Monday, 21 May 2012

Hope


Walking down the memory lane

Stepping between the rows of naked trees
Crushing the golden leaves with heavy feet

Glancing at darkening frosty sky
Trying to smother another upcoming cry

Rekindling the memories of bygone spring
To bare branches a yellow leaf clings

Dying sun is defeated by the chill in the air
A lonely redbreast cry in despair

Oh, so much pain and disillusionment!
But there must be a spring to follow this autumn chill

It never lasts forever
And it never will

It was written in 1994, when I was in college and published in my college magazine. I found the old copy of the magazine in my trunk and was inundated with memories.

Wednesday, 2 May 2012


 Life’s Celebrations


Spring

Little twisters of yellow leaves
Dancing spring dance
Celebration galore


Misty Morning

Moon and Stars call it a day
Gorging on darkness
Aurora arrives

Monday, 9 April 2012

Keep Your Weakest Moments to Yourself

Keep your weakest moments to yourself
For their shadows are often interminable
The memories haunting
Their fruits bitter
Destroying all peace
You ever hope for

Keep your weakest moments to yourself
For if you can’t keep your secret
Keep your own counsel
Be your best friend
Stand up for self
Who else will?

Monday, 12 March 2012

Knowledge and Enlightenment

To attain knowledge
Add things daily
To attain enlightenment wisdom
Remove things every day.

Gathering pieces of coal from mine is knowledge
You need it to keep you warm on cold nights
Or cook meals for your hungry children
It can even be sold to buy things you need
But stumbling on diamond embedded in a coal is enlightenment
You did not look for it nor did anything to deserve it
Other than recognizing it when it came your way
Throwing away your cache of coal to hold it close
Coal becomes inconsequential for
What you have now is much more precious


Diving into deep sea to gather scallop is knowledge
You need to feed your family and pay the rent
But discovering a Lion’s Paw pearl is enlightenment
All you wanted was meat, shucking away shell and viscera
Unprepared to finding a royal purple gem among ravage
Now you care less about the meat going bad
More about keeping your treasure safe
Millions of scallops to be harvested
Only handful of perfect pearls to be found
Choosing to walk away with most precious is wisdom

To attain knowledge
Add things daily
To attain enlightenment wisdom
Remove things every day.