JANUARY NIGHT

January night

Clear and cloudless

A waxing moon

Scattered stars

Deep within

A silent reflection! 

HIMALAYAN BLISS

Lofty snow capped mountain peaks

Shine in silvered silence

The warm Himalayan sun glows

The cool wind blows gently

Rhododendrons and magnolias sway

The tall deodars creek

Lost in the bliss of this paradise

How can there be a trace of me! 

PALM TREE MIND

The moon wanes !

The night glows

The clouds float by

In the  shadows of the palm tree

The mind is! 

NIGHT DRIVE

Night drive !

Street  lights twinkle

Windscreen  mist

The engine roars ! 

MOVING TOES

In this spot I sit! 

A thousand years have passed

Nothing has changed since

Yet! My legs cramp

My toes move again! 

TWO WORDS

Two words! 

One and all! 

Between them

The hidden truth ! 

The heretic says !

Let the wall collapse !

FINGER POINTING TO THE MOON

Looking for the moon

The pebble sinks

The ripples are lost

The pond is stirred

And the clouds move away

The heretic says! 

No finger can ever  point to the moon! 

GRAZING THOUGHTS

The sky is a vast and blue!




The mountains are lush green!




The clouds are fluffy white!




Untainted by the colors




My thoughts graze in silence!

JUST ANOTHER DAY

The  Autumn rain has stopped now 


But not the drizzle and spray 


Heavy with the rain drops 


The flowers of the morning  bow down  and sway  


Perched on the wet branches, fluffing their features,  the little  sparrows chip away 


As clear water glides over the smoothed pebbles 


Lost in this sparkling beauty 


Sitting under the shade  of the cherry tree 


I wonder !


How can this be! 


Just another day! 

PATH OF THE PATRIARCHS

Silent and tranquil 


The rock stands still


As I walk this garden  path 


The gravel beneath speaks 


The water trickles in prosody 


The birds hum in tune 


The pebbles shine as they  reflect the filtered sunshine 


Not very long ago 


Wasn't this  is the path of the patriarchs!


But then! 


Does it matter now !


I'm  just a man with nothing more to seek ! 

LOST SILENCE

Trees sway against the mossy landscape 


Clear water ripples amongst the lotus flowers


Embraced by the comforting beauty


In this garden of tranquility 


I sit here seeking to write poetry 


Nearby, in a temple by the brook 


A little boy rings an ancient  bell 


People come and go in reverence 


As the mountain air reverberates  with the lost silence 


Deep within


Stillness remains !

STILL REVELATION

The ancient cedar croaks with every step  


The mountain behind stands tall 


Thoughts and trees merge 


Ideas vanish in silence 


All seeking ends here 


All findings cease 


As the water fall sets the tune 


And stillness plays as music


Nothing more can be said 


As all is revealed in this  very moment ! 

BAMBOO GARDEN

The garden is  alive and  green  


stone lanterns and bamboo stand tall 


Silent rocks and raked up gravel 


As the water trickles in the stream  


Deep within the stillness 


The Lotus  blossoms

MOSSY STILLNESS

Mossy landscape 


Lush and green 


Gravel pathways 


Leading on 


Not swept away in all  beauty 


Stillness  still resides!

SHADOWS ON RIPPLES

Shadows of the swaying leaves 


Entangle in the waving ripples 


Gently the cool wind blows 


Thus awakened 


The mind  within ceases

TIMELESS REFLECTION

Glowing dimly, in shades of crimson and gold

The cold  western sky!

Holding hands in the distance 

The outlines of the hills!

As dusk  descends into to beautiful evening 

Crouched down by the little pond

Staring at my own  reflection

The illusion of time flees!

LOTUS, FULL-MOON AND PEACE

The full moon of wisdom rises

The lotus  of love blossoms

Lost in the gentle ripples

The mind resides in peace!  

AUTUMN REMAINS

Autumn  is here

Fallen leaves lie scattered

Another season passes

The mind still toils

As the  coldness of the mountain  embraces me

Only  change remains ! 

FADING TUNE

The flower blossoms and withers

The clouds gather and part

Civilizations rise and fall

Like the mist in the morning sun

Humming a happy tune

My voice fades in the soothing breeze! 

NAMELESS FIRE

Alone in a crowd

As you smile in silence

Will you ever know?

What you really mean to me!

Maybe, you can see it my eyes

Maybe, you can see it when I smile

For words can never say

What I really feel!

Time has a reason

 Space has a meaning!

But only for the bounded!

Free in thought

Free in spirit

I am merely a heretic

 Unbound from convention

Untied from passion

Unshaken by suffering

‘I am’, truly free!

Yet, deep within this un-yearning heart

An unfettered fire rages

Tell me dear friend!

Will this nameless fire cease!