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A LOOK AT LIFE-17 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY I do not know Who are they Who brought me to this world And left me all alone To fight a lone battle Under the scorching heat of sun And pears of shower I do not know What a mother is And a father all about I am far away from the touch of Human relationships The lovely bondage of family And all those that make life A beauty on earth Sometimes l look at them Their fascinating world And lovely gadgets The ocean of love That bathes them Every now and then I see How care free and jubilant They are Completely lost In the perennial stream of love And delicate care Dreaming and dreaming all the way For a still better tomorrow to come by I never envy Nor do I regret The lost childhood Father's shadow and mother's lap All do I need and fancy A bit of your love A bit of your affection And a bit of everything you have For kids of your own To grow and develop And make life more bearable On this brutal earth

A LOOK AT LIFE-18 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Get up Come out of your slumber And look at the world Going away and away Leaving you all alone To let you see where do you stand And where other's are Analyse and reassess For you are to keep pace And move with hand in hand And make your life Something to look at Come out of the seclusion Believe in yourself Find the genius in you Nurture it with all Love and care and See the difference with a mind Free and fare Never say You do not have It in you If the best of the best has a glorious past To cherish and fall back You have a bright future Knocking at

THINK ONCE MORE-1 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Behind the success of everyone lies a purpose,for which he has strived hard and made it a reality for others to follow and emulate.In this era of cut throat competition success is very difficult to come by,hurdles will come and go,anger and frustration will run high,emotions will get the better of reason,but nothing can stop a running stream from reaching its ultimate destnation. But before starting the journey one has to reevaluate himself and his priorities and make sure what he loves and fancies the most.When one pursues something which he loves and relishes,the journey becomes pleasing and more easy.There is no short cut to success,only sincere hard endeavor coupled with strong determination and bull dog tenacity of purpose will give meaning and substance to your dream and make it a reality.Talent will show you the way but it is hard labour which will take you to the logical end.Make a rational calucalation of the resources at your dis...

A LOOK AT LIFE-19 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Time Never go away For in you lies my entire life Its ups and downs Its beauty and glamour And all that I loved and relished Over these years Let me go down The memory lane To my early childhood To feel the warmth of relationships Mother's touch and father's love Teacher's concern and sister's affection And the care free life Led in the scenic beauty of nature Take me To the glorious days of youth Colourful and fascinating To feel the nicest of relationships I have ever had And the drive and motivation With which I worked and worked Time Just hang on a bit For I die to see once more That beauty under the veil And feel those most fulfilling moments That made my life a sheer poetry On earth The moment Stay a while For I am to see life once again Give me a bit of you For I know The next is not mine

A LOOK AT LIFE-20 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY That day comes once in a year And let me remember the moment That made me a proud father Filled my life with The colours of a rainbow Which was just plain and white A little before May God bless you In sun and shower And endow you with All that you truly deserve And make your journey All the way nothing but Free and fare But never forget the values You have inculcated The legacy you have inherited And the lovely human touch You have For these to be reflected In your dealings And the way you intreract For others are there To look it at You do not know What you mean to me I also did not know mine Until he departed and Left for his heavenly abode And made me all alone Where ever you go What ever you do You will be always In the heart of my heart In the soul of my soul I may not be there in your world But when ever you fumble Just close your eyes I will be right there Behind your back Just be a good man With a loving and compassiona...

A LOOK AT LIFE-21 BY- SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Independence is a state of mind A way of life To be internalised and nourished To make one independent Of pride and prejudice Hatred and jealousy Violence and fanaticism And all those negative emotions That make one badly respond To whims and irrationality It is beautifully reflected In what you think In what you do How you approach life And look at others With whom you interact With whom you do not It is an atmosphere That offers you the best To be your own sell An opportunity to flower and flourish And make your dream a reality It is not a licence To do anything You feel like Is always subject to decency and morality And other's right to enjoy The same with all dignity

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-11 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY True is that thread of love True are those captivating moments True is that fascinating world True is that early childhood For which one can live and die True is that mother's womb That gave birth to all of us True is that lovely sister Who only loved and loved Never expecting anything in reciprocation More true are those hands That picked my fingers And taught me How to walk on the thorny path of life And make it to the top True are the disasters We encountered True are the catastrophes We witnessed More true is the way you fought Stood rock solid And safely brought us ashore True is the sweetest of relationship We had And the nicest of moments We shared True is the manner in which We fought and encountered The ups and downs of life And came out with flying colours The most beautiful thing That can happen to man Is a woman Who in all her forms Fulfills and completes a man True that the cutest of relationship One can ever...

