NEW YEAR : HAPPINESS

 NEW YEAR: HAPPINESS

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 I am glad to attend New Year Party,

 It is in full swing, with merriment, 
  All are dancing and shouting,
Climax of hilarity is present.

People pretend to be happy,

The whole circle, as they seek,

They are happier in advance,

And become happiest, at the peak.

I feel, all this is a magic,

Which is live- show, to perform,

All are acting till drop-scene,

To exhibit, the maximum charm.

My' happiness' be the topmost,

If it lags; it is a curse,

This happiness is meaningless,

Unless, I compare it with others.

I pay for happiness, to buy the same,

Spending the money is no trouble,

If this happiness is a thousand deal,

The two 'thousands', may earn the double.

With the bundle of happiness, I come out,

It is raining, in the darkness of night,

A poor street-boy is dancing on the road,

Mud-clad, bare naked, shining bright,

His dance? no rhythm, no steps, no sense,

He is playing with an old rustic flute,

 My happiness is with respect to others,

But his innocent happiness is absolute.

I spread my arms to acquire happiness,

As if-it is any technique, any magic, any art,

I search happiness in club, pub, drug and dance-

But real happiness, lives in the core of heart. 

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                                               (C) keshav dubey 

                                                        31-12-2004

                                         keshavdubey.com

WORD STREAM (36) The New Year

WORD STREAM (36) The New Year
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Zero-zero hours-the fixed time,
His visit- expected, certain, annual,
Clock stops,he peeps inside my home,
Yes,that is He-who has come as usual.

I try to see him,a bright figure,
He is shivering in cold breeze,
 I raise the curtain,as he comes,
And greet him-Welcome please.

He is shining, innocent, new year,
Who enters my dwelling place,
The radiance of divine light,
Glitters  on his childish face.

He promises,assures, all heaven,
Only to follow him behind-
All happiness, pleasure and joy,
Golden moments-that I rewind.

Depression,,grief,misery and pain,
Calamities,sorrows, of wide range,
 Promises to erase-only one question,
"Can yourself in YOU will change?"

My guest has sorrowful smile on his face,
"You search me in party, drink and dance,
You pretend to enjoy,dip and merge thyself,
 Arrest moments,that slip, without chance."

You try to stop, speed, or revert time-wheel,
To get rid of present, future, and past worries-
Past, past, past, and new,and new moments,
Forget one thing,time-wheel crushes centuries.

 The birth of YEAR- twenty centuries passed,
HIS divine message is so simple and clear,
Have you learnt the message of humanity?
Or you only add one new number every year?"

I ignore that difficult, unsolved question,
Changing oneself ? Too difficult-not a game,
New year says,"Then I am only change of digit,
Then old and new year is the same."
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                                                        (C) keshavdubey
                                                          31-12-2018
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