Lost Friend

I met her roaming near my house

I watched her for a couple of hours

She seems to have lost her turn

But I was there to be her friend

I followed her and offered a drink

that made her smile and made a wink

I used to talk and she used to watch

speaking with her mesmerising eyes

She loved catching a butterfly

I tried to teach her but she never learnt

She loved to swing but was afraid of heights

I used to show her as far as she sights

She used to be on time

And I was always late

She used to accompany me to my home

But I never knew where she stays

she was there when I was happy

she was there when I was low

she was there when I need her

she was there to be my best friend

One day she stopped coming

I was worried about her well being

she was frail and was snappy

I was the one to make her happy

I found that she left me

without a word without a smile

My friendship broken

like a hurricane without a sound

I went to her new playground

where she rested with her new friend

I know I will miss her a lot

even though she is only a dog

PS: Now you people know how bad I write too... :)

- rAVI

Gift to Mom

It was the day everybody was waiting for.....the day....
all those rumours...all the excitement.....everybody in queue waiting near the ATM......
Asking everyone coming out...
'How much did you get' 'How much did you get'...


Finally my turn came........
I made the balance query and found out 'It was my first salary'


I called home that night to call Mom to tell that I too am a salaried man....
She asked me how do you want to spend. I said I dont know,
She wanted to give the entire money as donation to God.......
How can I tell I have more important plans of buying a gift for her


I reached home after completing training with empty hands.......
She did not say anything, I was there that's all she cares...
I asked my friends but none came in time to buy a saree for my mom
I told my dad my little secret and convinced him to help me buy my precious gift


We went to a shop and brought a lovely saree
I made my first payment and I was happy........

We reached home and I ran inside to surprise her.......
She was surprised.....
But there is neither the glow nor the smile in her face
which I see everytime I face her


I asked her what is the reason.
She replied she did not like the colour......
The colour was very whitish cream like my face right now.....
I was hurt and she knew it too......


I did not buy any gift to her for the next two years...
she did not care....I was with her...that's all she cares....
I was sent to onsite for 2 months.....she was worried.....
how her baby survives without any care......


I did survive but by only working day and night......
calling to home being my only relief.....
This time I returned home again with empty hands.....
She did not care, I was there that's all she cares...


In the night before sleeping I went to her and said I got a little gift....
I was opening a box having a silver necklace..........
She said she liked it ..............
even without opening.......


The glow was there and the smile too
I know I love my mom too.........

_ rAVI

PS: It was my first attempt to write. Sorry for the grammeritical mistakes......but I left it to be as it is as the first time I wrote it....

My Blog...............

Finally starting a blog to jot down my thoughts ...........enough of getting inspired reading other's blogs.....let me actually start writing ..............

Since this is starting without a proper planning.....there is not going to be any sequence of events....

Let me start with the one post for which I got some noticeable appreciation......