Sunshine Prince

Born, disowned and tossed into a river
Cursed and murdered by a coward's quiver
But greatness shone in the time between
Son of a God and a heartless queen
Born a prince
But paid for others' sins
Condemned to the lower echelons of societal cast
Despite his royal caste
Brighter than the sun's brilliance
Human par excellence
Driven to be the greatest archer ever seen
Cursed for hiding his humble origin
More powerful than his five princely brethren
Turned away from the swayamwar as a heathen
Accepted by a true friend
Somebody to trust and not pretend
Always suggested royalty with his golden ear rings
Finally crowned a rightful king
But with power comes vice
Party to deceit through dice
Insulted his brother's/another's wife
Maybe the loyalty of his friend or the bitterness of his strife
Accumulated an empire for his comrade
Bribed by God Himself but never betrayed
Emotionally cajoled to switch sides
Remained unshaken even with his royal lineage revealed
Preferred a true friend to opportunistic relations
Ignored his forsaken mother's pretensions
Finally accepted the son of her paramour
But had God steal his protective armour
Cheated to use his most potent weapon only once
Defeating his brother will prove difficult hence
Fought the epic battle that sealed his enduring fame
Just a precursor to the end game
But his wheels of fortune stuck at the opportune time
Death finally hit its morbid chime
A fighter till the very end
The Solar godsend!

Another year.....

The clock chimes to midnight
Triggering celebrations wild
Happiness and expectations run amok
Door of life waits fortune to knock
Another year for youth to live zest
Another year for the enervated to embrace death
Another year of truth and justice
Of falsehoods and injustice
Another year for fulfilling wishes and aspirations
Of disappointments and manipulations
Another year for that career to take off
Of bad bosses and lay offs
Another year for world peace and good deeds
Of phoney wars and soldiers to bleed
Another year of global warming and climate change
Of Copenhagens and small nations short changed
Another year for new enterprises and reinvigorated capitalism
Of naysayers and junky socialism
Another year of technology and innovation
Of bad economic choices and recessions
Another year of building a better world
Of apocalypse predictions and end of world
Of materialistic everything,economy packages and more value for less
And empty Nothingness...