Saturday, January 14, 2012

Between Heartbeats

Absolute bliss of sitting under
the peaceful wintery sun,
With the occasional view of
the birds too harmlessly basking.

Complete stillness outside and inside...

As if the heart no longer beat
And the grass muffled the
the subtle messages of the ground

Listening now to the tune of the twinkling water,
stranded in a lake with no intentions of moving,
Of receding to meet more of its own kind.

The leaves have stopped rustling
And the flowers frozen at their
most beautiful time

The bees have disappeared
The smoke vanished
The beautiful fountains stopped spewing their mild gushes of water
My breadth is no longer to me, audible

Connecting finally to the unknown, unchartered,
soaking what comes my way
Accepting equally all the good and the ugly
Not judging the truth from the lies.

Encouraging destiny to somehow smile
but not like before,
this time through the eyes

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Cycle of Life

A bright fire ignited in the most mysterious of forests,
Claiming the lost land as if it was never disowned,
Dispelling the ignorance of fate,
Consuming the shards of myth called self.

The forest’s soul, inundated and yet liberated,
Inspired to be immolated,
To lose it all and still gain...

The fire cleansing the soul and moving on,
A dynamic force of nature lay bare,
Destructive yet, a distant ray of hope for those blinded by ego,
A blessing for those who own nothing.

The fire and the forest inevitably connected,
Both expended at the cost of the other,
Finally the forest, offered its final log,
And the fire laughed its orange laugh the brightest.
Forced to accept the destiny of the other,
One was consumed, the other extinguished.

Impelled by the beautiful suffering,
The forest grew one last time,
Painfully and slowly,
In the remotest of hopes, waiting patiently...

Friday, November 27, 2009

Cherry Tree

A knight in a suit of armour

built out of strong self belief

imposing on other,

blinded self by the gaze of the (suit's) shining sheet.


The confluence of self and the idea,

happens just like

the confluence of all tributaries,

just before the river ends in the sea.


The heart beats out

for what matters today

An apple on a tree

that will soon rot away


Is the world

what it seems?

or do I need to grow

is it even there?

do I really want to know?


Am I that part of the sea

somewhere in the middle

away from everywhere

calm and placid on a moonless night

not affected by the rhythmic

seashore waves counting time?


Or am I a volcano erupting

capable to change,

to make my own ground,

derange?


Does one need to pass through

fire and be cast into shape?

Is that the purpose of life

or does it matter if we were still just apes?


As a child, I search for candy,

and with it walk away to moon,

a bounce in every step

by that piece of candy induced.


I see my perspective, the world has its,

never coinciding,

The urge for individuality

laid bare.


Why has this happened to me,

where was I wrong,

how will this decide my future?

I stand Janus faced, staring my destiny's wall.


We shall sing, we shall dance,

we shall eat and be merry,

life's river taking its own course

watering each ones' tree of cherry.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Brother Mice

Three little mice went on a ride
Misty the muscle
Caesar the leader
Yuki the samurai


Of we go Pa, to see the city lights
We shall come back one day
Once we've painted the city canvas bright


Tucked their little tails
Hitched on the bullock ride
Take us to town
For their we belong

Arrived at night
City lights in their eyes
Hypnotized by the brightness
Swayed from left to right

Sing with me fellow brothers
This is the time of our lives
Soon we'll own our cardboard apartments
For in the alley we have arrived

With their bows straightened,
Starched shirts and striped ties,
Went on to work, dreamy eyed

Yuki the hero,
Caesar the general
Misty the fitness guide

Searched their destinies in all nooks and crannies
Embracing each day as the day,
Their dreams would be achieved.
Mother Nature would be generous
Their potential would be believed

We're well here Pa
Happy and fed
We just need another day
Maybe tomorrow we'll be made

The canvas was painted
White blue and green
A dab of emotions
A grand Arcadian scene

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Pace

Calibrating to the subtleties in life
Ever adjusting my guise
 
Learning to ride the wave
Afraid to fall, bluffing to be brave
 
Following a rugged routine
Tuning to social needs

Perfect targets
 humanified for ease

Taking liberties in life
Assuming,
 all the people in the world were somehow mine
Letting each one go at a time

A musical chair of friendship

Clawing my way to the sugar topped hill
Dodging the crevices, still,

Passion deciding the accession rate
Experience influencing the gait

An undisturbed dream of achievement
Carrying me away to unrealistic heights

Life riddled with mild awakenings
Highlighting limits of channelizing

Taking baby steps on the wisdom pier
Towards the dying golden tear.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Random

I dream of being bugs, wake up daffy duck...CJ

Its not what you are deep down... Its your actions that define you....(some where in the batman movie)

Random collection of self interest..

