STARS OF THE NIGHT

There isn’t much about the stars of the night
Often dimly lit and sometimes shining bright

Silently twinkling gently ad shimmering away
Through the darkened hours bringing respite

Still the significance of us hardly gets noticed
Again there is just no rescue from this plight

The sun and the moon have been prominent
And our glory has remained rather out of sight

We have always existed in peace and silence
Our togetherness never saw a clash or a fight

We may be shadowed by the clouds at times
But we always return with a smile to delight

Constellation and galaxies can’t be without us
The whole universe sparkles through our light

We are like puzzles, unsolved and unexplored
As it has been impossible to achieve our height

We live in peace and we are united in harmony
To feelings of envy and jealousy we never bite

We’re aware of our limitation and restrictions
With love and care we hold each other tight

We try to sparkle gloomy moments of others
A selfless initiative, one should try to cite

Of our status we have never held any pride
We illuminate lives like an honoured knight

We listen to our heart and abide by the heart
And we always try to do what we think is right

We are calm and always down to earth beings
Always humble, we never display our might

Poetries and prose have been written for us
Thoughts and imaginations we always excite

And finally there is no fuss about our existence
As we live in silence and we die away quiet

SELF TESTIMONY

What should I testify, what to say about him
Sometimes he is funny, sometimes he is grim

You will find him mostly lost in his thought
That’s what he owns, that’s what he has got

To know him you have to read him and learn
During which your conscience may also burn

And injuries may be fatal so leave him alone
As whoever touched him have turned to stone

So on him don’t waste your energy and time
As his words make no sense, they only rhyme

He may seem to be sweet, but he is often bitter
Every time it’s not gold, everything that glitter

He shouldn’t be loved, he shouldn’t be hated
For him these emotions were just not created

He neither has any friends here nor any foe
And why is this so, even he couldn’t know

As when I tried to judge him, I got confused
As in a vain attempt all my energy got used

It’s impossible to know his nature or attitude
So finally decided to leave him in his solitude

DEMOCRATIC TO A CRITIC

Wish here it was really a democratic republic
Wish this country was really owned by public

I’m really not ready to celebrate this day now
And surprised as no one else’s aware as how
For me this is not reality and just a gimmick

But then truth is unfortunately quite contrary
Socio-economic and political condition scary
As I can feel my country is ill and is also sick

The wealth has accumulated in hands of few
And happiness of the poor is for long time due
As this often gets covered by some clever trick

Our elected leaders are now mostly criminals
The constitution is now threatened by the evils
With poisonous fangs our growth they prick

But again when will we get aware of the fact
Leaving the complains we’ll get together to act
As our own future, we ourselves have to pick

With strong will and determination move ahead
Rejuvenating souls once supposed to be dead
Contributing to our development brick by brick

Forgetting differences of faith, caste and creed
If united we all stand, our nation will succeed
So weaved in a garland, like beads we’ll stick

Finally we all can feel proud to be an Indian
Removing illiteracy and corruption, the villain
Then with our success our fortunes will click

And we’ll feel equality, liberty and sovereignty
We’ll be the best without dilemma or ambiguity
So I'll be able to say my republic is democratic