<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="1.0"><channel><title>Diary of Nirav Lekinwala</title><link>http://Nirav55.rediffiland.com/</link><description>Diary of Nirav Lekinwala</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Friendship</title><description><![CDATA[<P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>i<FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">) There is no start, without an end.</FONT></FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>But there is no life without a friend</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>ii) Every bad situation will have something positive. Even a stopped clock shows right time twice a day. Think of this and lead your life.........</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>iii) If i could pull the rainbow down, iwould write your name on it to put it back in the sky to show everyone how colourful my life is with a beautiful friend like u.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>iv) River need water,</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Flower needs dew,</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>But i need a true friend like you.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">v) Rich travels in car, Poor travels in cart, but friendship</FONT> travels in heart.</FONT></P>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:31:20 +0530</pubDate><link>http://Nirav55.rediffiland.com/blogs/2008/03/14/Friendship-1.html</link></item><item><title>FRIENDSHIP</title><description><![CDATA[<P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><BIG><BIG><I><B>Every Time I See You I Remember</B></I></BIG></BIG> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><STRONG><EM>Every time I see you I remember<BR>All the things you did for me when I<BR>Was going through my adolescent hell.<BR>Yet now I cannot speak unless I cry.</EM></STRONG> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><B><I>I know you are no longer free to see me;<BR>You've made your choice, and that I must respect.<BR>But I've a need to say that I still love you.<BR>I have no fear or pride I need protect.</I></B> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><B><I><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc" color=#993300>Just as the sun must come back every morning<BR>To shine upon the meadow it holds dear,<BR>So I will from afar shine on your glory,<BR>And hope someday again you'll let me near.</FONT></I></B></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><STRONG><EM><FONT size=6>I Have a Friend with Benefits</FONT></EM></STRONG> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><STRONG><EM>I have a friend with benefits,<BR>Whom off and on I see.<BR>While I use her to get my kicks,<BR>She also uses me.</EM></STRONG> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><B><I>She's not my girlfriend, just a friend<BR>With whom I have some sex.<BR>Too young to love, we play the game<BR>And wonder what comes next.</I></B> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><B><I>We try out stuff from porno sites,<BR>Watching what we do<BR>As though we were on film, and someone<BR>Else was watching, too.</I></B> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><B><I><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc" color=#993300>Yet somehow, somewhere even we<BR>Still know we yearn for love,<BR>And wait like withered stalks to feel<BR>That wind within us move.</FONT></I></B></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><STRONG><EM><FONT size=6>May Our Friendship Last Forever</FONT></EM></STRONG> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><STRONG><EM>May our friendship last forever;<BR>May I sail upon your sea.<BR>May we go through life together;<BR>May there always be a "we."</EM></STRONG> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><B><I>May I be your endless sky;<BR>May you breathe my gentle air.<BR>May you never wonder why<BR>Each time you look for me, I'm there.</I></B> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><B><I>May we be for each a smile<BR>Like the warm, life-giving sun;<BR>Yet when we're in pain awhile,<BR>May our suffering be one.</I></B> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><B><I><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc" color=#993300>May we share our special days,<BR>The happiness of one for two;<BR>And if we must go separate ways,<BR>Let my love remain with you.</FONT></I></B></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><BIG><BIG><BIG><I><B>We've Just Been Friends, and Now You're Going</B></I></BIG></BIG></BIG> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><STRONG><EM>We've just been friends, and now you're going<BR>Far away for many years.<BR>But please don't leave me without knowing<BR>How I feel as your time nears.</EM></STRONG> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><B><I>I know you're older, more mature,<BR>And far beyond me in some ways.<BR>But there's between us something pure<BR>That's given me these magic days.</I></B> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><B><I><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc" color=#993300>I thank you for the loveliness<BR>That your sweet friendship's brought to me.<BR>Think of this poem as a caress<BR>That says, "I love you" gracefully.</FONT></I></B></P><P align=center><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><BIG><BIG><BIG><I><B>Why Did You Change</B></I></BIG></BIG></BIG> </FONT></FONT></P><P align=center><TABLE cellSpacing=10 cellPadding=10><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><B><I>Why did you change? What did I do?<BR>We were like brothers, and now<BR>Your face is a wall without windows, while you<BR>Abrogate what small claims you allow.</I></B> </FONT></FONT><P><FONT color=#993300><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"><B><I>I don't understand what undid the sweet bond<BR>That for years yielded nothing but joy.<BR>I am who I was, and yet you respond<BR>As though it were my aim to annoy.</I></B> </FONT></FONT><P><B><I><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc" color=#993300>Perhaps there's no why when some untoward wind<BR>Whips away what we hold to our hearts.