Sunday 15 July 2012

LORD OF THE SNAIL


Oh lord! Creator of all creatures great and small!


Did you, with your mighty hands, twist the twirls of this little snail?


Splendid in form and color; splendid in manifestation!


You lead him from clear grasslands, to the grey highway!


But was it your will; that he too must cross? 


What calciferous paradise do you hold in store for him?


What luring treasure, to make him slide to the other side?


You shaped his shell; so beautiful and brittle!


But, what about the strength of the speeding truck!


You gave him eyes to see; but no legs to flee!


In his life of flesh and lime; you gave him action and free will


But, what about, insight and wisdom!


As he sees his speeding fate approaching; unable to recede in time


A beautiful life now lost forever!


Crushed and stuck to some tyre, as mere specks of slime!


Oh lord of the snail! Omnipotent and omniscient!


As you sit back and watch in your glory, do you smile, or do you cry?




Saturday 14 July 2012

MONSOON OF THE MIND


The rainy soil fills the air with the fresh fragrance of life


The birds flutter as they sprinkle away the rain drops from their wings


Budding grass and flowers fill the once barren fields


New formed streams trickle and hum around every corner


As I sit here and wonder in silent contemplation


The monsoon of the mind has begun!






MURKY MIND AND CLEAR WATER


Oh murky mind lost in self contemplation!


What’s with all of this confusion?


What is all of this inner conflict about?


Look at water!


Look at water and learn!


Water knows no colors


Water knows no form


Water knows no exclusive right way!


Yet it fills the shape of every bowl


And flows away when the time comes


No form or path, does is cling to


No permanent stain or color does it carry


Yet shaping and giving life!


Essence less, yet the essence of everything!


How clear is the water!


 How clear beyond all confusion!


Oh murky mind of mine, be like this clear water


When the storm is raging and cold rain pours


Oh murky mind! Just let it fill and let if flow!



IN THE NAME OF THE BELOVED


In the name of the beloved the crimson sun rises


In his name it sets today


In the name of the beloved, blessed life is given


In his name, life ebbs away


In the name of the beloved, is love everlasting! 


In his name let me be!









THE DAY EXPECTATION DIED


The long season of disgrace and drought is over


For today, with the falling rain drops, a new era has begun


The flood gates of the soul have been finally opened  


And euphoric waves of joy and happiness overflow


My sorrows drown and bliss fills the air


For today is the day, my expectation has died!


With expectation gone


Every moment is a blessing


Every day is a gift


Every problem is an opportunity  


Hope doesn’t hurt, when its lets you down


Love doesn’t it kill, when the wind blows away


Oh how splendid is this life, without this monstrous expectation


How splendid it is, to let it go!





DARK NIGHT


In the darkness of this lonely night


I walk this deserted road of uncertainty


Dead end or a tunnel, only light can tell!


But blinded by darkness, I stand alone lost in emptiness!


Hoping the ground beneath does not give away


I tread unsteadily forward


Which way this night will end; only time can tell!







FALL FROM EDEN


From joyful fountains of Eden


I have fallen into this hell hole of today


Oh, what venomous fruit did I bite?


Innocent I was in love and life


What wrong footed twist of fate


Has led me to this serpentine misery!


With tied up hands I yearn to swim                   


While this whirlpool of my mind churns me  


Oh what divine hand shall reach out to me?


Reach out, and raise me from the dead!
                                                                                               

WASTED WINTER


The silence over the hills speaks of sadness



The cold wind over the plains, snows down as pain



The cold winter seems endless



As my sorrow is wasted in vain! 






Tuesday 10 July 2012

LURING GREEN


Luring mountains of lavish green


Greener pastures of expectation


Lurking wolves and sleazy foxes


Innocent lambs grazing


Black sheep masquerading


Venomous serpents in camouflage


All for some juicy blades of grass!









Sunday 8 July 2012

LANGUAGE OF SMILES


My raving heart skips a beat


My fluttering soul hums a tune


As Love speaks the language of smiles!


My happy sky glows in the light of this ecstasy


And the flowers blossom with every hidden blush 


As the fragrance of this joy fills the cold morning air


Even as cruel Time, stops to take a breath


The “I” in me wonders

                                                           
Oh, can’t this moment last for ever! 

A SINNER'S PRAYER





Oh lord Merciful and Loving!


Savior of sinners like me!


Blessed is your glory and benevolence!


With sinful hands I have come to you


With sinful hands I surrender


Oh mighty father of forgiveness!


I prostrate before you, in guilt and shame!


As I finally surrender to your heavenly will


Please forgive and accept my humble repentance


I have stumbled again, though you have always guided me


I have strayed away, even when you showed me your way


 Yet your love for me has never changed


Oh lord! So merciful and Loving!


Show me the light of your will


Oh Lord! Creator of all that is created


As I surrender myself at your feet


Fill me with your Holy Spirit!


Fill me with your everlasting grace!

THE BATTLE WITHIN


The battle is more than a fight


Much more than to sit tight


Beyond wounds and losses, raising your might


Chewing on till the last bite                               


Curdling blood in burning fright


Holding still in an endless night


Hope is dying; you too might


Yet hold your ground, to what is right


For the battle within is more than a fight!


So battle it out and don’t just fight!

                                                                                                

PAINTING A DIFFERENT CANVAS








Painting a different canvas today



With the fading colors of yesterday


Stained faces and tainted ways


Same worn out  brushes and the old rusty strokes



Patterns of the past and waning colors of hope



Oh, what picture can you paint?



When your brush is sticky, and your colors fade! 


STRANGER WITHIN


A stranger within has woken



A stranger within wonders



One more cloud in the cold winter sky



Emotions and thoughts; feeling and action



Which one is left; which one, when I am gone?



Which one is the stranger within?  





















Monday 2 July 2012

TAINTED GLASS SHATTERED


Through tainted glass I view the world


A tainted heart I see


Through tainted glass I see the sun


Let tainted colors be!


Through tainted glass I raise the wall 


A tainted life to be?


Though tainted glass may clear away


But can a shattered ever glass be?  

Sunday 1 July 2012

SHADOWS OF THE PAST


The world before my eyes seems wasted


The sky is overcast, and the earth in barren  


The grass has withered and the river has run dry


The birds have flown; and all blossoms have fallen  


As the sorrow of my past casts its saddened shadow on turbulent water


A never-ending eclipse seems to rise; as darkness fills my cloudless sky 


Fatal it seems; as one more day is engulfed in this dark shadow


Even as the cowardly face of my future shies away


Oh craving soul of mine! Will this darkness ever cease?








EMPTY HANDS IN A FLEETING WORLD


Never was I born, to die today



Nothing has changed, yet nothing stands still



With empty hands I let my suffering go



Within flashing dreams of this fleeting world



Pleasant is it for everyone, when the new spring comes to pass



When chains of love drag me to my empty grave! 

















JEWELRY FOR MY CORPSE


Naked I was born; naked I shall die


All adornments in between



Are all but entanglements



Mere jewelry for my smiling corpse!