Little ones

Who are you, you tiny, invisible beings
who hover around me in invisible frenzy
flying around with eyes full of mischief
whenever I leave something and relax
you pounce on that and mess all up?
as if a teacher has left a room full of kids.

The moment she walks out all start jumping
the entire room is full of the pitter patter
of their tiny feet hitting the floor while running
the entire corridoor fills up the chattering
of those invisible little beings, without being seen.
When the teacher returns every thing has changed.

Just like her when I return to my plans after a while
I see that you have stolen my paintbrush and colors
and have dabbed color all over my beautiful sketch
some times I laugh, sometimes I curse and cry
but you are oblivious of all this pain just like children.
staying forever invisible yet I know that you are here.

Swirling around my peaceful world in your childish frenzy!!

Never be jealous

Don’t be jealous at the smiling flower
It is glowing with beauty divine I know
Look closely all over that pretty being
You will see lines of sun and wind.

The lines created when she battled
With the fire poured by ruthless sun
Or when the winds tried to tear her
Clawing at her with their furious rage.

Never be fooled by the smiling face
Thinking that they are unduly blessed
Study a little deeper in their life
And you will know that it’s the other way.

Their smile is stable and sweetest
That’s not because they live in heaven
That’s because they have created that bliss
After paying its full price in tears and pain.

chasing butterflies

When that person called you up
at odd times with desire to speak,
you were busy then having fun
with persons you admired,
with those who filled your days
with fun and laughter,
make your hours shrink
into enchanting seconds…..


That one call used to bring a break,
little lull in those ecstatic moments.
You some times pick up the phone
and gave some polite excuse to him.
Some times you just used to let it ring
and later give him some half hearted alibi..

Then one day your butterflies
flew away to other pastures,
Leaving behind only shadows of
sweet memories and empty hours,
you turned around to search
for that person who has pestered…

All you could see was a shadow
disappearing in distant horizon,
Love came, knocked your door,
waited for you and departed rejected,
When you were busy chasing butterflies
the flower of your life withered

dazzlers

Walking alone like a cloud sails in sky
in the early morning sunshine
a cool breeze was blowing softly
teasing my hair with its gentle sway.

In the distance I saw a golden spread
as if some one has scattered sun on earth
tiny yellow bright pieces of sunshine
reaching near I saw a gaggle of sunflowers.

Shining merrily, greeting the morning sun
sprung out on their own in the wilderness
did not bothered for a gardener or carer
all they knew that they were to be.

To be on the earth to add some golden glow
to its green carpet of luscious grass
to greet the morning sun with a dazzling smile
when it comes to nurture the earth with warmth.

Graceful flower

Beautiful, pretty and graceful flower
So much do you have to teach us
How to light up your world with glory
No matter where life places you.

You brave deserts, violent ocean breeze
Yet you pop up and laugh with ease
As if that is where you were meant to be
So you laugh, play with sun and breeze.

You sway your head to soft breeze
Shake your head to rough ones
But it hardly matters what they are
Your smile never leaves your face.

You bright up your surrounding
Absorbing all problems and pain
All you have for others is smile and honey
Gently you hide all pain, trubles, agony.

True companion

companion of lonely traveller
walking along with him
while he wearily trudges
through mountains and forests.

You calmly smile down at him
Forever telling him
God has given me the charge
To show you the way to home.

Sister of sun

Gentle, serene sister of sun
Playing alone in darkness
Knowing his light is with you
To guard you against harm.

You play with dark, night ocean
Which glitters back in stars
Night breeze whispers to sleepy earth
Sleep well, I am watching over you.

Guiding light

When every light leaves earth for rest
you shine alone in heaven with love
sun and it rays go to bed tired, sleepy
you shine alone in the sky with glory.

The beautiful messanger of God
you remind us every second
one of Her angels is always there
to guide us home wherever we are.

Glorious goddess

Glorious goddess sailing dark ocean
the ocean of endless darkness
yet spreading your light for us
to show us path in wilderness.

You were born without own light
so you begged the sun for his
so you could do what he does
for the earth, in the day light.

You shine alone in love and grace
without any company but distant stars
you don’t bother who stays up with you
all you know is to spread your glow.

