Thursday 27 October 2011

MUZZY FOG


Soul shopping in a morgue


Misty clouds lost in a fog


Solace sought in vanity


Of hidden smoke and insanity


Flames of truth that do not  encumber


Reality’s dark drunken slumber


Of  hate, lust and violence


Sorrow, love, and silence


Soul hopping in a morgue


What is life, but a muzzy fog ! 

Wednesday 26 October 2011

DIWALI


Fountains of lights, bright red and blue


Crackling splinters of colour and hue


Lighting smiles with every blush


Warming hearts with  happiness


Merry souls in rainbows of light


Oh ! Happy is this beautiful sight ! 

Monday 24 October 2011

THE HEINOUS FACE OF HUMAN NATURE


Black and white, and shades of gray


Love and war; in work and play


What makes you skip; what makes you stay?


Oh! This world of stealth and prey!


Rosy words, may paint the front


But  thorny backs, do bear the brunt


Locks of hatred, under smiling hats


Brothers in arms yet racing rats!


Slithering serpents on a selfish trail


Another life form beneath the veil


Filthy in feelings, and stooping in stature


Insightful yet an  unsightly creature


Oh! How monstrous, is the heinous  face of  human nature!

Saturday 22 October 2011

MALICE IN WONDERLAND


Malice in wonderland


Vineyards of wrath


Fountains of anger          


Look what’s it brought!


Hurricanes of violence


From the eye of hate


Man and misery  


What a dismal state!


From greed to gruesome


Regressive, all the way


Stuck to his belligerence


How long can he stay?

Wednesday 19 October 2011

FOOTSTEPS ON WET CONCRETE


Footsteps on wet concrete

Fixed in time, never to retreat

Random thoughts, carved in stone

Of love and life; and, heart and bone

The changing face of the aging clock

 As moments crumble on striking rock

Plow or toil; strive or climb

But can it change the arrow of time?

Footsteps on wet concrete

Isn't  life just a one way street?


Tuesday 18 October 2011

THE BLACK KNIGHT OF DEATH


Black knight of death, on a white horse

Riding tirelessly, without remorse

Where do you come from? Where do you go?

Teaching us all, to let go

How do you choose, and how do you get

All that we love, and cant forget

You are so mighty, and you are so strong

Yet, can’t you stop this lover’s song?

Oh black knight of death on a white horse

Just leave the love, and take the corpse!    

THE MAN IN THE MIRROR


Can you see the man in the mirror!
 
Can you see him, without his name!

Can you see his tricks and games!

Can you see his pride and fame!

When you see the man in the mirror

Can you look; can you see?

Beyond silvered illusions, of ego so vain

It’s a tinted window, not a mirror plain

Beyond pompous images of egoistic self-reflection

See the true world of infinite perfection

Beyond Mountains and valleys of paradoxical reality

See fountains of love, and streams of non-duality

When u see the man in the mirror

Can you look; can you see?

There is no man, there is no mirror

It’s just Love that lasts forever!!

Sunday 16 October 2011

CLOUD IN MY COFFEE


The cloud in my coffee


Can you feel it ; can you see ? 


Tricking rain drops in the milky cream


Sweetened taste of the flowing stream


The silent sorrow in the crushed beans


Of powdered dreams, and living means


The sadness told in every cup


Of trees that cannot, speak up


The warmth and taste; the chocolate foam


The darker shadows, and a burning home


Dark clouds in my coffee


How do I sip it , after all I see?


Saturday 15 October 2011

EVANESCENT MOMENTS


The sky was brighter, in the light of your smile

And blossom of life, was filled with the nectar in your eye 

Oh, all those evanescent moments!

Washed away in the flood of your tears! 
                                                       
What have we come to now?

Didn’t we know this love is so strong?

Why then, make this separation so long

Without you, and your everlasting love

Lost and lonely; what will I do now?

In this wilderness of so called life

You were my guiding star; you were my soul

What am I to do here, without a goal?

You were my sunshine; now I’m lost in your shadow

You were my meaning; now I’m an empty barrow 

So fill me with love and don’t you encumber

Awaken me from this earthly slumber

Brighten my sky with the light your smile

Let me see again the nectar in your eye!

Oh ,all those evanescent moments!


