Answer me this

When YOU were sad
I made me a clown
And cheered YOU from being down

When I was sad
YOU left me down
As YOU did not want to be a clown

When YOU wanted to talk
Hours n hours I would spend
so that YOU had me to vent

When I wanted to talk
I had no opportunity to vent
YOU had no time to spend

When YOU were alone
I would reschedule the day
To keep YOUR solitude at bay

When I was alone
YOU kept me at bay
And I had NO minute of YOUR day

When YOU needed me
I was immediately there
Pacified YOU with all the care

When I needed YOU
YOU didn't even care
To ask why I needed YOU there

As I ponder for answers
The main question remains unanswered......

WHY ???

-->Original By me
Sanket karkare
6th october 08

Silence was INDEED golden

Unspoken truth, waiting to surface
But, hidden by an always smiling face

Unexpressed pain, transmuting to tear
But, quenched due to an anticipated fear

The mind battles, the heart weeps
The verity's become a secret they can no longer keep

The voice is heavy, the voice quivers
The feelings are gonna come out - A dam obstructed river

The tête-à-tête is over and so is the Comradeship
Oh! Its foundation was secrecy, it was just skin-deep....

When SHIPS go on sinking, one by one
You are induced to think , Silence was INDEED golden........

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
2nd October 08

I want the moon ( a conversation )

No words can portray
What goes in my mind
It always seems to say
"A wrong person, you always find"

ME :

Ah ! How beautiful is the moon
Why does the sun overshadow it during noon ?
I just love this satellite of the earth
Hey ! My feelings for moon have taken birth...

MIND :

What ????!!!!! The moon is what you love ????
Don't you know it is thousands of kms above ?????
Don't you think, moon is too big for you ?
It is too fair, n (laughs) see your hue..........


ME :

What if I am not that fair
Won't the moon appreciate my love and care ?
What if the moon is big for me now ?
I will become big too somehow

MIND :

(cannot stop laughing)
Haa....The moon and you are similar too
You both have spots, n not very few
Furthermore, the moon is a thief
And..........

ME :

And still for me, the moon is of importance chief.

What is wrong if the sun gives away its light ?
It is a way of showing its unimaginable might..
And i do not worry about the spots as you do
because my love for the moon is very true

MIND :

Then go and orchestrate a proposal,
(whispers) if you have the guts
It is sure to turn into a disposal
And then i will see you going total nuts..

ME :

"I want the moon", I had said
I m not thinking by heart, it is by head
I am prepared for the moon to say NO
Should I stop thinkin about the moon so ??
I will wait for some time and do my act
I will go to the moon and tell the fact
The proposal will have to be full of tact
My mind, with me, won't you make a pact ?

MIND :
A pact, for what is it meant ?
What picture, are you trying to paint ??

ME :

A pact, to show you are in support
Though we fight, we share a rapport

Don't you think I know
Me and Moon being "We"
Is a possibility wee ??

I am ready to forever bow
So that the moon can see
I am full of the love sea ??

MIND :

All right, I am fully with you
Will support, whatever you do
But I don't want to see you hurt
So think....Before you act and flirt

ME :

Don't worry pal, I will be careful
By supporting me, you have done the needful
Now I will wait for tomorrow to see the moon
I hope this day gets over soon........

MIND :

Hmmm....Don't get desperate buddy
Thinking more will spoil your health ruddy
So, cheer up and smile the whole day
Wait for the perfect moment before nething you say.......

ME :

Ya, sure.... Busy, myself I will make
German project, I will now undertake
Will talk to you later my mind
Tell me if someone else you find...

MIND :

(laughs) Ya will tell you of course
Now go away, else I will use my force

ME :

No...The force you don't need to use
Or else, I will liquify your fuse
Was kidding.... I will go now
Feel like bathing now..

MIND :

Okay, Go now and enjoy your life
Leave it to me to alleviate all the strifes

ME :

Thank you for saying all that
Byee.... and You get a nice pat...

MIND :




--> Original by me
Sanket Karkare
14th Sept 08

Freedom of thought ?????

