Wednesday 27 November 2013

Song Tunes

Because Music is the ultimate cure.
 
Song Tunes
By: Akhilesh Agarwal
 
The song tunes beat through the winds
They fly off the air
They catch between your teeth
They are just everywhere
They come to settle
In a dark corner of you
They come to love
Every dark corner of you

Tuesday 26 November 2013

Time And Tide

To borrow a line from one of my favourite authors, from one of my favourite books:
'It is a metaphor.' -John Green, The Fault In Our Stars

Time And Tide
By: Akhilesh Agarwal
 
This sweet summer tides
They come to wash you away
In their arms they hold you
To the tunes they play
They dance like no other
Like no tomorrow, no yesterday
There will be a time another
When, finally, they will take you away.
 
 
 

Tuesday 19 November 2013

Serenade

I wrote this today. Unfortunately, there is nothing more to say.
 
Serenade
By: Akhilesh Agarwal
 
What I have lost, I search in your eyes

Your words so quiet, they lose their price

I am a fool, how will I ever know?

When I am ready to go
 

Let’s be in love and not be wise

But it is the distance in your eyes

What I shall be?  I never would have

Been the one to have

 

The lovely serenade flows in the air

Hold my hands and hold that stare

World is tearing apart at the seams, darling

We shall be alright. Don’t stop. Just sing.

 

Sunday 17 November 2013

Poisoned Lullaby

I wrote this long ago. I wrote this when I even questioned my mere existence. Do I even matter? I still am not sure. But I am sure of this: I will make myself matter. So, the title. Lullaby because these things helped me sleep like lullabies help a child sleep but its poisoned i.e. infected as it's not feel-good one. Sorry for that.

Poisoned Lullaby
By: Akhilesh Agarwal

Hold my hand, lead me down the stairs
Out of my dreams and into the world
It has been days, I long ago died

It has been quite a time since I breathed my last
I was always slow and world ever too fast
Would you lie on my sorrows and pump my heart
And glue my shattered pieces after I am apart?

I am as close to Hell as close I am to Heaven
Golden stairs made of steel, here I am
Would you give me a reason to live another night?
To think of sin, am I not right?
Well, who is to decide when He isn't even there?
Well, why to be if it will all eventually end?

Sun And Sand

Imagine this: Friendship. Laughter. Love. Those moments you feel infinite. You feel alive. Every single cell in you. And you are just glad you are here. Such friends are hard to come by. I write for one of mine.

Sun And Sand
By: Akhilesh Agarwal

Just think of a day, a day that shall be
When we are old and stupid, you see
We are sitting by a sea, murmuring them tree
Our feet intertwined, our smiles wide as world
So happy are our eyes, all our dreams realized
Of course we had troubles and we made million mistakes
But hope got us through, our friendship made it through
And you look at me and say, "Why did I even befriend thee?"
I smile and say, "That fact even escapes me."
And we laugh as the sun rises over the sea
And I realize how lucky I am to have a friend in thee.

Too Much of Talk

I wrote this poem in January'13. It was my tenth grade. I had to decide my career and I was terribly confused. I was so interested in learning everything. Be it Literature or Psychology or Medicine or Physics and unluckily, I just couldn't choose it all. I had to decide and I had to decide fast. I narrowed it down: To be a Writer or a Doctor? And then I decided I shall be both: A saviour through words, a saviour through pills. So, now I am preparing for my Medical Entrance Exams and penning my thoughts. Happy Times!

This poem is basically about me in my search of myself.

Too Much of Talk
By: Akhilesh Agarwal

The man asked me who I was
A simple question, really
I looked at him and through the space
If only I knew surely

He raised his eyebrows high
As I gazed upon the sky
The earth rushes me forward as
The birds try to answer me as they fly

He clicks his tongues and shakes me
Time is of essence, you see
But I can't take a step beyond
Without knowing what lies beneath me

So I decide to stand still
No matter how much other will
And the man shakes his head and leaves me
And finally it is me who I see

Sunday 10 November 2013

Vines


Vines
By: Akhilesh Agarwal
 
Blinding lights
This city hits me
With full force
It drags me
In its vines

All your love
It seeps through me
Into the abyss
It invites me
In its vines

Maybe I shall find there
What I seek in thee
Or maybe I shall not
Ever be free

Swollen bones, Empty lives
"Look around, can’t you see?
The tender strings, His eyes"
I am already
In His vines