GOD'S UNLUCKY

Like a garden after rains

I feel new and lovely

I keep smiling in vain

Spring's come suddenly

And I feel you feel the same

Like drops of water we gel

My world lit up as you came

And in my heart you dwell

I feel heaven all around

When you flirt and start to blush

Your love is so profound

All my sorrows it can crush

As the words fail me now

To say how special you are

I wonder the Gods live how

From a beauty like you so far

खुशियों से दुश्मनी

एक सड़क पे
चलते अकेले
दिख रहे हैं मुझको
लाशों के मेले

नदियों में खून
आसुओं की बूँद
खुशियों से सबकी
दुश्मनी हो जैसे

धुओं में जहाँ है
खुदा तू कहाँ है
क्या मर्ज़ी थी तेरी
ये जो हुआ है

नफरत की आंधी
खा रही है सबको
कलि का प्यार
बढ़ रहा है जैसे 

जलता नहीं सूरज अब
जलते हैं इन्सान
इर्ष्या ने सबको
मौत दी है जैसे

पैसा कभी था
इन्सान के लिए
पर होती है मृत्यु
पैसा भगवन हो जैसे

शायद नरक है बेहतर
धरती से जादा
क्योंकि रोता है हैवान
ए धरती पे ही जैसे

YOU ARE GOD'S GIFT

Rain drops feel like rock

As all alone I walk

I hallucinate you by my side

And for a moment my tears I hide

The crowd makes me lonely

Because I want you only

I need you to hug me

And say mine you'll forever be

I may be far away

But your's is the only name my heart says

Because when my life ran out of bliss

You came by to give me a kiss

 And I promise I'll cherish you forever

And see you I dream whenever

My heart flowers at you hurls

Because you are God's gift to the world

YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE

Sometimes we're lost in the dark

Knowing not where to go

Not able to find a mark

Which'll help us leave the sorrow

Sometimes the light blinds us

Just like it does to the stars

We can't see the cooler dark behind it

And end up having scars

We wish for someone beside us

To laugh with and share our sorrows

Coz sometimes life seems like a curse

And we wish for a better tomorrow

But no matter which way you go

You'll get what you deserve

Go against it or follow the flow

It's just a question of what you neglect

and what you preserve

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PARENTS - THE REAL GODS

Almost every Indian must have watched the movies Baghban and Rajiv Bhatia a.k.a Akshay Kumar's 100th movie, Waqt. This article's something like those movies.

A 20 year old boy went up to a sage of high repute and said to him, "I'm tired of this mortal world, I want freedom from the circle of life. Please help me attain enlightenment and I promise I will give up all worldly distractions and take haven in the Lord's feet for He's the only one I seek." expecting a pleasant and proud smile from the sage, the young lad bowed his head and touched the Brahmin's feet.

"Then why are you running away from Him," replied the sage, "He lives right with you in your house and you have come to me seeking Him? Your old parents need you at this stage and if you support them He will come asking for you. So, don't be a fool, go back and serve your parents as they are the ones because of whom you exist."The lad was surprised and dejected. Naturally, he had to leave having learnt a BASIC lesson.

There are four reasons why parents are equivalent to God or sometimes greater than Him too:

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  God helps those, who help themselves. But parents do and will always help you no matter what you may or may not do.
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  God is the creator of all things including you. Parents are my creators and if it weren't for them, all creations of God would've been a waste for me as I wouldn't have existed to relish them.
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  You have to pray day and night rigorously to please God. It's very difficult to please Him and He has a tendency to sometimes answer our prayers a bit late when it's no longer needed. But parents are there for you whenever and wherever you need them. You don't have to do anything to please them, you don't have to fast for days or make any sacrifices and unlike God they never doubt your affection by testing you at every stage of life. Parents don't write down your faults and mistakes anywhere and then evaluate you at the end of the day. They understand that you're human and as long as you are learning from your mistakes they never bother you with your faults, so unlike God.
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  If we are all children of God, why does he have to make us and then see us suffer through our lives and then put us under the fear of whether we're going to Hell or Heaven? Why does he rejoice in killing his own children and even when he knows what is going to happen next, he sits in Heaven and just watches the old movie over and over again? If he really is so powerful why can't he destroy the evil and rid the earth of so much nuisance. Further more, why does he have to, in the first place, create demons and other evil structures? He loves it when people cry out His name in agony. He's just a selfish arrogant piece of our imagination. Does any of this hold true for the beings addressed by the first word of the article's title?

Another name for Him comes from the phrase, 'the one who forgives' but is it really true? When you see someone suffering they say he's paying the price for his/her misdeeds. But if God really forgives all the sins why not this time? Why do all things He does which we cannot comprehend have to be covered up with the blanket of the word Maya? Why can't he uncover all his mysteries and let us know about them if we really are the dearest to Him? Why does he have to disguise himself if he ever comes down to earth? What's the harm if we see him in his true avatar, don't we deserve to see our true parent?

There are hundreds of more questions which scream that God is just an imagination and His true form exists only in parents. They may not know any magic or cast any illusion upon us but they are the only ones who have sacrificed their blood for us and for those who are a staunch believers of God, all holy scriptures give account of the holiness of one's parents. Even Lord Rama used to touch His parents' feet.

The relation between a parent and the child doesn't end at any stage of life. The souls of the parents and their children are connected with a such a strong bond that it may be weakened but it's impossible to break it completely. There have been instances of people killing their parents but it's an undeniable fact that they do regret it now or will at some point in the future because nobody has the capability to love you as much as your parents do. No matter how strong a person is, his/her child(ren) are always his weakness and it's the duty of the children to be their strengths too. We shouldn't be a liability, we should be an asset.

A person can win all the wars but the war he/she fights against his own child. Akbar, one of the greatest emperor's in the history of India lost to his own son Jahangir who went on to be defeated by his son Shah Jahan and Shah Jahan in turn lost to Aurangzeb. Even in Mahabharata, Duryodhan was able to manipulate his blind father, the king of Hastinapur, at his own will. We having read and understood a lot from history should be knowing what we ought to do but that really is not the case. We tend to forget our parents once we find a good job and settle down with our families. We forget that our family is incomplete without our parents, we are incomplete with our parents and we owe our lives to them. Today, it becomes a burden for a person if he/she has to take his/her ill mother/father to a doctor everyday forgetting that his/her mother woke up the whole night when he/she was sick during childhood. A person can go on tours with his/her wife/husband and children but will never take his/her parents with him/her. We have to realise that all visits to places of pilgrimage are useless unless we learn to respect and love our parents. Then there wouldn't be any need to take up any such visit as God is residing right with us under a common roof.

So it's time we realise that our parents are priceless and no matter how much we do for them, it's never going to be enough. They are the real God we should be worshipping.

Lord Rama tells Sita at a point in Ramayana: "Obedience to parents is the greatest Dharma".