Tuesday, December 8, 2009
This War Is Not Going To End
I am hiding in the corner of a house….
Outside is more insecure and unsafe
and might be disastrous
I am in no mood for adventure
Conditions are bad even though suicide attacks
are not yet started in Karachi but are occurring farther North
Life is miserable there…
I can bet this war is not going to end
rather keep spreading to more and more areas
Fighting is not the solution to the problem
when you cannot even locate and catch your real enemy
War is waste of time, energy and money!
War is a bloody affair
The vanquished and the victors both are losers
they pay a price for their ‘caprice’!!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Let People Have Their Way!
It was heartening to hear Hillary Clinton remark a while ago on the TV that holding negotiations with the Talibans is possible provided they delinked themselves from Al-Qaida.
I think this is a good gesture by US leadership because evidently ( the war is entering almost its 9th year without any worthwhile gain!) war is not the solution to the problem. The Talibans and the common men are not the same and this distinction has to be made by the super powers. What is happening now is that the grit is also going with the grind with the result that those (the majority) who are with the Americans and the West are turning against them.
The super powers should also realize the fact that it is almost impossible to change the ideology of the Talibans. They are fundamental Muslims and would literally do any thing to have their own way. Why not let them have it in their own area or devise some way to banish them to some isolated place on earth as was done with criminals to inhabit Australia.
It is not surprising to see that the super powers have already failed to change the minds of people through force and even confining them to the hardships of Gitmo. Let the people have their way as long as they don't pose any threat to you. Mrs Clinton's statement seems to be a positive step in that regard and should be welcome by all.
Mazhur
جندڑی دکھاں پری
Friday, December 4, 2009
The Rape Of Christmas
Man proposes God disposes;
With shadows of death
lurking around,
Suicide bombers ruthlessly killing
innocent men, women and children
with every passing day;
Men in suicide jackets
Men in shiny uniforms
both loaded with paraphernalia of Death
with a singular aim to kill,
rape poor helpless women
abuse every abandoned child
One drunk with overdose of heroine
The Other intoxicated
with the pride of Power and Pelf,
Ah! these shameless rogues!
On the other we, the common men,
cannot even imagine of
Sex, marijuana, Rock n Roll
Every day is hell for us
Every night a purgatory;
Speak not of Christmas or Eid
Both are dead days for me!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Eat!
Meat or veggies
forget them all
come closer boy
kowtow or crawl
lick it for pleasure
or eat it all
the hunger in you
is sure to fall.
you don’t need teeth
to eat this divine gift
forget meat and veggies
to this now shift.
some call it love
some fruit of love
it grows in hearts’
little gourmet’s cove.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
The Story of Creation
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Mankind is here on this Earth
to do its wages as its will proposes;
the Creator has nothing to do with them!
It doesn’t tax you like governments,
It doesn’t impose “speaking” penalties on you;
If you think there’s a Creator(and there should be One)
and It is the Master of our destinies;
If you think It has authored some Books
to show the Right Path to Its Creation;
If you think It sent Jesus and Muhammad
to convey Its message to one and all;
If you think It has given you a will
to decide between Good and Evil;
If you think It allows you to live as you liked
without blaming It for your own successes and failures;
If you think It is the Supreme Being
the Lord of the Seven Worlds;
If you think Nothing happens without It’s leave
yet everything happens on the behest of humans;
If you think It chucked out Adam and Eve from Paradise
for their blatant disobedience;
If you think It punished mankind for your Original Sin
pushing aside its tolerance and mercy;
Then you are definitely Wrong my friend,
in blaming It for your own deeds;
You are overbearing even in holding Jesus
responsible for the sins of Mankind;
Unreasonable it is to hold Messengers liable-
Muhammad, Jesus, Buddha, Moses and all-
for they did convey what they were ordained to;
Prescience goes hand in hand with changing times-
an over watered plant wouldn’t bear fruit spontaneously;
thus were revealed the scriptures to the Mankind-
as the students learn in stages in schools;
O my friend! won’t you note the prudence
the One and the Only manifests in his signs?
If all goes well your way you are happy
If something doesn’t meet your pleasure
you will to cuss God? oh, no, that’s not fair!
The Creator is No Joke, It doesn’t like jokes
It sees you and hears you all
Without imposing It’s will on you!
As shall you sow so shall you reap;
Rightly Man proposes God disposes;
How could You be It’s judge??
It is mightier than Boss of all Bosses!
If a tiny creature of this earth called Boss
can for your shortcomings
chuck you out without Notice
give you an increment as he wishes;
you have No say against him, do you??
mankind is answerable to the Creator
who has done what he intended
leaving choices for you to make!
It is Not of the same substance as any Boss
but the Boss and his Bosses contain
some of It’s traits;
It is It’s will to be tolerant and kind,
merciful or cruel, glad or angry,
It’s traits are in couples, positive and negative!
It is ALL in All!
He makes the final Decision as It may please It;
Mankind is here on this Earth
to do its wages as its will proposes;
the Creator has nothing to do with them!
It doesn’t tax you like governments,
It doesn’t impose speaking penalties on you;
what perhaps it wants from it’s Creation is
good deeds and It’s remembrance
for All It has bestowed on it!
Let Humankind do its ordained wages
for the eternal soul-bird to fly back to It
freed from its corporeal cages!
Friday, October 30, 2009
The Universe Sucks
Crystal wine may evaporate
and turn into drunken clouds
leaving the coarse lees behind;
The Universe only sucks
On the face of the Truth
listen to what my friend says:
gravity doesn’t exist,
that the Universe only sucks.
To his point of view
I may agree in terms of science;
heavy particles fall down
lighter fines whiz up
Crystal wine may evaporate
and turn into drunken clouds
leaving the coarse lees behind;
when the end comes near
the feathery-light soul
flutters to take a leap
into the sky
leaving the dense body behind
until it rots and turns into dust
and finally sucked into the Unknown!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Quest For Truth
When the apple dropped over his head
Newton immediately came to know
‘What’ had hit his head,
‘When’ it had hit his head,
‘Where’ it had hit his head,
But ‘Who’ had hit him with the apple,
‘Why’ had he hit him so;
These were the questions,
The source of his imagination,
His inquisitiveness, his surprise,
his quest for Reality, his search for Truth
which finally led to the discovery of
The Laws of Gravitation!
Epitaph Of An Inventor
That poor inventor
in this mound lies.
from dust to dust
to fall after rise
he converted waste
old magnetic tapes into ties
tied a wrong knot on his neck
got gagged and dies
that poor inventor
in this mound lies.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
If The Dead Could Talk
Step gently on this ground, stranger!
this ain't no ordinary patch of earth.
I know this trespassing isn't your fault,
how could you have suspected
and known earth's secrets.
Do not be surprised , sir,
no treasure is buried at this spot,
not even a snake's bill you will find there,
this ain't no site for worship too.
