The Ungrateful Wanderers

A cell
A tiny cell I was
Excited to be a part
Of this humongous giant host

Food?
Yum yum
I stick on to the thread like vessels
Or travel away in the
Blood games - swish and swirl
Grabbing and absorbing everything I can

I can see my comrades
None too weak
But none too strong either
Yes, I'm unique
Like the bloodsucking vampire amongst them humans

Alone?
Yes, that's what I felt
After all, I needed a company
My own reliable comrades

A mission?
Yes, that was what I started
A mass of cells
A mass conversion
Oh such happiness in the blood I felt

A group of friends
A mischievous group
Growing slowly but steadily
In the huge kind host
Leaving the weak to their fate

We went on and on
Until a day when realisation dawned
A realisation that we were indestructible
We grew on to become the
Thankless bastards

We grew from the nutrition of our host
To become what the people call us-
The ungrateful, immoral immortals 
Spreading to places in the kind host
Spreading pandemic deprivation

We went on to become
The famous life takers
Killing the mother like host
With brutality and cruelty
To satisfy the burning urge of our hunger

We are
The "Cancer" group
An imperishable one
Taking lives and happiness
Since the day of our existence

We are the bastards - The Cancer Cells

Beware. 

Because when Cancer strikes, there is NO SOLACE.

Always and Forever

There's always a path;
Beyond that misty road of uncertainty
There's always the sun;
Waiting to rise
After a long dark storm
There's always a love;
Awaiting as a cure to every broken heart
There's always hardwork and failure;
Behind every success
There's always a new life;
After every death
People and time;
Move on and on,
My little soldier.
Just remember, 
There are always
Birds called hope and faith
Which see the light in the darkest hours of life.
Never give up;
Every person is capable of leaving a mark
Realise your potential
Soar in excellence,
My little soldier
I believe you.
Against all the odds and adversities
That lay ahead of us
I believe you,
Always and forever.

Red

Yellow dress
Yellow memories
Her farewell it was

Cameras clicked
Captured smiles
Perfect little moments they were

Sweet dream was what she thought
Of the things she experienced that night
Unknown to the nightmare and peril that laid ahead

Her friend and her
On the road they strolled
Waiting for their chaperones

His car arrived
Acknowledging the dark, he offered a ride
Adamant she was, on waiting
Unsure of what next, he left

A fleeting group of drunken men
Lay their lusty eyes on
The innocent flesh

Ragged breath
Horrified soul
A blink was all it took
For her to realize the harsh reality

Pleasure was all it seemed for them
Completely aware of the agony
The innocent flesh underwent
Yet they rammed into her one after another
Again and again

Oblivious to the situation of them
If one of the females close to them
Was treated the way she was

Her screams and cries; the only sound
Red was all she saw
Her insides quenching in pain

She looked into the eyes of the man
She saw not a human
But an inhumane beast
Making her writhe and moan in pain

Unanswered prayers
All alone she was
In a world of billions

Her breathing dampened
Energy reserves exhausted
Her eyesight - deserting her

The last thing she was
The beast thrashing her face
Blood was all she could see
Before she chose to close her eyes
To give up
And welcome Death

"Please make them understand the pain they inflict;
And please take care of my parents, my Lord", was all she thought
She breathed her last
And gave up.


We lose thousands of young women everyday across the world as victims to rape. This I write, as an ode to the suffering each one might have undergone before succumbing to their fate. It might not be a perfect one. But I salute every person who has lost their battle of life. You might have lost but you sure lost with pride and dignity.