Friendship is a gift, not a privilege..

Nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain (Guns and roses)

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Blessed Bliss

My circular house
Wall of red brick
A personal swimming pool
Open ventilation to keep me cool


Own hunting grounds
Full of priced prey
A mud spa
Extraordinary view of stellar stars

Born a frog
Brought up in my well
Ribbit my emotions Ribbit my cry
For all my effort, I earn a fly

 
Single thought on my mind
Commanding dedicated attention of my grind
Strong, mighty, talented I
Lord please could you gimme a fly

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Golden

Strange fiction
A cycle of change
Unpredictable as the weather
Yet proven as a troy grain

A sapling in yesteryears
Today a tree of teak
A momentous thunderstorm
Tomorrow a withering cloud with future bleak

A cuddle of joy
Wrath of adolescence
Strength of maturity
A realm of obsolesce


Evolution of spirit
In color and hue
To suave cities
From bucolic views

Travel of the soul
From nascent to naïve
Evolving from rustic
To outright sly

Taught with patience
By the grains of time
Praised for the godly
Salvation for the divine

Corrupted by infernal affairs
Lust gluttony greed sloth
wrath envy pride
Captured mind, sold and bribed

Destiny following a sinusoidal wave
Figuring an era of golden age
In the book of journey
It is but a page.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Square One

Spreading my arms,
Flying high…
Floating in the warm sun,
A mile high…

Feeling a king…
Carried by a stork…
I have begun…Inspecting,
So this is my world.

Welcoming the smells…
Cakes, blueberry pies, Gouda, mozzarella, cheddar cheese.
Making friends indispensable,
Swings; hide and seek.

Becoming a man worth my salt.
Behold, the future is mine.

So I start my sojourn..
In the world of sui generis; cognoscente
Ameliorating,
Toiling to till my soul land.

Objective clear,
Stained by the world gaze.
Straight walked,
Into the diabolical puzzling maze.

Turning in circles,
Finishing first at square one!
Debilitated at a loose end…
I still had dreams to burn..

Peaks to conquer,
Lovely flowers to smell..
Castles to see,
Hero stories to tell..

Finding the answers,
To the mysteries of life…
Solving my Rubik cube,
Raking my neural hive.

Wish could borrow the wisdom
Of Solomon,
To find my way out,
Of life’s Square One!!

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Relations

Sitting on the green grass,
Watching the bay...
Tide rising and ebbing,
Fuelled by the moon as if only for play...

Sun shifting in the sky,
Working its 24 hour rounds
Encouraging the tender green shoots
Fending the porcupines working the grounds...

Shoots that one day, will grow up to be mighty oaks
Defying the storms, anchored at the roots
Nurturing hard acorns,
Mocking the richer fruits.


Mighty yet warm,
Softening in ways,
Allowing a million birds to roost
Each in the morning, singing its own soliloquy.


Mutually exclusive,
Yet connected, dependent,
Nature’s way,
Of successful solitary existence


Contrasting, different, disparate, dissimilar,
Yet dependent, wanted, necessary, attached,
Like connected souls,
Unequally matched.


Complicated, sometimes unwanted,
Yet loved and cared without a doubt
Unethical, sometimes disregarded
Yet unlivable without


Heart warming in solace,
In darkness, a feeble lamp lit
Judging, prodding, exploring,
Testing till ends of wit.


Beautiful and ugly, weak and strong.
Hence unique, its own kind,
Forgiveness, the only salvation
To those who've not learnt the language of their own mind.

In My Element

Free as the wind
Playing my chimes
Rising with the sun
Flowing ahead of my times


Singing in the hollows
Sweeping the plains
Engaging the mighty seas
Consecrating the rains


Shaping the deserts
Freezing the hills
Paying ode on Aeolus
Rummaging the Yggdrasils


Thinner than the hair
Tinnier than the tule tree seed
Ambiguous as a word
yet purer than any breed


Warmer than the sun
Higher than the peaks
Solitary as the potter bee
Yet faster than the

Peregrines


Stronger than the beast
Mightier than a samurai's sword
Testing the weak
Paying my respects to the strong


Indestructible, undisputable
yet ready to bare my soul
bringing some sorrow, more laughter
tired of my unpredictable role


Tired of carrying the drops
drops as fresh as dew
to cry them away
on the lucky few

Trust

Living a simple life,
walking the ingeminated rope.

Fostered by family,
friends fueling the winning hope.

Formed a shell,
kith and kin forming the entire world.

I moved on, departed...
reassured of every said word.

People change, destinies evolve,
Mankind becomes a superior race.....

I walk alone, obstinate, aggrieved....
belligerently setting my own pace...

