#400 जुगनू

तुझे लगता तू है चिंगारी,
आंधियों में टिक ना पाएगा,
यह ज़माना बड़ा बेरहम है,
पैरों तले तुझेे कुचल जाएगा।
तू आग का सैलाब है,
चिंगारी से बढ़ता जाएगा,
पंखों में बारूद लिए, इस,
दुनिया को राख कर जाएगा।

तू ऊंचा तो उठ ज़रा,
अपने पंखों को खोल ज़रा,
तुझ सा कोई नहीं यहां पे,
जान खुद का मोल ज़रा।
जितनी अंधेरी हों रातें,
उतना ही होगा उजाला तेरा,
कुछ नहीं नामुमकिन यहां पर,
जुगनू है तू, सितारा मेरा‌।

जलते हैं जो तुझ से, जल जाने दे,
कहते हैं कमज़ोर तुझे, कह जाने दे,
तू धैर्य तो रख, मेहनत को रंग लाने दे,
इस आग के दरिया को उबल जाने दे।
उन कागज़ की कश्तियों को आज,
तुझ में जल,‌ राख हो जाने दे।
जुगनू है तू, रोशनी तेरे अंदर है,
सब्र कर ज़रा, अपना समय तो आने दे!

–जुगनू 🐝

मेरे सारे ब्लॉगर मित्रों को हिंदी दिवस की बहुत शुभकामनाएं! 😺 काफी समय बाद हिंदी में कुछ लिखने का प्रयास किया है, आशा है कि आप सभी को पसंद आया। शुक्रिया! 🌼

#398 Firefly’s Drama!

You might be on the North Pole,
I might be attending a class,
Distance doesn’t matter, you know,
When we feel it in our hearts.
I’ll stand right by your side,
In the lows and the highs,
Life’s a rollercoaster,
Climb with me on this ride.
Friendship, an invisible cord,
Binds us to each other, tight,
Two strangers, all of a sudden,
Share a little too much in life!
Hatred fuels love, love fuels hatred,
If I had a choice, you’d truly be dead. 😺

I don’t care about Friendship Days,
Wasn’t really excited for it either,
But this Firefly’s a Drama Queen,
She weaved this silly poem together.
If she really had her way, She’d,
Flood WordPress with friendship bands,
Tie them into all of your hands,
And make you all her Fiery Fraaaands.
I know, just like I did, you too,
Will cringe and run out the door,
But what else do you expect?
You know she’s just four. 🙁

–Firefly 🐝

#397 Cotton Candies

Clouds are like little UFOs,
Roaming around in space.
Like kids rushing out of classes,
As soon as it’s lunch break.
Clouds love racing each other,
With trees cheering out loud.
They also pose under the sunlight,
Oh, so sophisticated and proud.
Clouds are just so weird beings,
Sometimes they swallow the sun,
Sometimes they giggle, have fun,
Sometimes they collectively cry. 😿
Clouds are like cotton candies,
Hanging in the deep blue sky,
If only I could reach up there,
If only I had wings to fly!
(Oh, wait, I do have them,
Cause you know,
I’m the FIREFLY.)

–Firefly 🐝

(P.S. Cloud credit goes to Sumeet, which also means ACCIDENTAL BLOGGER 😼)

#396 The Night

The night knows your secrets,
The ghosts of fears that you hide,
Guilty lumps in your throat, that,
Threaten to well up your eyes.
Some fears you just can’t escape,
Journey of self-destruction follows,
Truths that cannot be spoken out loud,
Leave their marks on your pillow.
The night doesn’t comfort,
It just lets you weep in peace,
When you’re done sulking over life,
It wraps you into the blanket of sleep.

–Firefly 🐝

#395 Our Boat

Enduring the harsh tides of time,
Hand in hand, that’s a good sign.
We’ll dodge our fears, fight our frowns,
Ours is a boat, that’ll never ever drown.
Through warm sunsets or stormy nights,
We’ll sail through together, with no fright.
Faith and love will light up our way,
Ours is a boat that’ll shine through the day.