A LOOK AT LIFE-22 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY To bid farewell To some one I love Is very difficult But I am to bid farewell To those lovely eyes Which only see me To that beautiful heart Which only beats for me And to those nicest of moments Which are completely mine Let me see those eyes Smile for some one else Let me see that heart Speak for some one else Let me see my life Through that some one else You are to go away And crucify your love For the sake of my life Which is so dear to you And move on that unknown path To give meaning and substance To what we love Love is beautiful But life is a reality You are to choose the latter If it is a betrayal Then in that betrayal Lies the beauty of life And fulfillment of love For the sake of your love For the sake of my life You are to embrace the new For you know it Your present has no future And the days are numbered Fear not He will be no stranger You will see me in him Feel me in the poetry of his love And your beautiful worl...

A LOOK AT LIFE-23 BY-SMRUTI RANJA MOHANTY Since long We have not seen each other We can not say When our eyes Last met each other Our hearts throbbed For each other Our souls craved For each other Gone are those lovely days Those beautiful nights That aura of romance Those naughty smiles That enriching madness And fulfilling life I still remember that night When you silently Creeped into my life Captivated and possessed My whole being And made me loose myself In the ocean of Your unending love And matchless sacrifices But time flew by With change in time Priorities of life changed We became prisoners of Our hopes and aspirations Drudged hard and Gave every drop of our blood To give meaning and substance To our dreams Which were never our's Dreams have flowered But they took us to an alien world For we failed to identify With the fruits of our drudgery And the dreams of our dreams Too much obsession with future Never allowed us to live In the the then present But time...

A LOOK AT LIFE-24 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY A look at life is incomplete Without a look at death A peep into its mystery Its science Language and chemistry No doubt Life is beautiful But death is still more beautiful More enchanting more bewitching For it makes life full and Gives once more a chance To look at life and go ahead In the path of eternity If life is a feast Death is sheer poetry An artist's dream Who makes an art of life If life is a sojourn Death is a station Where one gets down Look at himself and Prepares for the journey Anew and afresh To have a go at the destination Ultimate and inevitable The beauty of life Lies in a beautiful death Which puts an end To those toiling days Agonising nights The predicaments and contradictions The unfulfilled desires The negative emotions Acquisitive instincts Unrealised dreams and broken hearts Which hunt one all along And death makes the beast of burden A man once again But One has to prepare for it The way one plan...

A LOOK AT LIFE-25 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Maa Let me live at thy feet Let me die at thy feet Let every moment of my life Be with you Let you be in Every breath,every word,every deed And every thought of mine Let me see you In every thing and every being I come across How can I hate any one How can I be jealous of any one How can I nurture any negative emotions For where ever I go Whom ever I meet I only see your replica Since the cosmic universe Is nothing But an expansion of Your's Where is my agony Where is my frustration Where is my anxiety For I am not the doer And the responsibility is all your's A bit of your light Dispelled years of ignorance Let me loose myself In the ocean of your love In the poetry of your dedication Let me forget my identity My name,fame, and everything I have Which were never mine And let you be my only identity My only possession And my only shelter is Your lotus feet

A LOOK AT LIFE-26 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Let me live my life The way you lived it With all love and passion Far from today's rational world In the beauty of nature Let me enjoy my early childhood Relish every bit of it The way you did In your good old days Let me dance and play Fly in the beautiful world Of prince and princesses Fairies and ghosts And let me have all those moments Which once you had Just do not make me A prisoner of your unrealized dreams and aspirations Do not make me an oblation In your sacrificial rituals To go up and up In the ladder Which never ends I am just another kid Like those in the hamlet I envy them Envy their lives Envy everything They have The carefree life That freedom and open childhood Which I do not have I fell suffocated When I find my childhood in chains Give me that breathing space To breathe And look at the world As it is Even for a while I ever doubt Your love, affection and Concern to see me at the top But for a moment J...