Heard a myriad of reasons,
a score of lies.

each unique, creative,
a never ending tide.

Maturing in the flame of life,
wishing there were other ways to learn.

Losing my impurities, gaining a few??
Time, the only true witness, testifying the burns.

Evolution

Stood strong facing the storm
Unflinching, unwavering, unmoved…..
A child in pristine form.

Remained stubborn all my life,
Failing to heed life’s subtle advice…..

And so I trotted….
A blind man’s guise.

Only to be hit,
By a glass wall….

Imperceptible, unobvious rather make-believe
Perfect in every sense and yet there to deceive

An enemy, a hindrance, an obstacle blocking my straight path,
Indeed for the wise, only a lesson to grasp….

The spirit of Gaia blocking my way,
Coaxing her son to foray….

Destiny humored me to try a way through
Ramming on the glass, my desperation grew

I had no choice but to venture outside,
Leave my trusted zone, test my unknown might

I chose my roads,
I chose my ways…

Saddened still only by the fact,
Though for good reason, it were my own who forced me to act…..

Refined and bettered,
I humor my own….
I humor my own….

Promises for Keeps

Driving on life’s highway,
As lost as a circus bear in woods…

Circumspect of the turning roads,
Deciding on the right, on the good…

Looking at the sun, seeking the way….
Stars prodding to move in a million ways…

Searching for solace…..
Confused and lost…….
Ready to give up the losing race…..

Searching for the star of winning hope…..
To ride to the end. To jump the winning rope…

Sinking ship in the sands of time…
You chose to be my captain in trying times…

You promised to lead me to the end of the world….
To sail forever, till we reached the goal...

Revitalized by the pivoting hope…
Gathered my spirit, let it grow…

You shone the light house light…
Guiding away from the rocks in the way…

You stood at the helm….
Made me realize my shallowness…
Shallowness that misunderstands the might….

And I believed………as innocently as I could….
And I believe….......certain as a rock……that you will return….

To be my captain once again…..

Joining the Dots of Life

The crescent chose to shine,
Shine on the formless black sea…

Distracting yet, empowering
Urging it to rise above the restricting horizon,
Urging it to believe…

Weighed with emotion,
The blue mammoth roared at midnight,
Sending fore a raging wave…

Slowed with time, the wave
Swayed at seaside,
Vacillating on the bare plain…

Pondering…
Realizing, the ignorance of the naïve mind,
Maturing with each passing thought…

Searching for the beauty,
The beauty of the crescent,
On this bare plain???

Realizing it had risen,
With the power of the crescent,
But not enough, not enough….

Dichotomous

I put on my colored glasses
went out to see the world

saw people saw emotions
saw stories unfold

I saw my own versions
interpretations I could perceive

hated some, loved most,
some I couldn't believe

felt the ecstasy of joy
beauty of sadness...

feelings that stayed on
refusing to leave

Making room for more
tried forget the past

holding on to each moment,
hoping this time...it would last

Playing God, controlling my destiny
realizing not, it was only play...

dreams I pursued,
strong as clay

I woke up to life,
woke up to reality

A dime a life...
uptil serenity

Alone

Fire within
Anger it fuelled

Alone I walked
Lonely it grew

Fight I wanted
but couldn't succeed

Friends forsaken
desperate in need

Lived a life
Became what i wanted to be

Retrospective now
mulling my deeds

Overwhelming emotions
forming a horst

Learnt from life
Lessons wished not to learn

Emerged a winner
Beaten and burnt........

Dancing in the Rain

I danced all night
I danced in the rain

I danced till twas light
I danced in pain

Twas important to you
But was it worth me??

Could have cried it out...
But I chose to dance

For you can kill me, but
To my spirit....you dont stand a chance

I remember

I rememberd the days with thee
I remembered the nights

I remembered the ripples of laughter
I remembered the fights

I remembered the moments I lived with thee
I remembered like stars in night, shining light...

I remembered for so long that
I forgot to live

Life's too short to remember the moments left behind.
Its too long to wait for those to come

Make a moment for everything now.


Squeeze out of life...
Squeeze every moment of fun..

Ordinary

In the true world, was just an ordinary guy.

She came into my life, gave me wings to fly

This had never happened to me,
For her I was ready to die.

Thought she liked me and so I lived a lie.

Truly fascinating, a lie though,
I didnt want to realise.

Soon she was gone...
The devil, but my angel in disguise

Met a Genie

Going home one day...
met a genie on the way.
Fulfill a wish I requested,
No way he objected.
Then fulfill 5 I demanded.
Whats ur single wish he sounded.
Make me handsome, I asked.
Wish wasted he laughed,
Never underestimate ur true self, the genie said.
And Ull live to ur fullest till ur dead.