i like past for that,,

past fetches me nostalgic impressions
i like past for that
past teaches me fantastic lessons
i like past for that too
if you say ditch your past
if you say
     ‘it’s just past, forget it’
you’re betraying yourself
for my nowness -> is past this moment
my today is past tomorrow
past is like that giant tree
under which i sit and lean back
i am sitting in this narrow space
tagged as present
my eyes glance forward to future
future sketches me a colorful spectra
i like past for that

~ dedicated to Sarah, the oasis in my Sahara
   the Scarlett O’Hara at my Tara

This is the central lawn of Hokkaido University in spring, the cherry blossoms in full bloom. There is a huge tree there, is not in the picture but to the left side of it, where i go with my books n bottle of water and sit n look forward to future (daydream, daydream!)

*update: hey prasad, herez a sakura song (6mb) sung by Moriyama Naotaro. See the lyrics, itz easy to sing sakura sakura along!

hokkaido-university-spring1 * hokkaido university central lawn in spring. cherry blossoms add to the fresh greenness * 1712 x 2288 * (859KB)hokkaido-university-spring2 * hokkaido university central lawn in spring. cherry blossoms add to the fresh greenness * 1712 x 2288 * (820KB)
 
 more of the university. close. closer..closerrr
hokkaido-university-spring3 * hokkaido university. the campus during spring/summer is a nice place to sit n relax * 2288 x 1712 * (879KB)hokkaido-university-spring4 * closer. hokkaido university. the campus during spring/summer is a nice place to sit n relax * 2288 x 1712 * (858KB)hokkaido-university-spring5 * closerrr. hokkaido university. the campus during spring/summer is a nice place to sit n relax * 2288 x 1712 * (829KB)
 

36 Responses

  1. manava says:

    for me..

    past was something

    which has gone so fast

    and whose memories will bring smile

    until my last breathe…….

  2. Deependra says:

    Konnichiwa! genki desu…aarigatou gojaimasu!
    I am fine and enjoying the autumn colors as you rightly pointed out. however, a bit isogashii writing my thesis as I’m about to graduate in coming March. good to know about you. what r you doing after PhD?

  3. Deependra says:

    Lovely poem of yours! really cool…liked it immensely. And voted for your poems at indiblogger.

    btw, thanks for stopping by and taking a look of my blog. appreciate your compliments to my poems. and, thanks for the vote!

    • rocksea says:

      konnichi wa deependra san, o-genki desu ka? howz your life at hiroshima? i did my phd from hokkaido university. you might be enjoying the autumn colors now?

      mata ne,,

  4. Loved the positive thoughts in the post and loved the dedication even more 🙂

  5. Holyash says:

    Have been reading one interesting post of yours after another over the PAST…and this one by far is extremely brilliant.
    Thanks for the complement that you left on one of my blogposts in the PAST.
    I was thinking in the past that if given a chance I will tell you too that you write beautifully and I got an opportunity here..
    So Ive voted for your blog today!
    Cheers..
    🙂

  6. rocksea says:

    maya, 🙂

    sunny, happy to see you sharing your lines and feelings.

    just a thought: if we take the geological time scales, our life is a few moments “infinitesimal” and fading into past so soon,,

  7. Sunny says:

    hi everyone,
    Here are few lines from my side!!

    Past is our birth,
    it lets us know our worth;

    Past is the teacher,
    it let us built our future;

    Past is our moral ground,
    it let us freely roam around;

    Past is in our genes,
    it let us build our dreams;

    Past is all the record,
    which is our biggest forte.

    sunny
    (i am no poet and just wrote it to express my fellings. Need not to be judges but enjoyed)

  8. Sarah says:

    Even mirages show hope,
    Even rainbows speak hope
    ….don’t you see it?
    How will you
    If you were too soon to conclude and give up?

    See carefully, each mirage says,
    I might seem a dream, but the reality is just beyond me.
    Listen carefully, the rainbow will say,
    I have stolen only a few colors from the real bright spectra.

    Oh don’t turn blind and deaf to their sight and words…
    They are the trailors to the future.

    And if you see that, you will realize
    Some of the shoots take the longest to show up.
    Some of the most fragrant flowers don’t bloom like the common.
    Some of the most appealing fruits do not occur easily.

    And you would be mistaken
    if you walk away before
    they could display their beauty to you

    …so don’t give up and be soon to say
    “It is yet another past”
    …coz you have not yet touched the future!

  9. pidiyana says:

    iyyoo!
    :O

  10. rocksea says:

    mmm,, entha cheyka?

    njan oru chilanthiyakunnu ..
    swantham valayil akappettu poya chilanthi
    njan ente bhaavikkayi nalloru vala ketti
    pakshe aa valayile sticky vazhikal
    enne kudukkikkalanjuu..
    vala theerkkanavunnathinu munpe..
    pen-chilanthiyaduthu varuunnathinu munpe..

    oh! i have read abt those female spiders
    who eat male spiders blah blah :O

  11. pidiyana says:

    Senti adikkyaathey, maashey

  12. rocksea says:

    The oasis i saw, was it a mirage?
    The colorful spectra, was it a one minute rainbow?

