Why are you not here?

Why is the water so wet?
coz if it weren't, I'd keep it on my bed.
Why is the grass not blue?
coz if it were, I'd go and paint it green.
Why is the sky not pink?
coz if it were, I'd blame it for not being blue.
Why are you so adorable?
coz if you weren't, I'd just let you be.

Why is the baby so little?
coz if it weren't, I'd lift it fearlessly.
Why is the friend so genuine?
coz if he wasn't, I'd just be a fool.
Why are sisters the best?
coz if they weren't, I'd miss the brother some more.
Why are you not here?
coz if you were, I'd keep you locked in me.

Gargi

Untitled.

She wrote a hundred songs
and woke a hundred mornings
She lived and wept, died a little each date
She waited for the turnaround of fate
She had no reason
nor any rhyme
Yet she danced to the tunes of a long bygone song
She longed for him to come and see
She longed to be set free.

Best,
Gargi

Of rainy days and saturday mornings...

My windows are open bearing witness to the pouring rain outside..droplets of water fall on my face as I sit leaning against the window sill with a piping cup of coffee in hand.. I wonder why rain is called rain.. why not just water .. why do we say "its raining" .. wouldn't it have made more sense to say "its watering" ? Probably.. but who cares .. all I am sure of is that the watering would take me in just as much as the raining does..

Its a lovely Saturday morning.. lovelier than usual .. these poor school kids don't have their Saturdays off. Its a half day they say.. like it makes any difference. I see them running around in their colorful raincoats.. A yellow one catches my eye.. The boy seems to be having fun getting wet, maybe its fun to attend classes with wet clothes and dirty feet.. I wonder what he is thinking, probably about how late he is going to be for class.. or maybe not .. little boys think about more important stuff like which computer game he would be downloading the next day..being Sunday! Sundays are fun.. but Saturdays are better coz the anticipation of a holiday is always better than the realization of a holiday..

Anyway coming back to the raincoat, the yellow raincoat has these big green buttons! I think its kinda cool, though I would not be caught dead in that thing.. I was more into yellow raincoats about 14 years back.. Now its just grey and probably a muted blue.. oh wait maybe red too! Ya.. raincoats ought to be audaciously bright to bring out the color of the rain.. grey is just not it.. hmm I should go buy a yellow raincoat..

Gargi

Today's sky...

There is joy in today's sky
the clouds sudden and divine
seen heralding a couple
holding glasses of wine...
There is a smile on the face,
the dimples sealing the case :)
Happiness heralded everywhere..
Even on the rainbow so rare!

Gargi

Stories on a lens.

I recently found the phrase for the kind of photography I have always wanted to do. I have never wanted my photographs to be only a copy of what the eyes saw. I always want my photographs to be able to express what the heart saw. Turns out the phrase for such a thing in the photography lingo is "concept photography".. You create a mood out of the scene leading the viewer to something deeper than just what they can see.. Probably like narrating a story without words.. or like inviting the reader to imagine his own story based on what he sees..

And yes, a dear and close friend of mine has gotten an awesome new camera for me as a gift!!!!!! ( Oh yea, I know I am lucky .. please go ahead and envy me! :P ) and I just cannot wait to click some stories. :)

Immensely excited,
Gargi