Time- their basic need

The children are like candles,
Made out of wax.
Your anger out of kindle,
Acts like an axe.

Working for their future
And having less time.
Leaving them no-one to nurture,
That's surely a crime.

Giving them everything
When they need your love
Doesn't improve anything,
It just hurts your little dove.

Go somewhere out with them,
Let them experience childhood.
Let the things you've always dreamt for them
Do them good.

Be a real human,
not a work-machine
Be their role-models,
Their own kings and queens

-Chinmayee Kulkarni

The Gossip Dolls

Those hushing sounds behind my back
And the fresh news items off the rack
Discussing others' private lives
Buzz like the bees out of their hives.

Pinch them, they scream worse than a horn
They are like roses full of thorns.
Shouting out their grief, these agony aunts
Can't be shut up by anything but taunts.

Wear high heels and a lot of make-up on
Stay freshly grazed like an open lawn.
Foundation, toner, face-wash and what not
Faces like chipmunks and ducks they've got.

Discussing boys is their inborn talent,
Boasting on for days how her guy was valent.
Their laughs sound like the cries of a mongoose
Fail at no brainers, all the brain screws are loose.

Making vocabulary mistakes in the 9th grade
Busy showing each person a different shade.
Go to the washroom, not to pee;
But adjusting their hairpins for everyone to see.

Play petty games like dodge and softball
Now tell me, why for equality do we haul?
Ask them to play football, just try a hand
After watching the scene, its difficult to stand.

Find it hard to bisect an angle
But no difficulty in setting up a love triangle!
Behave two-sided in every situation
The only defective piece in god's creations.

I wish to grab scissors and cut their 'tails,
Right from where the first tie hails.
Push some stinking socks to their nose
or spray them away with a fire station hose!

Tie their tongues with some rubber bands
The only way to stop rumours before they expand.
Lock them in a class and don't get them out
Scare the hell out of every girl standing about

-Chinmayee Kulkarni

A Paperful of Universe

Some paperbacks and hardcovers

is all I have in my treasury

But am very protective of them,

I have a little misery!

Mysterious ventures of Nancy,

Surprises everywhere she 'Drew'

Also some great comedies,

Reading them laughter would ensue.

Around the world of IT colleges,

experiencing Bhagat's romance;

In the feels of Jonathan Stroud

as the magician takes a stance.

But my favorite of all is Taita,

hidden in Wilbur's tales;

Solving every problem in the way
it never so happens that he fails.

Meluha is a dream-land,

that every person would want to live in;

Also in Amish's Ayodhya,

Where the criminal is punished for his sins.

But then comes 'Asura';

The tale of the vanquished,

Telling the story of a villain,

How he was actually anguished.

These books are a universe,

Engaging me to it's personal best.

Every new character in the stories

Begins a new quest

-Chinmayee Kulkarni

A Life Unusual

"To be or not to be" is not the question,
Why living your life with exasperation?
Don't just live all your years behind a bastion
Get outside and take a look at all the contraptions

Be a bird, flying away from your nest
But be sure you don't turn back for rest
Complete your journey with spirit abreast!
A lifetime spent like this will broaden your chest

Across all the mountains, up as you go
Don't let those devilish things make you slow!
There's nothing to lose, feel no ado
You know you're not the horse afraid of his own shadow.

Feel the nature, it's extrovert temperament
Discussing with you it's personal lament.
Offering you its gracious condiments
Treating your entrance like an advent!

And if you return, everything you have achieved
It changes the way of life you had perceived.
Now that you've thrown away the weight you heaved,
Tell everyone your tales, in which you have believed.

Remember that life should be full of ventures
Do it until it is time for some dentures.
As if you're the life's permanent back-bencher
As I always say, life is full of adventures

-Chinmayee Kulkarni

Times

Times are bad, sometimes worse
Sometimes a boon or a curse.
Its like seasons, changes course
And neighbours, banging doors!

A little hard to adapt,
Across a storming sea, to push your raft
Everytime a different quest;
Not everytime you can give your best.

Times are what makes man ready,
 To move ahead and make your own study.
A chance to understand distinct situations
So that you don't make repetitions.

A little test to check your patience
Its like switching trains at a station.
You should just extinguish your fire,
Bid your problems au revoir.

Just don't go ahead and bellicose,
You know we lack that much of glucose!
Just ignore and be who you are,
May it be your bete noire.

Be yourself is all I say,
May it be the worst day

-Chinmayee Kulkarni

The 'Your' Self

Diamonds are precious and so are you
Don't you live your life like a voodoo;
Depending on what you parents decide for you to do
If you think you're unique, just don't walk along with the crew.

Never say no to your heart's call!
Life is very short after all
Bounce away like a big beach ball
Its okay to change the direction in which you crawl.

'Corporate' shouldn't be the label above
Fly your own way like a dove.
Prove those wrong who try to shove
If there's no-one, give yourself love

Alone you are like yourself in the world
Be like a flag, standing tall unfurled
Walk like you're the greatest person just entered
With your own little arts & abilities, armoured

Celebrate your victory
Being a one-man military!
There is a purpose you have, nothing's ever arbitrary
If you've not found it yet, its just the beginning of the story

-Chinmayee Kulkarni