They are heard, clear and loud
Inherited rebukes about

Untouchability
Girl child
Casteism
Racism
Homosexuality
HIV+

Is this freedom of thought ???
Or, continue to follow ancestors' thoughts ...

Man..! Your thoughts can go on a spree
Once conventional beliefs are reduced to nought
If you have no thoughts free,
You ain't free even if uncountable battles are fought

Think what you never did before
Give space to ideas new
Open all your mind's doors
Eliminate the barriers listed in the queue

Break the shackles that grab your mind
Try to see a different angle
An acceptance unexplored you will surely find
Once the unwanted thoughts you entangle

Learn that finally each of us is a human
We are different, yet same
So stop these beliefs that are completely inhuman
"Actual freedom of thoughts " - Fight THIS real game


-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare

Don't have words to describe my happiness today :)

Today, I don't have words to say
But still, i will try to speak
Thanks a lot, you made my day
or actually u made my whole week

A coincidence, or i donno what
but even u were late today
A sight of you , i had caught
I decided to go YOUR way

But conscience pricked me
It told me to go and lectures you attend
My feet listened and made me flee
I thought, this was the UNDESIRED end

But, the teacher was not there
I was excited and came back
Where are you ? I started to care
Coz your presence, now lacked

There you were, doing your work
I wanted to sit beside you
But didn't want to appear a complete jerk
So, sat at a distance away from you

But, again a co-incidence, or my prayers heard
I don't know the reason for this
YOU came, like my mind's call you heard
I felt having achieved eternal bliss

On my left, you sat doin your job
I pretended to read books
Now, i couldn't see the sitting mob
I was too busy in your sly looks

The lecture over, but my heart didn't care
I also let it NOT care and sat
I felt, as if i was doin a dare
For which, i gave myself an invisible pat

Three hours passed, and I was too happy
I never had expected this day to be so great
Still, I am very very very happy
Can't this happen everyday, Fate ??

The recess started, you went out
I was waiting for the moment
Not caring, that i was a lout
I followed you, as you went

You disappered, but i was not in grief
All the happiness I had got
So, i would like to tell you, in brief
Thanks Thanks Thanks a lot

You don't know how much I am cheered
The credit totally goes to you
Nothing happened, as I had feared
Don't know how those three hours flew

Don't know why I felt like this
But the feelings are NOT fake
Such chances, I won't miss
My days, I will surely make..

This, if you happen to read
Don't hate me, don't tell neone
Instead, sow the friendship seed
I may be your special someone................

I am out of words, i wanna stop
But my hands are not allowing me
My eyes are open, yet they don't stop
Only you they are wanting to see

I don't know how to tell you
That you inspired me to write this write
I don't know how to tell you
That you have made my day bright

I don't know how to tell you
I want to talk to you soon
I don't know how to tell you
I am ready to scorch in the hot noon
I don't know how to tell you
I am ready to shiver in the cold moon
I don't know how to tell you
I really like you, I am NOT a loon

I don't know how to tell you
You made me write endlessly
I don't know how to tell you
I will always like you selflessly

I don't know how to tell you
I don't know how to tell you..........

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
4th August 08

Thanks a lottt to the person who made me happy.....

Inspected Introspection

An empty skull
Filled with void
Latest achievements NULL
Responsibilities - Avoid

Yet, the skull does think
Though,no sensible things
Can travel the world in a wink
But of course, without any zing

The happenings, it fails to grasp
The behaviour, it cannot explain
For explanations, it does gasp
But still, the efforts go in vain

Of late, the rude conduct
Has made it hollow
Closed are all the other ducts
Insolent talks continue to follow

But, the empty skull, today
Is trying to unclog
The ducts that are blocked
It wants to think in another way
Doesn't mind if it has to slog
It is ready to throw the RUDE rock

So, efforts it has to start
It knows it was wrong
It will abandon the ways tart
And sing the opposite song

It says sorry to itself now
It has accepted the mistake
It is going to change, no matter how
The polite road, it will now take

Full of guilt, full of shame
It bows itself to all
It was the cause of its own defame
But now it has heard the self-call

It will change soon
It promises with a smile
The past will then be a boon
And future will be a walk of miles

GOODBYE, it says to you
I am gonna start to behave
Soon, i will be totally new
Sorry for the troubles i gave......

