Brighten a Day
JIRARA
© JIRARA, February 2021
Published by JIRARA
On matrubharti.com
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Brighten a Day
There and these are the people,
Who know how to brighten a day,
They always have on their faces,
Heart-warming smiles,
They always are ready and say,
Mind rendering words.
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These and there are the people,
Who know how to willingly share,
And willingly give,
And know how to care.
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There and these are the people,
We feel lucky to have stayed with.
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From deep inside our own hearts,
This comes with the warmest thanks,
To appreciate your gestures and feelings,
So warm, so sweet, and so compliable.
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The world would be and is so much,
More wonderful with,
The people like you in full.
(Dear Uncle, Aunty, Ba, Harsha, and Mayur; with
warmest thanks From: Savitha, Sujatha, and Leela).
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Trail of bright happiness
2020 has been a most unexpected year,
But, in one way it has been positive,
It has highlighted what is truly important,
Family, friends, and the kindness of strangers,
The things that leave a trail of bright happiness,
And joy even during the darkest hours,
Thank you for being a part of my circle,
Wishing you a beautiful year ahead,
With boundless energy, and endless joy.
(Dear Uncle; From: Radhika).
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The year that was
What a colossal year, and riveting,
Nothing looking as if so much useful we did perhaps,
All usual routines in the entrapment of four walls,
Everything we got by e-shopping, and phone calls,
From the ground floor we got things by,
Hanging baskets, and bags,
And sanitized all the items, even milk sachets by sprays and liquids,
And even cleaned the bills that were wiped off the contents!
Disturbing some accounts and balances.
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The life became sort of miserable, taxing in a way,
All caught in WA/SMSs and phone calls,
No direct meeting with the friends, the deficits of the real charm,
And as if we have lost our heavens to the tiniest,
Of the fellow cousins who themselves are not intelligent at all,
Have no minds of their own, and feed on our vital systems,
And create the hell for us, the mightiest of the beings who are:
The most intelligent, have tremendous physical and mental powers,
And have the un-paralleled judgmental acumen,
And yet (we) are the weakest buddies on this Earth,
The fight is not yet over, it might happen again,
May be soon, or even after one century,
I hope the humanity has learnt some hard lessons,
In the hardest way, or yet not learnt!
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We occasionally have had,
Misplaced priorities and judgements,
And at times we had forgotten that,
There were and are others who are also the humans.
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However, we have learnt some good lessons,
That we recount in some quarters,
Hope these would pave the way of,
Brighter times for us.
(JIRARA)
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