2/21/08

' Through the eyes of a window"

hi to all well i believe my window does see things the same way ...as i do...it's quite a living entity for me....it's a part of my life ...well can u all imagine a room without proper ventilation? can't? so can't I and my window does every little thing for me....

"Through the eyes of a window"... ( a poem)

Through the broken glasspane,
As far the window could see,
There stood a lonesome tree,
At the corner of the lane.

 
And a courting pigeon-pair,
Cooing on a lamp-post,
In a cuddle were lost,
Spreading love in the air.

And clouds grey and white,
Had elves and fairies,
Playing games in arries,
And an equipage of delight.

A summer-bird's song



If a summer bird's song,
Someone in winter finds,
It holds for long,
And its melody , forever binds



The song’s divine,
As one’s heart goes away,
To music’s eternal shrine,
Where soul’s made to sway



Soft cadence renders,
Mellowness of imagination,
And with solitude it tenders
Heart, and imparts education.



He Heard All my Wishes... ( a poem)

I had no wings to fly,
But I admired the sky.
I went to His altar,
And wished if I could fly.
And He gave me, a pair of broken wings.

I desired to smell, touch and feel
Soft, red roses, in great deal.
I went to His altar,
And wished if I could have a few.
And He gifted me, roses encaged in glasses.

I was living in darkness and gloom,
I wanted the moon to bloom.
I went to His altar,
And wished to have the moon.
He handed over the moon, but my eyes went blind.

I found the world affected,
And found myself, neglected.
I went to His altar,
And said, “I want you, just you….”
He came, touched my soul …, left me all alone

Shrivelled Pauper ....



Crinkly figure, stooping down
Chalky beard, grubby garb
Fidgeting woozy steps
Whitened shadow, spume-filled eyes
Gruesome, gruffy noise
Treading the sidewalks
Making cryptic silent cries
Wintry cold body
Frosting the sun
Ugly feet, ghastly walk
With bare crocodilian skin
Peckish, famished, voracious hands
Prowling the rubbish heaps
To feed the hungry stomach.
Suffering from paranoia
Commanders, of the
Civilized society
Find him festering their milieus.
So with hefty,
Atrocious steps
Confiscate his sojourns
From all the
Civilized sanctuaries…

down my memory lane .....

Sometimes I love food
Not because I feel hungry
But because it reminds me
Of the pictures I saw
In my nursery rhyme book
The book that I used to read
The book that I used to love
Not because I found
Those rhymes cool
Not because I had
A taste for poetry
But because I found
Those pictures tempting
But because I found
Those pictures cool.
Pictures that made me play
Pictures that made me pray
Not much do I remember
But still do I have
Barrels full of
Faded memory.

Sometimes I love colours
Not because I praise painting
But because it reminds me
Of pictures, I painted
In my primary school.
Paintings with crooked outlines
Paintings with matchless colours.
For hours, I would paint
Not because I was a talented artist
For hours, I would colour
Not because I was a connoisseur of colours
But because I knew
That the colours were magical
But because I loved
The fragrance of pastel-crayons.
Although I’m still not a connoisseur
Although I still can’t paint
Yet I still love painting
Yet I still believe in magic.

Sometimes I dance and sing
Not because that’s a lovely job
But because it reminds me
That I could never dance
That I could never sing.
Down my memory lane
Still I have the pain
Many years came and went
And so did the annual functions
But I never was in
Any item selected
But I always was from
Every item rejected
But I always was from
Every item rejected…

NIGHT ( a poem)


 
Night’s scary and long to go,
But beauty doesn’t stop me,
I’m thrilled yet scared
Beauty tempts me to follow
The lonesome night
But fearfulness stops my feet

I stand still
And motionlessly yet I find
My heart’s beating
I’m a bit lost
In the groove of questions
Yet I don’t know their answers
Things are colourful, things are all confusing
Things are suggesting things are asking
Yet the things are all amusing


The colour of the night has
Filled the horizons of my imagination

There’s a pain in my heart
But still I can’t imagine.
Flowers and weeds and
Thorns are all entangled.

What to take and what to spare,
What to care and what not to care
Is tough to be dis-entangled.

Sometimes I find the flowers
Forming fragrant garlands
Around me.
And yet sometimes the weeds and the thorns
Pester my ways,
Make me more entangled…..

Yet again, these weeds and thorns
Treats me with feasts of blessings and
Benedictions.

Do not know, which path to take
Do not know, which way to follow.
As the night is dark
And streets stand lonesome.

They all stand hand in hand
Sometimes friends, sometimes enemies
To each other and to me, as well.

Whom should I trust?
Has an extra thrust
And creates an extra friction.
But still, those mistrusted gain trust
And trusted gain mistrust.

