Moiz Izzy

My pages were content with your spruced ink
Because the words in it were priceless like mink

With Dear Diary you started our long conversation
Penned in me were each of your aspiration

Sometimes at dawn but often during the night
You spoke to me all that made your heart light

I remember the day my page caught your tear
I knew it was because you had lost someone dear

When first you had me, your words filled my pages
Over time I experienced each of your stages

My bindings hurt when a part of me you tore
Scribbled words which I don't remember anymore

I saw the world and its beauty through your eyes
Sketched on my sides were all of your advise

Sometimes I travelled with you, closely by your side
Those times I learned about the others inside

I protected your secrets and sacred sections
From prying eyes with malicious intentions

I was neither your friend nor your soulmate
But special I was closer than your roommate

In the corner of a room, I slowly gather dust
Many moons have passed my pages begin to rust

Far away in another world you now reside
A proper goodbye to my kind was denied

If the words in my heart could cross the tide
I have many pages waiting for you to write

At its calm it reflects as much as it gets
Turbulence though can cause a lot of unrest

Lucky are those that can swim in its tide
Beware though don't take it for a ride

It's strong enough to destroy a civilisation
Yet, its so week it can't handle a separation

It ebbs and flows to the tune of the moon
Spirits rising each time it sees her in full swoon

It's so vast even mankind knows not its end
It's furls encompass everyone that is a friend

Careful when you boil it for it will surely destroy
Your cold touch too can leave very little to enjoy

It's filled with tears some happy some sorrow
With enough love for those that know to borrow

O Sailor! It opened up to you for you to thrive
Your impunity though will leave no one alive

The road ahead my friend looks very dark
But don't frown yet cause there is still a spark

This path we are on is strewed with hate
I don't know why this is always mankind's fate

Do you not remember what we saw back there
When the moustached friend for all had little care

The singing birds we love, that chirp so loud
Forever their rhyme was lost, we had found

Didn't you see at the start of our long walk
The dance of the fauna that only nature could chalk

Why then did we try to steal her drawing board
And scribble this scheme which by all is abhorred

She will forgive the theft, but will we survive the test
Righteous has very few left, for pride has taken the rest

But in those very few, on this path I find my spark
Take cover from his wrath as on this cart we embark

It is a known fact that she will rebuild her road
Even If all is lost, and none can stand the load

The mystery that remains then as we now restart
Is if we are able to stand still or do we fall apart

And if we fall this time, will it be our last
For her forgiveness too cannot be that vast

When they came for his child he did not fear
How can we stand here and not shed a tear

Was he not the grandson of the most noble king
Subdued and wronged by his very own kin

Letters of invitation is what beckoned him there
Spears and arrows even the children they din't spare

Forgiven was the one who answered the call
Saved from the flames his soul will not fall

Three days of hunger and worse was the end
With valour and honour though they did defend

The few did try but vanished before the sunset
With one great act all our sins they have swept

When the children saw their father leave the tent
By then they knew the depth of the torment

Tugging at the horse's legs she cried and wept
Don't leave us and go, for this I cannot accept

He looked back at the tent with tears one last time
What would then befall would bring them to grime

When the faithful time had come he knew his call
Dear horse that bent its knee for a tragedy to befall

Under the shadow of an anguished palm
From that moment on there was no calm

One cannot fathom all the pain that he endured
With that sacrifice though our freedom he assured

What courage drew strength to take the final bow
For an eternity and more this act will endow

Knowing what you know you still don't weep
Open your mind in time the sadness will seep

Remember a time when the thumb was it
And the dreaded little finger we always hid

While shaking hands, each pair had a style
The longer the play the bigger was the smile

Sorrow was when that friend was truly sick
To finish lunch now you needed a new trick

Such little arguments made foes of friends
But joy was how quickly they made amends

Beauty was when we were punished for talking
Standing alone while the other sat stalking

That guilt in their heart when we made big eyes
How close were those hearts you cannot surmise

Together we played in both the sun and rains
Sharing with each other our fun and pains

First day of each year bought so much Joy
Not just teachers, we had each other to annoy

Ice cream candy's and lolly's we tried
With our hands their white shirts we dyed

Within each desk we had so much to hide
Not secrets or jewels but mischiefs and pride

As exams drew near, the talking subsided
Replaced with hymns for fear of being chided

Last day of each year was no small plan
A lot of dreams stopped right where they began

Do you even remember your final goodbye
If then you really knew, would you still comply?

