Sonal's Poems

In this space, I write not to explain life, but to explore it. Pause with me, linger between the lines, and perhaps you’ll discover a piece of your own story here too. 🙂

Author: Sonal

  • When you come passing by…!

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    A vivid dream of you,

    whenever comes to me…

    Makes me forget what is,

    and leads me to the debris…

    The visions that I see,

    I’ve never lived with you…

    From where do they flow in,

    and leave me to pursue…

    I try to bring myself back,

    to the reality that is now…

    But the residue of what I saw,

    doesn’t readily allow…

    Feeling like a no one,

    among those I know…

    I carry on to sway,

    and try not to show…

    What’s going on in my heart,

    and what makes me a bit reclined…

    I try not to overthink,

    the reason that was behind…

    Accepting it as a memory,

    of somewhere that we were…

    I allow them to reverberate,

    until when they go blur…! 

  • Pointless Agony…!

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    Times change and people too

    Those who don’t are very few

    Words gets lost and promises broken

    A stillness – remains unspoken

    Vague vacuum lingers on

    To a dullness, you feel strongly drawn

    Reminiscing on the bygone days

    Till when you finally parted ways

    Living life like a dream at times

    Missing that, with you who rhymed

    Feeling strong the strain within

    The anguishing pain becomes a twin

    Grey clouds always shroud your sky 

    Uproar within of what and why

    Come to fore to disturb the peace

    Perplexing you on how to cease

    The restless mind needs to be aware

    This pointless agony will lead nowhere

  • You’re not mine…

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    I was a fool to think that I belong

    To consider this as our song

    But not one, I got many signs

    That – you’re not mine

    Hearts afar, across the shore

    I don’t want to try any more

    Our stars were never aligned 

    The fact is that you’re not mine

    Now or ever I don’t plan to stay

    Only plan to keep away

    Any offer from you, I plan to decline

    Because – you’re not mine

    Been and seen what was there to see

    Now, just want to be free

    From the clutches and fate’s design

    I resign, ‘coz you’re not mine

    Give and take – have done it all

    Heard clearly this deafening call

    The final rejection is utterly divine

    Yes, you never were mine! 

  • Goodness – a tough test!

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    I might’ve made mistakes

    Put hefty stuff at stake

    But not emotions or feelings

    No one’s heart at bleeding 

    I might’ve gone astray

    Could’ve led to dismay

    But never intentionally 

    Not on false alibi

    I might’ve been wrong

    Vices with me belong 

    But never betrayed a friend

    Only love I’ve sent

    I might’ve hurt someone

    Could’ve taken a wrong turn 

    But never with venom at heart

    No, I don’t know that art

    Tried to do my best

    And will – till I finally rest

    But goodness is a tough test

    These days, ‘tis a matter of jest

    Even when ridiculed

    Due to it I’ve been fooled

    Will want to spread a word

    In favour of it to the world

    Do good and be good forever

    Only goodness pays at last

    Cause harm, knowingly never

    Even to those who have harassed

  • With love for YOU BABA – my Guru, my Friend, my Guide, my Everything…! ❤️

    Offering myself – at YOUR holy feet
    Watching YOUR smile – an absolute treat
    Following YOUR word – my way of life
    Holding YOUR hand – I cross each strife
    Merging into YOU – my ultimate desire
    Obtaining YOUR grace – my heart’s fire
    Chanting YOUR name – is my heartbeat 
    Thinking of YOU – makes me complete
    By YOUR grace – I wish to cross this maze
    YOUR embrace – my safest place! 

  • Just Be There…!

    Even if you’re not able to help
    When you hear, someone yelp
    Even if you feel short of words
    To mend a heart that badly hurts
    Though you can’t offer a helping hand
    To make a stumbled person stand
    Though you know no ways or means
    To lessen those cries or screams
    Even when you know nothing would cure
    No effort you do will help assure
    Even when you try to rephrase
    No words you say offer any solace
    Don’t give up and walk away
    Hang on, just for another day
    JUST BE THERE – hold hands quietly 
    Just this – may go a long way you see
    JUST BE THERE – give your shoulder to lean
    Hang around, be there to be seen
    JUST BE THERE – care in your own special way 
    You may be an end to someone’s dismay
    JUST BE THERE – share a smile or a hug
    Don’t be the one, to pass off with a shrug
    JUST BE THERE – be thoughtful and kind
    You might save someone’s faith in mankind
    JUST BE THERE – be a helping hand in strife
    Your thoughtfulness might save a life…! 

  • I’ll get to, Amen!

    I cried for you, I called for you 
    To hold your hand, I tried too
    Seems like just yesterday
    When you made me smile in your special way
    While we waited for us to meet
    About our love, we were discreet
    Who played this game which made us lose?
    Did they ask you – I wasn’t asked for views!
    Sadly – that brought an end 
    A painful twist, a tragic bend
    Even now after its bygone
    From each other, we have withdrawn
    Your thoughts come by knocking you see
    They torment me, want to make me flee
    Nothing of which there’s guarantee
    Still, I miss you so very extremely
    One day I know we will surely face
    No, I don’t wait for any embrace
    Just words – which you should’ve said back then
    Hoping to hear those – I’ll get to, Amen! 



