Come on , wake up Your box is full Squander your riches – Fruits of your Ego. Make room For the fragrance of love To fill the box. Make room For the light of God To glow in the halo. Chastise it, shine itGlorify it. After all the hard work After all the praise AfterContinue reading “The Light of Life”
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Only Nothing is Great
Life comes from nothing Where from came the grass after the rainsWhere from the frogs croaking from the wet earth Where from Snails carrying their homes drift with their succulent antennasWhere from the ants swarm around jaggery What attracts, how and from where? What draws the moths to the light of electrons in the lamps!WhoContinue reading “Only Nothing is Great”
Life of a Leaf
The moment I am bornTo the moment of my fall,Green,then yellow to brown,Melody to MelancholyI grow..Batteredby the sun Butchered –by a lazy handGrabs, for no reason, tearsShreds to pieces. A dumb and hungry mouthPulls, bites, chews Grappling with the windsSoiled and soaked in rainI shrivel, wither, lose my greenLose my taste, I fallWith the weightContinue reading “Life of a Leaf”
The Secrets
My dear genie, Celebrate the 16 years, Revel on the Best moments Sweetly welcome the 17thRemember the Best lessonsOf the Past Resolve to unlock the treasuresof tomorrowAnd here are a few secrets The secret key to HappinessIs To Accept andNever Expect The secret of successis to Focuson your strengths The secret of PeaceIs to liveinContinue reading “The Secrets”
If You want, then learn
If you want the foodLearn to cookIf you love travelLearn to drive If you love musicLearn to listenIf you love sportsLearn to appreciate If you love successLearn to fail with graceIf you want the fruitLearn to climb If you love the snow on the hillsLearn to breatheIf you want to liveLearn to love.
Saga of Iguanas
An iguana crossing the streetLooks up, scans, scurriesListensStops a little, TurnsAnd stills. A greener garden temptsA tastier prey invitesFears vanishEyes rotate and abet the desireTo risk the runRuns the riskPerpendicular to the machinery of life. Win or lose, life or death, glory across orA corpus flattened to earth…Under the rush and rollOf blind tyres.No matter.Continue reading “Saga of Iguanas”
One Amongst You
I am one amongst you. I donot need a certificate of purity I dont need a cloak of honour I don’t mean to defend myself, my virtues Or attempt to dress my shadows in colors You neither need Fall at my feet Or thrust the Dagger in my heart I am as good as youContinue reading “One Amongst You”
Remote Reunion
This little volume of air wants to call itself a pot. It can never be the pot, but only the ocean of air. Still it clings on to the clay pot. The glimmer of a soul wrapped and woven in the fathoms, occasionally seems to see some light, probably that generated from the small creaturesContinue reading “Remote Reunion”
DEBT
I am ever in debt to you Everytime you dampen my wave I emerge out with new energy Everytime you press me down I spring up with new life Everytime you cut my branches I sprout new shoots Everytime you wrench my spirits I spread out wider Everytime You suspect me I prove my worthContinue reading “DEBT”
Infidelity
The moon spills light, but its cold You are with me, but I am still lonely I have no intent to live with you Nor the courage to be alone What greater punishment For being sincere, for bearing kids And bearing your sins Than to live together And Feign harmony? What greater injustice than ToContinue reading “Infidelity”
