Sustainable Development:- A New Paradigm

Our vices have outgrown our virtues,

Because nature casts no curfews.

Blessed with the riches by nature,

We have taken for granted our savior.

Economic development has become our main,

Development without care for environment has posed 

threats to the very existence of life itself.

Development and environment should go hand in hand.

Why to run tap when not using?

Did your basin ask you to, so as to cool itself?

Why to leave lights switched on in vacant room?

Is your room scared of dark?

Why to take vehicle for every small errand?

Your car won't get bored in garage, but your bicycle will.

Why to eradicate flora and fauna?

Their existence is backbone of yours.

Why to leave conservation part on others?

When we are equally active consumers.

Lets's all do our bit,

Not just debate and sit.

Our piece of inherited resources from ancestors is over,

We have borrowed much from our next generation.

Treat nature and its resources with sanctity,

To establish amity.

© Priyanka Bajaj

ISRAEL-GAZA:- They wanted more

They wanted 

More than refugee camps

A miracle to lit their dampen life's lamps

They wanted

More than just breathing

Seed of mankind to be reaping

They wanted

Their homes, shops, schools

Their homeland to bloom, not to be bombed

They wanted 

More than a smile

Softness at the edges, grace in the giving

They wanted

More than dreaming

To fulfill them, their desires screaming

They wanted

More than hope

Situations to cope

They wanted

To pull their spirit

Down through their toes into the soil

After a summer rain

They wanted more

Than government's relief help

To build a nation of peace

© Priyanka Bajaj

Special us

To you I offer every best 

of my heart,

For I believe that you'll value it.

A person who betters my life

By being a part of it each day,

Someone who touches my heart

In a special and unique way.

I want you to be in every

Moment of my life,

For us to realize that our bond

Can erase any strife.

To you I want hugs with

Ease,

And sing you songs and lullabies.

Tears in our eyes has nothing

To do,

If you have me and I've a man,

That is you.

© Priyanka Bajaj

Let's make peace with past

Let's make peace with past,

To prevent our eyes from glistening ghosts it cast.

Let's unbound the fragment of soul lured in bygone maze,

For we have fought ample blaze.

Let go the hands of those not desiring to stay,

Forcefully Holding them is tougher than their walking away.

Let's forgive ourselves for the deeds that went adverse,

For the thought behind was everyone's affluence, nothing to averse.

Let's be fair and provide second chance to all,

Yet never third chance after all.

Let's still put the belief in ourselves,

For if we don't, none will ever.

Let's make peace with our past,

And manoeuvre this art, for harmony to everlast.

© Priyanka Bajaj

Why can't I fool me?

No one can see the smile I m faking,

All the memories lingering in me leaves me shaking.

All the known are unknown,

To bear all the anguish I am left alone.

I have hidden behind this wall most of my life,

I've managed so far, I've dealt with my strife.

The life I've portrayed,

Is envied by most and I am looked with hatred.

I pull down my veil to hide the scars,

When I sense approaching footsteps, I act smart.

My heart is slowly bleeding with the assault of betrayal,

Stabbed in my back, May be I am gullible.

My pretense is so perfect that no one suspects

I have made none to see, then why can't I fool me?

© Priyanka Bajaj

Miraculous Journey

There I lay in your arms

Feeling as you are my nursing pillow

I've been throwing out 

But your love for me is not under doubt

I crave for chocolates

You bring me all the dulcet

I spend sleepless nights

Your arms hold me all night tight

I feel a kick in my belly

For you to hear that is a melody

We're going to be Mum and Dad soon

Growing is our cocoon 

© Priyanka Bajaj

SCHOOL, this is how we miss you!

Morning yawns

Edge of the dawn

On the milk we groan

School, this is how we miss you

Heavy bags

Identity tags

Teacher nags

School, this is how we miss you

Running late

Waiting for the mate

Scoldings on gate

School, this is how we miss you

Last bench chats

Under the bench, munching snacks

Attention lacked

School, this is how we miss you

Cool friends

A cocktail blend

Mischievous trends

School, this is how we miss you

Laughing, giggling

Whispering, lipsing

Playing, winning

School, this is how we miss you

Exam time

Cheating prime

After every answer, drawing line

School, this is how we miss you

From hating to never ending love

From parent's pressure to our lately realized treasure

From crying in punishment to making efforts to be punished

School, this is how we miss you

Never wanting to leave

Friendship we still reap

Promises made on farewell, we keep

School, this is how we miss you

Memories will never fade

In the dreams we will gaze

Our life's easiest and closest maze

School, this is how we will always miss you

© Priyanka Bajaj