  • Devotee’s prayer…!

    We know we err not less but much
    We know we fault even knowingly as such
    We know we fail many tests that You give
    We beg to You – Oh Father, please forgive

    Take away this agony which has been hurled
    Dear Lord – please heal the world!

    Save us from this crisis gnawing our senses
    Please guide us away from our offenses
    Save us from this panic creeping our heart  
    Only You know this magical art

    Keep us from having this terrible fall
    Dear Lord – please save us all!

    Show Your light and let us see
    The victory of faith of Your devotee
    Show the path which You want us to take
    Please help, guide and pardon our mistakes

    Don’t leave our hands, do not forsake
    Dear Lord – please give us one more retake


  • Prayer…!

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    With a heart so heavy and eyes so numb

    I look at Thee with questions some

    Why am I the target of this?

    Why do I have to live with this?

    When I see clearly what they do to me?

    Why can’t I let myself free?

    Why do I need to stay chained this way?

    I would like to leave, if I may

    Did I really choose this for me

    If yes, then what is yet to see

    To reach where You want me to be

    Oh can I reach there sooner please

    Make me, before this breaks me 

    A plea with all my heart to flee

    Help me and light my path ahead

    Please guide me – like “I will”, You said! 

  • Love…!

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    In your eyes

    Lies my paradise

    In your embrace

    I discover new ways

    In your essence

    I find my fragrance

    Everywhere with you

    Nowhere without you

    In each moment with you

    I discover a happiness new

    Surround me with your love

    Lets soar high above

    Grinning from ear to ear

    My love knows no fear

  • You & I – still a harmony…!

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    In my silence, you come as a thought

    Memories flow in right on dot

    Breezing in through my varied day

    Your face in my mind makes its way

    Sometimes in my hustle bustle

    I get reminded of our fun-filled tussle

    Even though many miles away

    Your thoughts never cease to fray

    Right into my very day

    They come in with something to convey 

    Sometimes through my otherwise cheer

    You walk by as a giggle dear

    Sometimes without a warning trace

    A tear drops by leaving me in daze

    Even when I am asleep

    You wake me up sometimes as I weep

    Such vivid dreams which shake me bad

    For hours then I stay so sad

    Without a thought I call your name

    Wonder why it still makes me feel same

    No reason why you still come to mind

    Nothing more left for me to find

    Even though you’re not in sight

    Thinking of you gives me delight

    Confused I am, but let it be

    Even when you’re not there to see

    I feel you very much around

    Memories come and how they hound

    I am left reveling in this symphony

    You and I, still a harmony… 

  • JOY!

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    The soothing breeze

    The glistening sun

    The birds so free

    The dogs that run

    The smiles I see

    On passers-by 

    Fills me with glee

    I take a sigh…

    Beauty abound

    Much to enjoy

    I look around

    Did I hear “ahoy”!

    Sailing towards

    A lovely boat

    Claps and cheers

    As they afloat

    I smile at them

    They wave in cheer

    The clinking glass

    As they said “Cheers”

    A little ahead –

    on the way

    A fleet of birds –

    merrily sway

    The trees that dance –

    in the wind

    Their rhythm 

    Left me with a grin

    I have no words

    Which can express

    The joy and glee –

    I stood impressed

    Basking in this warmth

    I said a little prayer 

    I know my Lord –

    That You are everywhere! 

  • Life, or Strife…?

    Not one who is not in pain in this life
    Not one who is free from some major strife
    As I meet people, such pain I see
    Is this how You wanted Your world to be? 

    Fake smiles, each fighting gross pain
    All the advices just go in vain
    Tears and sobs and compromise
    Before age we need to act wise

    It hurts me immense and I want to help
    It breaks my heart to hear them yelp
    I want to give them the balm they seek
    Atleast give strength to those who’re weak

    But nothing soothes the pain which kills
    Nothing which really helps to fill
    The void – which’s so deep and bare
    I just sit with You to say a prayer… 

    Finding our way in this maze You’ve made
    Listening to Your voice which sometimes fades
    Steering along the stumbling blocks
    We’re trying to reach our destination rock

    Just keep us on the path which is right
    Don’t let us fall, just hold us tight
    None who can soothe, none who can guide
    None who can help us cross this trench so wide

    Don’t leave our hand while we try to walk
    Just be there when we want to talk
    Give us the strength to bear this strife
    Let us have a happy life…! 





  • Why do I not…!

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    Why is it so tough to accept and see?

    The reality, which has become of me…

    Why does this heart still want that string?

    On which I want to dance & sing…

    Why is it so tough to carry on?

    With what is there around, upon…

    Why do I always keep looking back?

    With teary eyes the bygone track…

    Why do I not find it fully right?

    What lies ahead of me, in sight…

    Why do I keep asking the same questions?

