CHANDRIKA KALIA WROTE


QUEST
She was sitting alone in a deserted field
Her face was cloaked and eyes concealed
I called her name, a lovely dame
She looked at me with eyes full of pain
I asked her, what made you cry,
Who made your lovely eyes run dry?
Is there something I can do?
Find something lost to you?
She glanced at me and said
I am just miserable cause I have a grudge
Life has always been a lonely trudge
Where is the love, which I dream?
Where is someone to hold when I scream?
And I looked at her perplexed
For the same questions have me vexed
Is it always that you live alone?
Or you find someone of your own
For I am still searching the meaning of my life
How will I ever overcome this strife?
Will time be the best healer?
Or will it be the biggest stealer
So let these questions be forsaken
For the quest of life never be mistaken!


I WROTE


FOR QUEST
Sitting alone on a deserted floor
What you saw was not a tortured soul
Life is but just a mirror
Time nothing but a seer

What you saw was a saint
Teaching you, that life, is not quaint

For all your actions cause reactions
And so is true for all inactions
All cause wheels of time to revolve
Giving us a chance to evolve

What you saw were prayers
Asking you to shed your airs

For life’s a leveller
Investments it returns to all the travellers
So invest your efforts with empathy
And stop looking for sympathy

What you saw was an attitude
Need to fill you with fortitude

For life should spell action
Be prepared, but not afraid of reaction
Guide your daily deeds with love
And see it returned by some

What you saw was not a Quest
A mirage of life’s smirk as a jest

For quest is a mission
Positive action, soul for successful culmination
Sitting, alone, with a grudge
Would make your life a lonely trudge

What saw you were dark clouds
Silver lining was missed, though aloud

For a grudge implies you once had friends
all you need is to make some amends
Dreams imply that you once had hope
action required to achieve their scope

What you saw as a lovely dame
Was God’s angel with an aim

For life’s meaning they came to teach
Action and Empathy the message they preach
Improve your own faults to win all tests
All said and done for you are the best.