To my sister on her wedding

To my sister,

You promised that you’d never go away,
I promised that if you did, I’d never cry.
We both broke our promises today.
But as usual ‘you started it’.

It’s with a heavy heart I see you go,
You know how I hate to say goodbye.
This strange emotion of happiness and sadness,
Wish I knew the right way to react.

As you walk along this new path,
I wish you all the happiness in life.
And wish the very best to the lucky guy,
Who is so fortunate to have you as his wife.

The story of your life and your times,
Has now moved to a new chapter.
Though I already know the last line which reads,
‘…………And they lived happily ever after’

Yours,
Pranay

http://pranayrao.blogspot.com/2005/12/my-sisters-wedding.html

Because mother know best

The lands and mountains are my body,
The oceans are my soul,
The skies are the ornaments,
Which embellish my body whole,

The trees and nature are the garments,
Which cover me head to toe,
Life resides within me,
Motherhood makes me glow.

The sun gladdens my heart,
The moonlight is my essence,
The laugh of a newborn baby,
Justifies my very presence.

Yet my very children,
Who I clutched closed to my chest,
Have stripped off my garments piece by piece,
The grand oak, the humble birch all put to rest.

The glare of the sun now burns my very skin,
Scars on my body, indelible marks on my mind.
My soul has been violated, my existence threatened,
Peace is what I seek, happiness I cannot seem to find.

What children are these who burrow into their mothers bosom,
Sucking out in deliberate motions, the very life from deep within.
Their objects of hatred destroy all life in one instance,
Wasn’t non violence a virtue, is not killing a morbid sin.

My tears have no outlet as they wash away those who were once mine,
The ground breaks as I writhe in pain, destruction I unwittingly cause,
They have sown the seeds, which they shall reap for generations to come,
Don’t they realise, that their mother hurts most as she cries over this unbearable loss.

But their mother I am, Love for them I shall never lose,
They are my own, misguided and foolish may they be in their ways,
The garments will repair some day, the wounds will definitely heal,
If only they stopped this destruction and listened to what their mother says.

Somewhere deep down they love their mother,
Don’t they fight to claim a piece of me,
Foolish are they, when they hurt their own brothers
One day they shall rub their eyes and clearly see

That I am their mother, they are all but my very own,
That their mother forgives them for what they may have unknowingly done,
All is forgiven and forgotten, now don’t repeat this ever again.
Build together a great society where all my children shall live together as one.

- As told by Mother nature to Pranay Rao

http://pranayrao.blogspot.com/2005/10/because-mother-know-best.html

An ode to a memory I shall cherish

Sunshine wakes me,
the room's so full of light.
the day beckons to me,
with a morning ever so bright.

the hills lazily smile at me,
the mist calls out my name,
after these two years in paradise,
my life shall never remain the same.

Captured in my heart for ever,
are those moments of pure ecstacy,
When Mother nature took it on herself,
to redefine what I believed was beauty.

Will life after God's own kampus,
ever rise to these heights,
will I ever be able to relive these moments,
enjoy the beauty, the memorable sights.

A lot have I received from my stay,
not least the nature that i have learned to appreciate,
Fortunate I am that the heavens smiled,
to bless me with such a wondrous fate.

Luv,
From Gods own Kampus,
Pranay

http://pranayrao.blogspot.com/2005/08/ode-to-memory-i-shall-cherish.html

The day I lived a dream

Im but a drop in an ocean,
an ocean of humanity,
Striving, working,
Searching for my own identity.
I hear the waves crashing,
on the rocks of time.
Do I still believe in the fantasy,
that the entire world is mine.
I look out at the ocean,
I am humbled by it's sheer size.
Its tenacity is enviable,
receding waves that will once again rise.
I can only imagine my life,
my fate, my destiny.
the joy of successes,
the failures, the agony.
Thousands have come,
thousands will go.
shaping my life,
in a way I never know.
I have a lifefull of unknowns,
a life that I only shall live.
Prepare me oh lord,
for the experiences this life will give.

-Pranay Rao

http://pranayrao.blogspot.com/2005/08/day-i-lived-dream.html

Angel in the sky

Angel in the sky,
Wont u tell me why?
This world of mine,
is such a mystery.

Why's the sun so big?
Why's the moon so bright?
Why's the night so dark?
The day full of light.

Angel in the sky,
Wont u tell me why?
Love is such a part,
of my life on this earth.

Is love as beautiful,
as you make it seem.
or is just a thought,
just another dream.

Angel in the sky,
Wont you tell me why?
elusive is the love,
of the lady I seek.

Will I meet her?
Do I know her now?
Where would be?
the one that I love.

Angel in the sky,
take these dreams of mine,
make it into,
a piece of reality.

demystify part of,
this mystery.
Show me what ?
life has chosen for me.


Show me what life has chosen for me....



Luv,
P.R.

http://pranayrao.blogspot.com/2005/07/accents-sonatas-and-limerick.html

To create my life, my Legacy

Miles to go, before I sleep.
Things to do, promises to keep.
A life to live, for someone else.
A desire to put others before oneself.
Time to learn the joys of giving,
To stop dreaming and start living.
To let not my thoughts stay a fantasy,
To create my life, my Legacy.

-Pranay Rao

http://pranayrao.blogspot.com/2005/06/indian-army-spending-my-legacy-and-god.html

Ganesha Says.....

May I dare and be ever so bold,
To question what the stars have foretold.
To walk the path that few have trod,
To not look at the stars, just trust in god.
Do I dare to make a journey far?
Without consulting my ruling star.
Do I dare at first sight, to fall in love?
To jeopardise my future for the passion of now.
Or do I entrust my future to the stars in the sky?
Abandon rationality. Never knowing the reason why?
And become one of those very brave men,
Who wait in fear for the sign from heaven.
Someone has an answer, I know for sure.
Till then this irrationality I must endure.
Blinded by faith are we, who willingly forsake our sight,
But never fear for Saturn says that our future seems bright.

-Pranay Rao

http://pranayrao.blogspot.com/2005/06/stars-decide-my-fate-internships-over.html

The fury of nature

Dedicated to the people who lost their lives in the Tsunami

The fury of nature,
humbles us once again.
Leaving behind a trail,
of sadness and pain.
hundreds homeless,
thousands dead.
their final restplace,
the all encompassing seabed.
Someone lost a relative,
Some their entire family,
Laughter stolen away,
now theres death and agony.
Will they ever live,
their lives as before.
or will there be the fear,
of death knocking at their door.
No one can tell,
least of all you and me,
Wether life will rid them,
of these days of misery.

Our trust is in the lord,

Who made heaven and earth.

May he refill their lives,

With happiness and mirth.

The rose may have withered,

the sun hidden by the gloom,
But together pray we shall ,
That it once again may bloom.

-Pranay Rao

http://pranayrao.blogspot.com/2005/01/xmas-shopping-malls-grafix-radio.html