A LOOK AT LIFE-27 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY I am not just too old To look forward to life Its beauty and grandeur I am not young enough either To be in any one's dream Or anyone to be in mine Life was spent in vain In weaving and fulfilling Dreams of others I realized it But late When half the life Was in the ashtray I know How painful and agonizing It is To carry the burden Of hopes and aspirations Which are not your's How foolish it is to expect Your unrealised dreams realised Through someone else How difficult It is to walk on the path of life Loosing and forgetting One's identity,whims and fancies Beyond a limit Man is all alone For he fancies the most To live in his secluded world So different from His loved one's I am not the one To confine to a solitary asylum Or to live in a fool's paradise Brooding over the past I know The new sun,fresh and lively Is about to rise on the horizon And I am For the first time Not under any one's spell With a...

A LOOK AT LIFE-28 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Grief and relief Hatred and jealousy  Love and betrayal Hope and despair Sorrow and happiness Are but Passing phases of life They do come and go Leaving their indelible impression On the mosaic of life Shattering its very foundation And all that one fondly Love and cherish Fortune and misfortune Just come and go And nothing is more permanent Than their impermanence and fragility These are just parts of life Bound to come and go Non can help it But one can help oneself By cultivating a positive attitude And by appreciating the reality That sorrow How much poignant it be Happiness How much fascinating and hilarious it be Are not going to Remain for ever Often the biggest of tragedies End in a nice comedy And become harbingers Of peace and prosperity That positive state of mind And the ability To remain undisturbed In the midst of Pair of opposites Will safely bring One ashore

A LOOK AT LIFE-29 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY If you want to dive deep into life Its intrinsic beauty and intricacies Look at me How solitary I am In the midst of a crowd I am all lone Fighting a lone battle In a no man's land When I was born There was no fanfare When I will die It will be another uneventful event Will never go down In the annals of history As something memorable And glorious Every moment I die Every moment I reincarnate To live life In the most ignoble way Under the burden of Relationships and expectations I feel suffocated A sense of deep melancholy And deep seated antipathy Hunts me All of a sudden I find the spectrum of rainbow The next door I forget everything And get deeply engrossed In what is happening around This is the way We live life Tend to forget and forgive Live it minute by minute Make thousands of compromises To make life more bearable In this apparently unbearable world Is there anyone Who understands me Is there anyone Who accepts me...

A LOOK AT LIFE-30 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Relationship Such a fabulous word in common man's vocabulary Such a beauty that made the world Look so elegant and fascinating And life nothing short of a paradise on earth. It binds one with the other In a thread of Love,jealousy,hatred and many more And keep one deeply engrossed In his pursuit of a better life here And here after Relationship is relative Even the sweetest of relationships Comes under stress For by its very nature Relationship is unstable and The capacity of the thread To bear is never unlimited It breaks when We expect too much out of it It breaks when Naked self interest parades Up and down in the guise of virtue It breaks For we evaluate another And interpret a situation As per our own interest Which is the only permanent thing In this fragile world It breaks For we analyse situations not As these are For we evaluate one not As he is But as we see and define them As per our interests Naked and permanent...

A LOOK AT LIFE-31 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Never go away My love,my emotion,my sentiment My feelings,my passion, my frustration Never desert me for a minute even But for you I am what I am My friends,my constant companions My only means of living In this brutal calculative world Never leave me and Make me all alone To die hundred deaths In my solitary den Let me live in my dreams With all of you I Know You mean nothing To the world outside But you are mine Exclusively mine My only possession More fascinating More real Than the unreal world Around To me You mean a lot But for you I see the beauty of love In betrayal Affluence in adjunct poverty Pride in howling shame For you and you only My defeats are so captivating My frustrations, my agonies Are so fulfilling Let me live With all of you In my lost paradise Never make me a beggar You have been with me all along In my ups and downs Stay there With all your flavor and grandeur Till the v...