It's not even a drug-trafficker's mound,
no hashish or marijuana 'wealth' hidden beneath;
nothing archaeologically significant
artifacts or relics are embedded there.
A barren patch with sparse grass
leveled to ground at the hands of time;
beneath it 'live' the crumbled bones,
hair and nails of a fallen man,
long forgotten long abandoned
by claimants of love once his.
Can you hear the crackling of his bones?
Can you hear the sound of his bleak skull?
Can you hear the shriek of his departed soul?
Oh, no! How could you! You are a living one,
not attuned to the world of the dead;
you belong to a different thriving community
that once i bragged as of mine.
O sir! Tread gently on the patch below your feet
the thumping of your feet hurts me,
it disturbs my visiting soul and the angel
who is noting my life-account
and peeping at you with an envious eye.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
My Dear Earthen Wine Bowl
Lo! it often falls off my hands,
crashes into crumbs of dried mud
but I worry not like the King Jamshed
sipping regal wine from his Bowl Of Gems,
precarious, lest it fell from his hand
and shattered into broken splints.
Dear to me is my earthen bowl
which the Saqi fills with amber wine
which my soul drinks to shut the mind;
Lo! it often falls off my hands,
crashes into crumbs of dried mud
but I worry not like the King Jamshed
sipping regal wine from his Bowl Of Gems,
precarious, lest it fell from his hand
and shattered into broken splints;
Dear to me is my cheap earthenware
for if it slips off my hands and breaks
i don’t care- i don’t have to care
like the over-cautious Great King Jamshed
for if his gem-laden bowl broke
he’d have no choice but to wait
until he butchered many a hundred enemies
and snatched from them
another Diamond wine bowl;
Oh, no! I hate to have a gem-laiden wine bowl
Keep serving me crystal wine, O Saqi,
in my favorite earthen bowl
for if it fell off my hands and broke
I won’t need to shed any blood
nor take the lives of my opposing humans
to replace it;
O Saqi! Let me know when you run out
of my priceless earthen wine bowl
so I can get another one from the thousands
sold for pennies in the nearest bazaar
around the corner!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
This Splint of a Broken Star
Who knew that the children of God
were wont to disagree on everything,
except that which their senses could perceive;
anything that was materially evident and tangible,
everything that bowed to the Almighty Dollar,
all things that brought comfort to them
and misery for others;
who knew, to say the least,
that this splint of a broken star
would become a mint star
over time and try to outshine God;
who knew that they in their oblivion
would forget their Lord’s blessings
and underestimate His Creation,
His Infinite Capabilities, His Treasures
holding Infinite multitude of such mint stars
which make his children proud in the follies;
let me be clear, this world won’t become a paradise
even with the most arrogant works of God’s children;
they will not be able to discover secrets of God,
their eyes lacking the soulful shine and sight
to behold the science of heart and mind together.
A heart without soul is like a dead fish;
you may eat it to satiate your carnal hunger,
but you cannot see it swim
creating waves
in the deeper oceans of your life soul.
Friday, July 24, 2009
We are One!
I look around
and amazingly
see you everywhere
I'm not sure
if you are aware?
i look in the mirror
and find you there too!
Oh, my god!
How could you be
so ubiquitous?
even though my vision
is 20/20
notwithstanding
the thick veil you wear
I can see you-
see you everywhere!
what a phenomenon
an experience of its own kind!
Wow, you begin to think
you are not you!
'I' becomes "you"
'you' becomes me
though to the worldly eye
we may appear to be apart
but in the niche of heart
WE are ONE!
Don't Say You Miss Me
Don't Say You Miss Me!
people say they miss me
every year like a year gone
and when the new year moon shows up
they forget what they were missing
eventhough last year as well as this year
I am before them
before their very noses
Why don't they open their heart's eyes
and look at their hearts
and honestly say
they were too busy to think about me
before!
Time's Never the Same
What comes has to go...
sad moments will also pass,
good ones too
but every sad moment
is as long as the never-ending
antarctic winter;
will depart,too, the moments of happiness
but in a twinkle
on the chariot of light,
dying like the short-lived spring!
All "Roads" Lead to Love
Like all roads leading to Rome
Love is no exception;
Love affairs between men and women
are nothing but an ambition to reach the goal
-a goal which ends up in the bed;
The other kinds of Love
which we call spiritual Love,
godly love, fraternal love or whatever,
also look ahead for a destination
sought by heart and mind;
Platonic Love and Plutonic Love
are damn terms concocted by
some sexually starving intellectuals or philosophers
to achieve round or abstract sex
-the kind of sex we now call
cyber sex;
All roads lead to Rome
and on the way to it
people do all sorts of silly things
but are reluctant to admit
that Love led them to the path
of their desires to reach their common destination;
the desire which made Columbus to discover America
Or that forced Einstein to devise his mc square equation;
Love is Jesus Love is Muhammad,
their message is the same;
their way is the same
the way that leads to Love's Rome
lest you understand differently!
A Fish Cannot Drown in Water
A fish cannot drown in water'
because a fish knows
oceans have no limit,no shore
from one end to another;
dorsal fins, latero-ventral or caudal fins
are mere means to an end
to keep on swimming
until the soul flies away
and body floats at the surface
and soul in heavens!
O Jeez: It's Past Midnight!
O Jeez!
It's past midnight,
all is quiet outside;
I do not know who is awake
who is sleeping
and doing what?
It's all quiet around
No stars, no moon
darkness, stark darkness
staring at me
and my loneliness;
While I type these lines
sparks from my heart jump off,
a lightening flashes
every beat of my heart thunders
and breaks the silence and darkness
surrounding me!
There is God But No God
Those who believe in god
believe in the source of creation.
Those who don't doubt it.
Who's wrong, who's right
neither keeps us hungry
Nor fills our empty tummies
Then where does the problem lie??
Fate
How weak are we humans
yet brag about our capabilities;
neither life nor death is in our hands
nor the reins of fatal fate!
Many Faces of God
Love is said to be blind...
Love of God is not the only love
that can claim to have eyes...
Love can be with anything....
Or, perhaps, nothing
But can we love ALL??
In eastern culture it is said:
Existence belongs to the one
Who lives for someone else
If you live for something, someone
this life belongs to you!
Perhaps, this is the reason we find
so many faces of god everywhere!
The Game of Love
Actually the game of love is not a single shot
It's like a passing show of events
Or perhaps many phases or stages of a tournament
Winning the quarter final or the semi finals shouldn't be enough
for a winner to call himself a real winner
Neither the one knocked out at the first punch
in the semi or quarter finals or finals can claim to win
It's therfore, I think, the best loser only
yes, best loser in the game of love
who can rightly be called the winner!!
