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Second Thought

Posted in Literature on Oct 31st, 2009 2 Comments »

Either way, we will neglect
this guesswork.
Swimming in the stream
of people encapsulated
in their self-made walls.
Jammed in traffic
of clues and hints,
lip synching the same
old line of self-defense.
A justification
followed by explanations.
Why do we choose to stay
the same?
 
For you, love is
a crossword puzzle
deciphering codes
stitching words.
If words would say rightly
the true meaning from the heart.
Then, we don’t need
a second chance
to [...]

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Birthday Candle

Posted in Current Affairs, Literature on Oct 19th, 2009 3 Comments »

There will be a single spark of light.
But not from the stars. Because even them,
they have shied away and have forgotten.
Here, only from my birthday candle
casting shadows waltzing the wall
and the chilly wind whistling a tune,
sending wisps of wishes, for tonight.
While the rest of the world snoozes
in its deafening silence. Getting used
with the normalcy of [...]

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Paper Boats

Posted in Literature, Memoirs on Oct 16th, 2009 1 Comment »

There was a time in our lives
when we thought of the raincloud
as omen, spoiling the day
for us to play in the open.
 
The rain fills the street canals like rivers.
And if it has stopped, then hurriedly,
we rip pages from our notepads
to make us- paper boats.
 
We were so young then.
 
We are fond of races. We will race [...]

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An Everyman’s Tragedy

Posted in Current Affairs, Literature on Oct 15th, 2009 1 Comment »

I have tried everything I was taught
to do. Trying to fit in the world
by becoming someone who,
I am not. An everyman.
 
What’s going on? How tragic
is this shallow happiness
becoming emptiness, seeking
where is the enlightenment?
 
Punch me hard to bleed.
Hit me more. Be harsh to me
like a nihilist. Obliterate
my every apprehensions.
 
Pull me away from this reality,
sheltered in [...]

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Stamps And Postmarks

Posted in Literature, Memoirs on Oct 12th, 2009 2 Comments »

Beyond the years and graying hairs
I am keeping in a book of dreams.
 
Like dried leaves and dried petals
flooding my way  to the mailbox,
togetherness is just one simple note
of words handwritten in a page.
 
And in my dreams I am trading places
of happy photographs and postcards.
Those promises that fill my head
I am dreaming still. Wondering
 
what’s like to [...]

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Immersion

Posted in Current Affairs, Literature, Religion on Oct 3rd, 2009 2 Comments »

You lied to me about baptism. The intoxication
and its sinful concoction sweating from some bottles
whose name sounds like a saint I worshipped
night after night. 
 
I gulped down gallons like the torrential rains outside.
Submerged in the bubble of nameless strangers
in the watering hole. Kindred souls searching
for some kind of salvation.
 
The cloud of smoke, its humid and hazy [...]

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