"Longitude" - A poem !

Naughty grin, stuck to the face
Been a while since you left
shuffling you in my mind
Forward, backward, wind, re-wind

The magic allures
The taste lingers 
Scent scintillates the senses
Can't  you leave me,
Just for a few moments ?

Go ! Far far away
I want to miss you -

say "My friend! so long !"
and wish like a parting soul mate -
"May you never get to cry alone" !!


- Betaal, A Rainy Sunday of November 2011

Superstition !

All of us have some of the seasoned believes, backed by mental statistics and correlations to results - good or bad !

If I wear the blue dress, the presentation will be good.
The old wrist band for a few free aces in the game.
Enter home with left foot in first ? Ok... that's too much !


But all of have some form of superstitions. And when we rationally think about them or especially when we advice others, we frown up on superstitions ! We know, logically,  they have no relevance to reality.

However, superstition can be very very useful in many cases. Most athletes have strong superstitions. When they are not in form, superstition comes handy is getting out of it.

How ?

When an athlete goes through a bad patch, which is not because of physical injuries, it is because of a mental block, self doubt, cluttered thoughts etc.

And if a pair of socks form two different sets, makes him feel lucky and get over all the above what's wrong ?

We can certainly make it a tool to break some degenerative cycles.

PS: Personally tried and tested :)