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As I look around, I see
people carrying sacks
trying their best to hide it from the view

They Believe the valuables in it
should be hidden so

The idea is
to confine it to themselves

Imagine if the sun thinks so!!
Haha!
Or if the rivers get this idea
or the fields, or the air

With highly limited faculties comes such ideas
fix your mind unto Lord!

Never will you get such small thoughts
for the Lord shall relieve you of drudgery and folly

And you shall traverse all around
oh so high yet so low!

You will see the pain of a peasant
yet not his name and its meaning!

You will hear the voice so low
and yet not worry about its weakness!

People around will wonder
what's the guy all about!

A few smirks, a few sneers,
a few praises, a few blessings

He acknowledges them all
yet unmoved is he
'cause it's the Lord that's with him!

Angels

I met a few Angels,
some in my darkest hours

They seemed to know it all,
what I was going through

They seemed to know
what I was trying to do

They all did their part
and went away
sometimes not even receiving a thanks!

Here I am wondering
Could I be someone's Angel
Just as many have been to me!

I look around me
fools eating fools,
fools running hard,
fools grabbing stones and metals,
thinking doing so will make them good

Little do they know,
being an Angel
will give them all
they have never known!

Helping someone realize his dream
will bring happiness unbound to you
and a good night sleep of course

You can spend your time running with rats,
there's no end to it

But look around you and think hard
there is more to life than running with rats!

The Pearl

Blinded by their shallow knowledge
they try to show off
whatever little they got

Little do they know
that ice can't be sold to Eskimos

As I watch
the painful drama unfolds
before my very eyes
Everyday!

Empty vessels making
a hell lot of noise

And I try my best
to ignore
those plastic smiles
those empty words
those fake concerns

Little do they know
that I see right through those things
from the very beginning

Lord has been very kind all along!
Blessed me with quite a few genuine friends
the kind who ain't easy to find

And blessed me
with the gift
to know when I meet one

And I make everlasting effort
and the Lord knows it
to be one

I ain't mean
disrespect to anyone
plastic or genuine

But I stifle
in the company of those
who don't mean
what they say
and say things they don't mean

There is more to life
than just a hallow success
which brings more bucks
and more plastics -- cards and friends

A wholesome life
we will realize
has no place for plastics
but for cheers and beers

I measure my wealth
by the genuine smiles I get
by genuine concerns for me
by genuine advices
by genuine gifts

Take a big stride
take a big flight
blow a loud whistle
so loud
that covers the noise
of those empty vessels

Those vessels are all around
making a lot of noises
hum a song and
ignore the noise

And if the noise goes louder
play the guitar along
with the song

If the noise
troubles you still
and you hear
it is swearing at you

Expect that the vessels
can have nothing else to offer

And that song
oh! that you must sing along!

Try and meet those
who make you smile
for the reason they don't know
and you don't know

Lack of reason
is the reason
for the happiness unbound
in the words
of a genuine friend

Do I hear you say
that his words ring
in your ears
for reasons you don't know
don't lose him for anything
for he is the one
sans plastic

I find it funny
when you say
speak to him
he is a shot!

Oh I don't want to
there are enough little bombs around him
I'd rather do my little job
than flock around shots and cannons!

Stroll around the sea
dabble in those random shells

Oh dive deep if you can
stay down under
as long as you can
did you notice the unnoticed?
if you didn't
may be you will

The idea is not to notice
but to get the thrill of diving deep!

Oh pleasure it is
to feel everything still
and oh that focus!!

And then when you come out
you hold that elusive Pearl

That which comes
not from desire and lust
but from the toil every moment
and the doer
relishes in the toil

And the Pearl brings cheers
not only to the doer
but the world around him
even beyond the very sea!

Oh that doer!
he looks at the things very far
he knows when they are approaching
he knows when he should approach

But the world
it is oblivious
to the fact
and sees nothing
and knows nothing

Yet he is aware
that the same world
will cheer about the Pearl

Will he care about
what comes out
of those empty vessels

Oh no never!
with the eyes fixed
on the Pearl so far
how could those empty vessels be visible!

His ears are fixed
to the cheers
the Pearl will bring

The Pearl he may get
he may not
but the Good Lord
always be with those
who try to bring
The Pearl to the world!!

For what it is worth

I have always felt
that it is nature's law
to disturb the hermit lost in thought

God's own way to distract someone
who is about to peep into his ways

But when you try very hard all the time
and you succeed at least once
oh man! You are the man!

it is not that God does not want you to know
it is just that
he wants you to know what it is worth

you can’t just have things easily
for you will never know what it is worth

you dig thousand miles downward
and look all around
till you get a diamond

if diamonds were available for free
would you value it as much

but there is something else
that is there to it

once you have obtained the jewel
do not keep it to yourself

let it illuminate and enlighten others
for its real worth will be known
by the light it brings to others’ life

and you will shine in its glory
evident no doubt by the radiance on your face

your looks will reflect the cheers you brought
into the lives of the people you've never known

never mind what the fools around say
for they do not know
what it is worth to give to people you do not know

perhaps they will know

what it brings to help people so

but look around
you will see
flowers blown in your path before you tread

bask in the glory and sunlight
for they will be plenty
just like your good deeds

the world will remember those
who care not what they will get

but always care that they give plenty
to those who do not have

With the mind fixed on the Lord
they do not look at the sack

for they know it will be full
before they know

you want to see such people!
look around for those who smile while they are asleep

for they will always have peaceful sleep
as they are the reason for some one else's

to the hand that often gives
power always stays

and the sword held in such hand shines
not with blood but with Lord's blessings
for they raise sword to protect others
and not show their power

look around you
you know when you meet them

even before you see them
u feel them
and their divine person

a pleasure it is to see them and be near

like a fresh breeze fragrant
are their ways

look people are following someone in herd
it must be him
it must be him
it has to be him!!