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life is but, a story that we script and act out everyday...

a true story...
a story true...

a story in a line,
a story in a roundabout...

a story in a glance,
a story in a far-away land...

a story in a sigh,
a story in an ah!

a story in a OMG,
a story in a yes YES YESS...

a story in an election,
a story in a rejection...

a story in signs,
a story in *Conditions Apply...

a story in Fill-in-da-blanks,
a story that's known...

a non-stop story,
a story that gets refreshed(F5ed)...

an endless story,
an aborted story...

a questioning story,
a story with results...

a sorrow story,
a chick-lit story...

a far-fetched story,
a down-to-earth story...

a story that rings a bell,
an anonymous story...

a story that teaches,
a story that asks...

a story that just broke out,
a story that failed...

a story in trust,
a story in rust...

a cooked up story,
a garnished story...

a story on memories,
a story on amnesia...

a story on secrets,
an open-ended story...

an ironical story,
a story on fate...

a story on hate,
a story on acceptance...

a crazy story,
but a true one...

a good story,
a better story...

a grand-maa story,
a haiku...

a nushu story,
a published story...

an absorbent story,
a troubling story...

a story on pattrens,
a twist-of-fate story...

an i-can't-stop story,
a battery-dead story...

a story on accidents,
a story on contrived plans...

a starry story,
a humble story...

a fossil-led story,
a sci-fi story...

a web-pay-to-download story,
a fable...

a story on truths,
a story on reality...

an age-old story,
a new-age-wise story...

a mad story...
a full-of-lesson story...

a simple story,
a heavy pregnant story...

a touching story,
a smiling story...

a friend's story,
a relative's story...

a made-for-each-other story,
an opposites-attract story...

a bedtime story,
an inspirational story...

a wild story,
a Monday-Mornin-Late-To-Office story...

a perspective story,
a pick-me-up story...

a dotted story,
a knotted story...

a story less in truth,
but more in imagination...

a theoretical story,
a wisdom story...

an 'in' story,
an evergreen story...

a masked story,
an in-your-face story...

a husband-&-wife story,
a peaceful story...

a live-in story,
an epic story...

an Alt+F4 story,
a Forward story...

a story behind closed doors,
a story on an-open-book...

a bargaining story,
a benevolent story...

a story on spirit,
a lazy story...

a pauper story,
a flamboyant story...

a story on insomniacs,
a story on day-dreamers...

a story on the eyes,
and some other story on the lips...

a story on i-should,
a story on i-rather-would...

a multi-layered story,
a straight-to-the-bones story...

an admiration story,
a disgust story...

a boring story,
a sleepy story...

a common story,
a story of the witch-lands...

a winning story,
a winning-but-still-coming-short story...

a larger than life story,
a mosquito story...

a crusader story,
a common man story...

a story on need,
a story on want,
a story on desire,
and a story on have...

a grateful story,
a necessity story...

a 'Send' story,
a 'TrashBin' story...

an active story,
a pro-active story...

a juicy story,
a bare-as-bones story...

a jiggy story,
a pregnant-pause story...

a destiny story,
a self-made story...

a remote-controlled story,
a free-will story...

an open story,
a curtained story...

a story more in lies,
but with a good intent...

a story hidden in smiles,
a story written in frowns...

a story in a scribble,
a story on a page...

a story in a story,
a story in the prose...

a story on life,
a life on stories... ... ...

life is a salad!!

a salad that's tangy, tasty, revolting, healthy & crunchy...
different emotions form the different flavours...

the usual suspects in flavours like love, trust, honesty, diplomacy
are all there...but do they exclusively make up our life?

all of us are grey, no one us totally black or white...
yet we keep on denying the grey flavours - jealousy, anger, hatred,
irratibility...
we wish them away from our life but they are all there all the same...

being humans that we are, it's ok to be jealous once in a while,
it's ok to be frustrated,
it's ok darling...absolutely ok...
it's ok to be angry and vent your anger out...instead of keeping it as
a bottled pickle in our system...
it's ok to answer back with a quick retort...none of us are Ms. Goody
Two Shoes all 24X7 ...
and it's absolutely essential to accept the fact that neither you can
be...so let go...

don't feel so much guilt (maybe my guilt system is over developed)
kick some ass, walk off, sulk, bitch, gossip, shout...
let go...once in a while...

believe me, you'll feel so refreshed & rejunavated after it...
it's all these grey flavours that are there in some proportion in our
life...
so why not simply acknowledge them & make peace instead of trying to
be Ms. Goody Two Shoes all the time...

remember life is a salad...in order to appreciate the sweet
flavoursyou need a knowledge of all the bitter and the sour flavours
as well...

all said and done, these grey flavours are not the main flavours in my
life...they are just the seasoning...mind it! ;-)

NOTE: this was written some moons, some seasons, some spring-cycles
ago... ... ...
>

> everybody says 'write ash...just write'
> I nod my dainty head & say 'oh... yeah'
> again da cauldron of devil's advocate questions get a quick stir
> & da doubts come bubbling up once again, 'I write abt what?' , '
> who'll print it?'
> itz easy to say it, but being a full time writer is scary & so on...
> I seethe silently & write to banish these questions once again
> may be if I was more romantic & crazy & not so practical then the
> questions wouldn't be there or atleast be a little less...

I said no
for perhaps da first time
I said NO Emphatically
I stood up
no it is
I felt light
a relaxed sigh escaped my lips
stretched my spine
1inch suddenly more closer to da sky
da air is clearer n more of oxygen 1inch up
chin up
undazed eyes
dazzled spirit
I looked up at da sky
it smiled at me
no, I think it winked back
growin up u gal
ah! finally
I slapped a hi-fi
to da sky
to my No
to a new emergin sapling of spirit
to my buddy da sky...

a tunnel that lasted for four years...

finally finally i see some light, no a tiny ray of 'what-to-do'...
it took 4years and then some...
lots of tears and lots of sighs...
lots of missed beats...
lots of 'oh-my-gawds'...
lots of missed-buses...
lots of droopy eyes...
lots of depression...
lots of frustration...

still its a tiny ray...but am happy...
derz a callin somewhere...
i hear a tiny whisper...
i hear it finally...
it eluded me for quite a while...
maybe i was deaf or pretended not to hear...
it persisted
and finally i succumbed...

a new road...
a new path...
am walking down it...
finally i am happy...

cheerz2me :)

latticed windows...sarcastic kudos
blunt knives...pretty hives
bitchin friends...unsent sends
artificial tan...draught beer cans
transparent curtains...free flowin patterns
stencilled paintings...lovingly hating
free lease...armtwisted knees
mute bells...open cells
silent agony...concealed balcony
sorry please
indian made foreign liquor ;)

am paintin bloomin flowers on a black background...
wat does dat say?

am sad bcoz am confused...
am confused bcoz am sad...
:-|

am confused too...

am sad...