Insights that Excites

I am lost, In the drift of souls From the debris of the leftovers of life That lay strewn around on the foot path Of the capital city Or in the burnt ruins of the Symbol of hospitality, In a rival capital. I am one with the drift It is a strange amalgamate of souls, That sing in the name of happiness, souls That rejoice in the name of love, souls That cry in unition at a loss unimaginable. Unable to tear away from the lifeless bodies Unable to see the loss on the faces Of the ones we leave behind. I am on my journey As a soul that hopes To never be born again To live in the divisions Created in the name of Isms In a world that looses its sanity A world that has lost its zest For the Ism of Life. My reaction to the turn of recent terrorist activites in the subcontinent. I love life and cant understand how or why some factions insist on wasting such a lot of it.

Wings of Fire In the corner room with the wooden floor Lay the soft song of life.. By the comforting warmth of Everyday life, Untouched by the whirlwind Within. Till you came by and The song remained soft no more.. It is a calling, The brilliance of a thousand suns Dazzling on the wooden floor. Waiting to take off In passion On the wings of fire.

Crossroads …. Sitting in the den, On a damp dark December.. The chill is real. The fingers of loneliness .. Oh so strong So many stories Those.. that can turn the frog into the prince Those that can leave the happy prince crying So many words.. so many voices.. In the heart of loneliness they boom loud and strong. They speak of love.. They speak of God… Always they speak of you.

“In my life there are places I remember…” sang the Beatles in their much loved song ‘In my life’. Yes in your life there are places, occasions and faces that you come across in your daily grind, and you remember some and forget many. Meeting Marc Woods is one of those occasions which will remain entrenched in my mind for all times to come. While in Armonk, the HQ of IBM, I had heard about the exploits of the legendary Marc Woods in Paralympics. That he had won 12 Paralympics Medals of which 4 were Gold are testimonial to the courage and determination of a man who has learnt not to accept defeat under adverse circumstances. I was in Bangalore on 5th of Sept 07 teaching a Basic Blue for New Leaders session, and IBM made it possible for me to meet Marc Woods . Sitting beside a legend is no easy task. But soon I was feeling at ease with him as he smiled through his bright blue eyes and shared his trials with destiny with me. Coming from a small fishing village in Britain he lost his left l