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
4th September 08



Was introspecting myself... have got too rude these days..... So wrote this... I promise u all, i will change..... Just don't hate me..

Is it Winter or just you ???

Cold glares
Shuddering me
Freezing me to ice

Earlier, my bare
body would be
feeling very nice

Did summer
change itself
to winter ??

You mummer
Rejoiced yourself,
My love, u intered ...

The early cool breeze
Now turns ghastly
With the chilly storms

Your looks now freeze
A sudden change, vastly
Different from regular norms

Is it a natural change
like changes in season
or there is some other cause ?

Why is your comportment strange
Tell me the reason
Don't hesitate, don't pause...

Now the season cold
is at its peek
covering me with rime

Yet, stories are untold
Explanations i seek,
Frostiness escalating with time.....

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
11th August 08


Tried writing differently... [:D]

Perfidious ????

On personal level, I don't know you
You don't know me
But I have an enormous crush on you
Everywhere, you, I see

I have not told you yet
Don't know when will tell
Yesterday only when we met
My heart wanted to yell

I am attached to you too much
I can't think of anyone other
My condition is weird as such
Seeing someone new is a bother

It is not that I am committed
But I am emotionally staunch
My feelings are all ignited
Just waiting to launch

I constantly feel I m a cheat
When actually I am not
Between us, there may not be heat
But I really like you a lot

Why do I feel what I do
When, I m NOT cheating on you ??
Is this me, or it happens to all
Once in Love, maybe they fall ??

-----------------------------------------------------------

So, pals tell me what is wrong
Why did I write this simple song ??
I know I m not perfidious
But the situation for me is tortuous
Help me, before myself I blame
And for no reason, live in shame...

This may be unreasonable or rash
But actually this is what I am feeling
You can say that I deserve a good bash
If that is what it takes for the needed healing

Waiting for your answers, I am here
I am sure you all will come up with many
I want your help to make me happy and cheer
So, do come up with lots of ideas zany.....

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
8th August 08

Miss you already, my pal

You were gonna go today
We all had come to say bye
Sad thoughts, hard to keep at bay
I was not going to cry

All came to airport,
to meet u before u left
US stole you away from us,
it is a personal theft

Now, as I am sitting in my class
I am thinking about our gathering last
Somewhere, I am shattered like a fallen glass
Brain, full of moments of the past...

I know you are gonna be back soon
But, still miss you already, my friend..
We all know that it is a disguised boon
But for a long time, we obviously would be strained...

As soon as you read this scrap,
REPLY..Till that I will wait
I hope u will post a good old rap
All the best, MY DEAREST MATE...

-->Wrote this for the same pal for which i wrote.. Adieu, my pal...... He boarded the plane today.... a second later, we all started missing him.... these thoughts gushed out in the lecture after i had just said bye to him at airport...ALL THE BEST PAL... LOVE U N MISS U A LOT...

Adieu,my pal

I really don't know where to start
This feelings I am experiencing, in written form
It is paining too much in my heart
Yes, it is the birth of the "separation sadness" worm

I still remember how we all used to skate
Used to watch movies at your place
Sundays were always our group's date ;)
Full too masti, a great shine on our face

Goodies, our favy hangout
My weird acts made you all grin
All of you pulled only my leg without a doubt :P
But, making you laugh, I always used to win...

You, my dear dear friend
Are now leaving to study more
This IS the current study trend
You will be back after semesters four

But when you will be back
I might not be here
But our meetings won't lack
You will always be my pal dear :)

Nine days of navratri, nine different fights
I used to drive you all mad
In uttarayan, used to waste all your kites
Coz I am a flier very very bad ;)

All the fun which our group had
All the tussles and love we shared
All the moments happy and sad
For each other, we always cared


This separation thing always gives pain
It is a truth which we all know
But it is for your future gain
Study hard, in your field you have to grow..

I know I will cry
I know you will cry too
But face it or atleast try
Not to exaggerate our BOO HOO...

