My Life’s Outcome

   My Life’s Outcome One by one they goBreaking me into piecesLeaving me to collectAnd slowly get upI doTo liveBut now a jigsaw puzzlewrongly fixedI am so tiredI feel cheatedand trickedA mess I have becomeMy life’s outcome. Sunita Grover Raina

MY DESTINY

  MY DESTINY My destiny was kept nicely rolledOn a five feet long Papyrus scrollOpened to have a peep at itFound already getting tattered in bitsMaybe a signal to me was sentTo search it out and read the contentWhy then it appeared this time todayWhat can I say , I have nothing to sayI clicked […]

THEN THAT WOULD BE IT

  THEN THAT WOULD BE IT What is goal ?Not a want of soulIt is the ego which searchesAt achievements lurchesDreams its projectionsIts own reflectionLife needs no goalJust live it in wholeTake what it givesLife in it livesFor the end is, ‘rest in peace’Be always at easeIs existence searching a goalExpanding universe ever unrollsHad they achieved […]

SOMETIMES

SOMETIMES Sometimes it is difficult to sayConnected we are, in somewayThere is not an answer for everythingHeart knows clearly, what it is seekingPainful it is, if questions are askedFeel like being, unnecessarily taskedFor no answers to it, I can clearly giveI will somehow have to accept this, to liveFor if stating your true feelingsLooks to […]

BALANCE

BALANCE   One day, crying out to God for mercy, The snake arrived. With a request creeping up, She asked: “God, I’m tired of crawling, Well, make heart melt, From my beauty to all men.”   Having fulfilled the request, the Creator told her: “You will remain a snake and in female form, And you […]

DON’T GIVE FLOWERS

DON’T GIVE FLOWERS.   Don’t give flowers, dear friend, don’t give them! Do not call to the gardens in the spring under the moon, Don’t whisper words to me, don’t whisper gentle words, Life has passed by, and love has passed by…   I saw it today… you and her, … with another,.. The looks […]

Curb the uninvited Cains

Curb the uninvited Cains   I would like a light song about tenderness, I would like to be a bird on a long journey, Yes, the desire to fulfill the cherished, Yes, the anxiety is high.   Walk over the edge of the cliff, To make the heart beat violently, Clutching a handkerchief like a […]

Half A Face

Half A Face The lonely moonThe sky is alive with bright hues of orange, Yellow, and grayBeneath the dark green cedar treeIt is quiet on the bench where we sitThinking darkness is just another shade of lightInhaling deepYou clear your throat, stand upWipe tears and begin to sing lyrics in a broken voiceTelling stories of unfulfilled […]

Almost Perfect

Almost Perfect Without any centremy true self peels offin layers ofmemories, dreams, desires–some experienced,others unfulfilled. I remember notbeing myselfmy thoughtsand promisesyours or mine. I will be myselfthe day I catch the windswith my fingersto become firewith a passionate glow,melt and crystallizeinto a rare and perfect glass. ~ Ashok K. BhargavaVancouver, Canada.

My Dear, darling Matilda

My Dear, darling Matilda My dear, dear beautiful Matilda. I love you. I see you and all the things you do.You left, And I know why, you were sparing yourself all the pain. The pain, the pain, the pain, That you screamed at us about. I saw it. I hold nothing against you.You live in […]