Without poetic seed there won't be prose. The entire network of branches, twigs, flowers, fruits and leaves is nothing but a commentary on the small poetic seed. So all ye wannabe writers, nurture the poet in you, who understands the value of pause in life, who moves slowly to watch everything, sight and smell everything. Brushstrokes of poetry softly touch the soul without disrupting its restful muse and bring out nuggets of love, compassion, harmony and peace. All content © Sandeep Dahiya
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
A fading golden smile
I was once luscious red,
Now the colours get shed,
Spring dews nourished me,
Delightful to see,
Now the colours turn pale,
Youth, how thou sail!
Sadistically sun-kissed and old,
Death takes me in its fold,
I but hold with grace,
My wise, toothless smile up for a brace,
Earlier only my skin used to glow,
Now the entire self in mystical flow,
I choose to smile till last,
Let the summer sun go crazy with blast,
I arrived with smile on my lips,
Now the entire soul takes divine sips.
Now the colours get shed,
Spring dews nourished me,
Delightful to see,
Now the colours turn pale,
Youth, how thou sail!
Sadistically sun-kissed and old,
Death takes me in its fold,
I but hold with grace,
My wise, toothless smile up for a brace,
Earlier only my skin used to glow,
Now the entire self in mystical flow,
I choose to smile till last,
Let the summer sun go crazy with blast,
I arrived with smile on my lips,
Now the entire soul takes divine sips.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Love for Thugs and Bugs
The
rabid Chinese communist thugs,
And
fundamentalist Islamic bugs,
Will
tatter and tear
the
majestic carpet to bloodied rugs,
Don't
take their bait,
Don't
engage them in hate,
At
level theirs don't fight,
For
it'll be devil's delight,
Love
is the sole remedy against the bug,
Go,
give them a sweet hug,
Goodness
lies in every human heart,
Only
on the surface bad doth dart,
May
be they will realise,
It's
the only harmless weapon
to
cut the devil to a decent size,
Civil
disobedience against
the
Chinese communist thugs,
A
loving embrace
to
the blinded suicidal Islamic bugs,
Only
this will quell the doom,
Or
be ready for the devil's boom!
The Last Baobab
Not all is well,
Another Baobab fell,
The millennial old sages,
Mother's blessing arms for ages,
They now bid a sad bye,
Her blessings withdraw with a sigh!
Thursday, April 2, 2020
A cozily safe smile somewhere
The Spring's traces last,
Hot summers approaching fast,
Languid notes in the air,
A solitary bird's forlorn chirping
for its musical share,
Drowned in stillness
this late morning bright and fair,
Sky's dull blue,
Spread with some mystical clue,
But a smaller world is there,
The overall lethargy cannot reach where,--
In its self-defined world
in a corner tiny,
The luscious wild flower
still stands brave and shiny!
Hot summers approaching fast,
Languid notes in the air,
A solitary bird's forlorn chirping
for its musical share,
Drowned in stillness
this late morning bright and fair,
Sky's dull blue,
Spread with some mystical clue,
But a smaller world is there,
The overall lethargy cannot reach where,--
In its self-defined world
in a corner tiny,
The luscious wild flower
still stands brave and shiny!
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Croakings from the cot
Little
Master Corona
O
thou little master,
The
world was a bit faster,
You
now force brakes,
Lions
turn into drakes,
Even
newspaper is scary,
No
longer a news carrying fairy,
It
comes from Delhi,
Fear
pinches my guts and belly,
With
inhibitions I touch,
A
fearful world is such!
The
Story of a frost-beaten tree
The
winter has'n brutal and harsh,
And
my struggle turned almost a farce,
Lost
all my leaves,
With
loss my soul grieves,
Still
not all is lost,
For
greenish life finds a host
in
the wheat at my feet,
They
pay a respectable greet,
My
loss and my pain
doesn't
go in vain,
Tumbled
down as my leaf
with
pain and grief,
Blossom
thousands around,
Wheatlings
like daughters doth surround,
Fell
where my tear,
Many
a smile this earth doth bear,
Doesn't
go waste my pain,
Sows
it the prospects of gain,
If
not for me,
Definitely
for thee!
The
Light
The
light does hark,
beyond
the deepest dark,
There
is a day bright,
after
the ghostly haunts of a nightmarish night,
After
a barren famished fight,
there
blossoms a springed delight,
After
pining pangs of separation,
there
is a worthy end to the desperation,
After
crashing in the gutters,
there
is a surge and rise to bathe in holy waters,
After
crying convulsions on the lips,
a
smile takes honeyed sips,
After
the last defeat,
still
there is an undying urge to accomplish the feat,
Even
when blind with despair,
there
is hope hiding and cajoling somewhere,
Even
in hate, love still lurks somewhere!
Lost
It
has been months since
I
last lit my faith's lamp,
So
many days have passed since
prayers
chimed in my dark den's air damp,
My
meditating self,
Now
gives atheistic yelp.
Lost
my faith!
Lost
my prayer!
Lost
my rituals!
Lost
my meditative trance!
The
story told by the soul to its own corpse
Once
I flew and frolicked high,
Now
the flesh and blood gone dry,
The
real me withdrew with a painful sigh,
They
say, 'I was destined to die,'
It's
but the biggest lie!
The
Night
Too
far and deep, I have gone into the pit of gloom,
And
lost in the cavernous folds of the impending doom,
Even
the brightest big suns now appear too far,
Faint
stars these now and just flash their inspiring rays,
Feeble
raylets reaching me cannot take out the ship caught in treacherous bays,
I
know the futility of the beckoning light,
Even
in its brightest folds outside, hope was always out of sight,
Now
i go deep into my night,
With
nobody as a witness to my plight,
All
cherished dreams out of sight,
A
wingless bird that tried to fly but then crashed from its struggled height,
Now
I just silently walk into the dark hold of my night,
Alone
and
forlorn,
Musicity
of my soft moan,
Carrying
me into hitherto unreachable zone!
Darkness
Too
far and deep, I have gone into the pit of gloom,
And
lost in the cavernous folds of the impending doom,
Even
the brightest big suns now appear too far,
Faint
stars these now and just flash their inspiring rays,
Feeble
raylets reaching me cannot take out the ship caught in treacherous bays,
I
know the futility of the beckoning light,
Even
in its brightest folds outside, hope was always out of sight,
Now
i go deep into my night,
With
nobody as a witness to my plight,
All
cherished dreams out of sight,
A
wingless bird that tried to fly but then crashed from its struggled height,
Now
I just silently walk into the dark hold of my night,
Alone
and
forlorn,
Musicity of my soft moan,
Carrying
me into hitherto unreachable zone!
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