I don’t like this love business,
It is not a fair game.
It takes one to fall in love,
But involves two in the equation;
And, requires only one to call it quits!
It happens in an instant,
With your head not anywhere in the picture.
And, when one walks out,
It takes a life time to mend your broken heart;
Of course with the full help of your head!
© Bharathi Devi
Jul 17, 2016
Jul 17, 2016 at 11:39 PM UTC
Without you, what do I have?
In you, my mind has settled,
In my eyes, my dreams are imprisoned.
Day and night, in unbearable anguish have I waited,
But, just the bitter pain of separation, you have brought.
Never did you see what my heart yearned.
When all I wanted was light from you,
It is only darkness that you have filled me with.
Open my inner colors with your ray of love,
And bring hopes of life into my barren heart.
Release me from this anxiety by unchaining me,
I will have a new life with you,
I will see a new world through you.
~ Translation to English by Bharathi
From Kannada: "ನೀನಿಲ್ಲದೆ ನನಗೇನಿದೆ?" by M. N. Vyasa Rao.
Jul 17, 2016
Jul 17, 2016 at 7:29 PM UTC
Love did not come knocking on my door
Asking my permission to enter my heart
And live there rent free
By pushing other occupants out.
If it had, I probably would not have allowed it.
Love did not come asking my permission,
To allow you in my life and in my thoughts.
It just entered my mind like a wild fire,
started destroying my other thoughts
And monopolized my life.
No, I did not have any say in this
Whole business, else
I would have researched, as usual,
And done a thorough thinking
Using my logic and reasoning;
And, I’d still be free of all this pain.
©Bharathi Devi
May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016 at 3:18 PM UTC
Hey you, don’t you recognize me?
I am the same old person you used to
know a couple of months ago.
I would not come grabbing you,
Or take things for granted,
If you just smiled and said hello!
Just because you suddenly changed your path,
Without turning on any indicator,
Don’t expect me to so quickly break,
Change my gears, switch on my turn signals
Take a U-turn and drive away;
And forget that I ever saw you!
© Bharathi Devi
Apr 30, 2016
Apr 30, 2016 at 11:43 AM UTC
Once upon a time, not long ago,
A seed of an idea flying from the land afar,
Took deep root in my fertile imagination!
There was no reason and it was no season,
But the seed sprouted and thrived!
There was some sunshine and some rain,
Enough for it to grow wild and wide –
But, the climate was not meant to be.
It engulfed my existence,
disconnected my reasoning,
It was self-sustaining!
I was basking in its beauty;
With its branches spread all over me,
I couldn’t see the world outside.
Then it started withering and dying,
For reasons I cannot explain.
The sunshine vanished,
Raindrops evaporated.
It took a while for me to realize that
All I have left is, just
A ghost of my imagination!
©Bharathi Devi
Oct 31, 2015
Oct 31, 2015 at 1:21 PM UTC
Mirage it was, I ran behind it.
Locked the logic and reasoning,
yielded to my stupid heart!
However much I tried to reach, it alluded.
But, I could see it beckoning.
As I ran towards it,
it was running away from me.
Finally, it just vanished,
No more visible!
I agree it was a mirage,
But, why did I fail to see it before?
Next time, I will lock my heart!
~©Bharathi Devi
Aug 24, 2015
Aug 24, 2015 at 11:59 PM UTC
I can say I will climb the highest mountain for you,
But the highest I have climbed may be my neighborhood tree!
I can sing I will swim the deepest ocean with you,
But I always swam at the shallow end of the pool!
I can say I will run a marathon with you,
But, since I always walked, I may continue doing that.
I can say every day I will write a poem for you,
But, the last poem I wrote backfired magnificently.
So, all I can say is if I started it, and if you want it,
I will carry it forward as far as a human like me could…
©Bharathi Devi
Aug 1, 2015
Aug 1, 2015 at 3:12 PM UTC
If only you had given me a chance…
My dear friend, if I can call you so,
If only you had told me what was on your mind,
On that day when we talked and walked,
If only you had told me what bothered you…
From my side, I have always
respected and admired you, for who
you are and what you have achieved.
I know I can be a pain in the neck!
But, may be my memory is fading,
I do not recall doing anything to hurt you,
Neither do I recall you asking me to get lost!
I would have appreciated the honesty,
Which I am sure you have in plenty.
It hurts me more not to know than
being treated like such a sorry *******
But if it was something that I could have clarified,
In my own clumsy way; I am just wondering...
How would it have evolved?
If only you had given me a chance…
©Bharathi Devi
Jul 28, 2015
Jul 28, 2015 at 7:55 PM UTC