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. 🙂

Category: Feelings…

  • What could’ve been…

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    Your thoughts never leave me, though together we’re not, nor meant to be

    Your memories cloud me and make me wonder why to be

    This loneliness makes me question what was it supposed to be

    And if it wasn’t supposed to be, then why did it ever bother me?

     

    If you were not supposed to stay then why did you cross my way

    If you didn’t mean truly, then why did you choose those words to say

    Which stay engraved and never tend to leave my side

    Now make me wonder, if you only just took me for a ride!

     

    I try to curb this sadness within, try to see all good things around

    Then where do these tears come from, even when I smile abound

    Why my heart aches to know, if you too think of me alike

    Do you also miss those times, when you didn’t have to hide your likes?

     

    Though now faded, but memories never desert me

    Of those times, when together were you and me

    You’re always around even if not to be seen

    Yes, mind never stops thinking of what could’ve been…!

  • You confuse me…

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    Strange are you, confusing are your ways

    You are around always, and sometimes nowhere for days!

    Never have I told you, what you really mean to me, 

    And if ever I’ve tried, knowingly you’ve pretended to not see! 

    Why this confusion, why you’re in my life so

    Why suddenly you appear whenever I am low?

    How do you get to know that I am not what I show?

    How do you understand my words without me saying so?

    Still when I share, you pretend it doesn’t affect you

    Is it really so?? No, it can’t be true!

    For I’ve heard it in your words, I’ve seen it in your ways

    Still sometimes you behave rash and my heart shattered lays  

    You’re no one if I see, still you mean so much

    If I count my close ones, you’re on top of people such

    Then why do you pretend its nothing, and as if you don’t care? 

    When through your silence too, you lay emotions bare!

    You leave me confused – what you really think of me

    One minute you’re distanced, the other you see through me

    Why you can’t be simple, why you can’t stay sure?

    Why you go away, and then again come back to lure?

    Why I think of you, why the dreams are so vivid?

    Why I start to wish even with my heart so timid..

    Not asking for anything more, as nothing can be changed

    But just knowing your true self, will repair the heart estranged!  

    Yes, I was a fool, to not realise it back then, 

    But even now you hold true meaning, in my life my friend

    I desire nothing, which will change things for you

    Just wish to see your feelings – bare and true!

    So stay transparent with me, I can’t understand the tactics

    Simple heart I am, have never ever acted!

    Sometimes, I wonder if you’re punishing me?

    But then the next moment I realise, how silly of me!

    To not have you at all, will be better than having you distanced 

    Stop pretending please, it is my friendly persistence!

    I love the comfort you provide, even through your erratic presence 

    That we’re far, but still related is an assurance! 

     

     

  • Do you miss me, like I miss you…?

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    Do you also miss me, and dream of what could’ve been?

    Do you also remember, the last time we had each other seen?

    Sometimes I feel I am right there, sitting next to you

    In a jiffy you’ll reach out, and hold my hand close to you

    Can you also still smell, my perfume as I do yours?

    Can you also verbatim, recall those close talks of ours?

    I get reminded of that comfort, which I only felt with you

    Whether it was sharing things big, or nonsensical ideas too

    Do you also sometimes, feel lonely in a crowd?

    Do you get excited too, when there’s a  possibility of me being around?

    Yes, I felt alive when you were in my life

    To talk to you, to meet you, my heart was in constant strife 

    Can you also not hold back, to share with me even if in thoughts?

    Can you also not sing without crying, those dedicated songs?

    Will you ever tell me that yes, it was a mistake

    To not say what we had in mind, and to so easily forsake

    Do you promise to be mine, the next time you will be asked?

    Do you promise to meet me soon, up there after we breathe our last?

    Till then my dear though apart, I’ll reach you like sunshine

    Till then I believe like Casper, around me you’ll be – always mine!

     

  • Adieu…

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    I never knew I’ll have to live without you

    I didn’t know I had to learn this in life

    I didn’t know I’ll have to tackle this –

    Situation of not being your wife

    There was struggle endlessly

    There was strive throughout 

    There was tension and misery 

    So maybe we are better without

    We saw happy times, sadly which were few

    And then came a time, when you found else in lieu

    Which couple doesn’t fight, who don’t go through rain?

    Does that give you the right, to put my respect to shame?

