The moving roadtake the swaying trees alongI watch rootedThrough the unmoving windowof the speeding car And a racing mindI watch As they move pastBehind, to the pastTo the road I travelledOn this speeding carAnd a wishful heartI watchthe views I hadand the destinations I have travelled beyondOn this speeding carAnd the ambitious eyesThere, I knowTheyContinue reading “Moving road stretch”
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And there lies the Music
The flute plays A melody Soothing and flowing I wonder Who owns the song And Where lies the music The dexterous fingers Playing on the vents Claim the song as theirs to play The wooden pipe boasts too of having the requisite length And the characteristic timber The mind proclaims Oh so vainly I amContinue reading “And there lies the Music”
She claims her destiny
She leaves the nest Now she can flyIt’s her destiny she is meant to flyin the skiesshe would soar the windswill sing her lorethere is schemethat god has designedshe claims her destinythe planets have aligned My daughter joins college. How time flies. Her time has come to fly and shine
Memories trapped in Pictures
Nowthat the celebrations endAndThe glasses lie emptyThe meaning is clearBeyond the sparkle Nowthat the cacophony endsAndthe din is quietthe vision is clearBeyond the blur NowThat the goodbyes are doneAndThe home is emptyThe feeling is clearBeyond the smiles NowThat moments are stillTrapped in picturesThe memories are clearPlucked out from timeEtched beyond time NowThat I look back,Continue reading “Memories trapped in Pictures”
Aur Manzil hai Kya?
हो तुम तो मैं हूँ है मेरा वजूद क्या हो तुम तो शाम है है खूबसूरत और क्या हो तुम तो है अगली सुबह है रोशनी और क्या हो तुम तो आवाज़ है है मौसिकी और क्या हो तुम तो ये पल हैं है वक़्त और क्या हो तुम तो ख़ुशी है है मुस्कुराहट औरContinue reading “Aur Manzil hai Kya?”
Broken bones will mend Y’know
A slipA misstep Unfortunateoh no Crackthe soundOminousoh no the single bone piecenow discontinuousoh no will bein a castfor a fortnightoh no it’s brokenbut will mendits not heartyou know
Amma
Emerged into the world A life Delivered through pain Suffering the excruciating Screaming To offset the pain Months of rearing Feeding off herself Her every bit of grain Fretting and worrying Unnoticed at time Many times, in vain Letting go her needs For everyone else Without a strain Ever willing to give To sacrifice SheContinue reading “Amma”
There lies the moment
In the rush of things The moment stops Somewhere between Earlier and later And that’s where There is no speed No expectations No comparison Nothing lesser or greater But there lies still the intent of motion And the sense of purpose The seed of every future a pure slice of the creator There lies theContinue reading “There lies the moment”
A live performance
She swoopedWith practiced ease perfect balanceperfect poise millions of eyes focussed on onewith precision and least noise Wings invisibletoo quick for the eyeskeeping it staticbefore the final dive Dipped in nectar nearest to blissyet sure of her purposeto fill up the hive A work of artdone as a routineand a performanceI saw it live
Yet I row
I am staticmy life is movingI see from my windowwhatever it shows I was youngI will be oldwhat changes I wonderas I grow I am not going anywhere I have reachedmy life is still movingwhich direction, I don’t know my boat is staticthe river flowsI know thatyet I row
My Tales Within 