encountering young buds on the way
full of hope
faith and expectation
that it will rain
some assurances
some support
some tears to wet the ground
where there is a drought of sighs,
how do these buds keep sprouting
if i did remeber to pluck leaves
dont ask me
if i did remeber to pluck leaves
of tulsi
for your tea
even if i did not,
tulsi
will continue to grow in your garden
why do you not punish me
for forgetting repeatedly
may be you know, thats the way.,
i remain what i am
and u too
when i have surrendered already
when i have surrendered already
why are u still asking whether i have,
is it that sinking ego has not reached the bottom,
when the leaves will fall and not rot
when the leaves will fall and not rot,
u may wonder
what is sacred about this spot
i wil not cry and wail
but the truth shall, even then, prevail
dont ask me, why did i not stop
the tears rolled by and heart still decided to hop
i am sure, you will understand it again
as you always did, whether it was drought or rain
when the reflections raised a doubt
every thing has become a suspect today,
no reflection is assured
of its sanity
why has this happened
is it because rays of light are impure
or is it that surfaces are corrupted
or that the air is polluted
when the detours of diehard river didn’t reconcile
when the detours of diehard river didn’t reconcile
what was not tallying
in the account book of
a time trader
i asked him, declare me bankrupt,
will that help you
tell me
i cannot pay back
all the debts that i incurred
when you were around
regardless
of the banks being dry or wet
waves settled or unsettled
following their own rhythm
why should we deny our fallibility
is not it true that
we are often too sure
of what we think, do, know and feel
but then have not we often faltered in doing so,
why are then we so sure
when the sparkles fly away
dont through so many stones in this lake,
it has a tenuous contract
with its banks
who knows who gives way
may be smiles have littered your path
may be smiles have littered your path
all the way
from where you started
but you know
it is not easy
how to sweep the floor of shadows
of smiles that you borrowed
from the womb of volatile volcano
of wishes unfulfilled
may you get your share of smiles
always.
else
volcano will erupt and its ash will scatter
over your garden
from which will sprout
so many memories
soem full of smiles
and some
let me leave that
why did you tear that page
why did you tear that page
just because you did not like
what i wrote on it
you tore it
will you tear all pages
from your life
on which i had written with my breaths
the lines which you can not recite even now
you could never recall them