The story of a poor man’s life

There are some rules life follows
These rules are not known to many
These rules make sure you live your life
Without saving a single penny

Rule no.1 is “Bad will follow bad
But good won’t follow good”
You will never feel everything going good
But once things go bad, they sometimes leave you without food

Rule no.2 is “However hard you try,
If you are born poor you will definitely die poor”
You may be born in a rug
But you will definitely die in a sewer

Rule no.3 is “Go ahead and Kill yourself
Coz nobody ever cares for you”
“Your death will too be considered a liability”
“People turning up for your funeral will be few”

Rule no.4 is “You have no right to speak
Till the moment you are not wealthy”
“Whatever the wealthy do, they are always right,
Being sick of money is the new healthy”

Rule no. 5 is the last of all the rules
“Life loves to see you in pain”
Your attempts to reduce the pain
Will always go in vain

These rules are made by life
And are not man made
Life tends to lose you in oblivion
Till the moment your last breath fades

I don’t see any escape from it
I see the doom of the forgotten
It’s like a rich man wears the riches of the world
And the poor man wears torn cotton

A rich man has land, A rich man has vehicle
A rich man has a wife
A rich man’s kid can’t even imagine
The story of a poor man’s life


- Kenneth Savio Alex Fernandes

INCOMPLETE

There is this story of Roy and Sara
A story with questions unanswered
A friendship that forgot its bounds
A relation that is defined by no available word

Roy and Sara were best of friends
They understood each other well
They knew what was going on in their heart
If only they could tell

Roy was in love with a girl called Jacqueline
Sara was in love with a boy called Frank
But Sara and Roy were on a totally different frequency
They were each other’s emotional bank

So there was this confusion in the hearts of Roy and Sara
Did they love their lovers or did they love each other
Is the friend the lover? And, is the lover the friend?
Well for quite some time they didn’t bother

Then came a time for their separation when they decided to marry their lovers
They were going to make the biggest decision of their life
Roy was going to be Jacqueline’s better half
Sara was going to be Frank’s lawfully wedded wife

Neither Roy nor Sara wanted to make a mistake
Was it emotional attachment or simply heartfelt love
They both did not say a word about it
They did not have the slightest nerve

Only God knows what was there between them
Whatever it was, they could not meet
Was it love, was it simply an emotional touch
In the end it was INCOMPLETE.

Kenneth Savio Fernandes

Sometimes

Sometimes the heart wants a little bit more
Sometimes it simply doesn’t want to go
Sometimes you have a choice to make
Sometimes you wished your life was fake

Sometimes you need a helping hand
Sometimes you take someone else's stand
Sometimes you hear the waters crack
Sometimes you are far and yet you are back

Sometimes you wanna mend a broken heart
Sometimes you dont know from where to start
Sometimes you find a soul with a thousand pains
Sometimes you find blood running through dry veins
Sometimes just sometimes

- Kenneth Savio Fernandes

Doctor Love

I once walked lonely on the streets of the world,
Searching for a friend as pure as a pearl,
I had no friend, I had no mate,
I suffered from a very lonely fate.

Out came she, from a dirty box,
Struggling to tear some dirty socks,
Even though she was dirty and not at all clean,
She appeared so pure and so serene.

I named her Doctor Love from then,
I gave her a home like a lioness’s den,
She stares at me when I do something wrong,
She dances with me on her favourite song.

There was this moment in my life,
When I fell in love and got myself a wife,
It was Doctor Love, who found a wife for me,
It was as if she knew my destiny.

Doctor Love and I were taking a walk,
When a woman stopped by and started to talk,
Doctor Love then broke all barriers and ran,
Even a rocket would be slower, the way she can.

I found Doctor Love chatting with a girl,
The girl resembled beauty and peace entangled in a whirl,
I went up to her to speak to her and got lost in her looks,
You know they don’t make such girl’s anymore, not even in books.


Doctor Love bought me a lot of joy and never a moment of pain,
Doctor Love gave me whatever she had, without considering her gain.
Doctor Love told me once that she loves to live
She will meet me every morning and love is what she will give.

To define Doctor Love, I have no words,
She loves to run around and chase the birds,
Her love for me is genuine and thick as a fog,
Doctor Love is my everything, not just my dog.



-Kenneth Savio Fernandes

A vision of Future

Last night i saw a dream
A dream more like a vision;
A fact was then revealed to me
As if I’m chosen for a mission.

I entered into a futuristic world
A world of total machines;
I happened to enter a kitchen by chance
And found batteries instead of beans.

The population of robots were ten thousand
The no. Of humans were less
I found this place completely organised
But still was in a mess.

Away from the city, Away from the crowd
I found a lonely lane;
And as I stepped into this path
I found no joy but pain.

As I walked by, a signboard read
The ‘Death of Man’ was the name;
Smuggling, Robbery, Murder, Rape
Was just a part of the game.

I came out of my dream
I was shocked, stunned & scared;
Perspiring from head to foot
And my face turning red.

I knelt down & i prayed to GOD
“My Lord this future is whose?”
He answered “This future can be yours”
“It is for you to choose.”

I prayed to GOD before I encounter such a day
I want my life to rupture;
That is the dream I seen last night
The vision of future.