It was a hot and humid afternoon.....

Hey everyone!!!i'm sorry that i havent been posting regularly but i promise that u'll see the frequency of my posts increasing in the near future. One of my good friends Ashish has wriiten a poem which i want to share. it is titled "It was a hot and humid afternoon"....

It was a hot and humid afternoon,

And I was punished for reasons unknown.

I sat in a chair, in one lonely corner,

Biting my nails and my heart brimmed with anger.

Suddenly, a cool and gentle breeze blew,

And the hair falling on my forehead flew.

I looked out of the window,

And saw with awe, a squirrel move to and fro.

It climbed up the tree,

And jumped with glee.

No one to restrict,

No one to contradict.

I wish I were a squirrel, so free,

No rules and regulations to govern me.

I wish my life was beautiful, just like that,

With boundless freedom, no one to cut.

No books, no bags, no heavy loads,

To carry on my shoulders on the busy roads.

No seniors, no sirs, no one to fight,

I could dance like no ones watching in the bright sun light.

And then, I could hear a dog, from a distance bark,

And I saw the squirrel hide in a hole so dark.

It was then that I realized, problems exist everywhere,

Its how you face them that takes you anywhere.

My valentine

Hey ppl, i'm back.i wrote a poeam from valetines's day, so here it is....do post your comments abt it...


This is a poem for a special person about whom i care,
She looks stunningly gorgeous and has slender, long hair.
Her eyes make my knees weak and her smile makes me swoon,
Her mood as unpredictable as the erratic monsoon.
She's made of sugar, spice and everything nice,
No, she's not a powerpuff girl, i think she's scared of mice.
She consoles me when i lose and applauds me when i win.
She's always with me through thick and thin,
She cheers me up when i'm low,
She keeps me happy and my face aglow.
She's gentle, soft, caring and cool,
She loves to tease me, she calls me a "fool".
She cute and lovable when she's in a bad mood,
She keeps throwing tantrums and she stops eating food.
There's always a smile on her face, which makes her look so damn pretty,
She puts my mind in a whirl and makes my vision hazy,
Wherever and whoever you may be, i wish you would be mine,
On my knees, i'll give u a rose, Will you be my valentine??

A walk to die for

This story is wriiten by prateik(prateikprince@gmail.com), a very good
of mine who is studying in Bits,Pilani...

“I’m not getting the right vibes from you ..."

“I think ...I think I’m just a passing emotion for you ...."

“Do you seriously like me? ...You say you do ....but you rarely sound

like you mean it..."

“Do you think we'll last? Why do I get the feeling we won’t? "

These words were haunting me ...I couldn’t get them out of my head.

I mean when you're girlfriend says such things to you; you know all is

not well.

I was not with her ...but I could hear her voice constantly in my head.

Vizag is truly a beautiful city. There is a road in particular which I like a lot,

it leads up the hills right next to the ocean. Looking at the sea, so close

by as you ride up the hill is a remarkable experience. As beautiful as it is,

the road is also equally dangerous. It’s because right below the road are rocks.....

huge chunks of them ....sharp and hard. The road has been beautifully

decorated with lights.

A few eateries have come up right next to the road.

I was standing outside one of these eateries with a few friends of mine.

“The food was bad“ “Well ...for the amount of cash we spent, any food

is good food.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?" “It means ur a cheapo, dum dum”

"Ya rite! Say that after we get our marks.....you're an effin failure!"

“At least ...I don’t fail to pay the bill! Ha ha! “.....my friendsJ.

It was eight o'clock in the night and a full moon was out.

I noticed how effective the lights on the road were ....

we could clearly see everything and anything out there.

The dark ocean next to us was the perfect contrast.

It was beautiful, slightly scary because of the height above sea level .

..and the gigantic rocks below...and the dark savage endless sea .

..but still beautiful. The moon light and the lights on the road seemed to be

complementing each other.

