I used to rule the skies,
Soaring high above the nation!
With my dreamy eagle eyes
And on the wings of imagination!
Dreamt of being an Air Warrior
And of Touching the sky with Glory!
By Breaking the sound Barrier
And writing my own Story!
But not all dreams come true
And neither did this one.
I fell out of the blue
To Crash and Burn!
But never the one to give up,
I tried again & again to fly.
Until they said, “Time’s Up!”
Dream shattered, I tried not to cry.
Defeated and all Alone,
Tears streaming down my face,
Never wanting to come home,
I still wanted to become a flying ace!
Picking the pieces of my broken dreams,
I stood alone that night in the rain.
Screaming silent screams
And crying out my pain.
I felt it was better to die
But I never thought of suicide.
I don’t know why
But for that I feel pride!
Years have passed by,
I have seen many new dreams
And very hard, I did try,
To make them come true!
Some came true,
Many bit the dust.
But I know I will get through
Because in Life, I trust!
– Pranjal Wagh
07 October 2011
This work by Pranjal A. Wagh is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India License
23 comments
A person beaten but not broken….love how the poem shows getting up after falling down….=)
Nice…
I have experienced many heart burns in life….but the biggest, worst and most damaging burnt in my life is depicted by this poem!I can perfectly understand the situation of falling down(refer: Crash and burn), the situation where ‘one looses power over everything but has a control over just one thing… breath’ (from the movie Cast Away)…and so he decides to do that!This is the perfect poem portraying it!Really heart touching!
Too good !
Superb creation after a long time!
way to go man !
good luck !
@Abhinav
Thanks man! You can understand because we have been through the same pain!
@Tejas,Siddhi, SHilpi
Thanks for the comments! Do keep reading!
Another Master piece.. Respect!!
sapne jaroor dekho . what is life without dreams .
i climbed i fell,
i climbed i fel
l i climbed i fell . By doing this my body had practised falling and failing so much . That when i climbed the top i did not realise i did it. My friend u 2 will succeed failures is the first step 2 succcess
@Meherjyoti
Thanks a lot for that comment cum advice!!
aahaaa….
the writer is back after a long time….
Superbly awesome! 🙂
@Abha
Thank you thank you!
It is possible only due to the best wishes of blessed souls like yourself, madame!
Superb!!!
Awesome!!!
Fantastic!!!
nice 🙂
Very good poem Pranjal !! मला शाळेतली कुसुमाग्रजांची “कणा” कविता आठवली !! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2mpu9RHnqaI/SC2VATjMkQI/AAAAAAAAB8Q/vKUrHK7E_X8/s1600-h/fakt.JPG
@ Leena, Dipti
Thanks!
@Darshan
Dole deeple re majhe…. Kana vachun!!
Nice one.
आरभ्यते न खलु विघ्नभयेन नीचै:
प्रारभ्य विघ्नविहता विरमंति मध्या:
विघ्नै: पुन: पुनरपि प्रतिहन्यमाना:
प्रारभ्य चोत्तमजना: न परित्यजंति
(Those who do not start the work at all fearing the obstacles are called men of low caliber. Those who start the work but stop on encountering obstacles are called men of medium caliber. Those who even after being destroyed again & again by obstacles do not leave the work once started are called men of high caliber)
@Sharvari
Excellent!!
Thanks!
Well … to those who don’t know Pranjal:
if there is anyone who believes in living life to its fullest, by his own terms, enjoying each and every thing that comes along, who can truly define real passion, zeal and pursuit … it is Pranjal !
those who know him, will agree with me here without a shadow of doubt … those who don’t, I have probably been around … somehow, somewhere, somewhat … all this while (esp. during your IAF pursuit) and stand testimony to each and every stanza described above.
Brilliantly penned Pranjal …. simply Awesome !!!
@Bharat
Thanks!
Wow…..Great dude…..
Life is struggle ….
Simply Superb!!!!!
another example of indeed creativity…best one..keep it up…!!!
Same pinch Man… Dat dream haunts me even today… my only regret in life..