Friday, August 07, 2009

if...

if for every dream dreamt
there would be memories
if every regret entitled you
to a second chance
and each mistake made
could be undone
if every laugh laughed
could be held in the hands
and cupped to the ear
if for every nightmare
two hands would protect
and hold you close
if every moment spent
could be earned back
and spent again
if every tear that fell
tickled the lips
into a smile
if every thought that
crossed the mind
could be frozen for a second
and let loose again
if life could be lived again
through all the ifs
and enjoyed all the same...

16 comments:

Aur Batao said...

Touched ... :)

bhavin said...

this is soooooo nice!!!!
loved it.. :)
every 'if' is as beautiful as a wildflower!

Neelam Prabhugaonker Shetye said...

@arpit : my pleasure :)

@bhavin : thanks...!! 'beautiful as a wildflower'.....nice :)

Pratima Khadke said...

very very nice!
there is the thing about what you write neelam.. everyone CONNECTS to it and imagine the same words in their own way!!

Neelam Prabhugaonker Shetye said...

@pratima : thanks yaar....i think we all have similar experiences at some or the other point in our lives na... :)

Wandering Mendicant said...

If only Kipling could read this in his grave.

Neelam Prabhugaonker Shetye said...

@ayan he would probably turn in his grave at this blasphemy.... :D
kipling's 'if' is like a bible for me...

H.S. said...

Deeply lovely. Touched the sad bone :)

Neelam Prabhugaonker Shetye said...

@hems a biiggg huggg to make the sad bone happy :)

Janaki Sincro Mulay said...

Very nice! Beautiful!

Neelam Prabhugaonker Shetye said...

@janaki: hey nice to have u here..and thanks :)

Siddhartha Joshi said...

"if every moment spent
could be earned back
and spent again"

absolutely amazing :)

Nawaid Anjum said...

wow!!!!

Neelam Prabhugaonker Shetye said...

@siddhartha and nawaid : merci beaucoup :)

Anonymous said...

if i could come over to tell you that you write well,your poem would have proved a point;-)!

Neelam Prabhugaonker Shetye said...

@melisa : point taken :)