Happily Ever After - Is it overrated or do we understand it wrong?

Today I read a thought provoking article... 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2385475/Dina-Goldsteins-Fallen-Princesses-shows-Disneys-Snow-White-Cinderella-unhappily-after.html


'Happily ever after' as in fairy tales is debatable in real life. You can Hope , but you need to be realistic about what you truly need, to be happy in life. 'Cuz what you thought at your teens is going to be the life ahead, may not be the life you later live, but you get led on to new experiences involving unexpected failures and worked hard for successes. You mature naturally to learn to appreciate them. But some may not - my sincere hope for them is to realize this and live life as it comes. This article may help in the realization.

Rain down upon me …

The rain draws a magic

That can't be explained with any logic

As I watch from inside the bus,

The flow of rain water on the large windows,

I find my heart sinking,

Or is it a deep breath that comes prior to a relieving sigh?

I find solace, from a sadness that I wasn't aware existed within me.

A reassuring thought strikes that

the simple joys are the ones that put on a real smile.

But what was I worrying about? I just can’t compile.

That’s the charm of the rain

Just as wondrous, time and again.

The splashes from a walk on a path that’s not drained,

The sprinkles when you bring down the window panes.

Getting drenched in heavy downpours,

The misty drizzles while running to the doors.

The simplest of experiences,

Has the power to liberate us from deep fears.

-Shwetha

Won't Cease

So,once I said

I’ll be the best.

Undefined it was.

But meant a lot.

Since then I’ve tried

Not willing to just abide.

Not knowing where to reach

But learning what to preach

It’s tough solving my own puzzle

Sometimes, I feel like I’m stuck in a muzzle.

Messy I may seem;

But quietly I clean

The dust on the ridges

And slowly cross all the bridges

The dream is distant;

Yet to be seized ….

But I’ve grown to know I won’t easily cease.

Thought for Clarity

Thought for clarity:

Found my soul hanging around.

Stalled my work and

Pondered on what's been troubling all along.

Blurred were the thoughts

Hard to root cause

One thing was sure -

There was trouble;

More than last time's double.

I jotted a plot

to trace the knots.

It was harder than I thought

But clearer became my faults.

It took quite some time

To realize the prime crime,

That was causing me to astray

From a timeline that was compromised by many a day.

At the end of this grueling exercise

I was able to define my problem in precise.

That was all that was needed

Clarity was to be seeded.

Never Despair

On a bed of water I lie,
Staring at the sky so high
I am saddened by the absence of any star
The sight that always lightens my heart
But suddenly I see one brightly glow
Never despair ever - now i know.

To be Freed ...

Sometimes it feels like it's already so late.  
Doubt grows if any march will ever be made.

Some like to tag it as written by fate

But I don't want to agree and frantically wait.

I can't hope to win and merrily dance

By just banking on a game of chance.

If it all needs to span out as I plan

It needs more work and less of chants.

It's not a shooting star that I need to lead

Neither a lucky bamboo that I need to breed.

Sometimes I just need to be freed

From what I falsely think is what makes me breathe.

The Dream that changes

I dreamed since I was a kid, of a life that seemed perfect

With every year, the dream changed to something different

But in each of it I was happy. Happiness I’ve never felt once in real.

Happiness that was peaceful, content and surreal.

In every dream the people in it changed.

But some remained in all of it.

I now realize that those who remained are the people who are indeed with me till date in reality.

Those for whom I’d want to live through even the worst of times we need to fight in life for mere being.

These dreams may never exactly come true. But to dream gives you hope

of always having something new to look forward to.

The changes in the dream make you aware of the changes in reality.

The dreams make you realize who you need to truly hold on to.