Time and Space
My beloved, dear,
you had been enjoying a good day
while I prayed for the dark night to end
this is true but some would not believe it
what we see is not always actually there
truth too has many faces and colors
for you it was a bright sunny day
for me a dark eerie night
evidently time remains ever the same
unless it changes its face in space
Time and Space cannot go together
If it were true you wouldn't be in light
and me alone in the abyss of dark pitch night
Or, vice versa!
Tame and Wild
Blessed be the tiger
shut in a cage
tamed by the keeper
stripped of his anger...
Blessed be the cat
and the playful kitten
who spring like a demon
finding no way out.
Reminiscences of the Past
Reminiscences of the past
are devastating, O god!
Can't you do me a favor
and take my memory away?
True Worth
Ask a thirsty man
what water is like to him;
ask a blind man
what eyes are like to him;
ask a jobless person
how's life for him;
ask a maiden
what message does spring bring for her;
ask a youth
how he waits to meet his love;
ask a dying man
what life means to him;
ask a living man
how much life is dear to him;
ask me, if you will,
why I'm awake till morn;
ask you, if you don't mind,
what's meant by the 'real worth' then?
As absence makes the heart grow fonder
the dearth of a thing ascertains its true worth
aluminium was rare when first found
its abundance made it baser;
gold and gems are precious
their scarcity makes them dearer
and regardless of their own innate qualities
imparts them their 'true worth'
otherwise they would be as cheap
as coal or grit.
To an Ascetic Friend Who Won't Marry
I have a friend in Isloo
Who's fond of rats
Quite unusual, ain't it no?
Usually girls are afraid of rats
for they like to dig burrows
and hide themselves in
swim in water
climb over things
Oh, yes, they love pusses
they purr, whiz and whirr
rub their body against yours
love you so dearly
want to be loved clearly
they climb up your lap
even lick from your hand the sap
they feel so good
to run your hands on
Oh, my friend in Isloo must be mad
to detest pusses and love rats
what unusual pleasure does he get
from playing with something not a pet?
He surely must be crazy then
unlike leeward going men
who are all for the charming puss
and leave the rats to scare damsels.
The Noble Sandalwood Tree
blessed be the noble sandalwood tree
unharmed which stands out in bad company
free from mars of vile and vain
living up to true worth's priceless grain
clamped by the deadly vipers' bine
entwining the stem and branches thine
spitting and squirting their venom on you
to the lack of their knowledge of what is true?
That never you're affected by their venom guile
keep always blooming with sweet and redolent smile.
Diamond
A diamond in the hand of a layman
Is not worth more than a stone-
worthless and to be cast away.
but the same in the eyes of a jeweler
is worth a jewel for the Queen's crown.
Every thing has its own place
in the order of things in this world;
what our senses feel may not be so
a dusty pebble may be an emerald.
Ode to a Moron
The matter was between her and me
but turtle-friend stuck his neck out
and I knew he was now looking for trouble.
But behold! a voice cautioned me immediately
'you ought to watch out
when an old dog barks!'
Replied I, 'he's no old dog but my friend'
Nope, came the reply, 'appearances are often misleading'
Beware you ought to use the hand of a back rider
if you ever need to catch a snake.
When a fox preaches, look to the geese;
unite the spiders of your will
to tie down that beast;
behave like a duck -keep calm and unruffled on the surface
and paddle like the devil underneath;
I know it's hard to be brave for a very small animal
but even a frog will kick when an elephant is in trouble;
you will never know if you are quick until
you poked a mountain beast with a stick;
give to a pig when it grunts
and a fool when he meddles in,
you will have a fine pig
and a stupid fool;
a reasonable amount of fleas is good for a dog
it keeps him brooding over he's a dog;
a hen is only an egg's way of making another egg;
leave that sod critic alone who boasts to be an artist
failing to become a soldier he became a stool pigeon;
let him swallow a toad and encounter nothing more
disgusting the rest of the day;
tell him, long words and ceremonial style
bothers my Little Brain;
I'll not squirt milk on a toad
lest my cow goes dry;
though I cannot run faster than the ugly bear
I can still run faster than the slowest guy
running from him.
Reincarnation
Let's stay
what we are
men remain men
women women
a rose a rose
a lily a lily
let bucks be bucks
does be does
thereby only
the creation
and the creator
will stay in peace!
Count Not the Moments
Count not the moments;
count the number of lives
each moment has;
what's the hurry ,dear,
to think of dying?
Enjoy life after life
as long as
a single moment
exists.
Life and Death
What is life?
A manifestation
of elements arranged;
What is death?
The very disintegration
of the arrangement
of those elements.
Evolution or Devolution?
Lower Things
evolve into higher levels
then die
and are never seen again;
Would you call it
Evolution or
devolution-
Can anyone tell?
Mysteries Of Creation
you are born
without your consent
you die
without your choice.
If chance be given you
to choose,
what form would you?
And why?
Or, nothing at all!
The Mermaid
When ever I go to the beach
abutting my house
I can see but waves and water
for miles but no fish
(how could I see fish
hidden under water)
My eyes search the sea
for hours in full moon
but eclipse after eclipse
(as that's the time when mermaids
come out of sea, they say)
my heart's wish hasn't been fulfilled
Never could I see a half woman
Or, even a half man alive
and telling me
how he lived
with her mermaid sweet heart
with a blind and broken
half-done heart.
Reaping the Stars
After a hard days work, tired and drained
good men and wives will rest and sleep;
But me here awake all through night
gazing stars which none can reap.
The day has dawned with all its glare
but my eyes have refused to take a nap
thus the best i can do is day dreaming
lay down my head and relax in a houri's lap.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Hope!
What more can I do?
What else should I do?
There is nothing I can do;
There is nothing much I can do;
The water is getting up his nose;
Half of his alveoli are choked
with fluid and the rest will soon
be fluidized too;
Lo! he's started to pant
for air but the fresh breeze
of the spring time is not for him;
His system is failing;
Failing with the dimming
Of his heart beat;
His pulse is becoming silent;
What can I do for him;
Him my friend;
I can do nothing;
I am not able to do anything
To help save his life;
Friendship, money, resources-
All helplessly watch him with awe;
The only thing I can do
In such a case,
In such circumstances
Is to hope for his life;
Hope is the last recourse
For the poor and weak;
For the rich and strong;
When the jinn of adversity
Attacks them and they have
No one, nothing to get them out
Of their misery
Except God
The other name for Hope!
Or no God, if you insist.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Eclipse
strewn in the sky are no match
for the Sun and the Moon in love;
Stars twinkle but like a mottled mirage,
dissipate sporadic surges of light,
devoid of heart to eclipse and envious of
the Almighty Sun
which continues to burn in the fire of love,
radiating an aphrodisiac stream of light;
A giver of life, the sun is a power house of fiery love,
bestowing tranches of love with unparalleled generosity upon his beloved Moon, to keep it ever smiling
during the lonesome nights;
the Sun and the Moon are like two eternal lovers
destined to keep circling in the cosmic terrain,
and the Sun, overjoyed with the intermixed ecstasy of love,
gently whispers his compassion to the Moon ,
and the Moon approvingly nods as a token of
endearing consonance of self-surrender,
their hearts anxiously swing with the joy of meeting and imbricating each other,
but the heavens villainously turn their wishes into smoke,
the jealous earth intervening like a vampire wont to suck and enslave,
keeps the cross-fated lovers eternally apart;
lips sighing, hearts crying, the two ephemeral lovers finally succumb to the gloom of eclipse.