To show lost, lonely travellers their way
guide them through the maze of night
through the darkness, ups and downs
alone in your beautiful, charming glory.

Sun moon stars

So many splendours adorn this earth
they all live happily without rivalry
they admire each other’s beauty
knowing all the while they too are unique.

Stars know they cant be sun or moon
Sun n moon know they cant be stars
They each have their own share of light
With which they light up this lovely earth.

Rose knows she cant spread jasmine’s fragrance
Jasmine knows she will never have rose’s charm
Peacock knows she cant sing a nightingale’s strain
Nightingale knows she will never have dazzling charm.

They are so different, so much contrast is there
Yet they are happy because they trust their creator
Know that She has some defininte role for them
and she has built them precisely for only those....

Black bird

Little girl, eyes immersed in fairy tales
dreamy eyes full of beautiful fairy queens
looking for valiant warriors on white steed
searching for glamour in everyone around.

Sitting on garden bench she heard a song
she thought one of her fairies are around
she started to search for that winged being
in every tree branch and bush but failed.

She ran to her mother in kitchen and dragged
her, by her hands to the garden, and made her
listen to her song, and asked her to search
for her fairy, who is playing hide and seek.

Her mother softly smiled and pointed out
A little black bird, the little girl was bewildered,
“How can such an ugly bird sing such sweet!”
Her mother hugged her close to her heart.

She took her to the zoo next day and showed
her all the birds and beasts and their ways
Then she taught her the golden, beautiful truth
Beauty is only skin deep, it rarely reflects the soul.

River of Golden love

Walking alone in search of life, love
I crossed hundreds mountains
and passed hundreds of forests
could not see a single heart full of love.

Standing in a dark forest lost and lonely
I saw golden light streaming through
eagerly I followed it hoping a treasure
treasure it was indeed, treasure of love.

I saw a fountain of golden light
shining like molten gold, gliding down
as I went near hungrily I saw a fairy
dressed in gold glowing like gold.

She smiled at me and called near
as I reached her she gently embraced
filled my heart and soul with the water
collected from that gold and nectar fall.

Softly smiled, and told me, “Go home,
the love which you have been looking
for outside yourself, I have filled you up
with it, go and spread it around and see..”

faith

Faith can bring down God to earth
suspicion can send him back
nothing is more nurturing than love
nothing is more toxic than mistrust.

A heart full of mistrust, hatred or
argument can push back a hand
full of love, warmth and peace,
held out with noblest intention.

The moment suspicion, mistrust lurks
love loses its glory, its sparkle..
peace loses its rhythm divine,
only the whirlwind of arguments swirl.

To live in peace think of peace
share it with every soul you know.
to live in love share love with all
you will meet God down below.

Unflickering light

Just like a moon shines in dark night
You fill up my mind and soul with light
No matter what happens I feel alright
Because deep inside my heart knows
Even if the world turns upside down
You will forever glow with your light.
Calm, serene, pure lighting up the night
No matter how dark it was it becomes bright.


I don’t know what made that celestial light
Look down and smile at this small lamp
But I will forever cherish that love, beauty
It will remain in my heart, my soul, my breath
Time will come and time will slip away
Your presence in my life will forever stay.
Your silent presence is felt a million times
more than all the bustling crowd around me.

lotus of light

A lotus of light is slowly opening its petals
A divine fragrance is enveloping my being
as if my whole existence is slowly changing
transforming itself and waiting for your touch.

Don’t make me wait any longer my dearest
just come down place your feet more beautiful
than this lotus waiting for you eagerly
touch this mortal flower and make it divine.

Day after day I have felt it unrevealing itself
right inside my soul I cherished that feeling
thinking that it was your loving touch
cleaning up, brushing up my mortal soul.

Then one day I closed my eyes and felt the change
as if a lotus of white light is enveloping my soul
and slowly unrevealing its beauty so pure, divine
preparing itself to lay itself down for your touch.

spring fairy

Every morning she walks alone.
Her eyes lost in distant hills,
her hands busy gathering
Wild red poppies burning like flame.

She picks up a huge bunch
of flaming red poppies
and golden sunflowers and
stiches them together as garland.