    Couldn’t stand the betrayal, no i couldn’t have let it been,

    You gave so much misery, happy times were less seen

    Yes, I do miss the company, yes, I do miss us,

    But happy I am to see, that you’re not there to fuss.

    You’re not there now when I need a helping hand

    To handle home, or kids, to handle the day’s demands

    Yes, I work double roles, of mum and a dad too

    Yes, I struggle through the day, and sometimes shed a tears few

    But I am stronger than ever and though at times I frown

    But I’ll play this game, and won’t let it bring me down

    I’ll raise our kids fabulously, I’ll give them the best to be

    I’ll show them a strong woman, in tough times doesn’t flee

    You chose to run away, to turn away from tasks

    But let me tell you Mister, up there you’ll be asked

    In life we all learn lessons, and yes, I’ve learnt mine

    No one is there forever, we ourselves have to shine

    I’ll live life to the fullest, I’ll be open to probabilities, 

    No I won’t let your thoughts hinder, my future possibilities

    You were mistaken if you thought, I’ll come begging and crying

    You judged me wrong, for I won’t even when I’m dying! 

    I know you came to teach lessons, and to give me some pain

    Wish there was another way to learn, that’s the only complain

    But I am strong, and I think I’ll always remain

    If in this tough time too, I am keeping myself sane

    Here I bid adieu, forever to you

    Hope not to see you again, in life’s run

    I did make a mistake by coming to you

    But thankful I am, that now it’s undone!

    So stay happy where you are, 

    No, you’re not welcome back now

    No apologies will be entertained

    Even if very low you bow!

  • Love is Joy…

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    Tell me if I ask you to, will you hold me really tight?

    Tell me if I ask you to, will you never with me fight?

    Tell me even if I ask you to, you’ll never let go of my hand?

    Tell me even if I ask you to, you’ll never leave me in any land?

    Say it that you’ll love me always, only more if it’s possible,

    Say it our love will know no bounds, no arguments will be plausible…

    Say it that you’ll not stop caring, even when you’re angry,

    Say it that you’ll always remain, for my love – hungry…

    Promise me we’ll always love US, no matter what the circumstance,

    Promise me we won’t ever get tired, of each other’s pranks…

    Promise me we’ll not give up, even if life throws surprises,

    Promise me we’ll try our best, to live with each other’s vices…

    Yes, I know you admit to all above, for I see it in your eyes,

    Yes, I know you’ll always hold true and will never leave my side…

    There is true love in your heart, you show it through your actions,

    Even if I would like to hear, I don’t doubt your love by any fraction! 

    Blessed be US, blessed be love, may blessed be true feelings,

    Blessed be those loving souls, may all hurt hearts see healing…

    As I am rejoicing in your love today, may all experience such magic

    As I join hands in prayers today, I just seek no end to be tragic! 

  • Prayer for Peace…

    Humans

     
    The only time My Lord, that I question your existence
    Is when I come across such filthy incidents in abundance
    Of hatred, vice and mass killing
    Don’t tell me My Lord that for them you’re willing!
     
    But if you’re not willing then how do they take place?
    And that too increasing at such an alarming pace!
    Yester’ Manchester, today London Bridge,
    Later Westminster and outside mosque made me cringe..
     
    Above are just to name a few
    From many which have occured in recent times too..
    So much bloodshed, precious lives’ loss
    Emotions for all just go for a toss!
     
    Its nearly impossible to comprehend,
    What they gain by putting lives to end..
    Do they achieve their purpose as they say they will,
    Do they merge in YOU, or are put to grill?
     
    For causing so much destruction, for causing endless pain
    For families behind who are left to cry in vain..
    Unimaginable sorrow it is to lose a loved one,
    More so in such traumatic way when they were just having some fun..
     
    And those who escape death are left with life long trauma
    Oh My Lord, is it fair to put them through such drama?
    What is the innocents’ fault to live in this constant fear?
    Some even become phobic, to let go those who are dear!
     
    Yes, life is transient and one day will end for all,
    But none should have the right to spread this terrifying brawl!
    This world is beautiful and needs abundant peace
    To enjoy the beauty that YOU’ve created in every bit and piece!
     
    When will these hate mongers realise the fact,
    That life is precious and shouldn’t be spoiled with this tact,
    Soul is above religion, any caste or creed,
    We all are one and from these worldly shackles we should be freed..
     
