Life, Musings, Misadventures, Epiphanies by Arun Raj

If your smile were the light That shined the testing paths Along the treacherous walks of life, I would gladly walk along. As if it were just a path Of flowers and lazy petals - un-paced. I wish you were mine then, For the known and unknown eternity now to only see your smile sparkle my everyday with love.

A broken heart wishes hard, To mend itself from a few broken shard. Tears of blue blood, In fear of the next stray sword. Slayed by pain of wrought memories, I own a mind fray in vain worries. The last fall sparks a distant cue - All the play & games, ends in an unfair rue. I hold on to a tiny thread of hope, Lying await for your words of love speak to drop. I push harder in a stray hope To make you feel my silent hope. My last wish now, I wish a little harder; To stop my broken heart's leak! ~Arun Raj

Conversation after conversation that I have engaged with women I have been privileged to have the company of in my life, I have observed one thing : the innate power of a woman to endure pain – physical and mental, is by far unmatchable by men. And this I feel makes them more divine than human. If most of them have learnt to live with it then it is not out of feeling physically insecure of surviving without men, but an ability to see things beyond a man's sensibility can perceive – unconditional love. Observe this in their fights and protests, they will always prefer to not cause pain and any induced suffering. In complete contrast would be a man's position, which is then to take to arms and battle it out. Very few men have been able to understand the value of the women to the society and stand for there cause – Gandhi, Vivekanada, Periyar, and many others. Even though to date their efforts have brought great relief to the oppression on our women, but still the silent battles r...