Every smile of hers was a blade

Cutting through each and every vein

The more it hurt, the more I would want

To feel the pain again

Oppurtunities slipped through my fingers

I never could quite express

How beautiful her eyes were

How lovely was her dress

She wrote me a letter once

We must be barely ten

She wanted to be friends with me

She found me cute back then

We became friends, talked a little

But it never really got too far

She forgot all about me and my heart

And left us as we are

How I wish that she could see

How I wish that she would know

I still read that letter everyday

It’s right there under my pillow

They teach kids in a small school

Though there isn’t a lot of scope

They play their parts as best as they can

And fill the village with hope

…

They’ve been together since three

Studied, played and grew up together

They’ve shared adventures and tales

Lived through all kinds of weather

…

When all the teaching is done

He drops her home everyday

She talks about her guy all the time

He listens to everything she has to say

…

She says she will be married to him

Before the end of next year

He manages to hide his sorrow

And show a face of cheer

…

In her company, he never understands

The journey of a mile

Her words break his heart each time

But he manages to put up a smile

…

Her happiness is his happiness

Her pain is his pain

He never told her how much he loves her

He wonders if he’ll love again

In her paradise, she used to fly

The angel who fell from the sky

…

With other angels she used to play

Where the sky’s blue and the clouds aren’t grey

Left little diamonds on her way

When she used to walk here and there

The trees used to rise so high

For the angel who fell from the sky

…

All the flowers caught a bloom

The garden filled with spring so soon

The lovebirds used to dance so nigh

Of the angel who fell from the sky

…

Though beauty came with her stride

It also came at the cost of pride

She wished the veins and every heartbeat

Would fall and bow at her feet

Just like they hailed the Goddess of Love

As if they were bound from above

So she rewrote a happy couple’s tale

Just to see if true love could fail

And the Goddess of Love she did defy

The angel who fell from the sky

…

A war ensued. She was badly hurt

She lost her charm and her wings were cut

And in the heaven’s darkest night

She was stripped of her light

Her steps no longer turned snow to spring

The angel who lost everything

…

She was exiled down to earth

To find the truth about love’s birth

And the message of true love she should bring

The angel who lost everything

…

On her quest to find her wings

The angel who lost everything

In her paradise she used to fly

The angel who fell from the sky

Time and circumstances tore us apart

I am still living with the pain

It is a strong possibility

That I may never see her again

But I am not disheartened

Would you like to know why?

No matter how far she goes

We’d always be under the same sky

Little Jack, barely eight

Goes to school but has no mate

Never is lonely though always alone

For he has learnt to grow up on his own

The angel questioned little Jack

“Why you’re digging like a maniac?

I’ve been watching you for some time

Are you trying to hide some sort of crime?

All the other kids laugh and play

While you come and dig here everyday”

Little Jack laughed in his feeble voice

And answered for his digging choice

“‘Tis a sad incident

Last year Mom met with an accident

She is all that I have got

She lost her eyes on this very spot

I know they’re buried in this land

So I dig a little with my hand

I dig a little everyday

While Mommy thinks I’m out to play

If she knew what I’m up to

A stern warning she’d issue

She’d say, ‘Stop your digging, Jack

My eyes are gone to never come back’

But I want her to see

How beautiful this world seems to me

So I’ll dig and dig until I find

A pair of eyes to cure my mother’s blind”

The angel smiled and looked up at the sky above

For she had found a new meaning of love

Love is innocent, selfless and care

And the ladder was halfway there

Coleen had a list

21 qualities she wants in her man

Very particular, she was

Hundreds of boys came and went

…

Joe was abandoned when born

Was naive, wild and free

Never went to school

But had learned to laugh at every misery

…

She was promised she’d be happy

He has still kept the vow

He didn’t tick any of the boxes

Happily married for 21 years now

Mrs. Jones keeps herself busy all day

But there is a sadness her eyes do show

Sometimes, she just drops everything

And for hours, stares out of the window

Picks up a photo from a shelf

Of her and Mr. Jones

Wipes the dust which isn’t there

And reaffirms her bones

…

When Mr. Jones left for war

There was a sense of pride in her eyes

He promised her that he would be back

Before her diamond tears dries

…

It’s been more than 25 years

Since the day that he was gone

All the anniversaries have been missed

But no curtains have been drawn

…

He always keeps his promises

Never once did he break her heart

His memory always accompanies her

Though they may be a thousand miles apart

…

And so, Mrs. Jones still believes

He would keep this promise as well

Come back just as he had left

But with a million stories to tell

…

She only has herself to blame

She really doesn’t know why

She couldn’t stop her eyes from crying

Her tears just refuse to die

Mrs. Dawson is a farmer

She ploughs the field all day

Sometimes even in the night

She has a debt to repay

The angel walked up to her

Looked at her for a while

“There is something I’d like to know,”

She spoke so with a smile

“I see you in the fields all day

I see you fry bacon in your pan

I even see a ring on your finger

But I do not see your man”

“My husband,” said Mrs. Dawson

“Is off on a lonely trip

He has found his destination” she said

As she bit her lower lip

“He is in my heart and in my soul

He is in my dreams

He may be gone to never come back

But that’s not how it seems

It was a long time ago

But I clearly remember the day

I never knew a man could be slaughtered

For a debt he can’t repay

They dragged him in this very field

And kicked him in the gut

I saw his blood mix with the soil

I saw him badly hurt

They chopped his head and dropped him dead

In a manner just so cruel

But not before he looked at me

And said – Life is beautiful

I still owe those men a debt

But I owe my man much more

I will repay them one day

But I can’t repay him anymore

Now if you’d excuse me

I have a field to tend to

My work has not even started

And it is nearly two”

The angel blessed and thanked her

Walked away and left her behind

Looked up again at the skies above

With divine thoughts crossing her mind

All sorts of debts you can requite

But love just can’t be repaid

She learnt a lesson of true love

The first few rungs were laid