EXPECTATIONS.....

this one is 4 people bugged by this devil constantly....n have to battle wid its best friend "EXAM" sooner or later...

OOH NO! HERE IT COMES AGAIN

TO BEAT ME AND BASH ME,

TO CAUSE ME A PAIN

THAT IS HARD TO BEAR.

MY SIGHT IS BLURRING NOW

AND I AM TURNING DEAF-

OR, IS IT THE PRESSURE OF "IT"-

THAT MY MIND IS ALL BLANK.

MY DAD LOVES IT MORE THAN ME.

MY MOM ADORES IT.

BUT NO ONE IMAGINES EVER,

IT'S MY BIGGEST ENEMY.

LOOK IT IS SMIRKING AT ME,

GOD! IT IS TORTUROUS.

WHY ON EARTH DO YOU EXIST?

GET AWAY, YOU-'EXPECTATIONS'!

YOU BURDEN ME MORE THAN MY SINS DO.

YOU CROSS OVER MY CAPACITY.

STILL, PEOPLE JUST MULTIPLY YOU,

AND REDUCE ME TO A CYPHER.

O EXPECTATIONS LEAVE ME ALONE

LET ME RESIDE IN MY DOME OF CAPACITY.

YOU RULE NOT MY HEART OR MY MIND,

BUT THREAT ME, THAT I'LL SUBLIME.

GO AWAY, PLEASE GO-

SORROW IS A BETTER COMPANION THAN YOU.

WHY PUT YOUR WEIGHT ON ME

AND ROB ME OFF MY CONFIDENCE.

JUST LET ME BE A SOLITARY SOUL

SATISFY ALL WITH MY BEST.

YOU DO NO GOOD TO A HUMAN BEING

 ABANDON, JUST - YOURSELF.

LET CONFIDENCE AND CAPABILITY REGAIN THEIR REIGN

DO NO MORE HARM, SPOIL NO MORE MOOD.

EXPECTATION, LEARN, STAY IN A BOUND-

AND LET POSSIBILITY CREATE A FENCE FOR YOU.

-VAISAKHI MISHRA

HOPE.......a good start for everything i guess...

DRENCHED SHE STANDS

AGAINST THE COLD WINTER WINDS.

DRENCHED IN GRIEF AND DESPAIR-

THE MOON SHINES GLORIOUSLY,

AS NIGHT FALLS, STEALING

ALL HER DREAMS AGIAN.

SHE STANDS THERE,

STARING AT A FLICKERING CANDLE,

PONDERING OVER STRENGTH,

STRENGTH PUT UP BY THE WEAK LIGHT

AGAINST THE RUTHLESS WIND.

AND THERE, IT CROSSES HER MIND-

SHE STANDS THERE

NOW WITH "HOPE"

BESIDE A SEPULCHER OF MISERIES

THE HOPE, THE LIGHT WILL SUSTAIN THE WIND.

THE HOPE, THE SUN WILL COME AGAIN.

THE HOPE, SOON THERE WILL BE SPRING.

 SHE STANDS THERE

WITH A FAINT SMILE

FAINT, BUT STRONG

STRONG AS THE HOPE BUILT ALONG

THE FACADE OF MELANCHOLY, FOR LONG.

KNOWING, THINGS WILL HAVE A "NEW BEGINNING".

-VAISAKHI MISHRA