All about India and my life in this lifetime!: A poem 

I remember those lazy days with slow-rolling bullock carts  queuing up on those dilapidated streets. There were more   bullock carts then cars, then! Those streets that   would be repaired only if totally outworn. And the hazard of   environmental hygiene being last on people’s minds.  What could be done when there were not enough loos  for a fast-overpopulating nation! I didn’t even like cricket,   but I sneaked into neighbours’ homes just forContinue reading “All about India and my life in this lifetime!: A poem “

Memory is like your roots, but how far?: A poem 

(Could they be still trying to take away my Godhood from me?)  Did you think it was only nostalgia  And you panged to revisit, in spite of the sadness and pain it caused you  Did the eternity blacken out every rock that causes you to shiver  as if it thought it (the memory) better be dropped like shells  that hide the nut of you, so, but you still retain, still being a somewhat wholesome gift of the past  inContinue reading “Memory is like your roots, but how far?: A poem “

You know Milo of Croton, I am much too strong even for you!: A poem 

There was Milo of Croton, so strong that he won Olympic titles  six-times over, and innumerably so many other titles, his legend  was carved in statues and romantic literature down the ages.  He even carried his own bronze statue. I have not sought fame and yet borne immense burdens!   You know Milo, you only started with carrying a calfContinue reading “You know Milo of Croton, I am much too strong even for you!: A poem “

Just a lesson in self-perspective, not a treatise in expression of grief!: A poem  

I know there are limits to fortitude, to the ability  to endure pain. Especially when you think you   have no recourse to anyone; or you simply don’t  want to express your emotion.  How do you emote (to calibrate   pain in the baldness of expression), as if its expression, itself,  would leave you inconvenienced and sanguinelessly frustrated!  And your pain is so myriad that you can’t even locate it;  That its sensationContinue reading “Just a lesson in self-perspective, not a treatise in expression of grief!: A poem  “

If I were a fool, and continue to be one, and be proud!: A poem 

Look at me, and my tunic with all its wormholes!  These wormholes to posterity; where I witness  my birth and death and resurrection; in a timescale   of a moment. So that I know my own defeat, as a purpose!  That this knowledge like drops of vinegar on my   thorn-crowned soul mitigate its suffering. And be called   an aloe. You know the labyrinthContinue reading “If I were a fool, and continue to be one, and be proud!: A poem “

In the valley of words; and mountains of ideas!: A poem 

Does a word fulfil an expression? Does an  expression fulfil a thought? How benign is   an expletive compared to the sense of actual anger,  bitterness? Do you feel that an expression is  only assuaged by its exhibition? Does, then, expression  mitigate angst? Or do we ignore the frustration of  dissatisfied resonance without the beat of the pulse  and carry on with the swordsContinue reading “In the valley of words; and mountains of ideas!: A poem “

If you could all call a Mango!: A poem 

Did I hang around the big bang?  Was I honky tonk before rock and roll sang?  Did I create my sugar and honey?  Or did it give me diabetes?  Was the singularity more than just a trinity?  Did I create Mum and Dad, or was it them before me?  Sometimes, I wake up singing at three?  How should I know, the Trumps willContinue reading “If you could all call a Mango!: A poem “

There was a time when I felt inhibited by the Sun!: A poem 

There was a time when I felt inhibited by the sun  It was not because I didn’t like Sol Invictus;  but I had knowledge that poor him was taken  by an imposter. Now, I prefer long sunny days  of Summer, where dawn breaks early and dusk  comes late. I no longer feel postured by the fact  that the Sun isContinue reading “There was a time when I felt inhibited by the Sun!: A poem “

I’m sorry, English is not my language; I have my own unique lingo!: A poem 

Do you conjecture I only waste words on my blogsite  while I am always silent in a manner of speaking?  Is that golden? The brashness of putting the truth  down on paper, is that it will always be used as evidence  against you by treacherous conspirators! So do you think  I am baulked between bastions? I can beContinue reading “I’m sorry, English is not my language; I have my own unique lingo!: A poem “

This January, This May, This September!: A poem 

When I lived in the northern hemisphere,  in a land of spice, milk and honey, I respected  the mild-tempered January, the heat of May   and the equanimity of September. As if their  ambience remained illustratively pervading  all through the year. Like a waterless rain of   love, and more significantly, a reign. Like  childhood’s enchanted chrysalis forming every   day. MumContinue reading “This January, This May, This September!: A poem “