<BR>Though bitter it be to leave loved ones behind,<BR>It remains the most precious of arts.</FONT></I></B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home2/677/eff65afb02da3fa0ef31211fb89b5f48/homep/images/1197458214">]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:41:02 +0530</pubDate><link>http://Nirav55.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/12/12/FRIENDSHIP.html</link></item><item><title>teens</title><description><![CDATA[<P align=center><FONT color=#ffcc33><FONT size=5><STRONG><EM>Being a Kid Is Tough</EM></STRONG></FONT> </FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#33ccff>Being a kid is tough, 'cause they<BR>Can tell you what to do.<BR>Nothing is completely yours.<BR>Your jail is your home. </FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#33ccff>People love you--that's OK--<BR>And do nice things for you.<BR>But what you want are open doors<BR>To fields where you can roam. </FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#33ccff></FONT> </P><P align=center><FONT color=#ffcc33><EM><BIG><BIG><BIG>Eighteen</BIG></BIG></BIG> </EM></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=4>E</FONT>ighteen is a windswept borderline:<BR><BIG>I</BIG>n a moment, gates forever closed.<BR><BIG>G</BIG>ulf of dreams behind the vanished child,<BR><BIG>H</BIG>alfway round the corner of her smile.<BR><BIG>T</BIG>he change flaps in the breeze, but in a while<BR><BIG>E</BIG>ach motion turns to dance, each gesture wild<BR><BIG>E</BIG>ventually is placed, positioned, posed:<BR><BIG>N</BIG>o leaping for sheer joy but by design</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=4>E</FONT>ighteen is a time of liberation.<BR><BIG>I</BIG>ntentions now begin to swell to song.<BR><BIG>G</BIG>iven the glory of one's aspiration,<BR><BIG>H</BIG>ow can one's life story turn out wrong?<BR><BIG>T</BIG>here is a passion in one's preparation,<BR><BIG>E</BIG>ager for the hills that make one strong,<BR><BIG>E</BIG>ager for the sense of each sensation,<BR><BIG>N</BIG>ot knowing what fair fate might come along.</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=4>E</FONT>ighteen has no answers but her own,<BR><BIG>I</BIG>ntent on yielding nothing to despair.<BR><BIG>G</BIG>lad tidings, if they come, must come alone,<BR><BIG>H</BIG>aving crossed the desert, bleak and bare.<BR><BIG>T</BIG>here is no heaven suitable for hope,<BR><BIG>E</BIG>ven in the ecstasy of dreams.<BR><BIG>E</BIG>ach moment is more limited in scope,<BR><BIG>N</BIG>ot one ounce more transcendent than it seems.</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#ffcc33><EM><FONT size=6>Thirteen</FONT> </EM></FONT></P><P align=center><FONT color=#000080><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=4>T</FONT>hirteen is a very lucky age!<BR><BIG>H</BIG>appiness comes tumbling out the door<BR><BIG>I</BIG>nstantly a-giggle with a friend,<BR><BIG>R</BIG>eturning with the bounce of empty bliss.<BR><BIG>T</BIG>here's no better ecstasy than this,<BR><BIG>E</BIG>ven when the strange teen changes end,<BR><BIG>E</BIG>ven when one finally knows the score.<BR><BIG>N</BIG>o time of life's more bubbly than this stage</FONT>.</FONT></P><P align=center><BIG><BIG><FONT color=#ffcc33><STRONG><EM>Sweet Sixteens Are Harbingers of Grace</EM></STRONG></FONT></BIG></BIG></P><P align=center><BIG><BIG><FONT color=#33ccff size=4>S</FONT><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=3>weet Sixteens are harbingers of grace,<BR></FONT><BIG><FONT size=4>I</FONT></BIG></FONT><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=3>ntimations of a childhood's end,<BR></FONT><BIG><FONT size=4>X</FONT></BIG></FONT><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=3>xx's on the envelope of time.<BR></FONT><BIG><FONT size=4>T</FONT></BIG></FONT><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=3>his invitation I to you extend,<BR></FONT><BIG><FONT size=4>E</FONT></BIG></FONT><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=3>asy in the rush of time and place,<BR></FONT><BIG><FONT size=4>E</FONT></BIG></FONT><FONT color=#33ccff><FONT size=3>xpecting in the moment's silver chime<BR></FONT><BIG><FONT size=4>N</FONT></BIG><FONT size=3>o more than just a glimpse of life to come.</FONT></FONT></BIG></BIG></P><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home2/677/eff65afb02da3fa0ef31211fb89b5f48/homep/images/1197457654">]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:26:34 +0530</pubDate><link>http://Nirav55.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/12/12/teens.html</link></item><item><title>Cancer of the Earth</title><description><![CDATA[<P><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV align=left><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=4><B>Cancer of the Earth</B><BR> </FONT></TD><TD width=120></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD><DIV align=left><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=20> </TD><TD vAlign=top><FONT face=Arial color=#800000 size=3>You have to be a sad somebody...<BR>To wake up each day and have absolutely nothing<BR>To be grateful for and express the gratefulness! .<BR>Nothing at all? ? ? <BR>To express your thankfulness? <BR>Then there is no wonder, <BR>Why people like you...<BR>Are more pitiful than any scene revealed, <BR>To make others feel...<BR>Those living homeless, <BR>And in starvation states of body and mind<BR>Can produce to boost their treasures...<BR>By showing those devastated in third world countries.<BR>And I view them as First World, <BR>To have to suffer and endure <BR>The acts of greed and selfishness<BR>That YOU can find to produce! <BR>And your mind is the cancer of the Earth! <BR>Perhaps that is why you view your way of life...<BR>Upheld by standards you value, <BR>As coming to an end! <BR>And I hope to God that is true! <BR><BR><B>Lawrence S. Pertillar</B></FONT> <BR><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P><br><img src="http://ri.rediffiland.com/homepimages/home2/677/eff65afb02da3fa0ef31211fb89b5f48/homep/images/1197448148">]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:56:09 +0530</pubDate><link>http://Nirav55.rediffiland.com/blogs/2007/12/12/Cancer-of-the.html</link></item></channel></rss>