All the stars and meteors in the sky
watch the couple with awe and envy.
Poetry: Past, Present & Future
a pause ,a dwell between the past and the future;
it comes and goes like the blink of light
and perishes in the sea of unknown future;
the past lurks and lives on for ever,
like a Phoenix rising from the ashes
of time-charred corpses of the present and future
reincarnating into its Phoenix past;
the Phoenix of yore never dies
and lives on and on
manifesting itself in moments of time
in one form or the other.
the cycle of time moves on and on
never to end,
never !
Poetry: May be wrong may be right.
he can do what he wants;
Who dare question him
when he's addressing someone?
Better save your neck
A whore is a woman
abashed not of men;
Who can dare stop her
screaming at you?
Better leave her alone
and keep your mouth shut.
A beggar is wretch
who's lost his honor;
Who can dare stop him
prattling on his own?
Better throw him a penny
Or just buzz off.
A money lender is a person
to him money is dearest;
Who can dare stop him
from urging his money back?
better for a debtor
not to keep his lips tight.
Four kinds of people are these
hard to stop from talking to you
telling them to hold their tongues
Is asking for a trouble yet new!
Barking dogs seldom bite;
May be wrong may be right.
Poetry: The Hateful Darkness of Estrangement
eyes reflect a dead man's pupils ;
the gazelle glance seem to abscond
in the dark vacuum of estrangement.
Fooled by the blind love for her I must be
as I failed to grasp the reflection of her eyes
the last time I met her.
Those sweet eyes had changed,
that lovely look had gone
all visionary joy had vanished;
she and I saw each other
as if I looked in a mirror
and she posing the back of it
over shadowed by a treacherous umbra,
surrounding two black holes.
like the ones astronauts find in the cosmos;
Oh, how devastating her looks were,
murderous enough to kill a horse!
I had but to ask her gently
to take off her looks from me;
to spare me from the indifferent glance
that had never been the hallmark of those eyes,
I might have failed in love
But my love still persists for those eyes-
the like of which no stars had been
until the last moment
some dark cloud overwhelmed them
with the hateful darkness
of estrangement for me!
Poetry: An Ode to Beauty
may the sheen of your beauty never becloud,
the rosy complexion of your delicate rind
never lose its feel and freshness;
the freckles and bronzing of darkness
may never stigmatize your embodiment;
tumults of the mind and the storms of the soul,
may never bother your elegance;
let my love be the strength,life and blood
of your sparkling beauty,
my skin be a lampshade overhanging the lamp of your beauty,
and the tallow drawn from my innards fuel it;
let the rays diffusing through the lampshade,
bring extra charm to your beauty,
may the lamps of your eyes keep sparkling with love,
your beauty be no slave to seasons,
prevailing all through spring,summer, winter and fall
never, never to wither or wane.
Poetry: Sayonara to Vegan!
so are vegetables;
killing one for the sake of other
is senseless;
the only need to show fairness
as a token of religious or secular belief
is to maintain an equitable and
balanced slaughter of them both;
the blood of one is the food of other,
the other is the fodder of the former;
and both are food for men.
come on let us eat both of them
without shame;
say Sayonara to Vegan!
Poetry: The Song of LIfe
solve it and there you go;
TOSS it in a glass of wine
feel in heart its starry glow;
ALL roads lead to Rome,they say,
the right way but a few know;
THE moral of the story is
life is reaping what you sow!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Poetry: On the Assassination of a Politician
It had Adam and Eve chucked out from Eden;
history is replete with its sanguinary 'marvels',
Literature is full of Anthonies and fellows like Brutus;
it gave birth to World War One and Two
and God knows when the smoldering
tussle will end up in a Third World War;
politics runs the show of nations,
politics shapes the fate of people;
politics is an epidemic,nay, a pandemic,
it infects every home, every office,
every burg, town,state and people;
the cleverer a person, the better politician is he,
a ruler of men, a man of his own rules;
but seldom lies easy his head
from the infestation of his self-inflicted disease;
usually he recovers-and if he does
he's hailed as a statesmen, a leader of men
but sometimes he has to pay a heavy price
for recuperating, for his survival,
when his life line is cut short,
and he's destined to suffer a fate
sundered by the flying bullet of a jealous sniper,
or collateral death besides an over-zealous suicide bomber,
all that's left of him is dead red
blob of a pool of wasted blood,
or a charred black handful of dust.
Poetry: This Earth is a Killer Wave!
beauty is but a flicker of light,
a moment here, the next nowhere!
a flower that blooms in spring
is destined to bring
a momentous sensuous delight
then forever to roll in dust;
Many a joyous rose, Camellia ,Violet,Lily,
brighten hearts with their exuberant looks,
nourish the fountain of love with joy,
adorn the garb of Devi of love,
finally leave the floral clime
becoming dust to dust in time
that rolls back and sprouts
new roses and lilies from the dust again!
Ah, what a stark fate
for the beauty pure,
Oh, the killer fangs of the greedy voluptuous earth!
the flowers that we see blooming in life's garden
remind us of the multitude embedded in the dusty earth,
never to be reborn and adorn this world;
earth's womb is but a shroud for all things beautiful, young, handsome, lovely flowers,
of loved ones, creme de la creme and all,
lost forever,
the few that we happen to see
blossoming are just paradigms
of billions of beautiful flowers
that once decorated this world,
gulped away by this unkind earth;
only some of them lucky enough
to reincarnate and relive with flowery faces;
to ride on the crest of killer wave
to our heart's pleasure
to be lost again in time.
Poetry: A Miracle Has Happened!
of electricity some miracle seems
to have happened; Of late, there have been
no power cut-offs--at least for the last few days
and I needn't have to get up time and again
to pull the gunk of my Chinese generator
to lighten my house and to reboot my computer
every time;
Incredibly, the lights havn't gone off,
not even blinked once ,
the ghost of occasional darkness did not pay his short frequent visits;
Viola, some miracle surely seems to have happened,
the days and nights of th entire city are electrified
uninterruptedly for the last few days.
