False Truths

Angels knew not their sin - I fear
When they carried you
For destroyed was a different soul
With incurable wounds bleeding many a tear

Stormy nights strangely heal
As black magic shirks its sedentary stance
I see you –vaguely, smiling in a trance
And time halts to rare peace

I know it’s the wind
Knocking impatiently on my door
But I believe it’s your charming ghost
And with every tick of clock it walks on the floor

I know it’s the rain
Trickling on the glass door by
But I believe they’re your shiny tears
And with thunder I hear you cry

Moments halt, but time flies
As I weave false truths
You survive, but facts evade
As I live in a world of lies

Simple Things

Warmth of blanket in a cold night
Hot soup with thousand stars in sight
Late night bike ride like a goon
Chilly breeze and half a moon

Rainbow on a shiny day
Fragrance of mud after showers of grey
Cup of tea in heavy rain
Bunch of memories springing from the brain

Shimmering boats in a dark sea
Sound of waves whispering all in glee
Crackling campfire by the beach
Lying on the back with none to preach

First rays in the sky after a long night
Cozy warmth of the sunlight
Snow clad mountains at the dawn
Moment of silence cherishing close ones gone

Along a stray in the dark

Along a stray in the dark
Against the wish of a glowing lantern's spark
Sense the starving ghouls disguised
Transformed into foggy paths they hide?

A ruffle heard behind the bush
Tricks of mind come alive and hush
Was it a beast hiding or a prick?
Lesser the company, better the trick!

In the night as cold as a blood thirsty beast
Something mystical draws the strangest smile
A monster smiling wicked, within the soul's slipping sand-
Just another sleight of the devil's hand

Glaring in confused faces of devils in the glade
Held high is the lantern light spray;
In the shimmering light their smiles fade
And fire in their eyes turns grey

The Shrine

Curve flips along a wrinkled face
A pearl shines in an eye bright
Tear of hunger turns happy
With a crumble of bread in sight

Richness flourishes and grows
Few miles from the shrine wide
Not a tear is seen but worried brows
Heavier their pearls, slower their stride

How the deprived outside the temple wished
That his fortune growing under the tree might heap
So did the anxious king wonder
If beggars had a merrier sleep!

Grass in the palace seems dry and cold
While that around the temple,
Though burnt seems greener,
And more spectacular than his gold!

What irony the temple mocks,
That never satisfies the soul?
The vicious circle of want and need
Makes rich and poor both bleed in greed

Surrender

Mystical clouds jump to grasp
Edge of a valley deep
They float mesmerized, unaware
Without fear of the unwilling leap

Eyes follow their struggle
To catch hold of every scene
Knowing there’s a plethora
Which still remains unseen

A distant temple bell I hear
Like a soft tickle in the ear
Swirling the mind into unseen depth
A sweet pain in heart and a smile to be kept

Humming winds close gentle eyes
A lullaby sung sweet
The bell adds a melody divine
And heart adds a beat

With a wishful surrender
Soul floats away with the clouds
Time stops as I hear the silent melody
And with the clouds I flee

No Heaven

I like to believe
There’s no hell to reprieve
No, there’s no heaven with the chosen
No string of lives woven

Please tell me they lie
So many stories, none I buy
Please tell me this was just one life
Not a chain with a link to my knife

I don’t fear the punishment
Of lifeless life imprisonment
But if heaven has you ordain -
I shall never see you again

I wish I could change the belief
Of the maker of a world of grief
And though I have given up the game
If hell exists, it has printed my name

So let me live my life with you here
In these few moments of eternity pure
I see now the smiling guardians of hell
So please let me in, in the heaven of your arms till knell

Freedom

Chains clasped around my body
as the tightened noose strangled me
Many a silent gasps whispered
and conspired my slow death
The shivering hand arduously rose
with a palm hiding the disfigured lines of fate
And heart beats faded begging for fresh air
trying to quench the thirst for life
Illusions of open cages flashed as I crawled near the door
only to find it sealed; with no lock to open
Looked in the skies to glance at the merry clouds
only to see them dark - with no lining

Then erupted a volcano within
boiling with fury, vigor and pride
Bent with a roar and heat of anguish
the intangible bars of fear
Kicked the door wide open
and my arms embraced light
Stepped outside with the longest breath
and looked back at my dark long shadow,
still lingering in the cage!
In between laid the invisible bars
piercing the confused air...
And now I'm free,
and now I'm free