Or she gathers them together
in a bunch, wears them around
her head like a crown and pretends
she is the fairy of spring

Wears those rubies and nugget of gold
On her head full of golden, curly
tumbling locks, cascading all over
her body, her pretty rosy cheek

She stands in the morning
sunshine, glowing like a
Greek goddess, oblivious of
the eyes full of love and smile.

That are cast toward that sight divine
a beautiful spirit, shining in morning sun
Immersed in own beauty and grace
reflecting the early morn spring sunshine.

owning a loved one..

Once there was a little girl, full of innocent charm
Who chased butterflies in gardens, green fields
In her childish ecstassy, her eyes brimmed
with dreams of catching colours in her little palm.

So many times she used to catch them
Those winged, lovely dreams
In her innocent desire to own them she
Used to keep them in crystal jars

Her little heart used to break the next morn
When she used to see them lying
In the floor without the soul, just the tiny bodies
The little girl used to break down in tears of pain.

One day her mother saw her crying
Strings of pearl rolling down rosy cheeks.
Knowing the reason she gently hugged her,
and told her we cant own every thing we love

“Child, there are free spirits, not meant for chains.
Spirits like them are most beautiful ones
Everyone craves to own them as their own
But they wither away at the touch of chains.”

“My darling daughter, if you truly love some one,
hope what is best for him, what keeps him out of harm.
Don’t force your desire on him, let him fly to blue heaven
Let him live, love, relish and nurture his freedom.”

Blessed love

Blessed are those lovers by heaven above,
their love is true in every way,
who sit side by side and watch
the setting sun’s ray.. with white hair,
gnarled finger, blurred vision in eye.

Those who stayed together side by side,
watching youth’s glory pass by
relishing all the tastes of life holding hands.
Bringing forth their children, bringing them up.

Wishing them goodbye so they can go and face life
of their own, knowing that there are people
who care, who may live thousands of miles away
but their hearts hold their hearts and souls.

Passed by all the temptations
which life brought their way.
Brushed away all the weeds of lust,
greed or anger,cherishing the blessings
of having a friend, an anchor to their boat,
adoring their lover’s true love all the way.

Stay

dark shadows extended their hands
she realized that she was in a land
where she was alone, on her very own
all her friends, relations were gone.

They have disappeared like dreams after
a night, without any traces of their
presence last night, just like night flower
which with touch of harsh sunshine wither.

She called out the name of each and every soul
she knew, called out loud till her voice grew feeble
In the roar of the deep shadow about to come down
upon, like a bird of prey spreading its deadly talon.

Suddenly a pure white light came down upon her,
like a warm blanket of sunshine it surrounded her,
the talons about to strike shrunk back with fear
shrunk like darkness does when morning sun is here.

It gently lifted her, nursed her, nurtured her
Guided her through the terrain of dark fear
Walking beside, showing the way, leading her.
Soon the end of the darkness was seen coming near

She saw her friends and relations waiting for her,
in the land of light and sunshine, happiness and cheer.
She gently turned her face to see her noble guiding star.
She saw her angel shining gently standing beside her.

Her creator, her eternal mother it was, who came there
In the pit of darkness to guide,protect her very own.
When no one else dared to venture that region of fear,
she had to come down there because she was her very own.

As she looked at her with loving eyes, she turned to say,
now you can leave me your near ones are waiting there,
you have suffered enough my child now go there and play.
She clutched Her hand and said, “I want YOU to stay”.

sita

remember that pure loving soul
who left her palace to toil
with her lover in wilderness
left riches and welcomed rags.

Then she sent her lover for a wild goose chase,
full of girlish innocence, seeking a golden deer
It was not meant to be found just like any bait,
every thing went just the way it was in her fate.

She ended up in claws of Ravan
Who tried to win her in vain
He lured her, tortured her,
terrorised her, imprisoned her.

in the dark forest of his greed
his temptresses and aides
tried to break her defense
corrupt her love but could not succeed.

then came the day her lover came to her side
she felt as if she was flying in the seventh sky
their eyes met and her heart was shattered
she saw darkness of suspicion not loving light.

all her love, sacrifice and self restrain
was scattered on the dust was just in vain
she was tested by fire, and earth, and pain
miracles could not prove the absence of stain.

then mother earth took her to her bossom
and swore in anger that she wont bloom
such a precious flower on this earth again
to be tortured by evil and scorned by men.