Roots

(Dedicated to all the moms and dads abandoned in a nursing home)

We wandered far

To feed your hunger

We dug deeper

To quench your thirst

You were always looking up

Towards the shiny light

As if embarrassed,

by our mud stained faces

We watched you grow

One leaf at a time

We held you together

In every storm of your life

When we get old

Do not break us off

Let us die on your lap

Under the shade of love

Loveholic

A lover’s hope shines so bright

When ever our eyes meet

Thoughts travel faster than light

Oh! Waiting for love is so sweet

In her eyes I saw my reflection

Trying in vain to hide a smile

When I am in love’s perception

Nothing is important for a while

For love, I put everything aside

To hold the glory of the moment

When she is lying beside

Nothing more to comment

If love is still a deadly poison

I am willing to be a martyr

The Fall

The cold and indifferent river,

ran deep under the bridge

The mild and confused heart,

stood with one leg over the railing.

a jump is like birth

to let go of the vantage point

to struggle with unfamiliar currents

to keep the head above water.

I put the other leg over the railing

No burning bushes in my river

Nor any lamb to sacrifice

I am on my own

If I swim against the currents,

Will I drown knowing that I tried?

If I let the currents take me,

Where will it deposit me?

A careless wind slapped my face

Jolting me from the sinking feeling

I took a deep breath,

and lurched

Agony & Ecstasy

If hope is like the rays of sun,

my mind is the turning earth.

One half embraces the light,

rest is buried in darkness.

If hope is a lovely forest,

my mind is a tree.

Leaves swinging with life,

roots dying under the mud.

If hope is a charming lover

I am in and out of favor

Enchanting with a smile

Discarding with a smirk

If hope is a flagpole,

my mind is half mast

Reluctant hands of fate

hold me in purgatory