The Break Up Song

THE BREAKUP SONG

The loneliness grips the inside of me

This aint how I want my life to be

That day you closed the door

Leavin me vulnerable on the floor

I try all the time to get you out of my mind

But the harder I try the more I cry

I still wont forget the day after the break up

When your so called friend chatted you up

The next day you hugged each other

You said you considered him your brother

As though that wasn’t enough

You made getting over you rather tough

But the hardness was really reduced

When you found yourself seduced

By the same guy you considered your closest friend

What friendship is the message I did send

No reply to that message was ever written

I threw away all your gifts, including that cute mitten

Three days after the separation

You were headed for a lasting love connection

You drove away in his car

Leaving a damn long scar

Now the pain is all gone

I have really moved on

At first I thought it had to do something with my fat stage

But then I realized, you never were my mental age

Baby one day if you wanna come back to me

Do so when you attain your puberty

Perfect couple was the tag given to me and you

But in reality I was never that much into you

First I thought of you as Sheila and her jawani

But now I only think of you as Munni and her badnami

At once I thought you were hot

Now I only associate you with a bathroom pot

Even though I hate Bipasha Basu

In your comparison she is dhasu

I don’t need you now

Somehow these days your face reminds me of a cow

You were really the one who rang the break up knell

Gal I am over you, you may rot in hell

Pranit Sahni

HOME THEY BROUGHT HER SON DEAD

They brought her son home dead

With his body smoldered in crimson red

For the first time I saw his father cry

I was so shocked, I couldn’t believe my eye

What were the intensions, was he robbed

He was murdered father sobbed

Speak no more in front of him said mother

She pointed at me his younger brother

I shouted out loud and protested

Complaints fell on deaf ears which I detested

They went inside, locked the door

Leaving me howling on the floor

Neighbours came like herds of donkey

They conveyed their condolences and offered their apologies

A few said that he was a dime

I would be proud had he been mine

They came in haste and left in a hurry

I asked one of them the reason for this scurry

India being put to test

Three wickets are left, out are the rest

Late as usual the police did arrive

According to them it had been a long drive

I showed them the way to the body

Not a pro’s work, its shoddy

That comment was hard to overlook

The policeman took out his book

He noted the accounts of the murder

On hearing it for the first time I did shudder

Seven years have passed after that fateful night

When the police promised to use all their might

They are as close to nailing the killer as they were then

When quizzed about it they say its only a matter of when

No justice was ever provided

Now the pain has slowly subsided

Life always goes on

Because dark is always followed by dawn

PRANIT SAHNI

Sweet Old Brother of Mine

I wish, I could remember the day I first met you

But how can I, I was barely two

You taught me how to climb the tree

For the first time in life I actually felt free

Sweet old brother of mine

I thought life would always be fine.

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I remember the day you taught me cricket

You made me cry ‘caz you always took my wicket

Bowled the most dangerous delivery of all

What you cared to call the top spin ball

Sweet old brother of mine

I thought life would always be fine.

I remember the time you visited me in Delhi

With a packed suitcase and a box full of jelly

You had braces on your teeth

And surprisingly large feet

Sweet old brother of mine

I thought life would always be fine.

On reaching home from Delhi

Doctor told you something is wrong in your belly

You had a quick blood test

Six months later you were put to rest

Sweet old brother of mine

I thought life would always be fine.

Life has somehow laboured on

Even after you were long gone

Nostalgia grips me now

And I really wonder how

I thought life would always be fine

Sweet old brother of mine

Though all I want to do is weep and whine

But I keep smiling all the time.

Because you are always in my heart

From the very start

Sweet old brother of mine

I thought life would always be fine.

Pranit Sahni