Month: November 2006

mind, as if it matters

the mercy may be celebrated

they acknolwedged our feet

and chained our hands

to the hammers that break stones

for keeping us alive was a necessity

death destabilises

hunger mobilises

it gives hope

for those who rule

will some day find

difficult to cope

with their reasons, they have always tried
to justify menial over mental

as the only choice ahead

for do not we actually, think,

they just, do

and thats what we call

the paradox of persistence

with ideas, that  have driven

many to despair

but some will defy,

and cause ruptures

that will be difficult to repair

will u now stir

tea in your cup

lest the creamy layer

obstructs

the smooth sip

and spoils the joy

of an intellectual

whose monopoly over the mind

has for millenia

explained

why he prospered, got recognised,
when the subjects just, struggled

why do i keep awake,

when the world sleeps peacefully

what is the anxiety

what is the worry

whose pain is central to the being

and whose vulnerabilities are calling for change

in our ways of knowing, feeling and doing

has the mix gone wrong

or have i lost my way

a drop of rain fell in an ocean

unable to persuade any wave

to change its course

it just stayed still

and then slowly sun rose

and carried it away

from the swollen arms of the ocean

to the sky

why do u cry

when the garden of curses blooms

my friends do not know what i sowed

and what will i harvest now

but then soon, it will rain

and new growth of seeds

of smiles scattered all over

will flourish

may be the crevices of life

in which curses grew

may heal, by then

annihilating the surface
on which scratches
stay
like stains of love
i ask,
if this is what one seeks
dissolution when
precipation will do
and siltation
when floating on the surface will woe
the waves
that are undecided
whther to be burried on the shore
or remain at the core
of the deep
enigmatic sea

nayaya nahin par ho paya

kanton ko dil se bahut lagaya

ummeedon ka baag ugaya

phir bhi man to soona paya

nyaya nahin par ho paya

jo bhi mila sneha ka poorak

jisney bhi tha ashrya paya

pedon ney hi need sukhaya

amarbel ko mila swapno ka saya

nayay nahin par ho paya

socha bantu dard sabhi ka

chain nahin par de paya

jo bhi kiya raha adhoora

darad ka marham ruh kp lagaya

nayaya nahin par ho paya

have been gathering

pebbles thrown at me

for being uncaring, unmindful

and indifferent

now my bag has still some space

pl throw at me more such pebbles

who knows

some might break my impervious layer

and some just leave their imprints

on the bare

heart and soul

squeezed of all care