We decided to head back home and were moving towards our motorbikes

when I turned around to admire the beauty of the sea once again. I did

see the ocean, but I also saw something else which was almost equally beautiful.

It was a girl, who seemed to be about my age or slightly elder to me.

She was wearing a beautiful white dress which ended just at knee level.

She had beautiful long straight hair which was shining in the moon light.

She wasn’t too tall....but pretty gals don’t have to be tall!J She was

slightly fair ...

but had a good tan .She walked out of the restaurant where we had

just eaten.

Presently she was standing on the foot path right next to the edge

of the road and

looking around, she caught me staring at her open mouthed and

smiled at me. I blushed.

Then, suddenly she started walking towards me. Now, this was a

shocker...

I mean pretty girls don’t usually walk towards you, it’s traditionally

the other way around

.J But what the heck...it’s a modern world now. She stopped

right in front of me and said,

“Hey! Do you want to save my life?“ Well I didn’t know what to say...

.this was probably some kinda wierdo pick up line I thought ...

.it’s a really modern world.”Excuse me?“,I asked ...looking as innocent

as possible.

“You heard me right ...do you want to save my life?

I'll jump off the edge if you don’t wanna save me ...",She was smiling ...

.I didn’t know how to react...it wasn’t fun anymore.

I was contemplating whether to just walk away or say something.

Before I could make a decision she continued," Listen , I’m plannin to

commit suicide ...

.but I feel my life deserves a chance at least....so if you can convince

me not to commit suicide ,

ill go home ....if you fail to convince me , ill jump off the edge ...."

Well , I’ve always felt that my life so far had prepared me to face

any situation

in the right manner , but at that point of time, I was lost.

She was still smiling, but something in those beautiful eyes suggested

that she was serious.

“Are you kiddin me??” I asked looking at her seriously. She looked

me in the eye and said,

“You know I’m not." I knew she wasn’t. Just then one of my

friends ran up to me and asked

"Dude...are you coming or not?” “Err...you guys go on ...

I’ll stay with my friend here.” I replied. He looked at the girl and

said teasingly,

“Oh...ok...enjoy dude!” As soon as he left she said, ”So...."friend",

let’s go for a walk.

" I knew I had to listen to whatever she said, so we started walking on the

footpath right next to the edge. I remained silent for some time,

I’ve seen movies...

I was trying to recollect what were the right words to be said to a suicidal person.

When I didn’t say anything at all for a minute she spoke up, “Dude...

.if you bore me like this ...I’m gonna jump off real fast ..." She was

still smiling.

I had to think fast ..." The moon is beautiful today isn’t it?" I asked.

At this she laughed loudly and said, “Dude! Seriously, are you trying

to save me or seduce me?

“ The people around us gave me dirty looks.” Ok ok ...tell me why

you want to commit suicide.",

I asked embarrassed. She replied promptly, “Oh ...it’s the usual, got

dumped by

my guy for whom I dumped my family ..... Ran away from home

yesterday evening ....

was supposed to meet the bastard today morning at the restaurant ...

bastard didn’t turn up , but the manager did ...nice man the manager ,

asked me as politely as he could to leave the restaurant ..

Don’t blame him ...was waiting over there for the bastard since morning ....

man! How I loved the bastard."

The cool sea breeze carried off the tiny droplets from her moist eyes ..

.but she was still smiling. I've always liked people who could cry and

smile at the same time,

I replied, " So...that’s why you’re planning to kill yourself? I've heard

loads of stories like this,

however people don’t usually commit suicide for such things...

sometimes they do ...

but the strong ones don’t .“ She replied, “Hey! Do you seriously

think I’m strong??

Not exactly ...I’m weak ...I always was ...if I really was strong, why

would I leave my

family for the bastard I loved? I would have found a way to make

them both work ...

nope, I was always dumb ...I was always weak." I knew she would

say something like

that , I was ready with my reply, " Well , I’ve always believed

that the only way in

which you can learn how to be strong is from such ...unpleasant events ....

and clearly you've learnt a lot !" “Shadap kiddo! What do you know

about love!

