Poem – Page 18 – My Tales Within

Roses are Red

Warm as a rose Beyond the seen, in Red Unseen is the glow

For her, life is people, In her priorities She comes last Her heart does the thinking, She feels for all, Her own feelings come last Her memories are us Her messages, sometime remind us to remember Her ownself?? she forgets fast She rolls the laddus and bakes the cake Each one’s likings comes first HerContinue reading “Amma (mother)”

Yellow Yoghurt

Yellow yeast yawns you yell your Yoodle yap Yoghurt you yearn

The flying Kite

The flying Kite soaring the sky only because its tied. Snap!! The string breaks And its free.

Music is the root

The banyan tree Glowing outside and within Music plays on it’s roots

हज़ारों ख्वाहिशें

इतवार तो कैलेंडर पे लिखा शब्द है उसका इतना इंतज़ार क्यूँ हफ्ता पड़ा है जीने को आज से इतनी मायूसी क्यूँ शायद फुर्सत का इंतज़ार है पर किस बात से फुर्सत? इसकी मालुमात नहीं क्या पता किस आराम कि ख्वाहिश है और किस आराम से आज कल अछे तालुकात नहीं कभी सोने कि कोशिश मेंContinue reading “हज़ारों ख्वाहिशें”

Different dawn of the same long night

The night was long He was tired but did not dare to yawn He had not slept It was already dawn The bullet whistled as it arrived. It had found its mark Mercilessly it pierced, all the way to the beating heart Punctured but it kept on beating slowly draining away the life It wasContinue reading “Different dawn of the same long night”

I see it clear

On the 6th floor the blind rolls up with a whir. Turbulence and calm, converse in silence with a drunken slur. The glass fights the noise and wins Allowing private space for the divergent twins Flashes of lights leave a trail on the busy arrow of time Reminder of the many scars as the faceContinue reading “I see it clear”