Kadavul vaazthu

I had always wanted to do things professionally, meticulous in it, be it preparing a write up for some conference, or proposing to some random girl ;) the thought that comes first to my mind is –stick to the rules! I was seldom successful in sticking(?!?) to it till d end.( Read it once again. I said I had always WANTED to). So here I am exercising the pedant in me who has had a sedentary life for so long that he forgot daylight. J A poem to God, what I came to know in my 6^th std as ‘Kadavul vaazhthu’ is how writers usually start their works of literature. Below is my version of ‘Kadavul vaazhthu’.

Prayers to thee Oh Lord,

Prayers to thee!

Give me courage an ounce more than the fear I face -

To embrace all the happenings around here.

Give me the power to write my own fate,

I shouldn’t regret a thing, now or ‘late’;

Bless me with a merciful heart -

A mind that understands what is right and what is not

          Preach me the meaning of love,

          To find silence in disturbance,

          To find peace in a raging feud,

          To be with myself and enjoy the solitude.

Prayers to thee Oh Lord,

Prayers to thee –

Make me understand the purpose of this life,

You have so graciously bestowed upon me.