But, hold on, I may be mistaken,
miracles are said to have ceased in this sinful world
the prophets are no more around,
only science seems to have replaced the need for God to send His messengers any more,
who would be commissioned to convince humans about the unseen God,
the dreams of heaven,blitz of hell and retribution and rewards for their deeds,
and who would corroborate their standing and that of their God
through show of miracles;
No, no, miracles are out of question but
then what on earth has so changed the look of my city?
every house is fairly lit and no personal computer
has to be rebooted for reasons of frequent power cut offs?
hold on, I got it! A curse deems to have befallen the city and its industry,
the denizens have gone on strike and the entire city is closed;
they are mourning the death of their leader
assassinated by the bullet of a vicious murderer,
whole atmosphere is resounding with the shriek of dirge;
shoot outs, violence, arson, looting are rampant followed by the dance of death;
pyromania prevails, ransacking goes on,
the city is hostage to furious rioters;
people are dying on the streets,maimed and killed,
there is horrible silence in the air ,
the living ones lie shrouded in the tombs of their houses,
precarious about the safety and security of their lives,
the clock of life has come to a standstill,
businesses have been closed,
the power-intensive industry is no more sucking the amperes to turn out economic stubs ;
no surprise then that the city has a surplus
of electricity
and every house is illuminated at the cost of the industry.
Yes, we are heading towards democracy!
Poetry: Augury for the New Year
but the stars will keep twinkling,
the moon smiling,
days shall be brighter than ever
nights like ebony in springy weather;
time and space may govern our lives,
yet my heart beats faster than before
with the roaring thunder of hope
auguring that our wishes shall be fulfilled,
our long separation will end
and the new year sun will shine with all its glory
on the happy time we spent together
together we shall be again,
this year, every year,
just wait a while and see !
Poetry: The Irony of the Small!
but in fact most of them
are pain in the neck;
Little flies, mosquitoes and bugs
push their way every where,
are hard to tame;
they spare no one;
Bigger augurs bigger trouble;
lions, tigers, wolves and elephants
may be tamed
and kept under custody;
yet they are no match for the small!
Rodents, Pirhanas and microbes may be small,
very small,minute, microscopic,
but miraculously they may do things big;
atoms, electrons, neutrons and the protons
the nano-particles, Oh, you can just see them in
dreams!
How much strength they have is no secret,
yet their smallness is terrifically good or bad;
and as large as the universe itself.
or the beginning and end of unforeseen Big Bangs!
we fondly look at the little stars
knowing little that if it came closer
it would grow into a big fire ball,
a fiery blitz of cosmic death
gagging life once for all !
Poetry: Nirvana
and says, 'early bird catches at the prey;'
(as if late risers would be left behind in the race !)
Well, that's fine for the mocking bird
as her appetite corresponds with the size of her beak,
and her gizzard for the amount of intake ;
but she doesn't seem to know
that the case with whales and sharks is different;
being early or late is no bar to them
as they sieve the seas relentlessly,
devouring whatever comes their way;
to stoke the fire of their endless appetite.
Last time when I met the petite bird
I had to clearly tell her,
it's the size of life that matters,
time is merely an illusion;
early or late in time doesn't matter,
give the humongous devil his due
and all the smaller creatures of the world
will never again need to suffer
from the pangs of hunger
or the limitation of working schedule
Nirvana shall be at their door steps
without trying and for ever.
Poetry: Dreams & Desires
the covetings of my heart,
my aspirations, my yearnings
seem to have been fulfilled,
yet thousands of them still smoulder
in the hearth of my heart
yet unfulfilled;
Ah, the mere inkling of these unearned wishes
pulls my heart apart;
each wish being sufficient enough
to make me feel like dying;
Like a heart full of a myriad of desires
yet to be fulfilled,
A victim of the brutal hands of time,
Here I sit with my fingers crossed.
Poetry: There's a Devil in Every Heart
who said the devil is ugly,
who said he doesn't have a heart?
who said he has not seen him,
who said he hasn't experienced him?
He lives in every heart
which is bereft of goodness
He beckons you to come,
to come and be his comrade,
He has no face, no arm, no legs,
yet he manages to grow up
a hand and hold a bough of flower
to attract, to lure people
towards him and be his disciples.
Do not judge him by his proffered kindness
look beyond that and further
all that appears pink is not rose,
even the best wine may seem amber,
crystal clear
but there are lees to it
which normal eyes cannot see !
Poetry: Newton's Law of Emotion
who had the brains to frame
the laws of motion?
Well done, popped off amigo,
you were very correct;
yes, all things travel in a direction,
in a direction where they can finally
attain rest-
rest the destiny, rest the bliss,
rest a stationary spot of peace,
a cave, a dungeon, a well, a hole,, a slot-
whatever its shape be,
speed, velocity, acceleration,
all motions-Emotions- finally tend to finish
their instinctive journey there;
every action has an equal and opposite reaction ,
every motion-Emotion, recedes into inertia;
this cycle goes on and on ,
days in and days out,
even a living thing like love
being no exception;
it begins its motion like all other things
in search of union for peace and pleasure,
finally finding comfort and solace
in the Emotional lap of some point, a spot , a hole, a slot
or a multi-shaped vestibule,
deep, tight and hollow,
all receiving all embracing,
some call it Nirvana,
others call it lust,
both are a sort of orgasm,
one spiritual, the kundalini,
the other physical and carnal;
both insatiable though.
Bravo Newton !
Poetry: Neo-Physics
to an old subject;
let's bring out the old
wine for all to share
in new bottles;
let's have the electrons go free,
let's have the nanoparticles dance
with sufic ecstasy;
let's see them collide
against one another
in sublime chaos,
in haphazard manner
like drunken men and women
looking for happiness and mirth
peace,love and joy
devoid of explosive detonative whims;
let's give physics a new turn;
let's make it more gentle,
more gentler than silk
smooth and harmless;
let's have it tantalize all humans
to enable them live in peace,
make it a subject open for all,
open to all,
sweet and lovely,
incalculably exuberant,
friendly and poetically affable
and- let's name it
Neo-physics !
Poetry: Ego
That gorgeous urchin appeared from somewhere,
And quietly whispered into my ear:
"Look up at me , my able saint !",
I looked up in the empty space
Only to find nothing there,
Nothing but something inside my heart
Which made me feel like a devil
Trying to eat my heart
And all that was previously
There !
Poetry: Getting Rid of the Itch (adapted)
Charm? Noooooo.!
Trained?? Noooooooooo !
Hubby can best struggle ,
strive to achieve addiction with the other half;
problems are then solved mostly,
and the struggle diminishes.
Just the minor matter of 30 or so years you see??
how can begum be trained to dote on hubby
while being in London on such a
short sojourn?
surely Ox street and Old Professor and libraries beckon.
pure 'salty and peppery'' charm i suspect.
Second Voice::
i wish most married men would follow
their 7-yr itch to its logical conclusion --
life would be so spicy.
The Bard:
.....but what would I do ?
I got a six and a half only !
Second Voice::
.......scratch yourself for 6 months to begin with..........
First Voice::
The itch dies rapidly
in a buzz light year
with one look at the trusting, unadulteratedly
loving faces of the children....
