They are leaving today, the immigrants!
The road they were building is incomplete,
But the trees lie uprooted , withering cupped leaves
On spread out branches begging.to die.
The sun is reluctant today,
I ask him why.
"Will you shine on me this fall?"
"I will try" he said,
"But you live beyond the high wall"
Nov 9, 2016
Nov 9, 2016 at 10:37 AM UTC
Dear son I am dying
So you may live!
I couldn't pay for your son's school fees,
The deepawali sweets and crackers
And your wife's saree,
Nor could I buy you the500cc
Enfield Bullet.I had promised.
My revised pension hasn't yet come.
They have told me to wait,
But I know you can't.
Deepawali crackers are costlier this year
With the boycott of Chinese goods
A big price for patriotism.
My friends tell me that if I die
They will turn me
Into a symbol,
Something very big and important.
Somewhere elections are just round the corner,
There will be a statue
And money and job for you.
They say.
I must die for you to live.
I have lived my life.
Sorry son, I had much to say
But they tell me to hurry.
The facilitator has another appointment to keep
If only I could go with a bullet in my heart
And a few pakis at my feet
And not a sip from the hemlock tree!
Do not gamble with the money you get,
This Deepawali, pay Dipu's fees,
Buy a plot of land,
Take mother to Haridwar.
And yes, get the money and the job
Immediately after I die, least they forget.
They will promise the world.
They will come, don't worry, make them pay,
Insects always do when there is light.
They call me
I must go
You live..
Nov 4, 2016
Nov 4, 2016 at 3:32 AM UTC
I want to **** myself.
Why?
Because
I
Want
To
LIVE!
Oct 22, 2016
Oct 22, 2016 at 1:18 PM UTC
I had never lived
Until I had known fear.
Life was a blurry rush
Until fear slowed it down
Very slow,
For reflection
And dissection.
You have to fear death
To cling to life sufficiently.
The Count got it wrong, you see.
Oct 22, 2016
Oct 22, 2016 at 1:05 PM UTC
I can no longer sing
They have taken my voice away
I cannot write
They have chopped my fingers
The lies, your lies and theirs
Threaten to wrench away my life.
What would you do or
What would you say?
Debate, take out a rally,
Score brownie points with friends
On WhatsApp and facebook
Sipping on the finest scotch.
They didn't take my eyes away,
Nor my legs. I can see and run
Just run and run
I run..
Oct 22, 2016
Oct 22, 2016 at 11:53 AM UTC
The old man is dead
His two shadows and the apparition
Looking on anxious,horrified and relieved.
Finally the son is of any use
Lighting the pyre emboldened by the fire
Raging in his throat and belly
Lived so alone with the two shadows
And the apparition. But, a jolly crowd
To bathe his sins and embalm his skin
With ghee. Tea and *** passing hands,
***** and tobacco smoke unlocking
The mind. Nephew in epiphany, discovers
The soul did not escape through the mouth
But through the *******
Defective death, needs prayashchit.
13 days! Too long to atone for a
Life time of neglect! The kulin hands
The old man chose for his only son
Finally stirs, a feast for the departed soul
Offered at twilight under a banyan tree
By the holy bank.
Ahhh! Moksha!
I wonder, for whom.
The apparition struggles to raise a hand,
A cry, while the shadows melt away.
Oct 22, 2016
Oct 22, 2016 at 9:01 AM UTC
I fall upon the thorns of life I bleed,
But, I never was as strong as he
Nor did I drink life to the lees
I am happy to have my wife by my side,
The child playing with me
And see the baby smile.
But, alas cruel fate!
I have no kingdom to bequeath,
Nor any spark to ignite new minds.
No intended harm,nor malice,
No quest for success, only peace.
Destiny please don't test me,
I am tired and spent,
Just let me go gently into the good night.
I
May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016 at 9:34 PM UTC
There is so much hope in her little heart
But very little around
Walmart and a credit card won't do.
Crumbling hearts and crumbling homes,
But steadfast hope still counts and,
And a little bit of adhesive love.
Apr 24, 2016
Apr 24, 2016 at 8:10 AM UTC
Why did you have to come
And course through my dry veins
Did you not know that they would catch fire
Or did you just not care?
Why did you creep into my dusty bones
And seep into my decaying marrow
Did you not know that it would catch fire
Or did you just not care?
These ancient ruins cannot house a sirocco
The more you try to arrange the bricks
The more you scatter.
In your desperation to embrace the cracks
There is even more chaos
But still I welcome you
I welcome you haha!
I welcome the fire in my *****
One final roar
One final hurrah!
One final ******** explosion
Than fading silently into oblivion,
So burn me!
Apr 20, 2016
Apr 20, 2016 at 3:27 AM UTC
When we were young,
Boys and girls don't always play.
Until we're a little older,
It's a game of love's chase.
Typical of dawn and dusk,
They never happen at the same interval.
Unless you look at it from God's perspective,
Where the time is only one in peripheral.
Even if we rarely see each other,
Like the sun and moon,
After a thousand of falling stars,
We'll cross paths soon.
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From children to adults,
From morning to night.
I'll be your lunar love,
And you'll be my moonlight.
Apr 17, 2016
Apr 17, 2016 at 9:37 PM UTC