It’s night that I admire
Yet that I criticize
It’s the fear that leaves me
Enthralled
And beauty that helps
The fear to minimize.

a Tribute to Hardy's "Tess of the D' Urbervilles" ( a poem)

Pity we have, pity we feel,
At her tale of woe,
We bemoan and get benumbed
As if a tragic number flows.

Few would blame her,
Few would blame her fate,
Alas, the society, hardly changes,
Even being blamed for its state.

Centuries have passed,
When ‘ Hardy’ wrote ‘Tess’
Yet is not the society changed
And women’s life a mess.

Molested, hurt and pained,
Seduced and betrayed,
Sold as a commodity,
And newly-borns are slayed…

Abandoned Life ( a poem)

Life has no more
Pleasures to treasure
Life has pains
Beyond all measures
I sing songs
With no scales and rhythm
I write poetry
With no rhyme in them
Is the world lost?
Or am I lost alone?
Everywhere I find
Misery and its clone.
Life seems to be
A forest in the dark
Life seems to be
A desert with no footmark
Languages are lost
Words have no meaning
Voices are soundless
But soundless voices are teeming

painful association

Painful is the association,
Of broken dreams,
And a broken heart.
Every drop of blood,
Is wrung and dried,
At the frontiers,
Of the withered heart.

Senses are wrought,
Dismantled, Intellect,
Understands no more –
Realistic justifications,
Tears smother every breath,
At the amalgamation
Of broken dreams and heart.

" Winter's sharp blow" ( a poem)

As are a child’s cheeks reddened
By the unkind blows of winter harsh
Or by one’s blow of unkind barbs
That renders pain beyond end

Turned yellow tinged, green guava fruit
Rather red when impinged by winter
With its intentions rude and sinister
And winds relentlessly cruel as a brute.

And pleasant dark green, guava leaves
Are bent and curled , and straight no more
And are henna-red, that were green before
Part of the tree, that no more heaves.

" Pain - The Stately Prince"

Pain, the stately prince,
When, enters, His Court,
Of broken heart,
Pathos, come to escort.

In perfect ecstasy,
Tears fall down,
To clean and decorate,
His reverent, Crown.

Custodian of His Court,
Delirious, mortal-remains,
Are enliven, once again
But, with crestfallen, stains.

Orange - setting sun

The sun was orange,
Hidden by a school boy,
On his way to play-ground,
In a place estrange,
To the friends of the boy,
So no question, to be found.

And he would eat,
On his way back home,
And no one would see.
It would be a fine treat,
Not at all troublesome,
Delicious, fresh and juicy.

Splashing over everyone,
Like a splash of juice,
Setting yet radiant,
Orange setting-sun
Withdrawing and obtuse,
Refreshing yet faint.

Sun played hide and seek,
Behind the trees,
And its rays beamed,
Through a several creek.
Swinging in the breeze,
Citrus juice, it seemed.

failure subdued hope.....

When last phantasmal hope
Was encaged in a void.
Faith with unhappiness eloped
Where failure was deployed.

Life stood insipid,
Mad became careworn,
And no more intrepid,
When unsuccessful and torn.

In search of relief,
Eyes opened and closed,
Though found no sleep,
Yet feverishly dozed.

Siestas were all lost,
Dreams were all frozen,
Stiff as permafrost,
And blue as poison.

propinquity of spring

Certain, hidden bird sings,
Symbolizing the freshness of the springs
And whistles like a music conductor
Resenting at, the wrongly played strings.

On pomegranate tree, it hides,
This the place, where it resides,
And eats, from the beady, half-eaten fruit
Opened, by the wind’s harsh strides.

Dancing leaves, appear askew,
Looking, all fresh, green and new,
Made lively, by the magical music,
Bidding winters, an honest, “adieu”!

This part of the year,
When the summer, seems to be near,
But, the Sun, still glows modestly,
And yet the cold is severe.

Propinquity of spring, one may call,
Newness, in life, one may recall,
Yet the setting-sun has softness,
Of winters, at the night-fall.

Moon, at night, appears forlorn,
Quite lonely and woebegone,
As people stare, no more, at her,
And praise, only, the sun-filled morn.

spider

A velvety spider, hung by a silver thread,
Too tiny, tender, shiny, and red.
Swings up and down, like a yo-yo,
Sometimes too fast and sometimes too slow.
And when the sunrays fall blandly,
The silver thread’s visible but faintly.
Making the spider move in ‘Brownian-movement’
Giving its viewers, a great amusement.
Tiny creature, on still tinier, is fed,
On tiny leaves and flowers, is bred.
Immensely innocent, yet a little-wild,
This is how, is the nature’s child.