Poems-Subajana Jeyaseelan

Lonely

One sky

One sun

One moon

One earth

One ‘I’

It’s me.

Marriage...

Someone said..

Marriage is made in ‘Heaven’

In fact made in a ‘carriage’

Where two bulls are tied -- pull in

Two different directions

Alas! The Carriage got stuck.

Cell Phone

It has become the waking tone

In everyone’s house

Found in

Nook and corner

It has become the fashion

 No cell

No dignity

People search fake respect

Youths are slaves to it

They can survive

Without food..

Without water..Why??

Even without Air

But not without cell!!!

This has become the trouble

To poor parents

Because

Cell has become

The sixth sense

Of many!

Barren land

No one likes

The barren land

Because

No buds no blooms

No green no flourish

People criticize ‘barren land’, say is

Good for nothing!

Barren land knows its own pain

‘Mother of land’ created all lands

The same –Why the bias??

Then …

Why are they called ‘barren?’

What is the sin they committed

They are the creation of God

They also have a little heart

Weeping inside

Nobody knows

Why this partiality?

Whom to be blamed

The reason

Nobody   knows

Why are they called ‘barren’???

Their tears wet the barren

Sorrows become the fertilizer

All are in vain

No crops pop up

In the barren

Is it a curse???

Whose fault is this?

Meeting….

As usual

The station was overwhelmed with

Commuters

Like a ‘swarm of bees’

In the ‘bee hive’

With the intension to

Travel to various destinations

Me one among them

All the eyes were fixed

On the hanging clock

Anticipating the train to come

Within a few minutes

Heard the ‘Screech’

The train

Approached the platform

Passengers were rushed to board

I also pushed myself

Entered inside

Searching for my (lady) seat

To my surprise

One elderly gentleman

Seated next to my seat

Seeing me accommodated

With a beam of

Smile on

His charming dimpled face

His appearance

Gave me the clue

He is from the West

I was a bit hesitant

To break the ice

But..

His kindness and plainness

Encouraged me to converse

Had a lively conversation

Shared our knowledge

He is a package of wisdom

His extraordinary humbleness

Was astonishing

Such a down to earth human being

I have ever met

In a couple of hours

Happy journey was

Ended! Because of

The different destinations

Both of us departed

But..

Fortunately

Our academic path

Made us Continuing the lovely journey

With the ray of hope

Not to end!!!

Fast moving world and mechanical life

Fast moving world and mechanical life  

Subajana Jeyaseelan

Life has become insurmountably mechanical, with the busy and heavy schedules of humans. The world has shrunk. Technology being a part of modern life is a controversial one. The speed of communication becomes unbelievable. 

By sitting in front of the internet, one can spin the world with in a second; this makes people more engaged and pulled into the busy life. In this new era, overwhelming arrival of mobile phones, iPods, computer and internet and other house-hold electrical goods, do not only give leave to manual power and time but also make men and women lazy and even ill.

 Now, the days are difficult since people have become workaholics, money minded and power hungry. Also, gone are the days of giving importance to human values. The tradition of dependency, on each other is being washed away and independency crops up. Even, for transport we rarely depend on each other. As a result, individuals are disregarded or the souls have not been taken care of.

 Hence, people do not show any real affection towards each other. They fail to value fellow beings’ feelings, and fall short to cultivate warm and amicable relationship among them, showing no family commitments as they are in a rat race, trying to be in the first rank in this world. Hence, people lead a hustle and bustle lifestyle. When the people are taken away, like the waves to the shore, to modern and busy life, this will gradually disfigure human relationships and family bonds in a long run.

 People are not content with what they have; instead they crave for more and more. This is human nature.  A proverb says a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. I hope, this best suits the situation.

As a result, human beings are pressurized and ultimately thrown into the ocean of depression, tension and stress. This leads man to be mentally physically ill and unfit; also it gives room for developing dangerous ailments as psychosomatic, blood pressure, diabetes and other heart disease. Again this causes restlessness and stress.

In fact, toiling and sweating are, for the betterment of happiness and successful life and not to be in the grip of numerous diseases to ruin their lives. It is really a regrettable and miserable situation for all mankind. Even the erudite people fail to realize the real human values, worthiness of relationships and actual happiness of life. Education is defeated in front of human feelings and emotions. Needless to say, education is meant for tolerance, possessing refined qualities bound with better mutual understanding and not for posing as busy.

The impacts on modern life style mutilate younger generation as well. Most of the youths are blindly, slaved to modern trend. They model cinema heroes and heroines in style and misbehaviors as drinking alcohol and smoking, not obeying or respecting to their elders, misusing internet, hardly show interest in studies and other academic activities. In fact, they build castles in the air. Further, with regards to education, IT has provided the vehicle for the whole destruction.

 In addition to this, the arrival of computer and internet which plays a huge role, the reading habit is diminished; the sudden drop can be observed. Youths are not mature enough to feel or realize the repercussions of their conduct. Nevertheless, when they are advised by the teachers and the parents they turn into deaf ears. The negative attitudes of youths are triggered by the environment where they are and the exposure they get. So, Younger generation should be guided in a proper way otherwise their future will be a ship without an anchor.

In conclusion, excess of anything is good for nothing. The people should focus the things in a balanced way in order to get rid of dense schedules and floating in troubles and lose the real mirth and happiness of life. The lost days, opportunities, and life will never return. Once lost it is lost it forever.