Thursday 13 October 2011

COBWEBS AND DEW


Dew drops dripping on a lotus leaf


Flowing thoughts on life and belief


Cobwebs caught in a rolling stone


Spinning webs of life in flesh and bone


Shattered glass in a mirrored frame


Reflecting images of the mind’s game


 Creeping pythons on a rotten tree


Swallow truth but are never free  


Clouds and oceans, and nascent reality


Aren’t they all just, steaming cups of non-duality?

Tuesday 11 October 2011

THE GATE-LESS GATE


Knock twice, at the gateless gate


Just eat now, and wash your plate


Chop wood now, and chop wood after


A man who knows this, is his own master


The musical clap, of the single hand


The still flowing water, in a thoughtless land


The formless Face, before its very formation


The empty pot before, the final transformation


Dried up dung, and a searching soul


Three pounds of flax, and a begging bowl


 Fleeting clouds, and mental states


Silence is yonder, the gateless gate


So eat now, and wash your plate


And step beyond the gateless gate


Monday 10 October 2011

MEANING AND NEED


Wandering thorough life’s turbulent seas


Meaning is what one really needs


 For it’s on meaning, life the baby, truly feeds


And its on meaning, that life’s journey smoothly proceeds


And it’s on meaning’s lack, that hatred breeds


And its on meaning’s loss, that love bleeds


So, let not meaning, spill its precious seeds


Choose it and stick to it, and go where it leads


For its meaning, what life really needs!


Without it; all is a sequence of, dead and dying deeds


So, while wandering through life’s turbulent seas


Make meaning always, the sail that leads!




Sunday 9 October 2011

POISON ARROW


A poison arrow shot at the heart


Does it really matter, who aimed and who shot?


Must you first, find his name?


Must you find his uncanny fame?


Must we first, ask why?


And does it really matter how and why?


Can questions of identity be given to wait!


For saving life is more a pertinent trait!


So don’t you drown, in the sea of why


Learn to let go, and learn to fly


Free yourself of greed, hate and delusion


For this is life’s only eternal solution!


Saturday 8 October 2011

NECTAR AND SALT


Oh, how sweet is this nectar of love!

 
Oh, how sweet and everlasting it seems!


Yet, as drops of honey, dripping  into the ever salty ocean


I struggle in this world of paradoxical profanity


Where in this salty ocean of greed and delusion, can there be a sweet solace?


How can a single drop of honey, change the salty taste of the brackish ocean?


Will the saltiness drown the love? Will it dissolve the sweet essence?


Will the saltiness overflow and fill my presence?


Oh lord! How can I preserve this sweetness of your nectar!


You fill me with golden drops of honey and love!


You fill my empty pot of existence!


Yet, you throw me into this world of  salty perdition!


Oh lord! Save my sweet soul from this salty sedimentation!


Fill me with golden drops and honey and love!


Fill me and lead me beyond the salty ocean to the everlasting sweetness of your shore!

Thursday 6 October 2011

ITS NOT YOU


Its not you! Dark clouds passing though the desert sky
                           
Its not you!

Its hidden thoughts that make you decide


 Its programmed percepts that make you see and divide

Its not you!

Its innocent ego that’s fills you with pride

Its not you!

It’s a delusional desire that makes you slip and slide

Its not you!

 Its lust and passion that keep you so tied

Its not you!

 It’s Greed that makes selfishness preside

Its not you!

 It’s Anger that burns and makes hatred reside

Its not you!

 Empty wagons on a down hill ride!!

 Its not you!!!

Sunday 2 October 2011

THE SHADOW OF YOUR LIGHT


Even in the shadow of your light


You awaken me


Rays of scattered light fills my morning heart


As dew and smiles cover the sprouting grass


Happiness dawns upon the cloud of anxiety


And Joy fills the soul with compassion and satiety


Fountains of life and love overflow


And wash away the traces of sorrow


Even in the shadow of your light


Your love awakens me


Awakens and sets me free

POINTLESS


Oh! How pointless is the limitless sky


When your wings are broken!


Oh! How pointless is the lifeless life


When your meaning is shaken!


Oh! How pointless is the broken heart


When your love is forsaken!


Oh! How pointless is pointlessness


When your life is taken !