Yay! Another idiotic poem’s here! Enjoy reading and then don’t forget to bang your heads on the wall. Have a great time. 😺👊

–Firefly

#393 Monsoon Man

He drove the relentless Summer,
Out and away from the skies,
Ushered an Army of gray clouds,
Who came giggling, all huddled up,
Like little boys on a playground.
The clouds parted to reveal a chariot,
Held by the most gorgeous face,
Storms swished and swirled with glee,
The trees and leaves bowed to his feet.
Thunder boomed, lightening came forth,
Raindrops poured down, satiating the Earth.
I kept on staring at him, charmed, when,
He smiled down and gave me a wink,
Oh how I blushed and turned all pink.
Thanking, I spread my arms to the breeze,
Monsoon Man had finally heard my pleas!

-Firefly 🐝

#392 Ebooks and Book Series

Hello people! Goodmorning and Welcome to Firefly’s Blog. This post is the little kid of another parent post that I was actually going to publish. I was halfway through it and this idea occured to me.

You know, the war between Hardcover Books and E-books never ends, and I am glad to side with E-books. They have so many advantages. For the last few years, I have been counting on E-books for my reading and they have never disappointed me. Recently, after years, I picked up a Hardcover Book as an experiment, and here are my observations about it. Obviously not in favour. 😄

A Well Lit Place

In order to read a Hardcover book, you need a well lit place at all times. That means you can’t read it while you’re lying carelessly on your bed and about to fall asleep. You need lighting, or an open window, and that won’t let you sleep. E-book is like my lullaby. Though I know I’m damaging my eyes, and would probably go blind in my oldage, but it’s worth ittt. Better read today and suffer than never read at all. 😸

Space

Hardcover books occupy a lot of space. You need to assign them a shelf on your cupboard and the space is ever increasing. A shelf becomes a cupboard, cupboard soon becomes a room. Eventually, all your house is filled with books and you wonder if you could climb to the Moon by placing one book atop the other. Oooooh, there might be more books on Moon, let’s go. 😻

Ebooks are so handy, you don’t even realise they are with you. You can have millions of books in your phone and nobody would ever call you a nerd. How cool is that!

Dictionary and Highlights

The one major thing I had to struggle with was highlighting and underlining my favourite parts. While reading the hardcover book, whenever I came across an interesting dialogue, I immediately clicked on it, thinking it would show me an option to underline the text. Then I realised this was a BOOK. 😒

And I had to search for markers and sketchpens, leaving the story unread. And when I found a highlighter pen, I couldn’t dare to use it in the book feeling like it would spoil the beautiful pages. Huh, complete waste of time.

Also, if you’re reading a hardcover book, you need to also have a dictionary handy with you. And then you need another century finding the meaning of difficult words, which would disrupt the flow of the story. E-book reader apps have a variety of highlighting options, eve an inbuilt dictionary option, I prefer the Moon+ Reader App, cause it’s the best.

No Patience

The thing is, I lack patience when it comes to books. On an average, it takes me three days to finish a 350-400 pages book, and if I go on buying hardcover books, all my money would go into that. 😣 It takes atleast 3-5 days for books to arrive online, and if I keep waiting for that long, I would lose interest, huh. E-books rule! They are easily available and I don’t need to wait another second after finishing a book. I can go on and on and on.

Also, I prefer book series to books. Here are the few book series I have completed:

–The Shiva Trilogy by Amish Tripathi

–Emily Series by LM Montgomery

–The Divergent Series by Veronica Roth

–The Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

–The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins

–The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner

–Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

Book series just give me that feeling of permanence, something that’s long term. It requires commitment and determination to read a book series. It’s not short lived like a single book that ends in the blink of an eye. Book series make you connect with the characters on a deeper level. I love permanent things. 🌼

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Anyways, do you like Book Series? What are some of your favourite books/book series? Do you prefer hardcover books or E-books? Do let me know in the comments section.

