The Balancing Act

I need long steps to cover that path,  Stretching out beyond me into the horizon  I can not see an end in sight Only dry leaves on yellow grass, no shelter, no wooden bench on either side of the path only shade and sun crisscrossing the trees, some tall and majestic ,some stunted and sad sometimes I drag myself to the next point in sight or just sprint away breathing the eucalyptus' heady fragrance sometimes I long for a soul to turn to or just acknowledgment of what I am I long for the cocoon of warm embrace  Of those who brought me to this world The pure expression of being looked after And being proud of …but I find nothing  Only acres of land sprawling under my feet Sometimes I breakdown by the rose apple tree,  Longing to rest there for long, not to get up ever Just to sit there soaking in my own tears Or just pepping up my self and giving a pat,  A loving one on my shoulder , to get me up To walk till the point where the earth meets the sky It might be

Long long ago , amidst the flickering dim light of a sole lantern, which precariously hung on the verandah I followed her word by word, her strong and determined voice, revising her days lessons, her hand deftly drawing the triangles of geometry mesmerized me to no end. The gleaming silver paper with which she covered her note books reflected the yellow pale light of the lantern, accentuated by the pitch darkness around us. Me in my little red frock, bent over my wooden bordered slate with milky white slate pencils in my hand imitated her, her seriousness and tried becoming like her. During the day when I went to the tiny little school, if you may call it so, it was a make shift room, made up with coconut leaves and bamboo sticks, the old ‘ashan’ or master made the kids , me and many like me write Malayalam alphapets on the white shiney sand which was spread on the dark brown earth of the makeshift room, each one of us was made to write with our forefinger on the sand , the ‘Ashan’

A HUGE thanks to Deeps (http://www.deepsspeakingup.wordpress.com/) for tagging me and giving me the 'Versatile blogger award'. Well first things first the rules of the tag is as below  Add the Versatile Blogger Award picture to your Blog Post  Thank the Blogger who nominated you  Share 7 Random things about yourself  Nominate 15 fellow Bloggers  Inform the Bloggers of their nomination 1. Ummm well let me tell you here that I am a random person with actually random interests at random times..well I want to learn french, learn crocheting, sometimes I want to travel and sometimes I am dying to get into gardening and I am doing none of these.. 2. I can read and write really fast and when I was in school/ college I used to write so fast that sometimes after giving the exams , waiting outside for my friends for hours together, I used to feel that may be after all 'did I really attempt all the questions'? 3. I love writing .. I want to write like Chitra Baner