Snapshots

Snapshots

Walking through the memory lane

Seeing them all again

Grinning at all that I’ve gained

And weeping about the lost

I passed through the graveyard of broken dreams

And the garden of blooms of hope

Then flashed, the light, capturing all it sees

All the things I’ve gained and lost

Their images, framed and saved

As snapshots in my mind

As snapshots that remind

I’ve sunk to the seabed, touched the skies

And all I’ve done, foolish and wise

As snapshots I’ve saved

As snapshots they remain

Chasing the tide of time , I saw

The sunrays piercing the night

Another year had passed away

And the next to be in light

The passing wave washed away the past

And the list of resolutions to be realized

This time, the new year is coming fast.

the painting

The Painting

A painting of a lady, one among

The others pinned to the wall

Encased, trapped in glass, frames of

Old oak and silver around them all

And I, a lad, a young poet

Finding ways to while away

Boring hours of a summer holiday

While others of my age would work and play

I sit and think about all day

To find something for my eager quill

Stained with the ink of my thoughts that spill

And found this picture, among the rest

Wondered why, I found it the best

Her hair had the flow of a river, disturbed

And in such mayhem, but a lock

So pale, might have cared less to paint

And yet had the radiant glow

Blazed like the golden sphere of the sky

But, caught me, those dark eyes

Of the lifeless, still Aphrodite

Caused the blood in my heart to rush

Feel it was more than strokes of brush

And then, there was life in every line

Touched the beating heart of mine

“Time’s up!” said the guard

And the illusion shattered hard

I looked back for a last glance, to the wall

At the painted lady on a piece of card

friendship

They may be similar or different from you,
In thoughts, habits and dreams 
you may know them from early childhood
or just as recent as yesterday
But they may be just as close to you
as anyone in your family
They do anything it takes
to keep you happy
and bring sunshine
in the most cloudiest moments
They are your friends

Dedicated to all my friends.......