Poem – Page 20 – My Tales Within

Silent shriek

I shoutProfoundA silent shriek Sound fallsThrough the cloudsFurther deep travels foreverNo one to hearNowhere to echo Into the abyssNothing to holdNone to let go I hear my shoutLoud in the mindSilent outside

The brand new year

A yearComes to an endAnother auspicious roundCulminates into a new Around the fiery nourisherRiding safelyOn the gracious lapOf the Maternal blue Among the many starsIn the vast space unconfinedA speckin the grand cosmos Yet carryinga whole world WithinOf hope and fearOf gain and loss Gloating on a triumphFretting on a setbackWorrying for an expectationto happilyContinue reading “The brand new year”

It doesn’t matter

Who fills the glass Who sips the elixir In the state of bliss It doesn’t matter

Winding Roads

Winding roadsturn left and rightHugging closeto the mountain side Descending graduallysometimes steepmoving fast at timesSometimes just a creep River keeps it companyFlowing alongGushing water humsIts favourite song Destination isn’t farValley is plain and wideRoads are wide tooNow straighter and wise Through twists and turnsstraight roads and bendsThe roads stays thereThe journey ends

Living in between

Mobile on flight modeSeat belts securedSun waits on the wingsPeeking through the windowShining on my face tooPulsating wavesRocking the boatSalty taste sting the tongueSeagulls fly effortlessly in blue skyFishes fly beneath tooEarphone plug the earsLetting in only my songSkimming the wavesCruising above the cloudsI am on my way

Speaking stars

Stars in the sky watch over me All of them Twinkling Every moment With million eyes Some I recognise I call their names But I wonder if they know What I call them I think they know my name In the dead of night They call my name I can hear them They are outContinue reading “Speaking stars”

Rhythmic dust clouds

Enthralled,
by the faraway drum beats
Oblivious of the rhythmic dust cloud
Under the involuntary foot taps
Unseen, unheard
Yet there…somewhere

Koshish

किसी ने की कोशिशदो कदम चलने कीउस नुक्कड़ पर फिर से मिलने कीकोई कदम पहुँचे ही नहीं किसी ने की कोशिशलिखे ख़त को पड़ने कीपन्नो पे महके अल्फ़ाज़ समझने कीकुछ ख़त लिफ़ाफ़ों से निकले नहीं किसी ने की कोशिशदबी आवाज़ को सुनने कीअनकहे लफ़्ज़ों को समझने कीकुछ शोर अनसुने ही रहे किसी को सुनाई दियाकिसीContinue reading “Koshish”

Let’s paint the fence

Fence separatesthe insideFrom what liesOn the outside What stays within it’s boundOr What lies outsideIt’s not for the fenceto judge or decide It stays on the fringeIn touch with either sideNot the one to connectOnly built to divide It’s one fenceWith two sidesOne is with the insideOne faces the outside One side restrictsThe other sideContinue reading “Let’s paint the fence”

Closer to Core

Spinning like a topConstantly in motionedges moving fasterSlowly moves the core If I would stopI would fallFearful of not spinningAfraid, of being ‘me’ no more On pointed endI hang in balanceForever in pursuitdrilling through the floor Force of the chordwould eventually expireinevitable would happenSpinning top would spin no more With the last wobbleThe top fallsItContinue reading “Closer to Core”