NOVEMBER RAIN

Love needs no understanding

Death leaves no trace

The leaves that fall in autumn

Get washed away in the November rain

CUP OF QUALIA

Sky is vast and the cup is empty

Still water, still keeps flowing!

As boundaries and labels vanish

In this qualia of evanescent experience

Happy is the mind that breaks free !  

ROSE GARDEN

The rose is gone

The thorns remain

The garden lies deserted

Weeds are overgrown

Perched low on a withering branch

The Little bird chirps! 

ROCKING CHAIR

The window is shut and the door bolted

Crumpled papers lie scattered by the desk  

Pondering over pointless existence

 Restless, sways my aimless mind

As I a sit rocking in this lonesome chair ! 

STARLESS NIGHT

Another starless night

Long dark and lonely

Staring blankly back into my eyes

Restless as I roll in anticipation

For death, dawn; or either

Oh let one of these

Stop this pointless ticking clock!

BELOVED'S GLANCE

Eye to eye! A moment’s glance

Breathless now I stand!

Words not supporting

 A smile, a blush!

What more can I say  

When your eyes say it all!

Oh my beloved!

I am so filled with you! 

TRUE REFLECTION

In this evading world of illusions

You are my only companion! 

Lost and lonely; nowhere to go; nowhere to hide

Helplessly I stand before you!

Solid and unshaken by the ever-changing

Unashamed and undeterred ! 

You silently showed me the blatant truth! 

In your shining blemish- less face

I see my true reflection; I see my true inner self

Standing before You; I now realize

My crooked imperfections; and my wrinkly evanescence

Oh Mighty mirror on the wall!  

Is my fading face of my existence

Just another image,  after all? 

ACADEMICAL GLORY

Purple robes and fancy plumes! 

Music playing to the pomp and show! 

Gaudy gowns filled with pride! 

Power and knowledge glorified

Walking in this procession of self glory

Beware!  Oh great friend!

Trample not on the saplings of wisdom!