–Firefly 🐝

#391 To the Boy Who Reads a Lot!

Here’s a dedication to the boy who loves books more than anything or anyone. To the boy who is books’ bestfriend- to the Boy who reads a lot!

He is the one who would occasionally quote his favourite dialogues from the books he’s read, and leave me in complete awe. Cheesy dialogues, funny dialogues, inspiring phrases, he’s got them all! Sometimes, I wonder how he even remembers half of it! Once when I was stuck between ordering Pizza or Pasta, he suddenly exclaimed, “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” And then, he had a swollen eye for a week. ☺

He’s the one who always carries a bag wherever he goes, even if it’s just a casual walk by the beach. That bag always holds a few novels, marker pens, ballpoint pens, and his secret journal. Oh, it’s so heavy, I never offer to carry it for him!

The one thing that I can’t help noticing about him is that he isn’t really organised! Whenever I walk into his room, I always find piles of books here and there strewn across the floor and the bed. And he lies beside the window, with his little kitty curled upon him, both of them totally engrossed in their book. I find that cute!

He is the one who might starve to death at times, but he always saves money to buy books. Just leave him into a bookstore and you would be the kindest Angel for him. You know, he gets super happy in tiny things. I occasionally leave him little notes with his favourite poems and that just makes him overjoyed. When I’m away, I send him handwritten letters and he still keeps them safely into his secret box. I love that about him. ❤

As a reader, he has a deep emotional connect with the book’s characters and when the story ends on a sad note, it shows up on his face for days. He leaves his heart into the books that he reads. They hurt him, but he loves that pain, he craves it. He feels too much. When I find him in deep thought after he’s finished a book, I don’t ask him questions. I let him cradle in my lap and assure him everything’s going to be alright.

He is the one who appreciates the little things in life. He loves sitting by the river and reading, he craves for peace. He loves watching the sunset, he has that childlike innocence I would die for. He loves looking at little kids walking by, and daisies growing in the gardens. When he looks at you, you can’t help wondering what character is he thinking about. Those deep dark eyes, they hold mysteries.

He is a die-hard fan of bookmarks. I remember one time when he was so annoyed with me and I made him a feather shaped bookmark, he was so thrilled, he forgot everything in the world. Haha, he’s a child like that. Look at what I gifted him.

Sometimes when I ask him if he would like to go out for dinner or something, he makes an excuse. I know it but I let him fool me. I know he likes to be in his own bubble. Social interaction is something he doesn’t really care about. I respect his ME time. Once, I took him to a cafe with friends, but within fifteen minutes he said, I’m not feeling well, I think I’ll leave. That’s when I understood his issue. He’s so silly.

I die for his writing skills. He has no match! Sometimes, he even ends up teaching me new words. Whenever I get into trouble, I always call him for help. A book reader is the best advisor ever. He instantly makes me feel better. 🌼

Sometimes, he starts talking about a character from a book and it takes me time to realise if he’s even talking about a real person. But, just like you can’t call someone’s dog a DOG, I can’t call his characters Unreal! It’s like he lives in a completely different world. I get jealous of his fictional friends even. He falls in love with book characters, huh.

This boy is a Gem! And I consider myself very lucky to have him by my side. 💙

–Firefly 🐝

#390 The Cursed Emoji

Hello Readers! How have you all been? Greetings from me, and punches from Firefly! 👊 It’s been so long, she was dying to be here. But it’s just me. I keep her chained so she stops jumping and dancing all over people’s heads. She embarrasses me sometimes. Today, I forgot to lock her and see, she made an appearance. Huh, Attention Seeker!

Anyways, so this post is about Emojis. Since the time, I’ve owned a smartphone, my life has revolved around Emojis. Though, there are lots and lots of them (and even stickers these days), we tend to always have a liking for that one emoji which appeals to our heart. (Naaa, I’m not talking about Kitty faces here. She’s not even an Emoji, she’s pure love.) I’m talking about this suuuper-innocent Emoji face.

