One more night, one more.

The rose candle burns, in raging fire quenching it down,
and the heat turns, to a caring hug from a careless frown.

Her cheek turns pink, in a blush of guessing what is to come,
none of them blink, in a romantic note of the silent hum.

Many moments past, all are words but very strange,
with their love to fast, in a rhythmic verse they arrange.

The wax tipped the brim, a flow over of their affection thus,
the flame steady and trim, and the time forgot all the fuss.

All the world apart, and a moon of love amidst countless stars,
Cupid did hit the dart, its bloom blurred all the scars.

Like a rose bud wet, their love was in the elegant night,
it was not dawn yet, but their love bloomed in the candle light.

Juvenile

Ref: Delhi rape case, judgment of 31st August.

Okay, 3 years imprisonment for a 17 year old guy. Let the emphasis be made.

1. Constitution and law, as written and not amended to date, would like to consider an 18 as an adult. This is not the first time we have seen it. Kids of about 15 years age drive bikes today. Every second matriculate has a Facebook account, and more than 40% of phones bought today are by people younger than 18. This is no less than a clear indication that the age of juvenile amateurism has fallen down to less than 18 years. I understand that it is hard to change the law for such a limit, but a 17 year old being brutal should be an exception, “brutality” being the consideration, neither the rape nor the murder.

2. This has not been new to us. We hear of 12th pass-outs being hit by a drunken truck driver. The police rule the case out stating that a minor was driving the vehicle. We see a case of a 16 year old teasing a fellow girl in his school, the police continue stating he was juvenile and action cannot be taken up. Mobs of under-18 protest (recently, citing Telangana issue) and violence follows. The accused are bailed and don’t even afford to stay the night, thanks to their juvenile mindset. So we have a youth who understand everything and even make the best out of their childishness, seemingly.

3. We today, witness a generation where a 20-year old knows hardly anything less than a 50-year old. I refer to knowledge, and not understanding. This acceleration of acquiring knowledge has gone up, high up, thanks to the prevalent globalization. Evidently, I am not against the effects of it. Rather, I would like to make it clear that the generations to come, a child 15 year old may be as brainy as a 30 year old. Hence, the necessity to reduce the age for such a limit has come.

In short, I assume I am able to state a reason why the age of a juvenile limit has to go down. This be made clear, the process is huge, and the consequences inevitable. However, noting this change and training the children of the future accordingly is necessary. It would be delightful if the government studies the fields where the age limit has to be reduced and acts accordingly.

Kidnapped

The street was empty and say dark,

not a chirp in the park nor a dog bark, 

the man trodded quietly to the mark, 

 the door glittered in the old light.

His hands shivered like in the cold, 

his heart thumped in the shirt's fold, 

gripping his wallet in a quivering hold, 

he knocked the door gathering his might.

The gloomy entry pulled him deep, 

world but that guard he thought asleep, 

climbing in courage those steps steep, 

 he strolled to the table dressed in white.

Pulled the pile twice thick a fine deck, 

placed on the table gulping down the neck, 

he smiled desolate thinking of the last peck, 

walked away in haste into the moonless night.

He walked infinitely praying in care, 

to look back he never did dare, 

 reached his gate in the pace of a hare, 

and waited there stretching his sight.

Around the corner came the chuckling tone, 

and then the kid in fear all alone, 

daddy daddy was the voice known, 

the clock atlast ticked again right.

The world of lies seemed to be utopia, 

though not the first hug it was euphoria, 

the house sank back singing of Gloria, 

wealthy no more but rich were they quite.

A pleasant morning

The green leaf shone like an emerald stone,
The rose did frown in her hue alone,
In that world no one would ever see.

The parrots did race to the concealed clown,
The sparrows did graze along the healthy brown,
In that world no one would ever see.

The leaves rustled in silence as if in a spree,

And the crickets chirped in the old woody tree,

In that world no one would would ever be.

The moist petals sagged as the drops did slide,

And the eagles visited the earth in a swift glide.

In that world no one would ever feel.

The turf slipped under the feet as if on a skate,

And the sun dawned, like drawn on a slate,

In that world no one would ever see.

I dreamed of a fine day, in my bed lay,

It was not a bit grey, dullness was nay,

In my world only I could be. 

Bee tale

"B.... Be..... Bee..." My mom was buzzing around as the mud got warmer. I flapped my wings as I realized it was my first day in the university today. I was excited, because many of those senior bees who pass out start tasting the nectar of fresh roses in the mornings. I wanted to be one among them. By the way, I am be...., though I precisely know not how long my name is to be buzzed. I live at five-hive, the most prestigious hive in my locality. My honey digging dad was very proud when he knew I got into the "University of Honeydew" for he knew, in a few years I would be the one passing orders and ruling a thousand like him, choosing flowers for them.

And so, I got admitted and the boring student life started again, but now we were taught of more related matters, of honey and roses, of jasmine and frightening frogs and of those huge men. The classes went on until one day, my camp leader; Mr. Nectarnest assigned me as the night guard of five-hive, as a part of our curriculum. I was happy, but the night was cold. It was a rainy day and as we were well taught,

"One drop of water will hurt,
Twice is as harmful as a drop of dirt,
Let the honey flow away far,
In a rain never stare at the star"

I was carefully making way to the yellow stone when a drop hit my wing. I felt the pain and in search of a dry area, I ended up under a great Yellowstone of the man land. The high school saying ringed in my ears "try a frying pan u may die, but never disturb a man you know why." The tales of the martyr, sir Petalpluck sparked in the sky, and in my mind, and calmness enthralled my nerves as I buzzed around the Yellowstone waiting for the rain to stop. I rested for a few moments only to turn back and gape at the day behind me. Keeping carefully out of reach of those honey suckers I made my way into the stinky room.

The winds circled as I sat on a stone, this was so special and slippery. Unlike as was told, man just didn't build Yellowstone. This stone was blue. I waited calmly expecting to be warmed but this was different. Cold winds encircled along the room and I jumped all along the stone for warmth. I finally saw the light come from a white stone and ran into it. But none was warm like the mud before I go to the class. I calmly paced out as I saw a lizard on the stone. The next morning in the class, I referred of what happened to Mr. Nectarnest and he brushed his whiskers in anger. Lately he explained after I deafened him with my curious questions. I remember what he said still.

"The honeysuckers did it always. It was a way to call us in. No bee, not even the queen bee ever knew why. But bee, what you did was a big mistake. We have seen bees die, buzz in agony after they searched for warmth so. Lucky you should be called. The research wing is still trying to find out why the sun there is not hot. There is a word called light. The light of the sun we see in the morning is warm. Every other isn't they say. These beings have made light so and still kill us and hit us with lightning bats when we try to fight.

 
"Beware bee, beware!!!
Search for the warmth in the mud,
and the honey in the flower bud,
everything else is a fake,
all other is namesake."

My stings shivered as I listened to him hymn it. He continued, "The being started polluting flowers and taking their nectar. We kept quiet. He started firing our hives and destroying them. We didn't fight. He made hives and made us work; we thought he was right until the twenty hives died. Today he makes light and kills us when we go to it. Let's see what he does more" he sounded depressed and resolute. The class was over and I flew back home. Somehow I knew life would never be the same.