Twenty Million City Lights

I'm looking down at the city at night,
While hoping to find you.
Over twenty million lights,
One of them could be you.

When I get down,
And come back to ground,
I'll be looking for your eyes
Among the daily chaos, and city lights -
While searching and walking through the crowds,
That'll lead me someplace quiet, and not loud.

So when I'm looking down at the city at night,
Looking back at me will be you.
Over twenty million city lights,
The only one I see, is you.

Words and Pictures

The following has been inspired by the film - Words and Pictures (2013)


Words and pictures, which out of the two are more moving? Words are incomplete without pictures, and pictures are incomplete without words.

When a writer describes to you a particular scene, or expresses his emotions; could it be complete without a reader's imagination of something scenic or abstract? No. As you read, you imagine, and paint pictures in your mind. There, that makes you an artist, already. A piece of literature is more appreciated when the author or poet makes you imagine, you being there throughout his journey of words. It's like you, yourself are living in the depth of his verses - being able to see the unseen. In brief, words would be of no use without the reader being the illustrator of whatever he reads and comprehends, whether directly or abstract.

So, words are quite redundant without pictures. But, is this redundancy, a two way road, or do words play the hypocrite? Rather, do words use pictures to dignify their meaning and help pictures to do the same, or let pictures remain the way they are?

When a painter paints you an abstract image, or any other image for that instance; could it be complete without your expression of the picture in words? No. When you see a painting, or a photograph, or even one of nature's mind-boggling sights, you express that sight in words. And that makes you an author. The emotions you feel, after looking at the picture painted in front of you, are best described by nothing but words. It's fair enough to say that a picture is worth a thousand words. But, a title itself, gets your thoughts and emotions racing faster than your blood from heart to brain. You're left thinking to yourself, which further gives you the liberty to ruminate in your ideas and expressions.

In conclusion, words and pictures coexist, being two sides of the same coin. You can't have either, without there being each other for one-another. But, the answer to all of this, is somehow irrelevant. Neither move you without inspiring you, because "stronger than words, and more powerful than pictures, is the ability to inspire."