Immortal

Immortal
By: Akhilesh Agarwal

I take my life and I take my soul
In hope it finds another towards whole
And Forever I shall live, Immortal I am
For I stand above the stars and brighter I shine
I shine my sins and I shine my struggles
I shine on my foes and I shine on my lovers
Meager as they are, oblivious as I am
But Forever I shall live, Immortal I am
I Live in these rhymes and those tattered pages
For good or bad, I shall be remembered for Ages
God I worship and Devil I be
Good are my intentions, Evil every deed
And I shall live in their memories, too deep to forget
Future Familiar shall hear my stories with wide eyes
And for all my wrongs and rights, I don't regret
As Forever I shall live, Immortal I am.

Cursed

"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires." - William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Cursed
By: Akhilesh Agarwal

Sunlight in my eyes burns in my vision down
I am short-sighted, but aren't we all now?
Never really understood the results of my deed
"Ask me my worth before you ask me my creed."

All the mysteries of life seem so overblown
Death is coming, ever should have known
But before it stings me and I fade away
Could I get a paper? There's so much to say....

If you ever look at my photo and say," Oh, such he died,
Horrible! But serves him right for so much he lied!"
There are worse things a human is guilty for
It is the hands of guilt banging on your door

Don't ever lay roses on my grave, they'd wrinkle away
Finally at peace, beneath His Heaven I lay
And never did i pray, not a single verse
Because god was in me and I was simply His curse.

Farewell School

Not a poem, but still something that really matters!

Today we are young, we are hopeful, we are determined and friends, today we say goodbye. Its been many many years since I set my foot into this building and ofcourse i dont remember but my mother tells me i was crying on my first day to school. I wonder why? Maybe it was the fear of the unknown or the pain of separation, however temporary, or simply because i might have heard then too that school sucks! And look today i dont want to leave, go beyond this moment as history has come again and i am again diving headfast into the unknown. It frightens me and it scares me. But looking back i feel proud of me and everybody of you. We have come a long way and we have become more better, stronger and wiser. But this is not all that we take with us. We take with us something that can't be bought: memories. However hard we try to forget we can never forget these days. But its universe's law that says that change is the only constant. And from the next day everything shall change, for better or for worse. All i can advise you is have the fire, be a force of nature, be unstoppable, take risks, make million mistakes but have the courage too to accept it and move on. So lets remember our past, celebrate our present and oh well, who the heck cares about future!

Throwing Stones

Throwing Stones 
By: Akhilesh Agarwal

You have been forgiven, you have been forgotten 
Since you walked out of the doors of my heart 
Dont regret me, dont regret us, and dont you regret time- 
That we spent together, can i sill call you mine? 
I was a wizard and you were my magic 
Left in a downpour with nothing but a broken wand 
I am running for shelter, running at your door 
So open it wide and i will wipe the bloodstains off the floor 
I shall be your rainbow, or other thousand things- 
That shall make your head spin and heart sing 
Only if you tell me you'd love me till he do us part 
Rather than throwing stones at my feeble heart

How Do You Die?

"Life is just borrowed Time." - Grey's Anatomy

How Do You Die?
By: Akhilesh Agarwal

If ever presented with a choice, a slow but pain- 
filled or a quick end to the end of my mortal self 
I'd choose the slow because with quickest nothing i would gain 
Nor sorrow, nor pain, nor Time but just a hollow myself- 
devoid of love and soul. and what shall i not say if i could
I'd be grateful to them and leave them with last lines 
And make those confessions that in my life i never would-
have had the courage to. Clear my message, not of symbols and signs 
For clearly evident is my death and on my neck are his fangs 
Digging deeper and deeper, choking my voice and tears white 
There is nothing like tragedy, love in these heavy moments hangs 
You feel such gratefulness, hatred released unto the night 
And time takes me with him in some distant past 
My little traces of life, fading fast.

Dead And Deadly

"Don't pity the dead, pity the living." -J.K. Rowling

Dead And Deadly 

By: Akhilesh Agarwal

He lit a matchstick and brought it to my face
Stared me down with those big eyes and ugly face
And said,' Wish, kid, and that shall be yours!' 

'Bring my parents back from dead like in those lores'

He laughed and his crazy eyes gleamed even more
'What's dead is dead. It just can't be anymore.
But if strong is your will and you are of steel
I will show you a glimpse of them, oh, i will!' 

I clapped, I laughed and I nodded in approval
'Silly little child, are you absolutely sure?'
'Yes I am. Do it fast!', was the answer mine
I have been waiting for this for such a long time 

Okay, said he, and with some words and a wave of his hand
And then they came! Atlast, together we all stand
And I reached out and there was nothing there
I looked everywhere but they weren't anywhere

I looked at him and begged for a chance one more
He refused,' Kid, I'd warned you before.'
I am crazy and will look at where they stood till i live
It doesn't do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Back Home

Back Home
By: Akhilesh Agarwal

I wanna stay tonight
Tonight in my motherland
Because it is cold outside
And I am too weak to stand

And snowflakes and the warm sun
All your different colors and hues
Make me feel joy, feel home
I swear I forget all the blues

This is the place where I can truly be
I can speak my mind, don't think twice
The only place where I feel the love
That cleanses your soul and brings tears to your eyes

So no, nowhere else I had rather go
So tonight, tonight I choose to stay
Stay the place where I really belong
And shut the lights and call it a day.

Troubled Weather

Troubled Weather
By: Akhilesh Agarwal

The sun shines with greater severity

Destruction: In my hear, in this city

And in his hat a second red feather

Shines above the mist of troubled weather

He wore his uniform, he steeled his eyes

He hugged me and my mother, like that would suffice

Mother has been crying, thousands are dying

I can't sleep nowadays, they are still dying

And the red bird is still flying never giving a care

Should he save his son or other thousands from nightmare?

Maybe you are a hero, maybe you make the country safe

But come back now because it is me now who you need to save.