    Killing in the name of religion, is like insulting one’s Divine,
    Oh when will they understand that HE too whines,
    When HE sees HIS children fighting for HIS “so called” cause,
    HE too must be wondering, “Can I put this world to pause”!
     
    Yes, that will be nice My Father, please put this world to pause
    Please remove this hatred and give them a worthy cause..
    Give us YOUR blessings, a peaceful world to stay,
    Where love and respect for each other in our hearts lay..!
  • Sad Distances…

    Distance

    Was I always a loner or has life made me this way?

    Feeling suffocated and I want to be surrounded by only day…

    I always wanted friends and family to be around me,

    Then why today when I call, there’s no one to hear me?

    What did I do wrong where did things go amiss,

    Feeling so damn tired of this constant search for bliss..

    I was open to love and open to people,

    But all those experiences have left me just crippled..

    I have made mistakes too and am sure I’m not all right,

    But many were those which were made by others in sight..

    Turmoil was that others didn’t accept theirs as I did mine,

    So as an end result, only I in bad light shine..

    Being righteous gave me such a tough time,

    To know that I was right, but still accepted I did the crime.. 

    Shed those tears within, though for peace with others I smiled,

    But gradually it was killing me, every now and then I sighed..

    It hurts to realise that those people who were close,

    Chose to part ways, when for myself I decided to pose..

    Why do they always wanted me to only entertain?

    Did they never think that I also needed their company in rain?

    It broke my heart, though outwardly I might’ve seemed harsh,

    I needed them to chase me, to tell me without me they are sparse..

    It leaves me shattered to feel, that what I perceived was wrong,

    Only till I served their purpose, did they kept me along..

    Never wanted the distances, never did any harm,

    Was true and expected truth, only in lies I couldn’t keep calm..

    Is it needed to be fake, to survive in this world of today?

    In that case I’ll fail, and I have nothing further to say… 

  • Faraway wishes…

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    Whether you are near me or very far away

    I’ll make my voice reach you – crossing, what’s there in the way

    I’ll make you hear my earnest wish and

    I’ll make you see my dear, the mystery land

    Where you’ll find me always with you

    Happy and smiling and expressing, my true feelings for you! 

    Though close we are not but it doesn’t stop me

    From wishing for you immense happiness to be

    For wish fulfillment and smiles galore

    For success to touch you more and more

    Wishes for abundant peace

    For strength to get what you want to keep! 

    Sad at this situation amiss

    Where we want to talk but there’s a mist amidst

    Exhausted I am with settling things

    The messy feeling badly clings

    So I choose to stay away and though you won’t approve

    You’ll feel I’ve forgotten, but now I don’t want to prove… 

    Someday I am sure we’ll get to meet

    Where I’ll share, you’ll share and we’ll greet

    We’ll talk without hesitation

    We’ll share irritations

    We’ll settle scores and smile at the end

    And part ways again to meet forever at the bend…! 

    Always stay happy and remember my friend

    When we said goodbye, it wasn’t THE END…! 

  • Life changing days…

    Life changing

    Some days are life changing, this, I had only heard

    Never thought I’ll go through it myself, and a become a real nerd…

    Life is so unpredictable, so why do we rely on it

    People are ever-changing, you can’t trust anybody even a bit!

    Situations become anti-you, and you just have to adjust

    How much ever you cry and seek, answers are not a must…

     

    You feel you were living a myth, that has suddenly been broken

    Your happiness was spell-bound, into reality you’ve been shaken!

     

    Why & how, where & when, are thoughts which keep coming to you

    You want to erase the past, but THAT, how to do…

    You feel cheated by HIM, your heart feels sore

    You feel you’re being punished, and want to now what for?

     

    Life becomes a burden, each breath becomes a task

    You want to lie low, and hide behind a mask…

     

    Why did those days come, why did it happen to you

    So many complications, and solution – none which you can see!

     

    Life changing days they were, wish they had never come

    Even if you were living a myth, happiness there was some…

     

    Now it feels you’ve lost a battle, what’s there to live for now

    Frantically you look around, trying to find a reason somehow!

     

     

  • Move on…

    Move on

     

    Some people leave & there’s a thunder

    There’s a blank which stays & makes you wonder

    How will you ever live without them?

    Will it ever be the same again?