The Bard:::
Your words, friend , touched my heart but...
what would you do to kill the itch if----
you find your child or children's faces
smeared with blood-thirsty dragon's blood
in front of you
with YOU, hand-to-foot bound?
My friends, this life ain't not so simple,
no joke please....
Look at life in the eyes !!
Poetry: The Red Face Of The Disenchanted God!
The Fear of Almighty God haunted him,
Scaring him to the thought of frozen death;
Then suddenly she stepped in
Consoled and exhorted him
To show his grit
And take the final lead and act!
Watching them in love together
The narrow thing in the grass,
the Evil, Hated Serpent,
Cunningly smiled with pride and glee
At the success of his scheme;
Or ,perhaps, for ridding Adam and Eve
Out of their perpetual agony from their creator's fear,
Or, perhaps, at the failure of the creator's flip-flop scheme.?
No sooner had the fear thus gone,
The loveless eyes of the First Couple recognized their Unseen Creator
Whom they called their God;
And Whom they made an un-forgetful symbol
For their posterity to always remember,
And keep their mind dreadfully alive and rich
With their forefathers' Inscrutable Sinful memory of
An eternal , terrific ,cyclic and circuitous punishment, a curse
For falling in love together,
In defiance to the Divine Wrath and Fear of God!
While the Innocent Adam and Eve got Exposed,
The red face of the Disenchanted God was also Unveiled,
Once and for all !
Poetry: On the Inauguration of a Vegan faux fastfood outlet in Canada
next time it will be sheep and goats;
still next it will be cows and pigs,
seems we'll have to survive on grass alone !
Poetry: The Last Visit
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Can't you see in her eyes,
O men and women on the street,
the surging sadness, hopelessness and despair
you have given her?
She roamed the oceans deep
like a maid in a daffodil field;
she had a clan, a tribe, a family
but all, yes all , is now gone!
She glances at her ''benefactors''
who don't even have the scruples
to cast a look upwards
at her heavenly soul;
Yes, she's dead and no more,
you may call it extinct
she's no more the ornament of the sea,
she's no more the wealth of the oceans;
like her kinfolk she has also been the victim
of the greedy humans
who killed her great population
just to make some dough
and fill their burning tummies.
Yes, she tasted delicious
to the humans
who 'slew' them to decorate
their dinners
wasting a better half of their meat
and bones
for feeding pigs, dogs, cats and poultry;
She was never a poor man's diet
neither is any fish the glory
of a poor man except
a source of subsistence for the poor
but heartless fishermen ;
the humans killed them all,
employed all means and methods
of catching them to kill;
trawling, trolling ,gill netting ,purse seining ,
even vacuum fishing ,,,,
nothing spared to spare their lives
just to satiate the hunger
of the rich,
the lust for money from every kill!
Ah, she and her folks ---all , yes all
have gone for eternity
from our oceans
to the land of eternity!
Name it grouper, grunter, bass, cod or croaker
----fish is always fish by whatever name
you call it !
She's dead and her soul flies
over our cities
over our heads
but we are least disturbed
even to look at her,
even to say "'God Bless your Departed soul''!
People on the streets
are indifferent and unmoved
by her appearance
a fleshless shadow,
a restless flying soul
like one has in his mind
or imagination
that which you call
'deja vous''!
With no one to greet her,
no one there even bothering
to lift his eyes to see her
the tongue-less pisces
moves ahead harmlessly
without disturbing the folks below
back to her celestial abode
her eyes filled with sheer sadness
and disappointment
at the ungratefulness
of human beings
on the gourmet-fillings
she had been providing them
for centuries in the past;
what a fate!
what a misery befallen
the kingly creature of the sea!
Once so dearly loved and prized
for her tasty meat
so typical of her big-mouth,
no one seems to bother about her,
no one seems to remember her!
Nevrmind, she leaves
without anybody heeding to her warning
'O humans ! I;m leaving nevr to come back
not even in your dreams!
By 2050 you will not have my like any more
in your oceans and seas!
Keep overfishing, devouring, wasting over catch
encashing us like carefree mad men
You will soon see fish only in museums''
Poetry: Looking in the Mirror
at myself;
That was a deadly mistake
Looking in the mirror
At my age!
reflections of old follies,
timidity, audacities;
delights and regrets,
successes and failures,
done undone deeds;
Ah, all that crap
which made me up
which cooked me up
into the present shape
yet I live with a complaining heart;
so many desires still unfulfilled,
so many wishes that got killed
by the ruthless hand of time;
What can I do now
with my aching and shaking body?
The destination seems round the corner
no friend, no foe besides
to keep the fire of my ambitions
kindled;
Yet, I made a fool of myself
by glancing in the mirror
Only to find the broken edifice
of life now to be lifted
and dumped by someone
into a shallow narrow ditch,
Poetry: Cinquain Chain
not your feelings
high; I'm but a tiny
bit of hunch back, ugly and dark;
mind it!
-------------
jump out
of your black holes
proceed to the cosmos
someone might be waiting for you
up there
--------------
real world
lies beyond stars
but, hold on! Are the stars
really what they appear to be;
I doubt
-------------
freely?
There is no such
thing as a free lunch in
the world. Earning love freely is
rare chance
-----------------
happy?
No, I am not
a rose plucked from the bough
amidst spring and laid over the
dead, Oh!
Poetry: My Love
Should I tell you
what my love looks like?
Should I say she's like a moon
that brightens the dark nights?
Or, should I compare her to the sun
which shines with all its glory
and warms the days of life?
Should I compare her to a flower,
envied by a rose in the midst of spring;
Or, should I compare her to the veiled beauty
whom no eye has seen bare
except the walls and doors of her abode?
Like a houri on earth is she
the houris of paradise whom envy;
Yes, she is my love, my beloved,
her love runs like a sanguine fluid
across the veins of my heart and soul;
She lives with me, by me, all the time
beheld not by my eyes yet
I can see her, feel her in my heart
the music of her love resounds in my heartbeats,
she floats with my thoughts,
paints the true colors of my dreams.
I know She exists for me;
She's mine,my love, my life;
she may not know, so what?
but I know, I know.
Poetry: The Greatest Playwright of All
to the loss of his unsuspecting
audience,
how his play would end,
God also knew
from the very first day,
as to what would happen
to his 'heroes, heroines and villains',
in the end of the story;.
the theme was there ,
,,and obviously the theme
is yet not over,,
only the tempo changes
the 'play'' goes on,
dramatically changing scenes,
unendingly,
suspensively,
to Man's horror,
to God's delight!
Poetry: Where art thou my sweetheart?
the darkness of the night
is getting deeper and deeper
all around is silence
and me alone moving in my
bedroom here and there
without purpose
my heart is heavier
eyes are sored up
eye lids hard to lift up
my eye balls becoming dull
I don't know where the heck are you?
