Geometry

If thoughts had their geometry,

Would ours meet?

Like intersecting lines?

At some point

In a distant plane,

Mine abscissa, your ordinate,

And together, we

A bracket unto ourselves,

The definition of a full stop in eternity!

Or would they go parallel, still,

Even in those dimensions,

Like the asymptotes we are,

Never to meet

But to keep running together,

By each other’s side

Chasing infinity?

If thoughts had their geometry

Would ours be confined?

Between point A and point B,

Like

The two ends of one segment of a line?

Or would they grow exponentially

Reaching out with wide, open arms

To embrace a forever that actually lasts;

And extend, unhindered by trivialities

Of distance, space and time?

If thoughts had their geometry

Could we

Build a circle out of ours?

With no beginning, no end,

Just an endless, continuous middle

That keeps melting unto its own self!

If thoughts had their geometry

Would this world be large enough?

To act as a plane

Where we could plot ours:

Lay thoughts down

Into words, characters, feelings, prayers, hopes,

Like plotting precisions onto neat squares of graphs?

Or would we need a bigger area

To encompass them all?

An always up-surging curve,

As thoughts tend to infinity?

If thoughts had their geometry,

Would mathematics be richer, simpler?

Tell me, stranger,

Would it still not make sense to you?

Refuge

Simple Scribbles # 3

Growing Up- A Sorry Story!

I turned 19 this year. And looking back at my growing up, it would be an understatement to confess that I have been exceptionally lucky, blessed, loved and protected all through life. But, somehow, the whole business of having grown up, in the traditional sense, has left me wanting for more. Left me craving for the days when I was a still a kid, and life was infinitely simpler!

Here are the top 5 reasons staying a kid was way more awesome than this sorry story of growing up!

1 .      Birthdays

Then, only gifts mattered! Now, if someone dear forgets to wish us, nothing else matters! Ironical how we blew our birthday candles, wishing to grow up! So many years worth of wishes, wasted!

2 .      Judgments

Then, the world was neatly bifurcated into black and white, good and bad, happy and sad, friend or foe. It made everything so easy, fitting all of it into water tight compartments. But, now the world is bathed in shades of grey so weird, we forget where we belong!

Then, we knew there would be spring’s sunshine for winter’s fog, a happy surprise for every sad thought! But now, we realize there are no guarantees, and life, despite our best intentions, will always be a risk!

3 .      Relationships

Nobody stared at us when we held hands of people we loved and walked down the streets. We could kiss people on the cheek to tell them how special they were, without embarrassing them. We could hug, without weighing ourselves down with the expectation of being hugged back! Relationships were simple, clear, defined!

As we grew up, relationships grew up, too! Grew up so much that they outgrew labels, and messed it up for us!

4 .      Logic

Kiddie logic is amazing! So, as kids, we knew leaves were green because that is the colour they are supposed to be! But, now, they expect us to know that leaves are green because the science of optics says that they absorb every other colour in the visible spectrum, except green! Things made better sense, when they did not.

5 .      Newspapers

They made for the perfect aircrafts. And the perfect boats to sail in the deliciously water logged streets, post heavy showers.

Grown-ups do not have much use for newspapers, except beginning their day on a despairing note! Grown-ups know paper planes crash. And paper boats sink. Always!

That leaves me with just one question: Why grow up? :)

Happy Ending

Simple Scribbles # 2

Tears

Simple Scribbles # 1