Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Strangers

We call ourself friends, foes or well wishers,
Deep inside us we know, its finally every man for himself.
Every time, every moment.
We will have stand for ourself and fight.
Finally, its we who stand to the task.

Deep inside we all know, No matter how close we may be.
No matter how much time we spend together, we are strangers.
Strangers to ourself too, stranger to our own belief,
Strangers to our hope, Stranger to our friends and foes,

Strange it is to be a stranger to people whom you have know all your life,
Strange to be a stranger to yourself, while you have been with yourself all life long,
Strange it is to be a stranger to your own ideas,
Strange it is to be a stranger.

We never know that the feeling is there, unless and until you come face to face to it,
Face it in different forms together, from betrayal to denial.
How often have we felt this feeling?
How often we looked ourself in the mirror and looked inside yourself?

Have you ever seen the darker side of you?
Have you ever thought about the things people don't like about you?
Have you ever forgot to do something for yourself ?
Have you ever noticed the changes in you ?
Have you ever sat by yourself and thought about it ?
Have you ever given yourself time?
Have you ever been on a journey without leaving your place?
Have you ever congratulated yourself on your own success ?
Have you ever lifted yourself when you failed ?
Have you ever wiped tears for a friend ?
Have you ever felt, what it feels to be like him ?
Have you ever been on journey from birth to present of someone else's life ?
Have you ever noticed the feeling of someone without a word shared ?
Have you ever been with a person without doubting his intention?
Have you ever seen the world from someone else's eyes ?
Have you seen the sacrifices of others,may be not for you may be for someone else ?
Have you felt someone else's pain?
Have you taken ownership of someone else's problem?

If most of the answer to the above questions is a "NO.", then you ain't a friend nor a foe,
What you are is a "STRANGER"