A Little Lamp

A Little Lamp

If you are the fire, Oh Lord

Make me a little lamp

That brightens up the space around

With all the wick and oil it has

Though small, insignificant

Though not the mighty forest fire

Though not the mammoth disc

That adorns the sky

But still, a source of light

A guide

Something that cuts through darkness

And beats the sickly cold

Something that spreads your divinity

And spread calm around it

If you are the fire, Oh lord

Make me a little lamp.

Omnipresent

Omnipresent

You spread light to places

The sun has not touched

You hear voices

That has never been heard

You see through the opaqueness

You walk through solid

However unseen or unheard

You are felt and thus, you are known

There is a part of you in us

And all of us in you

The fact that you surround and protect us

Remains the biggest truth

Cure- by Arathi Menon

Cure

Oh Guardian, I keep faith in You

You cure every ill

Do scrape the cataract of my eyes

To see through every lie

Do soothe the deep burns on my skin

By fire of jealousy

Take away the numbness from my fingertips

To distinguish right from wrong

Do heal every wound caused

By different pains of life

Control the pressure of my blood

That rises when I am enraged

Do fix my backbone

To stand up against every wrong

Do suck the poison from my heart

That spreads hatred through my veins

Pardon- by Arathi Menon

Pardon

I know not, Oh Lord

How many lies escaped my lips

How many words, like poison stings

Have been shot by my tongue

And how many bodies in which

Their veins spread the poison

From the pierce of these stings

How many faces I punched with my fist

That left a permanent mark on them

how many drops of salty water

I’ve extracted from damp eyes

Knowingly or unknowingly

With intentions good or bad

I’ve given woes to different souls

However near, however dear

Pardon me, Oh Lord, for all those deeds

So I shall do it no more

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C- Grade-nanotale by Arathi Menon

"Oh, no! I never expected my marks to be so low! After all I've studied and written, it's just a C!My parents are gonna be so angry with me! This is horrible!"
"Yay!. I never expected my marks to be so high. After all I've studied and written, I made it to a C! My parents are gonna be so happy! This is Great!"

Dark Cloud- by Arathi Menon

On a day of sunshine
You see a dark cloud
Pacing towards, slowly
to swallow the yellow disc
Then darkness spreads....

But no, do not despair
The grey mass may soil
The bright matte of the sky
But from these dull giants of the sky
come little drops of water
falling fast, to embrace the soil
soothing wounds of tools
washing away the dryness and
waking up dormant life

These dark clouds
so dull as it seems
are never to be frowned at
as it made earth blue and green

Digital Painting by Arathi Menon- A Girl

Gratefulness- by Arathi Menon

Gratefulness
When we win something, we are elated. We feel that it is all because of our own effort and nothing else. we then celebrate this in a grand manner and walk around with this ego.
But, on the other hand, when we lose, we get irritated. Here, we never take responsibility for our loss. We then blame it on God, or everyone else around us.
What happens around us is the result of a uniform mixture of our own efforts, our surroundings, and of course, divine intervention. We must acknowledge this every moment of our lives, sad or happy.
Have a good day

The Infant- by Arathi Menon

The Infant

Smiling through the chubbiness

And its wide eyes

Capture every drop of beauty

In every morsel of nature

With full of faith

In its caregiver’s hands

It laughs at the most funniest

To the darkest of faces

Making even a monster’s heart melt

As its young red blood

Flows in a lighter heart

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Go Back- by Arathi Menon

Go Back

When I was little

And knew nothing much

About the world

There was only light

No bars of fear

No thorns of hate

Where I lived was a beautiful place

But later,

I know not why

And what eclipsed

That light in my heart

And how, through these years

Imaginary shackles around my wrist,

Cactus around, and pricking

Appeared

But what I pray for is now

To go back

To those prejudice free, carefree days

When though tiny, seemingly helpless

Was when I was bravest

And stop time

That makes my limbs grow

And shrinks my heart

I want to go back

To when I was little.
Arathi Menon

Faith- by Arathi Menon

Faith

I shall be happy

As long as I have faith

I shall be safe

As long as I have faith

And no fierce tempest

Shall drown me

Nor I get lost

In a dense forest

No fire of anger

No arrow of pain

Shall burn me

Or hurt me

As long as I am in

Your palm

I shall be happy

I shall be safe

I shall have faith
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Never fading reminiscence- Sruthi Sajeev

Never fading reminiscence

When I first saw him , I got scared by his serious looks .Fine mustache and beard ,spectacles and the stern glance. Soon after when I came to know that he was of my same age and was a calm person,I talked and befriended him. As time passed I grew fond of him , usual attraction because he was just my opposite,less talkative,thoughtful,philosophical serious and so on.
We eventually became good friends, real good friends. All these time I was in a relationship with someone else which eventually broke up. And it broke me as well. I was depressed. He helped me get out of that. I liked him even more. He seldom smiled. I kind of craved for it. I got excited by his glances through the spectacles. It evoked new sensations to me,aroused me and made me feel like never before. But I never revealed my love as I was sure he would say no because he didn't believe in loving someone as a partner.
He always used to say , "I don't love anyone or hate anyone ,everyone is same for me". I told him once , Arey! You aren't Joshua ,but Jeshua ,'the saviour JESUS who treated all his believers equally and sacrificed for their sins'. Whatever it was I loved him in every possible way.I tried to look for him in everyone. One had a lovely face like him. And two or three had charm. But charm and face were in vain because nothing made it even closer to him. He inspired me ,motivated me ,guided me ,taught me to dream high. He showed me the meaning of life,love.Gathering all the courage , I told my love.As expected I faced rejection. That day I lost someone who wasnt even mine. I'm back to the world of liars who never know what true love is.
I can never be happy as before as he was my happiness and I am never complete without him as he was half of my soul

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