Lonesome

Pain creeps in stealthily,and
Dispels my loneliness
I am not alone anymore!
I see my shadow on the wall
As it listens impassively
To my soliloquy
My soul cringes
As my heart questions;
I hurriedly craft a lie
And,
A smile…

Storm Shaken

She was hibernating,
 oblivious of the storm
 seething, and
preparing to blow her away.
startled, she was roused
by the clap of thunder;
In her dream she had,but,
heard an applause

Delusions were shaken,
rather rudely
and she sprang up to starkness
of reality

Your Unwritten Poem

You hold a poem in your heart
the one that you wrote on a
 rain soaked day
when the clouds obliged us
with a much blessed spray

You still have it
tucked somewhere in your orbit

Your eyes and your sighs
your  lows and your highs
give you away

In your verses
you hold your love
and my nonchalance.
Your words,but, convey
no grievance.

Several notes exchange hands
 you write some
and recite some
Only
one poem remains
silent
you hold it,  tucked
in the parenthesis!

The Elusive Rainbow

I stole a patch of sun
while you were hibernating
I wished you to wake up
to light
The sun burned and melted
in my palm
You refused to stir.

You awoke to
the clap of thunder.
The sky wore the gloom,
the rain fell in sheets.
You pranced in joy!
I still stood
holding the patch of Sun

Soon the deluge
threatened to
drown you,
drown us.
You looked worried
but not beaten
I took refuge in my faith;
you let your belief
carry you away.

You still  have the rain,
I still carry the sun.
The rainbow,but gives us
the miss!

The Ring of Moon

When the moon came down
descending upon the earthlings
She hung over the bridge
across the dusty city sky.
No poets she came across
who wrote for her the odes
No painters came by her
who brought her alive
on their canvas boards

The moon lay waiting
for lovers to come seeking
the inspiration
that made them croon
the love songs

Forlorn ,it stayed put
a halo illuminating
the drab earth
and then, after eons
it rose steadily
before the greedy earth
could suck her
in its decadence
So, majestically it rose
and slowly faded
behind the clouds

Stormy Soul

Do you understand the storms?
They rage across your sky
deafening roars piercing hearts
Their ferocity tears you apart

Do storms have souls?
the restless,
agonised souls
waiting for a reprieve.
as they take your leave.

The skies, too, have emotional outbursts
ripping at the seams
like minds,
tormented minds
screaming minds.

Do storms have hearts?
do they seethe, feel
too stifled to breathe

I hold them inside me
hiding them from skies
hiding them in my lies
But they betray me
as they cloud my eyes
with a strange grayness
The doors of my heart
rattle,dangerously
shaking the core
faith threatened,
uprooted
The wait for storm to pass
goes on, nevertheless
The lull,afterwards
howls.

Do you understand
the silences
after the storms
cold to feel,gray to see
eerie silences scream loud
The uninhabited planet,
that I call heart
seeks relief 

After Me...

Will you
shed a tear or two
the day I bid my
last goodbye?

Will it rain on that day
falling with abandon?
I have always liked
the passion of a downpour!

Or, will the leaves,
dried out and
weathered,
fall over the place
I had claimed as mine

Will you,
place beside me
a bouquet of my verses?

Some had brought me smiles
others had made me cry
some I wrote for you
and the ones I did not show

There are some
I wrote in love
fragrant, and exquisite
as vintage lace
Pluck them please
keep them close to you in
some place

Don't get for me exotic flowers
for them,there will be
no room
I never lived as a rose
They called me a wild bloom