    The earth, the roots, are shallow it seems
    Or may be i pour too much water into it?
    I see all the water flowing out
    No fragrant flowers, No ripe fruits
    I see the sun hot in this cold winter
    Leaves fall, dry and dead, into the soaked earth
    and decay, let become another past??

    for i said past is from where my present
                                                                n future grows
    and are my nostrils getting that decayed smell?
    oh how vicious this cycles in life and this lifecycle is
    but i like past for that
    cuz thatz all i have in life

  13. prasad says:

    wow!thts a cool song.i luv it 🙂 and yeah tht hummin is catchy.

  14. prasad says:

    arigato
    many thnxxxx for the song 🙂
    c ya

  15. rocksea says:

    prasad, i have updated with a sakura song for you. have a look.

  16. rocksea says:

    pidiyanae, enthu patti?

    prasad, sakura (cherry blossoms) usually stay for 3-4 days only. i dont even get to see them properly. but surely, it can happen in those sakura gardens where all those trees blossom at the same time. a gentle breeze and you can see the sakura dancing with the wind.. i have seen similar scenes with the yellow-orange-red maples leaves in autumn, splendid! 🙂

  17. prasad says:

    those two pictures of trees..they r very cool.so beautiful.i like thm 2 much.rite,on to my desktop!
    i love the scenery of ‘Sakura falling’ they show in animes.but i wonder in reality is it really tht wonderful.hav u ever seen scenes like tht?may be i shud chk in google images 🙂
    tht poem is simple n nice.it seems u have a very gud skill in writin stuff.keep it up!

  18. pidiyana says:

    S-I-G-H-!

  19. rocksea says:

    Now,

    a breeze from sapporo is on its voyage*
    channeling the fragrance of those flowers

    if pleasant;
    breathe in those future dreams
    shape it, color it,
    let out the fruits of future

    * with a nippon stamp

  20. rocksea says:

    Lines, fragrence of wisdom, i adore
    Let me not live in the yore
    Let me not be its grand capture
    Let me water my roots for the leaves to nurture
    and spread my branches to the sun
    For roots are my past,
    I will water them thatz all
    I dwell in the present sunshine
    Flowers n Fruits my future
    – but i like past for that

  21. pidiyana says:

    Very well said, Sarah! Very well said. There are a couple of people I would like to show these lines to!

  22. Sarah says:

    Reply: Past- is it a matter of philosophy??

    Past is why I cherish my present
    Past is the reason why my tomorrow is
    Past is why I am
    Past is why I know what Hope is

    Past is my teacher too
    And it taught me a truth:

    “Only learn from me, ‘coz I am not to be dwelt in
    Only cherish me, ‘coz I am no to be spent in”

    So ditch the dark past and forget it

    If this is self betrayal, then so it be
    I’d rather, than live in the home of yesterday
    – a trap maybe I know I don’t see

    I agree that the truth is also that past remains
    It is to fool yourself by calling it to fade away

    But if I see that I have been its grand capture
    I’ll say I’ve betrayed my present and future

    Past is sweet, but beware of its sting
    Past is only to be taken from, not to be lived in

    – Sarah

  23. rocksea says:

    mmm.. itz pretty calm place despite being a city n having all the hi-fi facilities.

  24. Geetha says:

    It looks like a beautiful and peaceful place.. love it! WIsh I could visit it..

  25. rocksea says:

    hmm. my friend gave me the book while i was on a cruise in the arabian sea. whenever i finish my scheduled launches at different stations, i ran back to my cabin to read the rest of the pages. i couldn’t finish it by the end of the one month cruise due to lack of time so i bought one copy of my own as soon as i set my foot on land 😀 i loved it. it was romantic and totally informative as well.

  26. pidiyana says:

    I have read "Gone With The Wind".. but somehow didnt have the patience to reach the end. Lol. I normally dont lose patience with books, but this one did it. I think I took it up at the wrong time. Someone I know said that I remind her of Scarlet O Hara! LOL!!! Now I need to find my Tara…

  27. rocksea says:

     panayola for pidiyana. (btw, have you read Gone with the wind?)

    Sarah 1 could be a nom de guerre for

    • the Sarai 2 (quarrelsome but bringing nostalgic impressions) of my past or
    • the princess who came out of the colorful sketch future drew for me.

     
    Ref: Genesis 17:15 and thereof

    1. Sarah: "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew. (Old Testament) the wife of Abraham; mother of Isaac at the age of 90.
    2. Sarai: "contentious" or "quarrelsome" in Hebrew. name of Sarah in the Old Testament before God changed it.

  28. pidiyana says:

    alllaaaaaaaaa! I wasnt saying that i am Sarah!! Gawd! I am pidiyana, na? I was laughing/smiling at the mention of ‘Sarah’!
    Uff!!! So much for miscommunication!!!

  29. rocksea says:

     dey dey, podey, identity theft is punishable under IPC 307/149, 324/149 and 323/149.

    pathu kalpanakalil onnaya "sarah-yude naamam vrudha opayogikkaruthu" nee lankhichu. athinulla shiksha vaereyum

  30. pidiyana says:

    Lovely. Very lovely.

    And I TOTALLY agree with
    “if you say
    ‘it’s just past, forget it’
    you’re betraying yourself”

    Sarah 🙂

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