anil gupta's blog

like a shading device
i was wondering if i should stand
alone
under the dark balcony
from which you had promised to throw the fishnet
to catch all the fishes flying in the air
but then you got caught in some other net
my fishes are roaming freely
is not that called freedom

bit by bit
you filled up your canvas
with new colours
old shades got suppressed
and yet you expect

that
one should only see

the original picture
you had made with so much truthfulness

but now, it is very difficult for a bee
to be welcomed
by tender flowers
the bee has already pollinated so many flowers
but may be it still has a little nectar left
only for this tender flower
which has forgotten the word
it gave to the spring
to blossom and smile

Still
So unsettled,
Why are you so thirsty
Have you been anxious
But then isn’t that a sign
Of giving up
Don’t

Try
Persist
And passionate pursuits
Do make it
Why deny
Ecstatic moment
Try

Before setting
Sun paused
At the corner
And asked
Will you try
Still
To illuminate
The dark
Corners in somebody’s conscience
Who can’t keep track
Of why
She let so much darkness
In
The sanctum Santorum
Of her inner temple
In the first place

Will you always stay
As you are
Fickle minded
Unsure
Pollinating many flowers
Betraying your dreams
Time and again
Will you

Star studded night
Silent stream
Why are you sitting there on a desolate rock
Waiting for full moon
To make waves mad
Don’t expect your slate
To be washed
By the waves
Which are now impatient
To swallow the rock
On which you waited for so long

Smile
Laugh
Do all the chores one does
Before celebrating reunion
It is not too far
Pray
Moon is patient
And waves forgive the
Boatman
Who could not carry you
Across the river

I don’t doubt
O healer
Your acumen to heal
But is it necessary
That all patients may get well
Always?
After all
You have healed me so often in past
Did I stop getting sick after that?
I m what I m
Can you not be what you are
Always

It’s true that I asked
Why should not I
When we know the limits
Are reached
We can give up
We can try
We can ask
I asked
Why should not I

slow walk
unsure talk
am i reading your lips right?
or meanings wrought
what was sought
go, as far as u can
and dont turn back
the rights of passage
is still available
walk
walk
walk through the forest of fire
dont count, the trees of desire
they will shed the leaves now
dont be arrogant, pl bow