The Enigma of Celebration

last night,
when it wasn't that dark
and the echoes of the distant cries
were faint
the moon:
so clear it was
and i saw you,
your reflection,
there in the sky
and you seemed in doubt


when you slept
you dreamt
and the whole cosmos conspired
to make you believe
that it was your day
that waited on the other end
of the beckoning darkness


but then, you
like a child
refused to open your eyes
perhaps,
in an endeavour
to hold on to the fainting dream


you put up a question:
why should one celebrate?
the day of arrival
to this 'hellish' land


but O dear!
its the joy of existence that we celebrate
and since "we"- perhaps the busiest on earth,
cannot celebrate everyday,
we choose dates
or rather excuses,
to escape the monotony
and re-ignite the fire within
to cherish what passed
and to accept
what awaits


it is your day altogether
though nothing different
from other days,
it brings you
a lovely chance to feel
the immense lightness of being
its the day of "free-will"


so,
my dear friend!
the peg of life
awaits you
live up to it...

cheers!



-this one i wrote for one of the sweetest friends life has blessed me with... she was just a bit lonely and down on the day b4 her birthday and i thought i tried to cheer her up with these lines...