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68 · Apr 2022
RESULT
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
Staying positive hoping
The outcome will be welcome
Being negative without faith
The outcome if going to be filled with problems
State of mind either way
Will the final result change
Better frame of mind
For us to be in
Vibe spreading has value
One better than the other  is construed
Best is to stay neutral
Not for not against
Thus remaining non judgemental
The results them don't bother us
As both sides we are prepared for any result
68 · Aug 2021
MIND
KV Srikanth Aug 2021
Mind that dwells
Can't it
Mind that builds
Can't it sculpt
Mind that accumulates
Can't it segregate
Mind that associates
Can't it seperate
Mind that evolves
Can't it dissolve
Mind that rewinds
Can't it just unwind
Mind that extrapolates
Can't it stay present
Mind that's filled without fear
Can't it change gear
Mind that thinks
Can't it feel
68 · Jan 2021
MENTOR IN MANOHAR
KV Srikanth Jan 2021
Heard the name
not met the man
Knew the other thirty nine
Not presented with an occasion
Home or Station
Year book only hook
4 lines gave an idea
Became in awe
As everyone saw
Unanimous verdict
Sheer genius
Word was ubiquitous
Delivered without prejudice
An often misused word
This time  seemed to hold
Held in great esteem
By my brother
Did ofcourse matter
Curious I became
To meet his mate
Never did
Thought it fate
Introduced finally
Interacted socially
Description was a reality
Indeed was of high quality
Took a cue
From my nephew
Personality Coach
Another facet to behold
I want to meet Manohar
My lacking had to be addressed
My brother helped getting acquainted
Felt warmth and trust
Hit it off in the first
Felt at home
Became a second home
Wanted to accomplish
My goal
Bared my heart and soul
Addressed one by one
Always on the point
Fast on the grasp
Tough In his analysis
Got me out of paralysis
Sessions were lessons
Profound to the core
Took it upon as his onus
Cheese sticks and coffee a bonus
Bike rides became exciting
Speaks volumes of the training
Thinking Perception  Perspective Attitude
Changed multitude
Eye opening sessions
Happened by the dozen
Grateful to have a brother
Who went to Xavier
Became friends with Manohar
Became my Mentor
Changed my life forever
68 · Mar 2022
PAIN
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Conflict in the heart
Mind shifting gears
Heart and Mind at War
Pain that affects wholly and completely
Cannot be ignored
Tests your strength
A tenant who goes away
Seeking permanence by force
Time clears it away
Time teaches the way
Both can be true
Causing to feel blue
Teaches tolerance &  endurance
There for a reason
Can hurt and stay
Can hurt and change
Hurt is medicine
Leaves you stronger
When it leaves you
Rugged weary and beautiful
Living with pain
Gives life meaning
Numbing the process
Running away from it
Waiting at the finish line
Becomes the starting line
Tears the medicine
Balancing the pain
Tears dry away
Taking along the aches away
Pain the polish used to
Brush our souls to shine
Escaping from pain
Causes more pain than pain
68 · May 2022
LET GO
KV Srikanth May 2022
Different thought process
On an issue of importance
Or for convenience
Forming an opinion
Fact and reason
Not necessarily present
A matter of taste
Each going either way
Appealing and attractive
Worshipping the narrative
A matter of the heart
Thought process takes no part
Logic or Taste
Thought or Emotion
Mind or Heart
Or sometimes both at work
Expressing oneself once
Is more than enough
A forceful reenforcement
Changes the equation
Dissent dispute altercation
Relationship ends in a dead end
Best available solution
Not to be in contention
Convincing the person
Not an occupation
Respect the opinion
Stop the conversation
Peace of mind
Bigger than a seeming victory
On any bone of contention
67 · Jun 2021
LIFESTYLE
KV Srikanth Jun 2021
Water to be heated
Used fire and a funnel
To turn up the heat
Barrels of cold water
Taken after every shower

Grinder and mixie
Even in imagination not to be
Block of stone
Weighing  a million pounds
Used as base over a grinding stone

Concept of a fridge
Did not exist
Water in mud pots
Kept them from being hot
Innovative methods adopted
To stop food from getting spoilt

Only channel telecast
Duration limited to after sunset
Televisions not in color
Sundays awaited to watch what was broadcast

Radio broadcast in AM
No stations in FM
Sports commentaries its staple
Movie songs at set timings for the people

Joint family system
10 members in a house minimum
Only one washroom available
Air conditioned rooms seemed like a fable
Sleeping on a mattress with mosquito menace
Or lying on the terrace with temperatures like a furnace

Apart from this
Always a visitor
Never made to feel like an outsider
Part of the household treated like a family member

