Deathless

What else do I have?
But to watch and learn
Restless, reckless?
The tides that turn

I ain't no Canute,
Nor a wasp with that eye,
Flippant, feckless?
Condemned to die..

What have I been all along
A punt no less taken,
Crazy, careless?
A tad too brazen?

I believe I can fly
Or shall I make that "could"
Eternal, endless?
Faith'll do some good :)

...And just another,
Another day, another rhyme,
Dogged, deathless?
Thus spake, the sands of time!

...And the Frog said part 2

Dreamy, Breezy, slithery night,

The Valiant moon smiling so bright,

A familiar sound,

Not the cry of greyhounds,

As I mused aloud my line so trite...

..."hi, I am back!" proclaimed the frog,

"why is your mind such a serious smog?"

"just hope and wish"

"let someone else steal your fish"

"just sulking and waiting won't solve your prob!"

The name's Bond.. Ruskin Bond

There isn't a child in India who has grown up in the 90's devoid of a steady diet of Ruskin Bond novellas and stories. If you would have attended a CBSE board school, chances are, your english teacher would have prescribed Panther's Moon for your summer vacation reading. Just like mine. And I am really grateful to my fourth grade english teacher for introducing me to the Legend with whom I'd have a live encounter in exactly 19 years after first reading his stories. This is dedicated to Mr. Bond for opening an entire world of creative writing for me. :)

..and the frog said.

On an end-September moonlit night,
when the stars were away and it was clouded light,
I let out a thought,
How I wish I got,
A Whole year to just travel and glide...

...Nearby a frog replied in a croak,
"Gentle Lady", he blurted almost choked,
"Such fantasies are good to think,
and the moon will simply nod and wink,
learn to live the bloody white-collared life" :P