen buddy.

What though you fought side by side?

What though you lived entwined?

'Tis time to take divergent paths

Two different hills to climb.

One day you'll meet and sing anew

Your songs of camaraderie,

You'll march once more, hand in hand

From toils of world set free.

Letting Go

I held the string, I tugged, I tugged,

But the Kite had caught the wind,

It would sail, it would soar

Far away, far away.

A paper kite, on twig stretched tight,

As flimsy as a thought,

Where did you find the will to fly?

To stand against my strength?

Unequal fight, unseen force,

My efforts vain, my battle lost,

I let go, I let go

But oh the pain, oh the pain!