The Lost Love

 

A dewdrop slips down

the petal of a full-blossomed rose,

It seems like a tear,

A tear for the black bee that came,

sucked juice and was gone.

A Rain-soaked Moment

 

Village...

musty...

like a mossy mushroom under a banyan...

rain-lashed...

semi-shaded silvery-haired wise days...

rain-washed greenery greedily sprouting forth...

a love-seeking peacock dancing...

a bee-eater diving for its success

and the dragonfly’s failure...

flirtatious swallows riding the airy horses...

a tailorbird throwing loud vocal force

for its 7 gram weight...

a squirrel and a crow fighting for a nut...

a mud-smeared dog losing the force of its barking

against a braying donkey...

paddy standing lugubriously...

and the water sailing above in huge cloudy ships,

ready to melt and shower its love again,

any moment...

The Journeyman

 

It doesn't matter

where you come from,

what matters is

where you go;

and more importantly

how you go.

The Runaway Vagabond

 

In the calm core of my wind-lashed, stormed self,

some unmovable shadow

defines the substance of my being.

I but have been running miles after miles,

chasing mirages to seek my identity.

The Angels of Duality

 

We hatch our own agonies and ecstasies

in the workshop of our mind,

Deep in a little corner

of our private space.

Grand Illusions

 

With sand-grains grasped in my hands,

fleeting clouds in my heart

and enforced philosophies in my head,

I set out to win the kingdom

that never existed!

Awakening

 

In the mist-veiled silence of a dream,

I sleep-walked into the crazy grasp

of a thorny bush.

All we just need is a prickly bite

to see the reality!