BIRTHDAY FOOL

One day I am born

Another I die

Hours, day, months  years

Only fools count this way  ! 

WORLD IN A TEA CUP

The summer sky is cloudless 

The garden is fresh and green 


On a stone bench by a bamboo hut


I sit here drinking tea 


In a  distant hill a trail of  smoke rises


In the canal beside me water gently  flows 


People in the road  chatter 


Cars rush by 


As the world moves on within this tea cup


What else is left to say !

PICTURE PERFECT

The newly painted wall

The pleasant smell of  fresh paint

The bright colors; the  warm curtains 

Framed to perfection

The picture!

Filled with joy; full of smiles!

One happy family!

But life is no snapshot!

A raging river it is !

Swept away by  its  turbulent currents

A sudden twist it was !

Torn apart by its bare elements

Through the rapids of  prolonged uncertainty

And the torrent of  unforeseen death

Emerging one less

 Love lost; a  family shattered!

Alas now ! Back home !

The walls and curtains are the same

A lot has changed since!

Now left alone in my couch of misery

Life relentlessly flows on !

But the  picture still perfect; stands  still and silent !

CONNECTION

The beetles crawl; the bees hum

The rose sways in the breeze!

In the sky above; the hazy clouds gently move

In the ocean below; little fishes swarm

The Big  fishes follow!

Deep in the jungle; a lion roars

Herds of deer, flee in fear!

Lonesome in a city

A man mulls by the window

In a faraway land

A mother mourns the death of her child

The heretic says!

Beyond these words ; there is a connection

This is the truth my friend !

ETERNITY

Whirling and Twirling

In celestial harmony

I am, eternity!

Perfect in position

Guided by precision

Within me!

The Whole of existence comes to be !

The sun, the moon; the earth and stars

Are but merely my manifestation

From me

You too shall arise

In me

You all, shall finally abide

I am What I am

And I shall always be

Ever eternal!

The Ever eternal   particle of dust!