Mein Engel

I knew that the next day I wake up to, I would be taking part in the "Poetry Slam" competition.
But I was unprepared for it. Nothing around inspired me to write one until I was in the party.
The very idea of this poem struck me halfway while I was partying! Since it was the first time I was writing a poem in German, I had a friend to help me out.

Mein Engel 

Gestern war der schönsten Tag meines Lebens

Mein erste Party war einfach Klasse!

Gestern hab ich das Mädchen meiner Träume kennen gelernt

Ich muss ihnen aber alles erzählen, weil mein Herz vor liebe besoffen ist!

Sie stand vor dem Eingang und sah wie ein Engel aus!

und sofort fühlte ich mich komisch als ob ich eine Herz infarkt hätte

Lange Haare wie ein Fluß und blaue Augen wie der tiefste Meer der Welt

Ich habe mich sofort an Sie verloren

Es ist schon achtzehn stunden, seit dem ich Sie gesehen habe,

aber ich fühle mich als ob schon ein Jahr vergangen ist

Ich warte immer noch auf sie, mein Engel!

I was so happy to have not only penned one in German but also to have won the third prize in the competition.

For my English readers,

My Angel

Yesterday was the happiest day of my life
My first party was just great!
As I got to know the girl of my dreams
I have to tell her everything, because my heart was drunk in love!
She stood at the entrance and looked like an angel!
and I immediately felt weird as if I had a heart infarction
Long hair like a river and blue eyes like the deepest ocean in the world
I immediately lost to her
It is eighteen hours, since I saw her
But I feel as though a year has passed
I'm still waiting for her, my angel!

 

 

Beyond Silence

As the early rising sun silently whisked away the last trace of darkness, it crept through the windows and illuminated my room. Having had woken up at the crack of dawn and in an attempt to not wake up the rest, I tiptoed to fetch a movie title and play it. I have been a movie buff and had an innate interest to try new genres of film.

This movie when I picked off the rack seemed beyond interesting and it totally turned out be a complete entertainer. ‘’ Jenseits der Stille” ( Beyond silence ), a German movie packed with emotions and drama. Inexplicably, I would term it one of the best foreign films I’ve watched.

Beyond Silence impressed me in the way the story unfurled and the depiction of unified Germany’s cultural symbolism, the thematic depth pertaining to communication difficulties people face, the filial feelings and the unparalleled interests of the protagonist. The movie didn’t overtly stress on the intellectual issues but tried impressing the viewer’s emotional side. For that matter, I was totally blown away by the movie’s plot that I felt as animated that I could involve myself with the characters. I would rate it as a fast paced movie with traces of melodrama but a really a meaningful plot.

The cast did a perfect job of bringing out the true essence of the plot. The whole movie revolves around a girl’s divided world where she finds herself as the ears and mouth of her deaf-mute parents. A devoted daughter who balances between her family and also her interest to become a Clarinet player was well portrayed in the movie. The movie never loses insight of the complex human relationships and it ended on a perfect note.

My only lament would be that I couldn’t watch “Beyond Silence “in absolute silence owing to the morning hustles of the workaholic dad and diligent mom following their routine schedule like any other weekday.

One could construe my smile at the end of the movie as deeming it as a beautiful movie.

Desires

Above the thick green woods,

High, shone the silvery moon

Clear waters flowing below

Capturing it, marred by ripples

Mesmerizing it all was!

Smoke rose high from the chimney

In an attempt to engulf the surroundings,

But it did vanish in to thin air

Drinking the porridge at home were-

A family of three- a man, women and their kid

Happily consuming the frugal meal

Singing in the praise of Almighty

Content for the half filled bowl

Eyeing the kid helping

Himself to a spoonful

 Bedtime stories and lullaby

Under the vast expanse of sky

Stars blinking at the mortals below

Sound of woods like high and low notes

Snuggled closely to his mother!

More of a ritual, it had been!

But that day was an exception

As his mother started off with a tale,

The kid pointed to the moon

Sticking out like a fruit on the still tree

Pleading his logger dad to get him

The shiny fruit atop the branch!

Both faltering at the sudden whim

Of the now wailing kid

Losing all their attempts in pacifying him!

The couple was left pondering

Suddenly some one of the two,

Broke the silence and

Convinced the kid of theirs that-

“Santa would gift it to you!”

The other added,” Be a good kid!”

The merry old man from North Pole

Riding his sleigh pulled by Reindeer,

On the wintry eve of Christmas shall

Place it by your stocking!

Christmas passed, in fact

Many Christmases had passed

Never did the kid, now a six foot high boy-

Had his desire fulfilled!

Now, realizing his hollow desire!

Humans, intelligent creatures

Their desires-Unquenchable and incessant

Yearning for more and the impossible!

Their eyes deceiving them

But the thirst never dies!

A sizeable portion of their desires

May or may not get fulfilled

That doesn’t deter a soul!

Smitten they remain,

Dreaming for more

The taxi out of the dark side

I knew a family of four-

A decrepit man, his better half,

A lady who slogged all day 

Her brittle bones and hunchback a testimony

Of all that she’d been through

All for the sake of the vow of marriage

In their dilapidated house in countryside,

Their kids- a bit too old to be called kids!

Frail and lanky the son was, his sibling

A girl who seemed to have lost her charm, grace

No occasion made their lives better

None wore a smile on their face

Living on a stringent budget

Unable to fulfill their dreams

But masking reality,

Each acted like they were of

Princely origin and not paupers

I only could add, “True actors they were!”

Every day pronounced more trouble!