I will miss your taunts and jokes
I will miss your rough drives
I will miss your films
I will miss your football play
Really, I will miss you my bosom pal


Now I don't know how to finish
What I was supposed to express
Hug us all tight, is my last wish
Before abroad, you race...........

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare

Written for one of my dearest, nearest and bestest friend, who is flying to US for higher studies......Today, we gave a surprise party to him... We all enjoyed those unforgettable moments..... Will have to wait many months for such a party now... Wish u all the best PK, will miss you yaar..

Why can't any moment everlast???

Yesterday, together were we both
My feelings for you had rushed back
I had forgotten my earlier oath
"My love for you was to be put away in a pack"

All my feelings came out in a hurry
I again wanted to kiss and fondle you
I wanted the moment to arrive in a scurry
My feelings for you astronomically grew

I lay my head in your lap
I was impulsively fondling your hand
All i wanted was now to take a nap
Then I was awoken by reality wand

I came back to my senses
You were not in love with me
There were issues that stood as fences,
I realized, we were not meant to BE...

But the moment which I cherished
While in your lap was momentous
Still, as any other moment, it perished
Why am I suffering from 'NOT-BEING-WITH-YOU' cuss???

If I had one wish to ask
I would want that moment to everlast
In your lap, I wanna always bask
Oh! Love fairy, come and some spell you cast.....

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
19th july 08

Will I ever find someone???? :(

I always live in a dream
Where I am full of joy
But to me, why does it seem,
that this is only a happy-dream toy

I am totally into someone
We are having a great life
No worries, just a lot of fun
Oh! snap, the dream got killed with "awakening" knife.

Where are you for whom I am waiting?
Are you near me ? Are you miles away?
Where are you with whom I would like to be dating?
For you, I am ready to turn my nights to days....

I am so lonely, no one to hear
I am yearning for someone to be always near
My so called friends are just for the namesake "dear"
Because they don't listen to me when I am all in tears.

And you, the special someone I want
Why are you aggravating my misery?
In my thoughts you come and haunt
Come to me, End my wait, make me free...

Your wait is killing me, I am losing my mind
Are you enjoying to see me in pain?
I don't care if you are a sadist kind,
Your happiness due to my misery will be my gain

If you want to see me like this
Do not come to me, Do not alleviate my agony
But do keep loving me, so that my trances are a bliss
Atleast my dreams will be joyous and sunny

The wait may never end, But I surely willl
I am prepared to accept this bare fact
Only hope to meet you, once for real
Can't I just do this, Isn't there any tact??

I really need someone to vent in front of
Don't know who that is going to be
Who will listen to me, without giving a scoff
Life's exuberant side, who will make me see???

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
17th july 08

Autobiography of a fish

Out of an egg, into the sea
Water was going to be my life
Always drenched I was going to be
Water around me was rife

Born to swim with my fins
I enjoyed the continuous water strolls
In all our races, I would always win
So, also got fame at best swimmer's polls

We used to jump too high
That was also a lot of fun
But birds attacked and killed many..SIGH!!!
So, with the jumps, we were done...

My life was fun filled, full of joy
All friends used to fearlessly play
But human found the spot and as sporting toy,
Fishing hooks, (as death), began to sway

I was unlucky, got caught in hook
I actually got "FISH-OUT-OF-WATER" feel
The man is really a horrible crook
I was terrified to anticipate being his meal....

Lucky or Unlucky, I was put in a water jar
My death was postponed for now
From all my friends I was very very far
The toddlers of the house used to see me and go WOW !!

I was fully taken care of
Given healthy stuff to eat...
So, I made it a point to
make them happy by occasional feats...

But, in the end, my world was a vessel so small
FREEDOM had turned to a "JAR"
To the height of this, I was alone, no pal
Jealous and unhappy I am, Lucky my other friends are....

