Shining through the
branches
The rays of the setting sun!
A dogs howls
The pandit chants
The evangelists pray
All in vain!
The funeral pyre crackles!
Friday, 30 January 2015
AWAY IN A MANGER
The night is silent
The star is bright
The wise-men come by
No Mistletoe, no reindeer
No decorated
trees !
Away in a manger!
The little Savior is born!
MARY OF MAGDALA
Oh lady at His feet
Washing his divine earthly feet
What is it, that drew you?
What made you change
Your carnal earthly ways!
Is it his Eternal
love!
Is it the fear of eternal damnation!
Or is it his unconditional forgiveness!
Weeping and repenting
Washing away your sins
Oh! Penitent Mary of Magdala !
Help us mend our ways!
SELF MADE PRISON
Thoughts enshrine
Feelings entwine
Fear freezes
Pleasure enchains
Hared and desire burn away
Caught up in my “ self”
made prison
Life fades away !
LIVE ON
The funeral pyre burns
The sun sets!
A generous heart
Kind speech
A helping hand
Now live on as just memories!
WHISPER IN MY EAR
The moon shines
The sky is warm and clear
Arm in arm, embracing softly
As the breeze plays with your hair
Tell me my dear !
What did you whisper in my ear ?
ROTTING BELOW
Assemblage of flesh and bones
Once rocking and raving
Chasing and craving
Seeking pleasure
Flaming desire
Marked now by a stone
TODAY AT SCHOOL
Today at school
Sarfraz and I
Playing hide and seek
And then ...
A Big bang!
My brain splatters!
splinters of flying bone!
My young blood fatally flows !
But why........?
TAO
Empty is the way
Effortless and blissful!
Empty it is; all
the way!
The Origin of
everything!
And also, the
final demise!
Pervading and Being
Everything; that
has been, is, and will be
Shining brilliantly as
emmanscent light
The Subtlest of
the subtle
The ultimate essence/non-
Oh! The ineffable Tao!
INSULTED AND HUMILIATED
The wars wages on
The worlds are clashing
And soon, all of this will come to an end!
You were wronged ! And you responded rightly
But is there no end to it my dear?
How much blood will quench man’s anger
How much punishment, will be punishment enough ?
The thirst for Justice; shall bring no peace!
But still,
forgiveness can!
The one who is hurt
Cannot transcend his mind
But the one who
has lets go, can!
The heretic says !
I forgive !
Now go ahead!
Behead me my friend
ORIGINAL SIN
The Darkness cleared
Harsh sunlight filled the sky
The hills wept
The plains mourned
Animals and birds wailed
A new day in Eden
Alas!
BOUGAINVILLEA ON THE FENCE
Bougainvillea on the fence
Reaching out in diffidence !
scorched by the heat of the sun and gust
Coated by the grayness of the dust
Neither wilting
nor withering!
Waiting for the missing rain!
A troubled life
lived by the road !
Blossoms of orange, white, and purple!
Smiling stoically even in senescence!
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 !
ENDLESS CHATTER
The sky is endless
The stars are many
Lost in thoughts
Of self and suffering
The mind chatters on !
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!
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