Crumpled

I cleaned my room for diwali and wrote this...

Crumpled up sheets of paper
A heap of mess, in a corner
Where the dustbin used to be.
They did not make to where they should be.

Some notes, some words written
Some illegible marks of pen
Now faded and worn with time.
They used to be a part of dreams of mine.

A blank sheet kept somwhere
Taken out and spread with care
A pen, some words, a new note
Another piece of rhyme on which to dote

A morning, the sun, a day
The blank sheet, "Today"
Myself, my time, my day
That, which'll be tommorrw, kept away.

I guess time is a recurring theme.

Star Gazing

I probably started star gazing at the age of 5-6 yrs. We were in Tripura then. The evenings used to have some frequent power cuts, and the entire school (It was a JNV) used to sit in the playground. It was during those times that the glittering sky caught my attention (as far as my memory goes). We used to count the stars. :) I was introduced to constellations, two of which remained with me from then - the Big Dip (or the Great Bear) and Orion.

The activity was lost after I left that place, grew up and changed so may places. But sometimes when I walk in the evening or the sky peeps at me, I look for those friends from the past. Orion is the easiest to spot with its belt.

Orion (pronounced /ɒˈraɪən/), a constellation often referred to as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation, one of the largest and perhaps the best-known and most conspicuous in the sky. Its brilliant stars are found on the celestial equator and are visible throughout the world. Its three prominent "belt" stars - three stars of medium brightness in the mid-section of this constellation - make this constellation easy to spot and globally recognized.
Greek mythology has several versions of the history of Orion, the gigantic hunter of primordial times.These end in different versions of his death: He challenged the gods, by claiming that he could kill every wild animal on Earth. Some versions then say Artemis shot him with her arrows; but others say that Artemis or Earth produced a great Scorpion whom he could not defeat and which killed him. The gods raised him and the Scorpion to the skies, as Scorpio/Scorpius [Taken from Wikipedia]

There are times when I am in an unknown place, with no one I know. On such days, when I look up to find Orion, it gives me a sense of familiarity. That how far, I am from home, it is the same sky, the same stars, that comes here as well as there. It gives me feeling that someone is watching over. Even in some unknown place, after all, not all in unknown. :)

Happy Diwali to all of you.
I am not going home this time.

New Look

I changed my blog template yesterday. Those of you who have been here for a long time will probably know that this is my 2nd attempt with this image. The 1st one failed miserably.
So if you think this is looking good (or even bad), do leave a comment.
:)