    Life moves on & you’ve got to adjust

    Tears seem to dry & letting past be, becomes a must

    But you never forget and miss them so much 

    The pain in your heart is excruciating such…

    And then comes a day when you feel life is meaningless

    Without them, who were there & will remain truly priceless

    Why did they ever have to go away?

    Why couldn’t they have been a part of your life to stay?

    Amazing are God’s ways

    HE makes you meet people and then takes them away

    If HE never wanted to keep you together

    Then why did HE make you meet them ever?

    It is an outcry of heart and a resonating query

    That also leads to a frustrating fury

    But then, life has to move on,

    You have to breathe and learn to live on…!

  • MOOD

     

    Mood

    Who are you dear MOOD? Are you a mister or a miss?

    Why do you change so often? Why can’t you let me be in bliss?

    One minute all seems good and the very other all bleak

    Why do you bother me so much and make me go all weak?

    When you pull me down, you do that pretty bad!

    All seems dull, low and I become all sad!

    When you are gloomy yourself you seem to cast that spell on me

    Oh Mr. Miss. Whoever you are, why can’t you just let me be!

    With your negativity you make me such a pessimist,

    Only dullness seems good though I want to shirk you away with a tight fist!

    It takes a herculean effort to come out of your entwines

    To appreciate the gifts of life how much ever I whine

     

    But when you are at your best, you seem to bestow the gift of positivity

    Every hurdle seems a steppingstone with hope I see every reality

    You make me see life through the rose tinted glasses

    All seems bright and shiny, even mountains seem to have passes

    Cracks filter light and every turn comes with an opportunity

    There is no sadness but only smiles through lots of creativity

    World looks extra helpful and so much energy you provide

    With all this good happening life is nothing but a joyride

     

    But suddenly then the bad side of you comes back

    And hit with me a vengeance, all my smiles take a back track

    Do you have a problem with me Mr. Mood? Let me address you as Mr. hereby

    You have a split personality with the sweet good and the bad who is sly

    Let me be surrounded by your good self oh please don’t make me cry

    When you have so much goodness which you can spread all around

    Then why this gloominess you bring along and why in shackles you bound?

    I think you are yourself confused as to when do you get more attention

    When you spread smiles or bring along bags of tension?

    Let me tell you Mr. Mood, you’re loved when you’re happy yourself

    It is then that you’re welcome not when you let me in stress delve

    So hope Mr. Mood I will always see your happy ways

    You won’t trouble me with your dual roles and let sunshine rule all my days!               

  • Strange tangle! 

    I don’t know what hurts me more, my pain or seeing you in chain

    Does my heart hurts more, or your eyes full of tears slained


    You keep it to you, for you fear hurting thus

    But it’s strange that I hear what remains unsaid between us


    I see those tears unshed, I hear those breaths stifled

    I hear those words silenced, and those sobs miffled


    Trust me when I say, I feel more sorry for you

    For though it rips me apart, I just want you to be true


    Holding hands or away, does not really matter

    Because of my bliss, I cannot else shatter


    Feel agnonised at this tangle, don’t know what to do

    How to end this smoothly, how to lead you to be true! 

  • Angels…

    Do you believe in angels? Oh, I very much do

    Have felt their warm presence and motherly care too!

    God can’t be everywhere, so HE created angels for me and you

    To help us, spread love and to support us in what we do!

     

    Few angels in my life, have been there always for me

    They’ve guided me always, to the best that it could be!

    Had it not been for them, don’t know what would’ve I done

    Just perceiving hardship, I think I would’ve run!

    But due to their help & guidance in my life

    I faced hardship & every possible strife,

    Many challenging situations were made easy

    They were always there, and never too busy!

    I feel grateful to HIM for sending them my way

    Even in thick clouds, they brought a bright ray

    I love my angels and always want them in my vicinity

    They are special signs of HIM, & symbols of HIS divinity!

  • Despair…

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    What is life, is it only this despair

    Woof… went all my dreams flying in the air

    Not that I had dreams also too big

    Just someone who loves with whom life could’ve been a merry zig

    This heartache and these constant tears

    This agony and heart full of fears

    Weren’t part of the vision about my future

    There was love, peace and lot of laughter

    I know sorrow comes when joy one has to reach

    There is darkness before light fills the corner each

    There are heartbreaks when love round the corner waits

    And failures are there before we meet our fate

    But waiting and waiting and waiting endlessly

    And crying and crying, eyes shed tears ceaselessly

    Heart breaks and the soul feels lonely

    Where to go, what to do, I look around hopelessly

    All doors closed, only turning around is possible

    Making a u turn and returning seems viable

    To the very state which caused all that’s said above

    Are you laughing now – the Almighty there above?

