By Pritish Gupta
Days like today, winters like yesterday,
Starry nights like tomorrow, dances amongst many a sorrow.
I ride the wave of emotions that take the wind out of my sails.
Not knowing where the shore lies, I paddle the boat not in my own hands.
Life is like lies full of sweet caramels, I had eat them forever.
I hath not touched love, if its seed had not in my head ever since I was but a mere munchkin.
My mom, the gods that blessed her with these emotions she portrays so vividly,
They have colored me so many times.
Every bit of emotions as high as the stars that I wish were falling for me.
I am a boy, I am cheery, a bit ugly by skin and a bit distraught at heart.
Wind to my sails my dad pushed me out of dock.
He who sailed many moons to bring me the very chair I sit and ramble all these visceral moments.
I like to keep inside my head, I like to cry into the night.
Otherwise gentle are the seas, I dared not to brave any storm thus forth.
Coming nights write me a letter in advance.
Love I so asked from god, that which was not blessed upon my parents.
I break apart the shells that had confine their stars.
Constellations I studied I am universe born, bright and burning.
Every moment I am alive, I have been nurtured in love.
Played in parks filled with laughter.
I cry not for what's been past but what will be future.
Present has been very turbulent, with finding a lover to die with me a bitter end.
I hope it's not bitter, I mean it should be chocolates and caramels.
But what if I grow up to be every bit of love my parents didn't bring each other.
For now my tears take care of guilts of being way too angry for my own good.
Anger in pain is far dangerous than blurry eyes and days spent in haze.
I am fire after all. It burns in me desires to fall for everyone who is kind to me.
Return them favors for they have had a harsh journey.
Harsher than me, I am universe kissed.
Longing for it anymore would bring closer the inevitable.
In this lifetime or next I can only chase after colors.
Never be painted in them, life hath given chances to me,
I apologize screwing over the silver spoon.
Meal served on silver platter, pirate I wanted to be sail to my love.
Yonder over the seas, she had wave me at shore.
It's not something that I think of lightly.
What life if not cursed by problems?
Myriad of feelings, a fulfilling indication of emotions my parents never expressed.
If life had been all money, all materials,
I would have buried myself somewhere far away.
But dare I sail, brave the storm, calm my spirit break open the doors.
Diverge from my destiny, diverge from my pain.
I am everything someone desires me be.
Yet who I am to myself, I have loved myself to live till now.
Even if I call death, some love protects me from falling into the abyss.
Or for abyss to look at me now.
Engulfed by the raging horrors of my past.
Commit to cause,
Life is to be lived with virtues.
Life is to love all those entrust you with their issues.
Life is to me a reason to meet someone and everyone sailing in ships bound different shores.
I shall go furthest of all, for love, for the emotions my heart has held forever
Mark the greatest point of humanity in my paintings.
Mother your love stands tall, mother my heart beats for your sincere words have always seen through.
Don't be wary father the ship might sink.
The limbs might paralyze but the son of yours will swim.
The stars oh me stars of tomorrow.
See to it, I have dance of wonder and glory in celebrations of love and all the joys I sow.
I am what stars are to universe.
I am your brotheren, the light I emit,
Might just tell you what's hidden in each heart.
In each crevice of human skin.
I am sailor, captain, writer, the human to be.
I will win over love, I will triumph tomorrow.
Heed to my wishes falling stars tonight,
I steal destiny from the hands of ocean storms.
I brave the waves, wind in my sails,
Hat on my head, little boy from some unknown land will lift earth on his shoulders.
I am loved and so is everyone in the vast universe.