Rohit’s Ramblings

Once there were two young brothers,
Who together, on a long journey began,
They headed towards their childhood home,
They went to meet their old man.

The men laughed and had a lovely time together,
And the sand trickled away without track,
But eventually that moment arrived,
When they had to part ways and head back.

The father then bid his two sons goodbye,
Long time it’d be until they’d see each other,
He also gave a large sack of almonds,
As a parting-gift to each brother.

After many days, the first of the brothers,
Made the journey back to meet his dad,
And when they met again, his father asked,
“How has life been treating you, my lad?”.

The father then listened to his son complain,
About an unfair life that had his plans hijacked,
The son exclaimed in a disgruntled, disillusioned tone,
“Against me have all the cards been stacked.”.

“And how were the almonds?”, the father asked,
Polished all of them off, the son had,
“I ate two of them daily”, the son explained,
“Picking ones that were about to go bad.”.

Soon, the second brother made the trip home,
And the father glad to see his son,
Asked him about how life had been lately,
Just as he had asked the first one,

The second brother described a rosier picture,
With his life, he seemed to be more content,
He felt that he gotten all that he had prayed for,
Every moment he lived, he said, was well spent,

“And how were the almonds?”, the father queried,
And now, he had managed to finish them all as well!
He said, “I ate a couple of the best almonds daily,
And the all almonds were really swell!”

Neha (my elder sister) and I seem to have a lot in common as far as interests are concerned. We both enjoy traveling. We also *almost* like the same movies (of course, there are some normal differences that one expects, given that I am a guy). We both like cooking. Whenever we go to a restaurant, within a single glance over the menu and without speaking a word, we know what we’re going to order.

There are huge overlaps in our ideas of leisure,
But a strange probability to me did occur,
It’s become one of my biggest, deepest fears,
Could it be that she’s trained me over the years,
To simply like the same things as her!?

Just imagine - it would’ve started from when I was a kid. This way, there’d be no fights over the TV remote! It’s a consipiracy! I swear!

When you came into my world,
I thought I found you a little weird,
But your quirky strange ways and idiosyncrasies
I quickly learned and endeared.

I learned to love you,
I held in my palms, your beautiful face,
I made it my duty to protect you,
From even grime’s trace.

You opened me up,
You helped me to reach out further than before,
You connected me to the world,
I couldn’t ask for more.

I thought about you,
All the time, I obsessed over you, even when I’d drive,
You brought me immense happiness,
When a tinkle’d arrive.

In darkness when I fumbled,
Even dark corners, light you shed, could illuminate,
Showing me the direction forward,
You were always the perfect mate.

I wish to adorn you,
And for that, every accessory you demand, I’d buy,
To keep you looking good, my dear,
I’d even pluck the stars from the sky.

Sadly though, the time’s come,
I have to move on, I really hate to tell you so,
My dear little HTC Desire HD,
I have to let you go.

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Context: I have an HTC Desire HD that I have to return to the office before I leave.

A stranger plight, faced no one hath,
If I fail, I face your wrath,
And in case I do succeed,
Then I have to face your greed.

Peace is elusive, isn’t it? You can chase it all you want. It’ll let you taste it, but not past the tip of your tongue, before it disappears and you are left dangling in the darkness, struggling to grab onto anything real. You can keep trying to change the configuration of the universe around you, but the things that turned up the last time were one of a kind. It will be a long time before they turn up again. Perhaps it will take several lifetimes for that to happen. Until then, you keep a watchful eye.

After toiling away for the whole day in his garden, a man decides to take a shower. In the bathroom, his wife barges in. He looks at her for a moment and then asks her,

“If I were to mow the lawns naked like this, honey,
Tell me, would our neighbors think it’s funny?”,
She casually replied, “About funny, not much can be said,
But there’s only one thing that I most certainly dread,
They’ll surely think I married you only for your money.”

Once an old couple were shopping for groceries. The lady snagged a can of peaches without paying for it. Unfortunately for her, the security guards caught her on camera and called the police. The police arrested and charged the lady with shoplifting and she was made to appear before a judge. The judge said -

“I see six peaches in the can the police had managed to seize,
I sentence you to six days imprisonment, a day for each one of these”,
Hearing this, the astonished husband thought to himself, “This is brilliant!”,
“Your honor, with your permission, I’d like to make a statement,
If I remember correctly, I think she had also stolen a can of peas!”

Once, a newly-wed couple were invited over for dinner. At the table, the topic of kids came up. The wife said that she wanted to have three children. The husband disagreed and said that two would be enough for him. The discussion continued further…

The very idea of three kids the poor husband began to bemoan,
He mumbled and grumbled to his new wife in a domineering tone,
Putting his foot down, he said - “After the 2nd child, I’ll have a vasectomy.”,
Sadly, this alone wasn’t enough to upset our witty wannabe-mummy,
She quickly retorted, “I hope you’ll still treat the third one as your own.”

You’ve expended your energy in making them understand,
They don’t share your convictions, don’t know what you’ve planned,
You’re convinced that risks are your own, but the benefits are shared,
Still, to go against your constitution and to lie you are unprepared,
Think about it - Lying, in this case, is efficient means to a good end.

Lately, Adam had started staying out longer than usual in the evenings. It had become a habit. Eve would only see him again when she woke up in the morning. Needless to say, Eve had become highly suspicious of Adam’s behaviour. Wasn’t long before she started to confront him about it.

For Eve, Adam’s absence every night was displeasing,
Soon enough, with him, the issue she started raising,
After arguing one night, the two tired retired to rest,
Suddenly, Adam was awakened by poking at his chest,
It was Eve, counting his ribs to see if more are missing.