Author: anilg

The moon is silent today
Dogs are barking
They are not in a mood to play
The gardener is still awake
Don’t feed these dogs too much,
He says, they begin to expect too much
But then
Don’t we all do the same ?
Moon is speaking up
Dogs are quiet now

why did you think
shrubs will blossom
if irrigated with tears
wasted
in memories of moments
that only make you feel
how generous one can be
with one follies
rise
sparkle
tend your garden with your sweat
shrubs will blossom again
try

Celebrate the flowering
Of a bud
So dormant
Or
was it
That the
Manure of meaninglessness
Wasn’t available much?
Seeking to control
The Air and light,
Did you let
The bud suppress its will to flower?

Now let it glow
On a sea shore
Let it show
How well it can dance
And forget
The follies of yesteryears

Death can’t be avoided, but may b v can make it descent,
but that’s not easy when we r burdened with so much already

Death can’t be reasoned,
like a meaningless whorl
we just listen to it,
celebrate it or absorb it

death has no eason
why blame any one
any reason could be good enough
do we trust HIm or not
if we do,
then why doubt His decision

submitting all of you
every time
you got short changed
i understand
i can feel
the pain
that this can cause
but is it the way to seek meaning in life
should we dissolve all of us so often,
will solvent not take away
ephemerals
will the essence not evaporate
how do we retain that
without holding back too much
seems the challenge
and it is not necessary
we win this challenge every time
let us celebrate our defeats

Slow down
Sit down
Listen
The pain has been quite severe
You may not know how
The crackle sound of dry leaves
On which you walked once
Has stayed with me
And I will keep recalling it
Whenever I need to puncture
My tube of happiness

Don’t pause
Or stop
Move on
The ridges are not too sharp
Valley’s not too deep
You have a way to discover
Go to the land of opportunities
Someday
When sun will set will set at chaupati
Sand will be moist
And walking there
To witness waves
Will remind the words, images and sounds
That have got blurred now

solo flight
nobody to navigate,
no connection to the ground
let me take off
far above the visible sky

i want to go beyond the light
do i have that much might?

i want to grow,
beyond the tallest oak tree
and then lat me roots take off like a space rocket
off to a new world
where people dont
measure goodness in IOUs
where precision in measuring sighs is lost
i wouldn’t raise a toast
go, just go

i will let you go,
because that is the only way to show
that i care,
there is nothing to declare
there is no tear to wipe any more

there is no swollen eye
there is only a hole in the sky
pour whatever pain
you can through it
pour it
o, my dear empty sky

i will let you go
because you dont want to know
the fire is not going to quieten just like that
it will consume all the promises, unkept
it will reduce into white ash, nights unslept
i will let you know
because there is glow
clouds are bright, so i had thought
deep dry rings are rising in the sky
but dont ask why
my dear empty sky
i will let you go
o squirrel, you are a little slow
thats why the valley will bow
o my little empty sky

i will let you go

dont argue
when there is nothing to deny
just say, whatever there is to say, say
afterall,
i didnot leave the sail of the boat punctured
i did not ask, why, i dont not ask why

dont argue
where is nothing to deny,
say, say,
dont just heave a deep sigh
why did i see a blue dim star in the sky
did i know, it was going to disappear, why
i didnot ask why, i dont ask why