Anshul Gupta

Eighty years of life
on this Earth
Was it worth?
I had a thought on your funeral.
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I am hurt by love
But how can love hurt?
If my love is true I cannot be hurt.
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I see God in my neighbor
I see Him in my driver
I see God in my maid
I see Him in my competitor.
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My life's canvas was full of smear
I had no dreams
or may be too many of them
My fear and worry teetered between mild and sheer
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I visited heaven in my dream last night
I saw God, sitting serenely with eyes closed
He was meditating; His aura was so pleasing.
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I am grateful to thee Lord for gifting me human life
I am grateful to thee for the sheen of my soul
I am grateful for the divine cycle of breathing
I am grateful for the heart full of love.
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No, please, I have a child with me
Don't shoot, I have a child with me.

I have nowhere to run
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I thank you money
For my parents
sent me to school
I thank you
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Together we have been
Together we will be
Centuries have passed
Many will still pass
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The train of my life is moving so fast
I want to slow it down; I am aghast
I want to live the beautiful moments
that silently pass through me unnoticed
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The amorphous clouds threaten the Sun
of stealing its peace and shine;
but the Sun never doubts its strength
and it never whines.
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When you were born my son
it felt as if I was reborn.

Your tiny fingers touching my cheeks
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I want to become a child once more
I want to play with my toothbrush once more
I want to grow up once again
I want to play with plastic toy train.
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High preparations
Great apprehensions
Last minute advises
Hope for celebrations
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Food, clothing, money and shelter
I have them all
Why is this heaviness in life
Why is it to be hauled?
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All the pushing and pulling
that you do to my consciousness
I have finally come to realize and know.
My dear mind, before long,
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Tears of realization
washed away the flashy colors
from the canvas of my life
The murk was not in this world
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Cement, bricks, mud and mortar
Oh my Bebo I love you for who you are
Without you my life would be so bizarre
At your sight, my eyes get in them a twinkling star.
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Someday I shall forget myself
Someday I shall know the self
My mind shall be lost someday
I shall become mindful someday.
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The first day I joined school
Everyone was alien to me
My heart was filled with fear
Having no idea
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