Every night you play games with me
until the sun rises and pokes the spear
of its sharp bright ray
into the iris of my eyes
shutting them down
finally
till i fall dead asleep
all day waiting to prepare
for the arrival of my sweet heart
some night.
At least in my dream-ridden Sleep!
Poetry: Live On & On
What a folly!
Death, the eternal truth,
the inevitable,
'the leveler of all things',
No way to escape it!
Come on,my dear,
join me and drink
from the golden vase of love
until you are satiated;
Bring the cup to your lips
and live on and on;
people may love to live
but they have to die some day;
If you want to live forever
drink incessantly
from the cup of love;
Believe me,
there is no such thing as Death
in Love's clime.
Poetry: Beauty Matters
the spots, the shine --
navigating the jungle
of her skin imperfections
,the powder box coming in kinda handy .
The perfect, lipsticky size
imperfection concealer ,
mirror-capped
for quick fixes
took the glum off
those itty bitty spots
of the flawless-looking Devi
rushing to the banquet.
Poetry: Love
LOVE IS A BLASPHEMOUS THING
IF YOU LOVE YOU ARE DOOMED
ADAM AND EVE LOVED MADE LOVE
YOU KNOW HOW THEY GOT PLUMED?
CHUCKED OUT OF PARADISE
BARE HEAD BARE FOOT NUDE
NO MERCY NO FORGIVENESS
NO LOVE FOR THE LOVING BROOD
FIRST HATE BEGAN WITH LOVE
EVEN BEFORE THIS EARTH WAS MADE
LAST LOVE WILL DESTROY HATE
LOVE'S SHALL BE THE LAST CRUSADE
Petry: The Contract
The Contract Stated
Shoot The Man Dead And Show Him
The Gun That You Used
To Kill Him To Justify
Your Position In The Contract
Poetry: Old Wine
extracted from the inebrious vines
from the vineyard of our relentless love,
my beloved, you are as sweet as old wine
that has been seasoned over years
and years in the carafe of my heart
serving and sharing the divine sentiment
with the exuberant joy of it.
I love you, my dear,
you love me, I can see that too,
not because we taste as sweet wine
to one another but because
the grapes that we'd tasted
and relished over the long time together
evolved into the ecstatic drink of love
without turning stale.
I love you, my dear, because you are
same as the old grapes and their nectar
and the tumbler of my love-heart
continues to be the same
towards you;
towards one another.
Aging matters not in love,
nothing seems to change in love
if the initial sweetness and purity of the grapes' juice
ferments and ages simultaneously
with the love-bottle of the heart
on the medium heat of faithful devotion and love
and finally transforms into the inebriation of
old wine that will never never stale out!
Poetry: Angling
The national sport of England
Angling is boring activity for many
Many like it but still find it boring
The fish is cannier than the canny
Those who don't like angling
Must have never gone to water
Or, perhaps gone there
And instead of fish found otter
Those who liked it
Went to water must be
But having caught no fish
Bored came back to their party
Well, angling is not that easy
You have to learn all its ins and outs
Check the color and flow of waters
in still waters you don't find trouts
Then you ought to have the right gadget
The right hook, the right line, the right fly
Sometimes to catch a squid or a cuttle fish
You may have to play music or cry !
All of you let's go fishing
Will have fish for dinner tonight
But if we fail to catch any fish
Remember, no one is going to fight !
Poetry: It all started with Osama
It all started with Osama
Mullah Omer his counterpart
Talibans and Afghanistan
War on Terror against terrorists
then came Sadam Hussein
The War has no end
the war continues
in Iraq in Afghanistan
innocent civilians dying
paying wages of war
US troopers dying
away from homes
God knows why?
terorism continues
Osama's still on the run
or perhaps dead
so is Mulla Omer
no trace of him either
sadam met his fate
alongwith his coterie
but the war continues
civilians dying
troopers killed
god knows why?
those who sparked the war
on America
are either dead or on the run
yet the war continues
god knows why?
against whom?
old enemies are dead
new ones necking out
ten terrorists springing
from the ashes
of one terrorist killed
like a Phoenix strange
what's the reason
what's going on
in the minds of nations
god knows better
or the ones playing the tune
and those dancing to it
but god knows why?
some say the super power
plus it rich allies
are vying for the wealth
of the war ridden regions
others say it's politics
america is the watchman of the world
a great, nay greatest super power of the world
that's true
but does that mean
the war should continue
innocent civilian be made to die
troopers lose their lives
their beloveds suffer grief
for the rest of their lives
motive of the war
still unmet
en masse killing continues
near and dear ones die
the root cause of all trouble
Osama,Sadam, Omer
gone to the side line
vanished like death
why then the war
this murderous sport
of barbarianism
against self and civilians
at the cost of their lives
and to the regret of their kins
at the cost of US economy
at the cost of peace
at the expense of people of America
for god's sake
think, ponder
is it sensible to continue the war
at the cost and risk of America
is it prudent that others use
America as a jumping board
an escape goat
nay, let it not happen
combine all well wishers of humanity
patriots and gentlemen
let us raise our voice
against the war
war is inhuman
detestable
abominable
unless for a good purpose
for a good cause
but do we have one?
dead or ambiguous enemies
dubious targets
far to hit
hard to see
far to take over
stop the war
let peace prevail
at home
and abroad !
Poetry: A Limerick
NICELY NOURISHED BY HIS MOTHER
HE DRANK MILK FROM COW'S UDDER
ATE TOMATOES WITH WHIPPED CREAM
IN HIS 'MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM'
YET 'SHAKESPEARE' WAS NOT MY BROTHER !!
Poetry: Falling from the Sky
Better not surmise,
Do not conjecture;
Never say a fallen body
gets bereft of feeling and soul
after it has fallen from an altitude;
Ask him his predicament-
the one who falls down the sky;
ask the broken star
which shoots down to earth
out of the celestial wreath;
care to ask the golden eagle
shot in the arm
by some jealous foe?
were he not to lurch down the sky
with a broken wing
then what else could he do?
Rolling down the sky
is reserved for only those
who know to fly high;
only they have this blessing
and to say that their feeling
dies with the fall
is but to call them small-
which they are not;
a heart risen to love's height
may suddenly have occasion to break
but it blithely beats on
in the quiet of its rapturing soul;
Every thing that goes up
is destined to get down;
Life is on the earth
Death is somewhere high on the berth;
some may fall short of distance
while others may be driven to a free fall
but they never fail to feel and live
but give new life to existence!
