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A fire in my apartment block  Left me as white-faced as chalk  Outside, I braved the cold and rainy night  The dark but febrile sky was alight  The sirens of fire-brigades the acrid air smote  I had nothing on me but my clothes  Restless and sleepless, I walked the street  The assurances of cops wereContinue reading “A fire: A poem “

This time to touch the flower  Its pink petals going lilac in the sun  The water sprinkler wets the ground  Its pitter-patter mock-rain  reminds the earth of happier days.  Time should have wizened us  like grey sapless twigs combustioned  by heat-waves aping dancing fairies.  And the child’s vision turning over  wisdom like a vessel atContinue reading “Stop: A poem “

The trampoline always bounces back  It takes an idea to bring colour to black  Dusk fades and dawn is born  Sheep grow back what was shorn  To clutch resolutely at the scent of hope  Like the drowning at a rope  When autumn sheds our greying leaves  Spring oils our vigour like grease  Do we forsake ourContinue reading “Resilience, hope and strength: A poem “

My tea-stained cup  Leftovers for grub  My incomplete poem  Mediocrity’s lesson  I rue the clouds  Talk to myself aloud  My smile in vain  For loneliness is insane  Happiness is ephemeral  My mood-swings in general  Grief comes from the temporal  Patience is eternal  Consolatory wisdom makes my day  In solitary little walks I make my way Continue reading “Homeostasis: A poem “

The plot of destiny is not in chance or free will  We only have illusions that actions can have their fill  Initiatives and choices are by circumstance distilled  Hard work may go unrequited; energy may be stilled  The seasons of life are with this humility rife  At the pinnacle of glory, death can strike  AbundanceContinue reading “Free will and freedom: A poem “

I am calm like the night  When the storm is out of sight  For the guns of rapine did not kill me  I have survived for all to see  Your palaces of stone were built  From my earth that began to wilt  When your touch of high treason  Darkened each and every season  I amContinue reading “India: A poem “

In ruthlessness, good becomes obscure  Competition makes everything impure  A life of integrity becomes a rough ride  Innocence, in desquamation, loses its hide  Thus dims the light of spiritual radiance  Defeated by the flagellation of corruption’s variance  Deflowered and soiled are those that are tested  At the hands of the incorrigible powerful vested  Quiet dignityContinue reading “Prognosis for the good and just “

Slay the dragons  Cast their heads in wagons  The sky is flaming red  From the blood of the dead  Their bullets thundered  While our own swords shivered  The loot that was stolen  Have only them emboldened  They want homage to the crown  From the colour brown  They will never apologise  In allegiance to the lies Continue reading “Burn the Union Jack: A poem “

When you suffered and did not, even once, complain  Lest your near and dear ones feel your pain  You knew that success of life was in stoicism and strength  In the altruism and charity, the way you went  The mountains of large-heartedness that were shown  Were priceless jewels from a kind-hearted soul  For the joy ofContinue reading “To a selfless Dad: A poem “

I thought you would last forever  For your strength and love were an endless river  In the darkness of night, you breathed your last  The woods of your life have now become the past  I eulogise as I tremble, shaking with grief  The storm came and left the city bereft  Millions are dying of aContinue reading “Mum: A poem “