Did you hug and cry and make promises to fly
Are they really so far now that you cannot even try

I'll leave you here with a lesson for the next
Take it with you or leave it like the rest

Don't take them lightly, they may go very soon
Behold each moment as though it were a blue moon

A simple eclair then would bring them together
Build them a yacht now, they still won't tether

Sometimes it's not eclairs but instead a melody
Don't think so much you know it's not a felony

Keep your enemies closer, I hear them say
It's that thinking which drives your closest away

Do you remember your childhood?
It was then quite misunderstood

The roads were our kingdom
With tiny bats we set out for stardom

We had just no value for money
But would jump with joy when it was sunny

We loved to dance & play in the rains
Till it was time for the exam pains

Friends who came in many circles
With whom we crossed too many hurdles

As we look back at the days of our prime
A tear rolls down our cheek, oh it's time

The path since then has been soo long
Yearning to go back to where I belong

Do you remember your childhood?
It was then quite misunderstood…

I am a microwave and she's an OTG
But we stick together like chai & ParleG

She takes time and thinks things through
I'm impulsive and don't listen to the crew

Her energy makes us all warm and cozy
Works through the day, at night she's still rosy

She's what they call a classic romantic
I'm the definition of a hopeless fanatic

In her unique style she raised two monsters
With her patience and care they'll become superstars

Her dear family and friends she left for me
Settling down for a cup of noddles and tea

She's unstoppable when she's committed
Be it a broken arm or leg she has never relented

A mother of three, yes! that includes me
She strolls through flames like it's all glee

Up at six she blasts through each test
Not once does she rest, till the end of her quest

Call it luck or fate, she was drawn to me
I maybe radioactive but she still din't flee

She can cook a perfect steak and I Maggi
I know this much though, she loves fresh Jalebi

I am a microwave and she's an OTG
But we stick together like chai & ParleG

It starts where it ends and repeats again
If we don't pause and look it'll all be in vain

Some from friends and tests from the rest
The lessens that matter are nature's best

As heavy as gold or as light as a feather
Weigh your words and use it with tether

A million years and yet the sun doesn't rest
Will your "will" get through the very next test?

Nature has bequeath to you a daily sunrise
Fickle fickle is your mind you cannot surmise

From the deepest sea where even light is shy
You have yet not learnt, and bare it all to the sky

The shining stars so far yet at night so near
How close are the ones who hold you dear?

Ecstatic winds still sing an honest hymn
Must words be used to twist every whim?

Be it a raging river or just a tiny stream
Delicately though they carve out a dream

Man's intentions show a range of emotion
Should their path always lead to commotion?

Birds of a feather they say flock together
No time spent on being better than another

Yes we're different but aren't we still the same
Why must pride and greed then drive us insane?

A sparrow teaches her child in the nest
The rest is a test which is learnt in unrest

These few lines my child from nature I share
Life is not fair I know, but don't fall in its snare

With a smile he wakes me everyday
His actions have shaped my life's way

After working hard in his shop all day
At night with me he still had time to play

Sitting in AC rooms with fancy chairs
I cannot even fathom all that he bears

With the little he had he bought so much
Not just joys but toys, poise and lunch

On his feet all day, no respite from rain and sun
He teaches values from which we must not run

He showed me the world it's truth and it's lies
Be it Mecca or Africa each day he made us wise

His efforts to get me here now shows in his hair
His glare keeps us safe from the vicious snare

Tough time he made it seem like nothing
To my own I wonder if I'll ever be something

So soon and it's night again
We didn't even get to play in the rain