life – My Tales Within

Why does the wind sing?

Rooted to their spots Swaying merrily in the wind Why does the wind sing?

It’s going to Pour

Dark clouds hang heavyThe green grass reflects reliefIt’s going to pour #haiku

Claiming her Destiny

One Among Multitude Looking behind The path she traveled She claims her destiny Poised calmly at the portal To unravel what future holds For what she will be, is what she is

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

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”

A reason to Smile

It has no reason to smile Yet it smiles for no reason

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

Poles carrying the power

LightVoltageThe currentFull of powerBuzzing with the sparksPoles holding the live wiresenergy riding the wireStretching across to the next lifeLighting up many homes in its burnYet electricity remains untouched #etheree

Dhuan

है धुआँये जहांउड़ता हुआबहता हवाओं मेंफिर मिलता हैइन फ़िज़ाओं में कहाँउस आग से निकलाउस आग में दफ़नतू पहले था कहाँऔर कल होगा कहाँना तुझे खबरना कोई ग़ुमाये जहांहै बस धुआँ

In a Happy Place

There was a knota hurting oneDeepwithin the beating heart The constricting cageHolding the fearPiercingLike a painful dart The dread and the gloomPermeated the coreStretchingAnd tearing it apart At the bottom of abyssWhere light endedmotionlessIn the abysmal dark There I layAway from graceIn despairHope away from my grasp In that lonely coldI felt the gushof aContinue reading “In a Happy Place”