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Breathing embers
Flaring tempers
Spitfire, seethe
Now stop a minute,
Just breathe.

Glowing embers
Rise and simmer
Ignite, sift
Now rewind
And relive.

Minesweeping

The most fascinating game of life is that of love. And the most fascinating game on a Windows OS is that of Minesweeper. And strangely, they're both related. Not in the rather obvious manner that they are both fascinating and that i may love Minesweeper, but in a much deeper manner of philosophy.

Talking to a senior of mine, Sugandha, brought us to discuss the most popular topic in a girls' college - boys/men. We discussed how we only know boys and that there are no men left for poor single girls to date etc etc. Meandering around this territory we discussed movie characters who make us weak in our knees and make us want to date them. Her contention was that we have no hope of finding such men in our country. I, having had the privilege and the pain of knowing men who come close enough, obviously disagreed. But then, we both concurred that even if we do find men like them, they're always flawed and that ruins everything. They're inherently insensitive or just pathetic and that kills the whole aura. And just when we're sp close to ideal...bam! Gone! Just like that. And it struck me then - isn't that exactly how Minesweeper works?

Well, you try making points by avoiding the bombs and just when you get a huge area and you move to the next measley tile, boom! Dead. Over. Finito. That's how finding the perfect guy works doesn't it? You get close, you think you've struck gold when suddenly it all disappears, leaving you to blame leprechauns, fate, false expectations, And finally, men. Agreed that the arena of Minesweeper can be conquered with practice, but who is to say that one cannot discover that technique with men? Agreed you safeguard your position for life and make sure you've marked off all the mine areas with no apparent victory at hand, but at least you've moved through it unhurt! And who knows, maybe that smiley face on top becomes a permanent feature with an actual prize to get at the end!

So maybe we've not reached there yet. Um, hello captain obvious. But at least we know the way there. Or we can find it if we try. Maybe all games do have a lifetime and lifestyle value add after all.. :)

SHE SAID/HE SAID

“I wait in anticipation for streams to gush

And for every day to be flooded by you

I sit, impatiently, for you to shower

All your love and care like you do.”

“You make me sound like the elusive rain

Like a monsoon evading the land

As if I approach and then slip away

Like the ungrounded, shifty sand.”

“I long to bask in your sweet embrace

And to soak in every trouble you’ve got

I long to tan in the shades of affection

To shine like each of your thoughts”

“You make me sound like the crackling heat

Of a summer that scorches the shore

As if I change all snows to rivers

that flow to the ocean’s core.”

“I wish to fall, as free as a leaf,

In your love, each and every day

And when dusk comes, I’ll float elsewhere

Drifting with the breeze coming your way.”

“You make me sound like the fiery autumn

That changes the way the world looks

As I master your every direction

With a fairytale charm, of books.”

“You make want to cling to every fibre

Of warmth, when you’re distant and cold

It makes me wonder how far the days are

Of love- laden of gold?”

“You make me sound like the harshest of winters

That makes even the strongest beast cower

As I move from place to place

Leaving you colder by the hour.

"You make me sound like the many seasons

That our lovely love has lasted through

And now I know, the one the holds us together

Is the humble and earthy you.

Because no matter where I go in my life

The streets of whichever land I roam

to me you are my only reason,

and the only place I call home.”

(A special thanks to Mr.J for sparking this. Inspiration can indeed be found in anything)