Ever wondered why we dream less as we grow older? Why we give up the small things we used to love when we were younger?
There's a friend who used to draw and paint so beautifully, she has given that up coz she says she has no time anymore. another one says he's tired all the time and can't practise anymore. me? I don't finish novels in one night anymore, i don't listen to new Cds/tapes all night long, i don't play the guitar everyday anymore, i don't go for my evening walks anymore....and i have a million reasons for all these “NOT ANYMOREs.” Though sometimes i feel they are not reasons at all, but just alibis.
Once i was just walking down the lane that runs parallel to the main road (ring road, delhi). It was a quiet and cool night and all of a sudden i felt like running. It had been ages since i last ran and so i just ran that night feeling the wind in my hair and feeling so happy and contented.
We don't run anymore now unless we are going to miss the bus/train. We don't walk in the rain anymore coz we are scared of catching a cold. Love's not about trust, respect and feelings anymore, it's either a business relation or a physical relation these days. Sure miss the ol' days when we were young, wild and so damn happy. Am not a pessimist or someone who broods over the past but i just came up with these lines.
how we stared at the crimson sunset
eyes wide with wonder and innocence
and a vision touching the infinity across
was it just yesterday?
how we raced against the wind
faces exploding with laughter
and a spirit unyielding as the earth beneath
seems just like yesterday
how we sat under the night sky
senses floating in the stillness
and singing our songs of youth
it must be yesterday
then we grew up
older and colder each day
and a heart full of rancor
yesterday seemed so far
and we trudged on
with fractured pasts and abandoned dreams
and cried for all those yesterdays
coz yesterday's gone, lost forever.
There's a friend who used to draw and paint so beautifully, she has given that up coz she says she has no time anymore. another one says he's tired all the time and can't practise anymore. me? I don't finish novels in one night anymore, i don't listen to new Cds/tapes all night long, i don't play the guitar everyday anymore, i don't go for my evening walks anymore....and i have a million reasons for all these “NOT ANYMOREs.” Though sometimes i feel they are not reasons at all, but just alibis.
Once i was just walking down the lane that runs parallel to the main road (ring road, delhi). It was a quiet and cool night and all of a sudden i felt like running. It had been ages since i last ran and so i just ran that night feeling the wind in my hair and feeling so happy and contented.
We don't run anymore now unless we are going to miss the bus/train. We don't walk in the rain anymore coz we are scared of catching a cold. Love's not about trust, respect and feelings anymore, it's either a business relation or a physical relation these days. Sure miss the ol' days when we were young, wild and so damn happy. Am not a pessimist or someone who broods over the past but i just came up with these lines.
how we stared at the crimson sunset
eyes wide with wonder and innocence
and a vision touching the infinity across
was it just yesterday?
how we raced against the wind
faces exploding with laughter
and a spirit unyielding as the earth beneath
seems just like yesterday
how we sat under the night sky
senses floating in the stillness
and singing our songs of youth
it must be yesterday
then we grew up
older and colder each day
and a heart full of rancor
yesterday seemed so far
and we trudged on
with fractured pasts and abandoned dreams
and cried for all those yesterdays
coz yesterday's gone, lost forever.
3 comments:
Totally agree with you man...
Adulthood sucks...all this responsibility stuff..
After reading this I thought to myself how just some years back I had too many hobbies and my parents had to literally scream at me not to pursue some of them...Now i have to push myself into having a hobby....
yup, i still dream of being a guitar legend though i play only on weekends these days. sad but true.
not really, look inside. look hard. :)
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