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.

In God We Trust

Believe in God

If not

believe in yourself;

may be one day

you'll find God there!

Amen.

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 is a Moment's Pause

Life
is
a
moment's
pause
ahead
you
move
after a
fresh
breath.

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.