Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
As the leaf bid the tree goodbye
and fell in a sleepy frown,
Did it hurt and pain,
when it finally hit down?
As the leaf said goodbye,
Did it cry and talk with other leaves,
Who were still young and shy,
and could cling some more to the tree?
How was its final journey
from the branch to the ground
with those moments in sky,
swaying aimlessly in between;
Did the leaf cry,
When it bid goodbye?
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Look around
Open your eyes, look around-
see the dead souls, dark, dull, poor;
they sleep and beg and cough, sneer...
Dust and death for company,
Swears, rot and decay for dinner,
Rags for cold, bags for pillow...
Open your eyes, look around-
Don't you think there are
two species of humans?
see the dead souls, dark, dull, poor;
they sleep and beg and cough, sneer...
Dust and death for company,
Swears, rot and decay for dinner,
Rags for cold, bags for pillow...
Open your eyes, look around-
Don't you think there are
two species of humans?
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
What's with the tea?
What's with tea, so unique?
Sis says, "Milk, water, sugar only;
Dodo, that's all to tea"...
You sure it's that simple?
Why can't I make a fine cup, ever...
What's with tea, so unique?
Sis says, "Milk, water, sugar only;
Dodo, that's all to tea"...
You sure it's that simple?
Why can't I make a fine cup, ever...
What's with tea, so unique?
Friday, January 18, 2008
How are you, Fr?
How are you doing, Fr?
Better get alright soon, sooner...
Missing the double moron, really!
Better get alright soon, sooner...
Missing the double moron, really!
Sooner the better
Suck ice cubes, salt, pepper
gooseberries and a wedge of lemon,
Be a mom, sis; sooner the better...
gooseberries and a wedge of lemon,
Be a mom, sis; sooner the better...
I smiled at destiny
I smiled the other day
at destiny. Who were she to be,
If I were not me?
-Gauri Gharpure
at destiny. Who were she to be,
If I were not me?
-Gauri Gharpure
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Where I saw you last?
Where I saw you last?
Perhaps in the crowd there ...
Perhaps here and now and everywhere,
Each time I try to wipe out the past...
Perhaps in the crowd there ...
Perhaps here and now and everywhere,
Each time I try to wipe out the past...
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Molested in Mumbai
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Still around?
It's been long, isn't it?
Even the past seems too distant
to be accorded the status of a 'memory'.
By any chance, are you still around?
Even the past seems too distant
to be accorded the status of a 'memory'.
By any chance, are you still around?
White flowers
Flowers must have bloomed in the backyard,
A white carpet of luxurious growth,
A fragrance of abundance.
Sis kept them in the glass bowl,
And giggled if I pinned those to my hair
('You look silly' she said.)
Snakes crawled under the bush,
Still Indi walked there fearless.
Even without sis and me today,
Those paras flowers still grow in the corner...
And snakes still crawl beneath;
And Indi still walks as fearless.
Baba still sleeps all day long on all his days off
And watches all the soaps that aaji sees.
Aaji, on her part, still shouts as shrill,
in between the puja each morn.
Life goes on...
A white carpet of luxurious growth,
A fragrance of abundance.
Sis kept them in the glass bowl,
And giggled if I pinned those to my hair
('You look silly' she said.)
Snakes crawled under the bush,
Still Indi walked there fearless.
Even without sis and me today,
Those paras flowers still grow in the corner...
And snakes still crawl beneath;
And Indi still walks as fearless.
Baba still sleeps all day long on all his days off
And watches all the soaps that aaji sees.
Aaji, on her part, still shouts as shrill,
in between the puja each morn.
Life goes on...
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