A few days back, I found a really really ancient screenshot of a miserable conversation, and apparently, I’d used this Emoji n number of times. Just looking at it brings a wave of bad memories to my happy seashore. He is like the cursed demon or something in my emoji tray. I haven’t used him for over two years. It makes me feel so vulnerable and weak.

People who know me, are also aware about this weird habit of mine. I tend to form a bond with inanimate things, especially emojis. Just one glimpse, and I can narrate its entire life-story to you. Like I’m some Astrologer or something. For example: This emoji (😊) looks like he hides a pair of pointed knifes behind his back. The moment you turn around, he’s going to stab you. Beware, huh!

So, when I like an emoji, I overuse it to such an extent that I lose my identity and become one with that emoji. Just like the Kitty. I totally believe I AM THE KITTY, okay? Don’t question it or you’ll face my paws. 😾

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Anyways, so a few years back, I was this weak and miserable emoji. I couldn’t speak my mind, I let people trample on me, I apologised without there being my fault, I lacked confidence and strength and every good thing you can think of. To me, this Emoji seems to say, “Oh, I’m so sorry. It’s all my fault. I’m sorry for taking up your precious time. I won’t bother you anymore. I’m sorry for existing.” And when I started overusing it with every text, I pretty much started feeling the same.

People took advantage of my lack of confidence and they played dirty tricks on me. I let them do it cause I wasn’t so brave to take a stand. I hated confrontation, I hated arguments. So I yielded. Someday, if I could travel back in time, I’d love to punch a few people so bad that they remember my name in other lifetimes too.

But thankfully, the old days are gone. Now, I’m no Weakling Firefly. I’m almost like a Mafia Don, huh, killing and cursing and punching everyone who dares to cross my way. This new personality comes from my Kitty, I guess. It’s what I prefer. Better be the proudy Boss than the sulking Employee.

As I’m nearing the end of this post, I’m realising this post was a total waste of time. It isn’t inspiring, doesn’t have a moral or anything, it isn’t even a story. It’s just Something. 🤔 Well, I guess, you’ll have to deal with it. So, how’s your journey been with emojis so far? What are some of your favourite emojis and why do you like them so much? What emojis do you hate? Do share with me in the comment section.

–Firefly 🐝

#389 Yuck!

With hope in my heart,
And math in my mind,
I figured out the AC bus,
Was just about to arrive,
So I stood there impatient,
Waiting for my lovely bus,
But, as usual, it didn’t come,
Oh, I know my damned luck.

This other bus arrives,
And the conductor dude,
Says ‘I’ll give you a good seat’,
Like a single seat on that bus,
Qualifies anywhere near ‘Good’,
So, helpless in the burning sun,
I agree to his fake words,
And hop into that stupid seat,
Let the man earn a buck.

Sweat runs down my forehead,
My neck, and even my eyes,
Burning Sun roars on my left,
Men stuck together on the right.
Bodies pressed against each other,
I bend far, far away, it’s a horrible muck,
The sun lights me with its fire-torch,
Oh, I seriously do feel like a duck.

That boy’s constantly staring at me, I’m,
Mentally throwing pebbles at that shuck.
Oh, just let the bus stop somewhere,
I’m going to throw him into a truck.
Everything is so sweaty and ewww,
Into what stupid hell am I stuck,
It was the last day of the session,
I just prayed for one sweet AC bus,
Everything’s so disgusting here, yuck! 

–Firefly 🐝

It was the last day of the session today, and it takes me two hours to reach college. It gets suuuper hot outside and I always pray for the AC bus to arrive on time. But, it never does. And it didn’t today, either. 😧 Everything about today was just disgusting. AC bus is so spacious and such a welcome place of rest and fun. And this idiot Local bus was burning hell. I hate buses. Hate themmm like I hate grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. 😾