Black And White

The stage is set and actors positioned
To either kill or die they are conditioned
Each on their own with their favored weapon
To plan and attack teach them a lesson
Sharpen your brains, march forward with offense
Strengthen your heart, build a great defense

Your color doesn’t matter, be it black or white
All that you need is valor of a knight
Plan like the queen douse them in fright
You may be a bishop or rookie, everybody here fights
All that matters is your mark on the squares
The king wants it all, rage a war who cares?

Ever wondered how similar it is to you
You can relate to them, at least a few?
King represents your heart while queen the brain
Queen plans what king wants and then they train
Your emotions are the knight, power in them if used correctly
Bishop is your skill will help you cross the paths covertly

Then there is the rookie representing your strength
Daring and dashing, travelling intangible lengths
There are still the pawns quite a few in numbers
Smaller in size and far more humbler
Well, you may think that they are useless in crisis
But they represent all those things that you have to sacrifice

For they become your stepping stones for success
They act as bait, for you to prove your prowess
Ponder at the scheming and sketching in our life
With skills, strengths and emotions our daily strife
Now I know what Survival of the fittest is
And all for what, few square meals?

New Dawn

Here comes a new dawn, washing away the night

Dreams replace the tears, a smile warms the heart
Tender steps in to a new arena, staring at the unknown path
To walk or not, to unravel or not, to trust what faith hath


Staring at it from the confined comfort of shell
A war goes on whether to dare the spell
Don’t be foolish prods the past
Take a step and unleash coaxes the present


Well it cannot be stronger than my cocoon
The peaceful haven where I can croon
It neither knows the path nor the destination
Wondering if can wander in the unknown amazons


Then it smelled the most delicious essence in the air
There at the end of path had bloomed a white rose fair
It desired to touch the flower, to kiss it and feel it
Its eyes on it and only it, cocoon now felt like a pit


Finally it crawled out and started toward the flower
Colourful wings it had grown, may be flower’s power?
As it reached its destiny, it turned to a butterfly
May be, just maybe it was meant to comply


It’s your turn now to take that leap of faith
For the new dawn has brought miracles straight
Emerge as a butterfly, fly around the bends
For there is path before you and a destiny at the end


May this New Year show us our paths which would lead to our destiny!!
Wish you a very happy new year!!