    Not saying You are wrong, I surely must be deserving

    Of this pain and agony, that’s why I must be suffering

    Will this how I’ll live forever… is what gives a shiver

    Will each day of life be such… till with last breath my lips quiver?

    To die before dying is what has happened to me

    Now it is just living for name though nothing is remaining to be

    Where are all those hopes, where is that smile?

    Where is the happiness, my desire to strive?

    Where is that twinkle in my eye,

    Which when conveyed, made me feel shy!

    Where is my zest for life, the love that I had in abundance?

    Can I get all these back at this very instance?

    What is the purpose of my life, why have You sent me here?

    Can You kindly towards that path my life steer?

    Tired of seeing insults and enough of failures now

    Being looked down upon, and giving everything with a bow

    I am looking upon You to guide me the right way

    Can You please have mercy and show me the day?

    This darkness is empowering and will engulf me all

    Oh please hold my hand and save me this final fall

    Make me strong or hold me tight

    Let me go… or else fill me with Your light

    Change my heart and mind, give my soul its purpose

    Or teach me the ways to deal with life’s circus!

    To live is getting tougher

    The road is getting even rougher

    I can’t do it without You, so do remember this,

    Please come my way without any further tiff!

  • Silent Love…

    Silent love

    I miss you all through the day, I think of you even at night

    I keep thinking what could’ve been, how you could’ve been in sight

    How you could’ve been along, and how different things could’ve been

    Had you ever expressed, those hidden feelings for me!

    I sometimes even think, wish I had spoken myself

    Coz heartbreak frightened you so much, that expression, you shelved

    It perplexes me so much, that how your fear caused a block

    Even when you saw, the one you loved, was in shock

    To see how you behaved

    And showed that you didn’t care

    It hurt me so much I tell you,

    That I couldn’t myself dare –

    To tell you, that if you say, I won’t be able to refuse

    For my dear the love you felt for me, I also felt for you!

     

  • You’ve gone too far…

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    Life is crazy, you’ve gone too far

    My efforts are failing, in catching at par

    What fears me, is that I am giving up

    In even efforts, to keep my spirits up

    No one knows, where this is going to take us

    Can only pray to HIM, to always bless us

    Till then let’s catch hold of each other

    ‘Coz this my dear, is really rough weather!

  • Unspoken words…

    unspoken love

    Neither are you mine nor ever will be

    Still heart calls out for you and eyes want to see

    Your face, and I just want to hear once again

    Your soothing voice my dear without any strain!

    I miss our endless conversations from morning till night

    Our sharing with each other all talks however slight

    Our saying everything though words we use didn’t

    Our waiting for each other to understand the hints!

    Feeling proximity, from a distance quite a lot

    Feeling one with you, though close you were not

    Waiting for your messages with childlike impatience

    Smiling all along while reading them with just no pretence!

    Dreams were seen though hardly ever shared

    Longings were there to meet and express

    Those around, also knew what we had in mind

    But it was unspoken between us, something left to find.

    Your letters and mails and messages were craved

    Your words still, are deep in heart saved

    Words that we used for each other while we spoke

    Are all still held dearly, however hearts broke

    When before we could meet we were made to part ways

    The story which hardly began now shattered lay

    There are words unsaid and questions unanswered

    Wish we can meet someday and confirm what we read.

    Why didn’t you speak aloud, why didn’t you hold my hand?  

    Why didn’t you hold me tight when I dared to tread a new land?

    Why did you let me go so easily and without any fight?

    How could you accept the fact that I won’t be in sight?

    I know there weren’t any promises and I’m not holding you wrong

    We never told each other that our melody was a love song

    But we both know that it was much more than we shared

    Like none will ever, about me you cared.

    What pains me is why now we can’t be in touch?

    Why even our sacred friendship is looked upon with distrust?

    Don’t you ever miss me, or again just choose to hide?

    Heart pains, when I think of the rough tide

    Which took me away from you and you did nothing to stop me

    Oh why you didn’t show courage and tried to make me see

    True feelings which you had or the future which could be

    I miss you so much and – my Friend – you will fondly always be!