Poetry: The Gust of Suspicion is Not So Kind
The gust of suspicion is not so kind
Forcing its entry like a wanton thief
It steals from Heart the jewels of belief
Trusteth not what it ought to trust
Believeth not the word it must
Mind's world is treacherous place
Unscrupulously scrupulous without grace
It thinks and thinks for wordly gains
Matter and matter alone it entertains
Mind, the Arch Enemy of heart
In art of doubt and seduction, smart
Simple, gentle, kind and loving
Heart apart from heart is nothing
Devoid of treacherous Mind's guiles
Heart's like a face that always smile
No tricks, no play, no games, no jest
Heart alone is faith and love's nest
Heart's the resting place of God
The one and the only even and odd
In Beloved's love the Heart is blind
Free from thoughts of Gain and loss in its mind
When mind questions, love from Heart is gone
Faith vanishes from Heart's majestic throne
Mind has no spirit, it just consists of lowly matter
Stranger to Faith, love, and peace, it simply knows to chatter.
Poetry: The Deal: A Satire
You have ruled long enough,
Oh, dear Supreme Spirit
Of Evil and Unrighteousness
You have done enough harm
To the human race
Brought enough misery
And trouble for people
You are the cause and reason
For all the unrest and chaos
And malignant wickedness
Prevailing in this world of God
O Lucifer, Fiend, Devil,
O You Old Scatch, Old Nick,
O Lord, Old Gooseberry,
Lord of the Wicked !
We have served you faithfully
since this world came into being
We stood by you
When You challenged God
For his creation of Adam
It was we, you disciples,
Who assigned You the power
And will to defy God
It was we who placed you
On the Devils Throne
As King of the Dark World
It is we who convassed and convinced
The human kinds of your doctrine--
the doctrine of Evil and Disorder
It's we who supported you
In fulfillment of your unrighteous
Aims and objects and designs
All over God's earth
Distracting humans from your adversary
The God of Mercy and Magnificence
And leading them to the Wrong Path
It's we who blocked the minds
And Hearts Of humans
From the remembrance of God
And made most of them
critically critical
Of God's Supreme Being!
It's we, your army of Devils,
Who did more than anyone else
Could have done for You
To propagate Evil---
Universal Evil--
All over the world !
It's all due to us that
This world of God
Has been turned into Hell
Enough, enough, we have done for You
You have ruled long enough
And had your time
You have lost the zeal and fervour
Of Evil and Demonship
It is now our turn to choose
Another Leader for us !
Hearing this .........
The supreme Leader of All Evils
The Old Gooseberry, the Demon
Had to open up
His diabolic tongue
To allay the fears
And apprehensions of his Comrades
And say...........
Well, my dear little devils
I am proud of you
And acknowledge your services
You have rendered to our Community
In spreading Satanic hold
Over the humans
Over their minds and thoughts
I appreciate the great work
You have done to blacken
and block Men's hearts
From the remembrance of God
It's not you only
Whom I am indebted
for my obedience and loyalty
But also to the multitude of humans
On this earth
who are also your cousins
and unknowingly my disciples!
Well, I have an offer for you
A wonderful deal
A package gift of paramount Evil
Vote for me and
Let me sit on the Devil's Throne
Despite all the shortcomings
True or false assertions
You seem to have gathered about Me
I expect you to accept the deal
Lest God intervenes
And All goodness is let to prevail
With nothing more for us
to haggle about
So, accept my deal
Let me rule the Evil
Bow to me in Obedience
As that's the only choice
Left for you---
You who are not free from guilt--
Guilt of not doing
what you ought to have done
In destroying God's world
With Evil and unrighteousness
More than our followers
Still live by God's name
And I don't like it !
Your performance over the years
Has not been upto the mark!
You have to do better
In propagating Evil on Earth
Until no one remembers God
And the Hearts of all Men
Are blackened with the ink
Of evil and vulgarity
Until then
I will stay as your King
Without any demur from you
In return for your support
And promise
To perform better in future
I will reward you
By forgiving All your faults,
Corruption and crimes
And further give you a free hand
To make as much pelf as you want
Through Evil means and designs
i will also forgive
All your murderous actions
Your scandalous conduct
Anything wrong you have committed
In the past
These are my words of 'honour' to you
But, To affirm things more unambiguously
I'll put all this in an Ordinance
And sign it for record
This is a Deal
Take it or leave it
By the Grace of God
I am not going to Quit !
Poetry: To God's Delight
Just like a playwright knows,
to the loss of his unsuspecting
audience,
how his play would end,
God also knew
from the very first day,
as to what would happen
to his 'heroes, heroines and villains',
in the end of the story;.
the theme was there ,
and obviously the theme
is yet not over,,
the 'play'' goes on,
unendingly,
suspensively,
to Man's horror,
to God's delight!
Poetry: Hope!
What can I do?
What more can I do?
What else should I do?
There is nothing I can do;
There is nothing much I can do;
The water is getting up his nose;
Half of his alveoli are choked
with fluid and the rest will soon
be fluidized too;
Lo! he's started to pant
for air but the fresh breeze
of the spring time is not for him;
His system is failing;
Failing with the dimming
Of his heart beat;
His pulse is becoming silent;
What can I do for him;
Him my friend;
I can do nothing;
I am not able to do anything
To help save his life;
Friendship, money, resources-
All helplessly watch him with awe;
The only thing I can do
In such a case,
In such circumstances
Is to hope for his life;
Hope is the last recourse
For the poor and weak;
For the rich and strong;
When the jinn of adversity
Attacks them and they have
No one, nothing to get them out
Of their misery
Except God
The other name for Hope!
Or no God, if you insist.
Poetry: The Little Bunny
turn your face away from me;
Let me mind my business,
you yours;
Stare not at my dress,
Nor bewilder at my gait;
My instrument may frighten you
but don't
It's not your turn yet
nor am here for you;
Go away, little bunny,
nibble at the green grass,
crimson carrots and have fun;
Presently am in hurry
and will get back to you
upon your turn;
The old B***h is pregnant
and i am quite perplexed
what justice should I impart to her?
She has already seen her time
but the baby in her womb not;
But my religion doesn't know
pity for old, young or sick;
I just follow the orders
of the High Command;
Well, am I supposed to tell
you all this?
A day will come when you will come
to know;
know how I stealthily come
and finish off my prey
in a jiffy;
Go away, little bunny,
your name is not on the list
but....... remember,
keep this meeting with me
confidential
so that no body can figure out
my countenance and composure;
I fly with time and swim in space;
nothing , yes nothing can prevent me
from doing what i am wont to do;
I am a taker as well as a giver
of a life for life
enveloped in a world
beyond this world;
People dread me
call me names
but I may appear to be brutal
but i rid living things from their miseries,
take them to the cove of eternal bliss;
Oh, no, there's no such thing as hell;
That's just a hoax for men
to refrain them from exploiting women
and other fellow men;
Good or bad, all ends up
in eternal life,
a life unseen by you
yet a time of beautiful spring
and summer,
no winters to freeze your heart;
Adious! dear bunny, let us now part
to meet at the destined time
i promise I will be kinder to you
and rid you of your amazement
with the gift of eternal bliss-
the Death.