It’s not some experiment where you're looking to learn ...you

don’t analyse it!

Tell me kiddo ...do you have a girl friend?“ She asked. ”No....

.actually...yes, I do.“,

I replied. She said," Ha! Well then you're girl's a damn unlucky

gal! She's got a guy

who doesn’t even know why he's with her. Listen kiddo, you're

too damn innocent!

Did she say that she loves you?“ “Well she did ..." I replied.”And

what did you say loser?“

She asked. ”I said ... I said I wasn’t sure ...",I replied. She didn’t

say anything.

We walked silently for some time. Then she pulled out a cigarette

from her tiny

purse and light it with a lighter. She took a puff and coughed madly;

she looked

at me and asked, “Do you smoke?” I turned my head away ...

.I was always allergic to

cigarette smoke. She smiled at me and said , "I don’t smoke either kiddo

...first time ...

the bastard smokes a lot...got him a pack and a lighter as a gift ...

now I gift it to myself ...

need to experience as many things as I possibly can before I die na ?"

I didn’t say anything; she took another puff and once again

coughed madly.

She threw it away and continued, “Never smoke dude ...it kills."

I remained silent.

I watched as the dark sea lashed madly against the rocks below.

She smiled at me and said,

“What’s wrong now? Little baby got hurt by what I said?“

“Nope...I’m thinking about all the things I didn’t say ....”,

I replied seriously.

"Wow! So you really care about this girl huh? “, she asked. ”

Ya...I do.“, I replied.

She looked me in the eye and said, “Listen kiddo....you told her

you're not sure..

.that must have hurt a lot ...believe me you're never gonna be sure ...

take a chance kiddo , love someone , you know she did ...don’t try

to get all modern by

avoiding the L-word...take a chance , she already did .“

I remained silent for some time;

I was waiting for her words to sink in. After a couple of minutes

I spoke up,

“You’re beautiful." She smiled and replied, "I know." I looked

at her with my

special mischievous smile and said, “You really are." She laughed

loudly and replied,

“I know, I know! I caught you staring at me, didn’t I! Little

baby hitting on girls

elder to you huh!" She was laughing and I was smiling. "Hold on.",

I said and she

stopped walking. Then I got down on one knee like they do in the

movies and said,

"Weird suicidal lady ....will you marry me?” She laughed and

laughed, she finally said,

" I'm not sure ...I’ll let you know the next time we meet kiddo ...

whether it’s in heaven or on earth.” I got up and said," Heaven?

How do you know we're not gonna end up in hell?

" To that she looked at me, gave me a really big smile and said,

“Hell? It doesn’t exist kiddo.“ I smiled in response.

As I was about to walk forward she stopped me and said,

"Our walk ends here kiddo....it’s time for you to go home.”

“But ...but, what about you?”,I asked in despair.

“Oh! Me? Don’t worry about me silly! I'll be fine!

I'll walk alone for some time and at the end of my walk I’ll

make my decision.

“, She replied. I remained silent; she was a friend now ...

I can’t leave a friend like that. She saw that I was worried and said,

“Hey! Chill man! You did an amazing job....

don’t know when was the last time I had this much fun!

But for now.....I need to walk alone.“ I understood that there was nothing

much I could do, I said, “Ok...but please please try not to kill yourself!

You're a very nice person!" To that she laughed and said, “I’ll try."

So, our walk had finally come to an end, now it was her walk up the

hill and mine down the hill. As I was walking down, I was worried

and kinda happy at the same time. I somehow got the feeling that

I would see her again one day. It was just a feeling. Next day I

scanned all the newspapers, luckily there were no reports of any

deaths related to the sea. Maybe she did survive...she was too

good to die. I immediately called up my girlfriend.

Girlfriend: “Hey! Whassup? "

Me: “Hey! I love you..."

The End

By

Prateik Pothuneedi