Mayhem in their lives

Not a day passed without a squabble

The decrepit man who‘d little power in him

Subjected the rest to blows and bruises

None intervened, none spoke against!

Yearning for light in their lives

Each prayed hard day and night

Dreamt off setting their self free

Of all the hardships

Just for a day, not more

No riches, no comfort! Just a day, no more!

Mere puppets in the hands of the man

For he was the sole breadwinner!

Subjugated strongly by him

Wrapped deep by fear

Played safe under him

None intervened, none spoke against!

How long could one be imposing?

It wouldn’t last for long!

I needn’t cite evidence for it!

I can already sense an outbreak

That day shall remain an epic

When they catch a taxi out of the dark side!

''Google enters teens!''

Google celebrated its 13th B'day on this Sept 27

As a kid, I’d learnt two things!
They’d literally changed my life
One- to learn to Google;
The other being- to master the art of ogling!

Google –revolutionized thoughts
Changed the perspective of everything
A true Einstein it is!
Never a Jack of all trades instead,a master of it all!

In a playground called Internet,
Google rules the roost!
You type it and laze around
While it takes the pain to redirect everything related

I remember whenever I was on tenterhook
Needed more than just worldly wisdom,
None of my ideas materializing
I knew I’d find a succour in Google

Men and women, think alike
When it comes to choosing,
Who the best is!
Unanimously, Google- the Smart one!

Cloud computing? Do I know that?
Many other marvelous stuffs outta Google,
Do I know them all?
Nay, Can I know all the many brilliant stuffs it gets out?

What better occasion than this to thank Google?
For it’s the mighty behemoth’s 13th B’day !
I’d love to tell it how I enjoy every service it offers
Youtube, Translate, Maps, Blogger, Android and all!

Back when I was 13,
I was a stripling unknown to all
I still ‘m someone with very little to tell about!
But, Google in its teen is already the undefeated!

I realize that I can write pages on Google!
Irresistible but little did you all know that,
I’ve got an assignment to do
I’d ‘ve to Google it!

Wishing that day 'd never dawned!

Wishing that day 'd never dawned!

Tick tock, tick tock rocked the giant pendulum clock

Hypnotizing, translating me to a period ages ago

Sort of time warp;

Memories of instances etched in my brain

Shuffling through every piercing instance,

Wishing that day had never dawned!

In chronological order- the very first voice from the past,

Ain’t nostalgic, for I was startled!

Kingly beast Dino that ruled over was wiped off

Was it any mean trick of a sorcerer?

Why couldn’t Eve resist the luscious bright red apple?

Only wishing that day had never dawned!

Civilization proliferated,

Tribes did increase

Crusades, genocides, WW, battles marred the world I didn’t know

Blood splatter, espionage, the highhandedness of axis powers

Countering them, the allies– Hitler, his cronies with quarter a moustache

Wishing that very day had never dawned!

How I was thrilled listening about Alexander, Caesar,

Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Aztecs, Indians;

Why couldn’t I’ve seen it all?

Wish it were all real like yesterday!

Couldn’t Shakespeare, Napoleon and the alike been my chums?

Alas, that day would never dawn!

Then came an era when the word – "Scientia”

Dispelled and warded off faiths and beliefs

Was it an arch enemy of church?  Well, Yeah!

Few enlightened –brutally murdered,

Silencing the intellectual rest

Wishing that day had never dawned!

Columbus, colonizers crossed the blue seas

Discovering America and other virgin lands

Living a king’s life;

Propagating slavery and trade,

Plundering, taking away the riches

Wishing that day had never dawned!

Three Mile Island, Krakatau, Haiti, Tsunami,

Great depression and an endless list of others

Ramshackl’d mankind and nature!

Why couldn’t the twelve children of the Year sense it earlier?

Couldn’t they’ve skipped a day?

Now I only wish that day had never dawned!

  

Having had enough of it,

With all my might, I sprang to life again,

Blinding my eyes, shutting my mind

Laid my imagination to rest

Popped an aspirin to set my pounding head

Equally wishing this day had never dawned!

Das Mighty !

As a kid I always awaited

My granddad’s homecoming

Senile though looked young

Chiseled looks, salt and peppered hair

‘’A carnival!’’, every time he came home

 Sitting on his lap, I asked, ‘what is power?’

 All he’d to say was it was humongous

For me to get the literal sense

Though it can either be detrimental or otherwise

Godly one shall feel!

Out of all the bedtime stories he’d narrated to me

He quickly recollected it

To tell that, Power may be like –

You are Zeus of Greek Mythology!

I was awed, my mouth wide open

Still I couldn’t get an abstract of what power was

As I grew, that feeling intrigued me

More and more

As many years ticked away,

My inquisitiveness leaped by scores

Tempest in my mind, wild enough

Borne out of my childhood

The very old question consumed me whole

That question ain’t ephemeral

Volatile for my mind to rack it any more

Involuntarily I found myself running to

My granddad to ask it yet again

But after a due course of ten long years

He still looked not a day older

From the time I met him last

He grinned and said aloud,

‘’I knew you’d turn back to me about that!’’

I nodded grinning back

He quickly reached to his shirt pocket

Handed me an antique Pen

It was all unambiguous and clear

I realized what he’d hinted on

"A Pen holds the utmost power!"

Writings of all forms‘d set uproars

Ones that even swords couldn’t!

Years later, I’m in all praise of him

He ain’t any more!

But that priceless piece of mind

Helped me go long way

Now I advice and preach it to all

All the sparks that writings ’ve created

Bringing out a revolution all over

Thinking deep, putting it down in words

Now I consider myself the Powerful one!

The mighty colossal Beast of all!