Gifted a Day
Don't regret, never mind
The day you have left behind
A beautiful night is in wait for you
For dreaming again hoping anew!
Feel blessed that you got to stay
To live and love for another day
To rise again and see the sun
Get to do what's still undone.
Know it is from god a gift
To renew your spirit and give it a lift!
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The World Will Move On
The lashing rain beat down on them
The three puppies huddled and moaned
There was no warmth worth its name
The clouds thundered as they lay disowned!
Death stared stark and cold on their face
Insignificant little ones in the life’s race
The world will move on without these three
Only with them will die a part of me!
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Sentiment
Just when the dog dug its nose
In frantic search for food
Deep into the garbage,
I saw a luring cleavage.
But it didn't mend my wounds.
Just when I saw the caged bird
Giving the sky a moist look,
I saw her hazel hair
Flying in the air,
But it didn't soothe my heart.
They don't heal anymore
Me and my damned sentiment!
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The Evening Stillness
A lonely evening on a lakeside
I stole a chunk of stillness.
Carried it through a clinking city
Stored it in the heart’s corner
Where no noise could touch it!
The stillness has grown a goliath -
Endures night’s coolness and day’s warmth
Camouflages the thunder inside….
No more the evening stillness on a lakeside!
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A Journey
The dream hangs heavy in the air,
Heavier still is the burden on his back,
The child trudges along the dusty road
His mother in tow –
The sun rises and sets on him
A child, a boy, a man
The burden shifting between the back and the heart!
They try desperately to reach out to light,
Before the darkness wears them out.
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Dignity
How many are there
That can quietly put up with death
Stoically going through the pain
A stubbornness to make death envious
Of life and the living!
How many are there
That can count up to end
Breathes where others see death
Holds on when there seems nothing to hold onto
As if to tell, ‘life is no pity, it’s dignity’!
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Why The Tears I Shed?
Why the tears I shed?
Hunger is around,
I'm well fed.
Why the tears I shed?
The fire has gone out,
Warm is my bed.
Why the tears I shed?
Love is without sense,
On me lies her head.
Why the tears I shed?
The living is on alms,
Aplenty is my bread.
Why the tears I shed?
Life seeks mercy,
More blessed is the dead.
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Mind's Fossil
Catch the thoughts knocking your mind
Once they go you won't ever find
Catch the dreams floating in moonlight
They will be gone with the coming of daylight.
Your thoughts and dreams are momentary
Engrave their imprints in your poetry
For in a faraway time when the soil they till
They will find the poetry as your mind's fossil.
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A Brief Rain
A short sweet rain
Washed clean the sky
In the emerging moon's lust
Glowed the splendent dust.
The earth begged for a drop
Said the soil "it was my call"
Their joy would not stop
The leaves drank them all.
The rain was without might
Feeble its spell was brief
Yet it revived a summer night
As life's succour and relief.
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With You Always
If I die just this moment
Mount me not on your wall
Remember the time together spent
Hide me in your heart as a pearl!
If I die just this moment
Don't mourn or shed a tear
Feel how much I meant
To you in the years together!
If I die just this moment
Hold me tight in your mind
Think as if I'm present
Always there for you to find!
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