When I lost a friend...

If this is what is to be
If this is what it is
Then I was surely wrong somewhere before
For what I was set was surely not this

It was a dream to me
Which only you made true
You made me better
The friend I found in you

They were the best times ever
And though I quite cherish
But they remind me of you
All the jokes and talks I miss

All the times which we laughed
And the ones we cried
All the ways you understood me
No matter how much I lied

I miss them all
Like lost pearls in dew
But pearls are to be preserved
As there won’t be another you!

And so it has become what it is
As you say the doors close
Yes, I was surely wrong somewhere before
For I neglected the thorns when I saw the rose!

A Peice of the Insanity Pie!!

moving on from being emotional to the other more favourite form of madness!!
here are some humourous one liners I love.. post your take on them that they are great or... who cares for the review anyway!! ;) jus kiddin , dun mind.. here they are:

#I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.
--Rodney Dangerfield

#Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
(Well thats why I love it, coz m no good to earn anyways! :P)

#If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.

#A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run!!

#Consider this: In India, an automobile is stolen EVERY 24.7 SECONDS. If that statistic scares you, think how we felt when we made it up...

#I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.

#It`s easy to be smart, just think of something stupid and say the opposite!

#Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished..
(So you see how hard I work the whole day!! :) )

#There's three ways to do things, the right way, the wrong way and the way that I do it!

#Talk is cheap because supply exeeds demand!!
(Are you pointing to me, eh?)

#What worries me most about the credit crunch is that if one of my cheques is returned stamped 'insufficient funds', I won't know whether that refers to mine or the bank's
- Jay Leno

#Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until your forehead bleeds.
—Douglas Adams
(See, its not that I am a superman to do it!!)

#Little girls grow to become young women. Little boys have a job for life !!

#Some people are so dry that you might soak them in a joke for a month and it would not get through their skins.
(Dedicated to all those who didn't get any of the above ones!!)

The Opening To An End...

Today we'll part,
never knowing whether we would ever meet again;
I wonder how will I leave u,
with this heart full lof pain..
Would there be a smile on my face,
or would I shower tears like rain?
But if there's a bond between our hearts,
then we'd surely meet again..
And I wonder how would I greet you,
going down the memory lane?
Would there be a smile on my face,
or would I shower tears like rain...!?

- DRUPAD SHASTRI

(one of my v first trials at poetry! but this is a thought, more than a poem !)

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

As the sun sets today,
and the night celebrates,
I pray that the morning tomorrow
brings you happiness in crates!

Its gonna be a new year
Its gonna be a fresh start
with more of those moments
to cherish forever from the heart...

Its the time to say goodbye
and to make new resolutions;
A time to say thanks
and also to make some confessions..

Yes, confessions, what you've
always wanted to say,
instead of carrying those negatives
put 'em here to slay !

So that you're ready
better than ever before;
so that you're stonger
to walk in through the new doors..

May the Almighty,
on you bestow his care,
and for me - the sense
that you'll be always there... !

- DRUPAD SHASTRI
31st Dec., '08