SHIP OF HOPE

Possibilities are many

Actualities, few! 

Sailing between  

The ship of hope!

FLICKERING FLAME

The breeze is strong!

The night is endless!

My once now tall stature

Has all now melted away

With mere remains of a dying wick

Flickering in uncertainty

Hoping to see the light dawn

My flame linger on ! 

SPROUTING LOVE

The rain has just fallen

The soil is fragrant and soft

Moistened seeds of Love

Full of hope; full of trust

All ready, to sprout to life!

RAINBOW OF HOPE

The rain drops still trickle and fall

The grass and trees are brighter green

Across the stone wall of this ancient fort

Arching into the empty blueness of the sky

The Rainbow is ever so faint

Deep within!

A mind sighs!

Oh! Is this the illusion of Hope?

WAXY WINGS

Lost for words

Drowning in emotion

Haplessly flapping

Oh waxy wings of hope !!

ANOTHER SUN RISES

New rain in this barren earth

Whither are the rain clouds?

My morning is shy

The soil is soaked

A new life; a new hope!

As another sun rises in the moistened sky

Whither will my tears flow?

WINGS OF HOPE

Every step is the last one

Every step is new

Walking each step! Being mindful!  

Let my wings of hope burn away!  

WOUNDED SOUL

In this cloudless sky of silence

Words have a no more meaning

My hands shiver!

My eyes are tearing up!

It’s been a long time!

My mouth is parched up and dry

As the moonlight creeps up behind the hills of sorrow

As even darkness wears a brighter face

Will the shadow of my wounded soul

Smile behind the veil of hope?

OPEN WINDOW

The little window is open; and the cool breeze rushes in

The sunshine is warm and soothing; my happy mind is free

Another day now passes; just as the years have rolled by!

In the garden below, people come and go; as the fragrance of the blossoms fill the air

Seasons change and my house weathers  

Happy with sitting by the stillness of my window; my silent life flows!

ONE TRUTH, TWO LIES

One truth, two lies; I believe!

One truth, two lies; my philosophy!

One; the truth of impermanence

Two; the lies of trust and hope

Sailing the insatiable sea of impermanence

On the fragile boat of trust and hope

I may or may not reach my willful destination

But in true happiness; I shall live,

And in true happiness I shall die!  

Tied down to the rock of self pity  

Grabbing desperately on the straw of my ego

With no trust or hope to pull me out

Will I not surely drown, in fatal misery?

So my mind says, dear friend!

One truth, two lies; I believe

One truth, two lies; my philosophy!

HIDING FROM

Smile; a veil that hides your heart

Eyes; a shield that hides your soul

Pride; a wall, you hide your wounds

Pomp; the fort, you hide your ignorance

Pleasure; the fruit that hides your delusion

Hope; the cloud that hides your fears

Self; the lie that hides the truth

Oh! Tell me dear friend!

What is that, you are hiding from? 

THE DAY EXPECTATION DIED

The long season of disgrace and drought is over

For today, with the falling rain drops, a new era has begun

The flood gates of the soul have been finally opened  

And euphoric waves of joy and happiness overflow

My sorrows drown and bliss fills the air

For today is the day, my expectation has died!

With expectation gone

Every moment is a blessing

Every day is a gift

Every problem is an opportunity  

Hope doesn’t hurt, when its lets you down

Love doesn’t it kill, when the wind blows away

Oh how splendid is this life, without this monstrous expectation

How splendid it is, to let it go!

ASHES IN THE AIR

Ashes in air of the distant smoke!

Gone with the wind, both life and hope!

Flowing time and consciousness

In waves of suffering and happiness!

Lost to the mercy of the rolling dice

Ladders of love, and serpents of vice!

A journey filled with paradoxes!

Life, death and meaning!

Ashes in air of the distant smoke!

In the silence of death where is hope?

A NEW DAY, A NEW LIFE AND THE WONDER OF YOU

A new day! A new beginning! 

A new life, and  new hope 

A life, filled with the wonder of you!

Oh! The wonder of you!! 

In the loving warmth of the soothing sunshine 

In the fragrance of the blossoms in the breeze 

In the heavenly taste of nectar to the bees 

In the tender touch of dew drops on the leaves

In the enchanting tunes of the windy waves on the seas

In the comforting clouds of love embracing the winter sky  

A new day! A new beginning! A new life! 

Oh!  The wonder of  you!

LONESOME TREE

A lonesome tree, by  the desert plain

Left to the winds; in the wait for the rain

In dried up sorrow, and leafy tears

For better fortunes; hopes and fears

Violent gales, in a stormy weather

Hateful heat; at the verge to whither

Yet rooted to ground reality ; you silently hold on !

Nourished by life’s essence, that you have found

In Compassionate water; deep to the rocky ground!

With flexible shoots that, bend and heed

Perennial springs that, lovingly feed

And mighty roots gripping the grounded truth

No one can shake you !

Neither storms nor floods can change your course

No droughts can dry you up with remorse

Oh lonesome tree by the desert plain!

  

How mighty is your resilience!

RESILIENCE

Glory to the human spirit! Glory to its brilliance!

 

Glory to the root of sentience! Glory to its resilience!

Like the woody dry barks that crack and break away

While the lush green bamboo stays and sways

 Thou remains flexible in difficult ways

Like the grass with a strong roots, that tides over the forest flame

And grows again greener with the coming of the passing rain

Rooted in virtue and value, thou grows back right away

Like the sky that is filled with clouds of colour, and clouds of gray

Yet holding on to none as they pass away

Thou accepts moribund reality and lets sadness go away

Like the perennial spring, that feeds the mind river

That taps into the water, while all the rest has dried away

Thou keeps Hope going, even when all reason has gone away

Thus is the driver, of the root of sentience 

Thus is the spirit of human nature 

Fighting the odds of a billion to one

Striving along in a world of all or none

Thus is the way of human resilience

Glory to the root of sentience!! Glory to its brilliance

Glory to the human spirit!! Glory to its resilience!!