Thursday, October 9, 2008

How Far?

How far, I asked,
A stranger on the road,
From Love to Hate,
From a smile to tears.

Not much, replied
The helpful man,
Pointing the way:
Just go five steps straight,
Past a careless word or two,
A thoughtless deed-
And you reach where you want.

12 comments:

Unknown said...

wow...this is good!

krishna said...

great... and rubbish

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Jinju S. said...

Thanx nandu :)

Jinju S. said...

Nd unni it aint rubbish...one of d biggest truths of life...u'll realise it sooner or later

Anonymous said...

nothn can b rubbish that takes it's breath from human mind;i mean,it's origin...your thoughts reflects; n more over unfold somethn very precious that things that we often label as silly n rubbish garnish itself in the form of a poem...u hav shown it well.....gud luck

zen

phoenix said...

beautiful in all its simple truthfulness...great to see u blogging too...u go girl!!

Jinju S. said...

Thank you zenana and phoenix for ur feedback... ur encouragement is my inspiration! :)

Unknown said...

dis is my fav yet...:)...

Shravan RN said...

what words would define this? perfect? accurate? precise? great? wow? i go wordless !!

Jinju S. said...

Thank u geetz nd shravan :)

KParthasarathi said...

Scintillating