STEPPING STONE... NOT FAILURE !

Everybody like/love to acknowledge the presence of the most exciting gifts - happiness, peace, joy, love, fun, family, friends ; life has stored for us and intentionally take every step to have them as part of our integral life ; As we go with notion – SEEK THE BEST!!  The moment we have them we say - SUCCESS , Yayy !! :)

Well, The path is not always a bed of roses, because it’s "LIFE" – Traitor / Teacher / Guardian; depends on the way we look and perceive things. 

More often than not we get nervous / panic / irked when we encounter the unseen terrain and consider it as the worst thing ever happened than appreciating it. The travel time on the new terrain looks tough, boring, appalling, unexciting and pale yet it is also needed because every side of the coin has something to give/take . We try to brush this terrain aside as it's not a cake walk and develop negativity towards it.

The unseen terrain - "FAILURE", we say often , it's a STEPPING STONE - I say. Amusing?!

Below prose is a way to convey the prominent presence of unseen terrain in the journey of our life.

You had peace
You had love 

You were contended
You were happy

Everyone envied you
Everything was good

Till I walked into your JOURNEY

I made you feel  terrible
I made you feel different

I took away your peace
I took away your happiness

I gave you pain
I gave you anger

I taught you - right / wrong
I taught you - true / false

My presence made you indestructible
My presence made you unbreakable

You have hate towards me , call me - FAILURE
I say , STEPPING STONE not FAILURE

                                             © Rahul Raghotham

LIFE GAME !

We always have a way to look at things, conceive and comprehend them in a way - that it turns out to be a benchmark for self and incorporate the same principle if it arises in future.In today's date, many of us , get this concept wrong and try to implement these even on human relations - SAD . 

A person who likes you  - pushes you , scolds you , cares for you and silently be a shielded rock around you. If you take him/her wrong for the right things done by him/her , then you are not only losing a person for life but also signalling him to lose hope and belief in self.

The prose is on the above thoughts - A person who gave his/her  best to have a healthy bonding in his/ her relation , but sadly he/she got only venom and loses - LIFE GAME.

I stand here with a teary-eye

The past flashes like a movie reel

The chirpy smile
The kid's nature
The innocence attitude
The arrogant brat

BROUGHT YOU NEAR

The moments of joy

The moments of care 

The moments of fights

The moments of fun

FILLED MY LIFE

The request to CHANGE, was to see you PROFICIENT

The request to LEARN , was to see you KNOWLEDGEABLE 

The request to be SERIOUS, was to see you COMMENDABLE

But , this made me BAD in your view

I stood by , when you were down

I stood by , when you were wrong
I stood by , when you were arrogant

As days passed , you perceived me wrong

As days passed , you took me for granted

YOU RESENTED ME

I held your hand at the verge of MY AIM
I held your hand at the verge of MY DREAM
I held your hand at the verge of MY SELF

Your activities made me realize
Your attitude made me introspect

The thought of having you

The thought of seeing you 

Is a DREAM ... DISTANT DREAM

I Lost YOU

I Lost SELF

I Lost The LIFE GAME 

                                            © Rahul Raghotham

                                          

BEAST - MY LOVE !!

An article can either be an idea that erupted from one's own brain or from others.In both the cases the article has to carry the message that it was intended to. When my friend asked me to write few lines on his dream and how successfully he achieved it , I had no confusion as earlier if I had to write the ideas of someone or not. So, here I'm presenting the feeling of a friend in his way who accomplished his dream an year ago.

Every person has a dream and lives to fulfill it. I am no exception , with growing age I had many "WANTS"  that were granted by parents , folks ,friends or others . But it was not really a DREAM , it was a wish or a mere need for limited time. One wish which never died in all these days and turned into possession which eventually became a DREAM - THE PROUD OF HAVING ROYAL ENFIELD - THE BEAST !!

With age you ignited the WISH

The wish turned into DREAM

I wasn't sure of having you

With ability of earning

YOU  came true

When I bought you

I had no expectations

Having you gave me PRIDE

With time you taught me
Difference between Friend and Folk

With time you gave me

Experiences I could never wish for

The trips I had been , gave me friends I could depend on

The rides I had been , made me think out of box

YOU - Gave me the ability to handle self

Every one dreams of you 
I'm here ownig YOU

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ..MY LOVE..MY BEAST..

PROUD OWNER OF ROYAL ENFIELD !!

                                       © Rahul Raghotham

Not Always WORDS :)

Words - used to express our thoughts , share our ideas and convey our feelings.

Not always we need words to express or convey what we are going through. At least , not to our beloved ones.

Even our silence or a gesture will help them(our loved ones) depict more than what words  actually do.

As someone truly said - "Hold on to the ONE who understands our SILENCE to WORDS we  SPEAK"  

       

NOT ALWAYS WORDS

I feel BLESSED when you WISH me
I feel STRONG when you STAND by

I feel HEAVEN with your PRESENCE

I smile at you in JOY
I yell at you in ANGER
I scream at you in FRUSTRATION
I laugh with  you in DELIGHT

You stay PATIENT  smiling at ME

At times I go NUMB, hard to EXPRESS
Wonder if my STATE will make you LOW
I stay SILENT revealing NOTHING

Yet YOU know what I go through

CURIOSITY  holds me no longer , I PESTER you
Not Always Words, you say           

NOT ALWAYS WORDS 
                                                      
                                                                                       © Rahul Raghotham 
 

Once I Lived Happily !

The day starts and ends off with news - positive or negative. The positive news elates us undoubtedly but does negative news move us ? Yes, it does move .

 I was so moved when I read news on rape victims.What wrong did the people do that victims either commit suicide or die out of sheer torture?

 I put myself in the shoes of a rape victim to put her feelings in words before committing suicide.

Once I lived HAPPILY

SMILES spread around
LOVE filled in air
Surrounded by PEOPLE I LIKED

I LIVED HAPPILY 

On a CLOUDY  dusty day
YOU, MONSTER, walked into my LIFE
Forced me INTO you
Tearing every part of ME

Unheard of my PAIN
Unmoved by my CRY
Stabbed me wherever you can
YOU left me satisfied like a MORON
I lie untouched like a DEAD BODY

The moments of your GREED
Shattered MY DREAMS
Trashed MY CONFIDENCE
Took  away the ZEAL TO LIVE 

 I stood HELPLESS, cursing my FATE 
Left with no choice , I leave the LAST BREATH

I LIVED HAPPILY ONCE !!

© Rahul Raghotham