Come Back Home

come back home
come to me
it's been long
since you've gone

i've stopped keeping track of time
there's not enough room,
in this head of mine
to keep a count of all the days
that have passed

everything is like
when you left
the only thing,
that's changed
is the month and date
i'd keep them the same too
if i could

i'm trying hard
to keep things the same
but i'm starting to feel
that i'm going insane

come back home
come to me
before i go
far away

Everyone Else's Girl

dressed up
like a movie star
you go out
every friday night

you date guys
like it's a competition
without thinking of the
consequences

did you ever stop
to think
how it would be
few years from now
when age catches up
and new girls come

in the sidelines
you will be
because you were always
everyone else's girl

How Do You Know?

you know that
i've always wanted you
told you many times
but i'll tell it,
a million times again if i have to

i'll leave everyone
to be with you
all you have to do,
is to show me a sign

but you keep saying
it'll never work
that we can't be,
more than what we are now

how can it be?
tell me how you know?
without us even trying

Happiness Isn't to be Taken for Granted

tried to run away,
from everything i had
when you left me to be sad and lonely

went to sleep every night
wishing that morning would never come

i dug a hole
and tried to hide
starting over
seemed impossible

it took me time
but i learned my lesson
here i am
on my two feet again

everything is fine now
and never will i take
the happiness in my life
for granted

Love Over Lust

a different girl every night
no emotional attachments
everything was just physical

at first it seemed ideal
no commitments
no attachments
it was very convenient

but now i need to rearrange my priorities
as this doesn't feel right anymore
the one night stands
no longer fulfill my desires

the longing for true love has overtaken the lust
i want it to be more than physical attraction
the things i pushed away
i'm trying to pull back

Black and White

nothing is black and white
took me a while to realize
everything seems gray now
i'm caught up between right and wrong

i look back at the decisions i've made
and i keep thinking
if i've made the right choice

right or wrong
there's nothing much i can do
but from here onwards
i'll give it more thought

then again there's not much we can do
what's right for me
could be wrong for you
i guess i'm back at square one
caught up between right and wrong

Mom and Dad

came to this world
several months before i was due
had you worried
for the first few years

growing up i know i wasn't the easiest
but still you made no complains

you never forced me to do anything
rather you,
guided me through whatever that is i wanted to do

arguments we've had
only because you wanted the best for me

you gave me everything i wanted
and a whole lot more
all of which i took for granted

i've complained about,
not having angels in my life
but i was wrong
two angels have been with me
since the day i was born

thank you,
mom and dad
love you loads

Choices

excuses we give
about not having a choice
but is it true?
do we always end up not having a choice
or do we push ourselves to that place

sometimes choices aren't made
as it's easier to go with the flow
or responsibilities get in the way
and other times we are scared to,
step out of our comfort zones

the next times you complain about not having a choice
think again
did you really not have a choice?
or did you pretend it is so
since it is the easier that way

Where Are the Angels?

we've read in fairy tales
and heard in songs
stories about angels

possessed with beauty,
which can take our breath away
kindness which can melt a devils heart
saviors,
who guides us through rough times

growing up,
we were given hope
that,
someday an angel would come into our lives
to make everything alright

twenty two years and counting
i'm yet to see one
all i have seen
are people pretending to be angels
misleading everyone around

makes me question myself
where are the angels?
are they for real?
or just false hope
for us to hold onto,
when all is lost

The Orphan

12th birthday of mine
i will never forget
not because i got,
a new playstation

but because that's when i found out
that i was adopted

mom and dad said they wanted to talk
their smiling faces overshadowed by nervousness

i felt that something was wrong
but i never saw it coming
for a few minutes,
everything was frozen
we just stared at each other

tears fell down our cheeks
but then i smiled

as i realized that
two strangers made me their own
and treated me like their own flesh and blood
when my own didn't want me