Shy (An Etheree)

He
Loves me?
Loves me not?
Rose petals cry
then laugh painfully.
What a way to decide!
Lover's fate rests in plucking
the petals, counting one by one
as one shuns to disclose intentions
matters of heart no game of pretentions.

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Random Poetic Thoughts

Life

sand squeezed in hand
slipping involuntarily
merging with sand,
ultimately.

Peace

everyone wants
only some,
foot the bill.

Death

disguised serial killer
striking at will.

War

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Hope

Hope, don't betray me
clinging, I survive.

Hope, don't overpower me
Clutching, I overestimate

Hope, don't be an illusion
Chasing, I get shattered.

Hope, don't raise expectations
Setbacks, I can't endure.
----o------

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Misconception

Not leaving
footprints
on the sand
since
getting washed
away
now and then
and to be
construed
as having none.
Leaving those
on the
core of
our lives
are enough.
What for
our hearts
exist then?
--x----x-
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Misguided

Born
with
clean slate
and
flattering
innocence.

Flowering
homo-sapien
succumbs
to
vices.

Conscience
fighting
tooth and nail,
fail.

Pleasure of

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Mother

Happy Mother's Day
------
Mother
A knight in armour
shielding her baby
from vagaries of life
getting herself embroiled
in hassels of bringing the baby up
weathering all storms
in the process
enjoying no recess.
---0----
copyright/children of lot God/Tribhawan Kaul

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Reincarnation of a Flower

Offer me not in temples
worship me not with gods
pluck me not and kill
let me wither on the branch itself
fading away, won’t die still.

Living in seeds
will sprout again
under the heaps
transmigrating into buds
then to flowers
spreading fragrance
all round and everywhere.

(2010)

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Awareness

Conscience
Thou art mystery
Love thy yet
Whisper out loud
Open sim sim
Thou allow one
Knowing the code
Thou feel to open
Thou fly
Thou dance
Thou swim
Thou play
Thou thrive on Truth
Truth nothing but the Truth
Discarding worn coat
In oblivion
Thou merge
With infinity
For the time being.

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True Love

A true love is
Neither lust nor greed nor desire
It is divine building of emotions
Standing tall with
Foundation of trust
Bricks of feeling
Cement of sensitivity
Pillars of grace
A true love flourishes then
Bearing fruit
Ripens
It is evolution
And evolution evolves
A birth of a new creation

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The(Her) Curse

Modesty outraged
perpetrators unmindful of pain
flame fighting to sustain.

None cares ofcourse
media demanding action
soon to be in oblivion.

Culprits roaming free
a goat bleats hoarse
law taking its own course

Victim curses the God,
“ be a girl incarnate
bear the cross, curse fate.”

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