    Not asking, yet – seeking suggestions…

    Why do I not feel eager for tomorrow? 

    How to remove these, clouds of sorrow…

    Why do I feel this strange fright?

    Of what lies ahead, and what might…

    Why do I see this looming gloom?

    Where is the light, how to resume…

    Why do I cry, even though I smile?

    With every step, I want to rest a while…

    Why do I not, finally let go?

    And allow myself to flow with the flow… 

  • No US without a fuss…!

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    There is no us, 

    Without a bis fuss

    Whenever you take my hand

    Life comes with tough demands

    It takes a toll very heavy

    Taxes many get levied

    The joy to come to you

    Gets clouded with a tough residue

    Mysteries that keep haunting

    And make our life so daunting

    Where is the joy that we came for?

    Is this all that we asked in store?

    No meaning that I can draw

    Just feeling a terrible awe

    Of being together with you

    For I feel so down and blue

    For probably there’ll never be a us

    Without a big fuss….

  • Lurking Snakes….!

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    Beware of all those lurking snakes
    Waiting to strike and bite
    Callously and with not much thought
    They will come and strike!
    They pretend as if they really care
    They laugh and say flowery stuff
    Behind your backs all they want
    Is to hurt you and get rough
    They don’t bother who they hurt
    How much pain they cause
    I wonder do they even have a heart
    Do they ever think or pause
    How much ever good you do
    Whatever you do to help
    These creeps will cause the pain they want
    They will leave you alone to yelp
     
    Only thing which gives some peace
    Which stops me from saying more
    Is the faith that they will see their fate
    They will pay for each heart they tore
    Divine vengeance is what comes in
    When such types think they’ve won
    And when HE strikes – believe me
    To help them there will be none!
     

  • I Still miss you…!

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    I hear your voice, above all sounds

    I feel your presence, even  when you’re not around

    I sing your song, mindlessly alone

    Want to harp on the music, which has your tone

    I want to be with you, night and day

    I find myself repeating words, that you used to say

    I hum the melody, that reminds me of you

    I stay in touch with those, who still know you

    Madly and deeply, I still miss you 

    Even after years, of our adieu

    Shrieking in me, is a question far above

    Do you miss me too, the way I do my love? 

  • It Will Be OKAY…!

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    I don’t know how to act, I don’t know what to say

    The strength I had is falling low, darkness shrouds my day

    Heart is at constant war with mind, and nothing seems right 

    Have to do what I don’t want to do, how to set this amiss right

    I ask myself a thousand times, where & what went wrong

    No answer – I get to hear, only a deafening silence throngs

    I look up to HIM, to ask him the same, and HE mystically smiles

    Will everything be alright soon? To hear, I pause a while

     

    HE replies…

     

    “Have faith and just do your bit, with a clear heart & intention

    As far as you don’t hurt anyone, help as much, and don’t cause tension

    I’ll lead you to where you should be, grant the happiness that you seek 

    So carry on, just do what is right, and don’t let yourself fall weak

    There won’t always be smooth sailing, there will be thorns that’ll prick

    There will be days when you’ll doubt ME, your faith in ME will flick

    Those will be testing times my child, when you should hold really strong

    Each difficulty is an opportunity, in adversity – don’t go wrong

    ‘Coz these troubled waters will make you reach, where you wanna be

    After the stress I promise you, you’ll revel in serenity”

     

    HIS words fill me with renewed strength, I feel energised 

    I tread on with strong foothold, to do as been advised 

    Will work tirelessly till I achieve, what I’ve been given to do

    Smiling through these tests, to turn a page anew! 

     

     

  • One World…!

     

    Who has made these boundaries, 

    Who has made these walls?

    Who has made these languages

    Who has set these protocols?

    Who has made these differences

    In how we say our words?

    Why these different cultures

    Why aren’t we free as birds?

    Why to cross the waters,

    Do we need all the permissions?

    Why upon free movement

    There are various prohibitions?

    Will someday come at last

    Which will bring in emancipation?

    With this amazing thought

    I am in fascination

    Hope a day would come

    Where all of us or at least some

    Will know the power of unity 

    And the strength of being a community

    Hope someday soon we see dreams unfurled

    And get to live in this – united One World! 

  • Want to soar high…!

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    Ripped heart, tear-stained face

    I am tired, want to slow down my pace

    Exhausted soul, achy limbs

    Want to rest, had many turbulent swims

    Been swarmed with pains, now no more

    Peacefully I want to reach the shore

    Achieved enough, and yet this void

    Those feelings of which I feel devoid

    Still entice me from time to time

    But will be wrong if I start to mime

    Same actions which I did in past

    Results of which, did not last

    So better to accept what isn’t there

    Why to strive to get that share 

    Which wasn’t probably meant for me

    Should help myself, by letting me free

    From the clutches of those painful wants

    Let me write my story in different fonts

    Accepting the artist of my fate as me

    I’ll paint a lively picture to see

    I’ll soar above the pain of past

    Rising above those shadows cast

    Welcoming whatever lies ahead

    On this path now I’ll tread