It is winter. Mornings are torture. I would love to wake up at 5, turn back and go to sleep all warm and cosy in my blanket, for yet another hour.

But alas!!!  I have to go for work don’t I?

And then starts the mad rush. As usual I curse myself while shaving. Why should I have such a thick growth?

Why is it that in less than 24 hours  the facial hair sprouts up faster than anything else that grows?

Why should it the abominable hair grows on my face where I do not want it to?

Why can’t it grow luxuriantly on my pate.

My almost bald pate???

Is it a law of life that we get in ample measure  those that we do not have any need for?

I remember when I was young and newly married my paycheck and hers together were barely enough to jointly meet the expenses to run a home…  forget about taking a vacation, even saving 1K was a dream

My promise of taking my wife out for a vacation  to nowhere else but Kodaikanal  is still an unrequited promise..

And when I am in a position to actually take her for the vacation, she and I seem  to have lost the interest… Kids  are grown up  their plans  for the future  their studies  take up our time

With the result  we still keep dreaming.

Will we ever have that honeymoon we keep dreaming about?

And, at this age, what sort of a honeymoon would that be?

What the heck is a honeymoon?

Maybe we will take long walks by the lakeside

Under the gentle moonlight

Remembering paths trodden together

Recollecting fights done and  overcome

Reliving passions performed

Performed  and revelled in..

Maybe Life has its moments 

At whatever age, whatever phase of life

Maybe this is what Love is 

Maybe this is what Life is

The  wait, the sacrifices…the hurt the longing

I will wait  I will dream I will age 

But I will remain forever young  for my Love

For the Honeymoon of my Life

Hehehe  where have I come to?

From my bodily hair  to my honeymoon

Well  .. no wonder 

I will still shave

She will still rub her cheeks om my freshly shaven cheek

And we will jointly dream of our Kodaikanal

Honey and moon

Me Moon she Honey

Oh Almighty

Keep giving me what I do not want

Keep testing me for all you are worth

I will still keep being true and straight

I will still believe in you

I will still be happy

No matter what

For I am me

And you are in me

Whatever you give me

Is what I give unto myself

And that is Life

I will seek my happiness in what I have

I will be happy in what is not

I will still be happy in what is

And that is

You and me

Oh God

Life…………………………….