That day, I was moving around
When the toddler came near to play
He tried to touch me, jumping from the ground
"Please go away", I started to pray

But fate had arrived as death too certain
He pushed to jar and it fell
My life was going to be ALL DONE
Too much pain was waiting, I was gonna be in hell

Of course, the jar broke, I was thrown on the floor
I chocked as water was absent
I gasped to breathe, even more
I was going to forever faint

I died, no one felt sad
They threw me to a hungry cat
I don't wish them anything bad
Because life is cruel like that......

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
16th July 08
Computer Network lecture...

Autobiography of a river

A mountain had given me birth

I had started from a tiny girth
But on my way, I became sizeably wide
I even formed a bank on either side !!!

I still remember the time when
I had jumped down from the mountain then
Ouch !! I had really gotten hurt
& had gotten muddy due to all the dirt
The mud had settled down, and I started to glow
I was well enough, to resume the flow

I had really gotten very long
Large and small stones obstructed my path
Quenching the earth's thirst on my way along
I even gave animals and plants a bath...

How happy I was to serve them all
They thanked me for my selfless service
I always heard of someone's call
I felt I will soon reach eternal bliss

Hey! Suddenly my water started getting impure
It couln't be the plants or animals, I was sure
Yeah, it was the selfish selfish man
Who still exploits me as much as he can
He baths in me, saying I am sacred
He pollutes me by throwing the ashes of the dead
The same elixir is drunk by fauna
Seeing them diseased, because of my water throws me in a trauma

This is not all, I get obstructed by dam
My free water is blocked like traffic in a jam
But some of water does get past
Oh! What a relief I get at last
I am all full of garbage and waste
That crazy human is too much of a pest
Seeing me, my water no one would even wanna taste
Still the dumping doesn't stop, doesn't rest

The call, I again start to hear
I think my caller, my destination, the ocean is near

I hate myself because I will mix
With the ocean and polute it too
But I can't stop my flow, so I am in a fix
Why didn't the human think this through??

The ocean is too near now
I am dumping myself in it
My flow is reduced to zero, this is how
I am dying... Bit by bit...................

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
14th july 07

Relieved to see you...... :)

Drenched in ur CRUSH, I rode the same route
Wanting to see you again today
My behaviour had started to be like of a lout
But your thoughts had totally carried me away

But Oh ! My god...I was in a great shock
You were not present at THE PLACE
Now with whom, would my eyes talk?
They would glance whose face ??

My day was spoiled, my mood got bad
I became annoyed, I got much much sad

Went to college, but it was on strike
So, travelled along the same route, on my bike

And guess what !!! MY CRUSH was there
My eyes were sooooo very pleased
Thoughts rambled, How great would be our pair
I would love, if me , YOU teased....

My day turned great,
I was on cloud nine
I thanked the fate
The turn of events was fine....

Hope to see you every day
Hope to talk to you some time
"I like you", I want to say
I fear it, though I know it is not a crime !!
But these thoughts, I am gonna keep at bay
Coz To tell you this, if of importance prime...

-->Original By me
Sanket Karkare
12th July 08

A "Rainy" Crush continues ... ;)

Yesterday, it was July the ten
It was afternoon, n there was rain

I was out and had gotten wet
LOVELY feelings, I started to get

Fully drenched, I headed homeward
I made it a point to see THE CRUSH
I can't explain in any words
How happily then I had blushed...

I reached home, stil blushing with joy
Mixed feelings included me being coy

A thought suddenly ran in my mind
I decided to take a walk in the rain
My CRUSH, I was keen to find
Just imagine, if successful, WHAT A GAIN !!!!

Excited, I started to walk
I was full of thoughts the same
Could today be my chance to talk ?
Could I get to know THE NAME ?

I reached the destination soon
But suddenly I became nervous
What if I was considered a goon?
What if there was a lot of fuss ?

So, quietly, I walked away...
But surely saw, what I wanted to see...
Again, I could not say
"Will you go out with me ?"

On my return stroll, I again wanted to peep
But alas ! My mind refused to do so !!!!
My heart started to weep
Still the mind was firm on "NO"...

I sympathized myself, saying I got to see
What mattered to me the most
Though I walked away with a glee,
I think I had been unnoticed as an unseen ghost

-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
11th july 08

Written during TD and MP lectures.....