Poems

You

I think of you often

But am I ever in your thoughts?

Your smile gave you away

Nature

She is beautiful said everyone

But did not care or nurture her

The outcome was very disastrous

Words

You measure your every word

But why don’t you just let go?

Without any shackles or boundaries

Piano

I was playing the piano, and I fell asleep

Was it the music that I played? Or the music in my ear?

Or perhaps it was the symphony that seemed like a lullaby,

And soothed the child in me …

Breeze

Let go and be with the breeze

And it will take you where ever you please

Life

Walk through life, following symbolic images

By coming out of restricted cages

And not be distracted by mindless mirages

Travel

Travel is better than a destination, moving from road to road, point to point

Nature is man’s solace, Answers his need to laze

I amidst this picturesque maze…

I did not know whether to dance or gaze…

You

I saw something old but found something new

Life shows us everyday, a new hue in every dew

Why not you show me today, the hidden child in you…

Carefree and unhurried,

Joy some and unworried…

Lilies

Lilies are forever, they blossom in the spring or never

But when they spring to life, they leave behind a mark that never leaves you altogether

Life and detours

Life is for you to explore- despite many detours

And every turn leads to an unexpected fervour

Time

Life is a symphony of unforeseen moments

Time is its sole composer

And we have to sing along

To make it a melody

Darkness and Light

It was a momentary darkness, but seemed more pleasing than light

In that moment, right there, i could dream peacefully

But then the room was lit again, bringing with it the starkness of reality

Sweetheart

The warmth in your hug, reminds me of sunshine on an autumn morning,

Your presence next to me gives me untold joy

Your sudden whispers reassure me that you are there

Your delicate scrutiny, your doleful eyes, tells me all that you do not say....

But sweetheart, do not walk away from me as you do every night. (Dedication - tuffy )

She

A Silent dove or a vocal lark – she maybe both, or none

But, the world is not aware …

Or maybe does not care?

Of the innocence reflected in every talk

The simplicity in her walk

They hear not when she cries,

They care not when she tries…

To make everything right

Or trying too hard to delight…

She is too difficult said some,

She is as plain as paper said the other

Perhaps she was both, perhaps none…

This is what she thinks, this is what she feels

But it’s sad that she’s not aware…

That the world rejoices her laughter

And always wipes her glistening tears

But she is not aware, let us make her aware…

You

I don’t know why, I just felt like a sudden kiss

It’s a misty bliss, When you are around

Waiting for you, it’s always like time is just still

I don’t know why I wanna meet you

But I do, it’s not love that I know

But it’s something that I don’t know

When you are around, when you are around

I don’t know why, but I feel like a sudden kiss..

Self-realization

I realised it was something new, when it crept over me, slowly and unthinkingly...

Like a new dew, drops on a leaflet

But, when I thought out loud,

It seemed like something not so new for the crowd...

Well, so is it still something that I should cherish or am I just one among many?

"Silly girl!" Said the voice within...

"Never let your self be mauled by the crowd

You are you and your experience is you"

So, why not bring out the hidden hue in your dew, that is you?
Dreamland

We live in a make-believe dreamland, life isn't a fairy tale - they said

But hell, who cares?

As long as we believe and trust in the dream,

Reality will be forced to bow down to the make-believe.

Fixture

Changing times , changing me

Life changes in a blink of an eye

Cause' Aren't we all dancing to life's tunes?

But oh! there's one thing that won't change

And that's you

Because you are the fixture despite my changing hues

You are a fixture, who appreciates my every view

You are the white who is omnipresent in my life's every hue

Bringing a beacon of hope in me, that life will be beautiful with you.

Rain

Rain , you drift, you play with the wind...

I hold you, you escape from my fingertips...

You arrive suddenly, fall relentlessly,

I am astound by your tactful way of bringing everyone to admire you... by bringing traffic to a stanfstill...

Now dear Bangalore rain, please do not laugh at my few unconnected lines...

I am just like you, not able to connect the entire city

Drizzling in Jayanagar , but not in Indiranagar

Undecided me, Undecided you

So I invite you to a cup of tea on a roof top cafe in Bangalore.

Words

Words, they break you

Words, they make you

Some comfort you ...

Some pierce you...

But you need them and they need you...

Isn't life stories built on a cacophony of words?

Some word-stories you weave, some life weaves it for you...

That is why maybe we are taught word-building when young!

To learn to build our life, through the words that decide our destiny ...