The Konfessioners' word:

Sagar is the first to feature in our EXCLUSIVE Konfession Korner. Based in Singapore this guy is an absolutely brilliant poet. You will agree with me the moment you finish reading his wonderful poem... Called WAVES...

Just reminds me of the waves i had seen at the Juhu beach, late that night. When i was pondering about life... just giving me a hint of how life is full of infinite opportunities... surging at you like the waves... All you have to do is stand and face them. They hit you... but give u something.

But Sagar's Poem is not about this... it is something totally different. And trust me...
Its brilliant.

-Nikhil Mahajan

---------------------------------------------------------

Author Intro:

Sagar Epili is a 20 yr old who is into investment banking.
Over to Our Konfessioner 1:
Mr. Sagar Epili.

I konfess...
I aint no Keats, but I gave poetry a try
When I lost someone I treasured, and I didnt even know why.
I always manage to see the glass half-full
While I learn in B-School, to ride a bear better than a bull.
I savour the variety that is soccer, rushdie and the wall street
"He was a man who knew exactly how to live- my epitaph to read"

----------------------------------------------------------------------




The sand lay lazy, tickled by feet many
The waves threatened once, twice, one too many.
Mirth and careless innocence danced around
And there she was…ever so beautifully on the ground.

She loved the water; not so much to get drenched
And romanced the brightness; not so much to leave the rock’s shadow
A smile adorning her face ever so lightly
May be she dreamt of a world of angels, or a pristine meadow.

I discovered her then. Or did I?
All by herself and yet so complete. On the sand dry.
Neither apprehension, nor anonymity.
As if we were long lost friends from the city.

Of family and friends and places we talked
And volumes of past in a nutshell wrapped.
There was something in the air that augured a bond
Discover each other we did, but ever so silently.

And then we met, and met again
In company we lost touch of the world.
As the sand dropped down the other half,
I realized we were the same soul.

It felt like heaven, if ever there was one
The beauty magnified of everything around.
So sweetly unaware of the ebbs and flows
Thinking waves would keep kissing our feet as gently as ever.

Night lost its relevance, so did the day.
But the clouds had gathered.
Storms were brewing, much to our innocent nonchalance
No idea how it would leave us battered.

Would we survive it? Was I strong?
And of all, Why so soon?
But Lady-Fate scripts its own story
Of me and her, she could care less.

Moist eyes and forced out grins
Made life a woeful liability more than god’s gift.
Retrospection…and more of it
Showed some light; faint, but there.

Accepting one is human makes life so simple
So crystal clear, painless, fun and strong.
Oh Love, pardon us for moving away from you.
We always knew you were there. We were weak, we were wrong.

The sun winked his way out of the clouds, cautious yet sturdy.
There was brightness again, and the same mirth in the air.
Made me realize that when hearts are one
Lives can be lived, beating tempests of despair.

The sand still lays lazy, awaiting the tickle of our feet.
While waves, shyly yet with menace, caress yet pound the shore.
Drawing in pebbles and dirt, in brightness and dark,
For life is about taking in, giving back…ever so patiently…ever so strongly.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------