Telephone in the house
Made you famous
Recieving calls for neighbors
Registering and installing would take years

Cycles used in turns
Elders get the first chance
By the time you get yours
Atleast a week would pass
Mode of transport for decades
Riding one a matter of great pride

Washing of clothes
Every backyard had a Stone
Cleaning of utensils
Done with hands clean and simple

Buses plying with overload
People hanging on footboards
School bag and lunch bag in tow
Hop on to it the next will carry more

Rich or poor didn't matter
Every household life didn't alter
Not many choices in the offer
In case of rains power failure regular

Theaters showing movies
There by the dozen
Playing different languages
Giving the viewers choices

Types of cars
Only 3 were made
Anything else on the road
Was a miracle to behold
Two different types
Limited in bikes
One better than the other
Races to pick the winner

Star hotels in the city
Maximum was three
Not yet fully ready
Visiting them a once in a lifetime opportunity

Daily mornings waited
For the newspapers with bated breath
Number of publishers very limited
English or vernacular selected
Sports events to be updated
2 days late but never minded

This was the life
Led by most of us
Southern most part of India
Life led  for decades with no paraphernalia

No one complained
Nothing was explained
Lived with what we had
Content and never compared
67 · Jun 2021
WAYS
KV Srikanth Jun 2021
What is yours
Will meet you midway
As long as you
Don't stand in its way
Or stand in your own way
Having no way as way
Way without way showing the way
67 · Apr 2022
RAT
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
RAT
Friends from childhood
Ignored and abandoned
Grew up concomitantly
Yet so differently

Days of hunger
Hanging around at a film theatre
Pocket picking only option
Do the deed with hope of escaping

Passing the purse
To his friend an accomplice
Tries to flee the scene
Before doing an act so obscene

Cought by the public
Mind and body static
The friend does not panic
Hides the wallet under the car wheels

Cought red handed
Turns the tables single handed
Lays the blame on his friend
And claims total innocence

The accomplice under the radar
Beaten up and questioned by the public at large
Questioned if he took it
Denies it vehemently

Forced to return the stolen wallet
Doesn't think even for a minute
Claims innocence of its whereabouts
Doesn't help in easing the people's doubts

Finally grilled if his friend did the act
Replies I have no idea about  the fact
Death at you doorstep never rat
Learnt from this young boy whose character is intact

Did you take it
No
Did your friend take it
I don't know
Where is the wallet
Which wallet
You ll be beaten to death
Go ahead
67 · Feb 2022
MARQUEE
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
A theatre Marquee
Name of the Star above the title
Black letters on a white board arranged with the rating
The seats according to prizes listed
Red letters with the  word Full
Attesting that theres no room
Green letters signalling the availability
Nothing brought more pleasure
In standing outside a movie theater
Gazing at the Poster
Staring at the life size cut outs of its star
Wish life started and ended in between the walls of these movie halls
67 · Jan 2022
GAMBLING
KV Srikanth Jan 2022
What will you bet
Odds given to test
A Gamblers favorite duet
For any fact unchecked

Not confined to anything
Everything open for betting
Favoured or Against the setting
Adrenaline pumping his heart beating

Addiction without substance
Outcome decision decides competence
Caution thrown along with consequence
Thrill in the middle the dopamine

Heightened desire to predict
Reward circuit of the brain genetic
Lack of control over the results ironic
Becoming finally their own critic

Adds style to personality
Shows confidence artificially
Living on the edge fatally
Comes across very attractively


Excitement Fear Elation and depression
All without a substance in possession
Friends and Family fearful of the repetition
99 to 1 the odds that they'll quit.
The odds I'll give for every quid
Only even quality Is the odds
House always wins never thought
Debt and dishonour left at last
Post script in recovering them all is lost
66 · Apr 2022
PRAYER
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
If God already knows
What is good for us
Then why pray to god
If everything is an action reaction equation
How does prayer help the situation
If everything is predetermined
The whole task of Prayer is undermined
In the long run we are dead anyway
Why not look the other way
If skill  determines what we get
How is prayer going to be of any help
66 · Mar 2022
HALF CHANCE
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Intelligence is guessing
The others thinking
Turning out right
Accident or Statistical probability
Logical reasoning the meter
Used to judge clinically
Logical nightmare called life
Outcome how can one navigate
In the wrong side
Branded immediately as
Living in a fools paradise
Out thinking the other
Used by Military commanders
Which side of Waterloo
Decides whether you are intelligent or a fool
66 · Jan 2022
LOCKDOWN
KV Srikanth Jan 2022
Anyway to skip a day
A week without a Sunday
The Beatles wanted one more
Wish it were one less

Every second seems an hour
Lockdown  bring the pressure
Mind racing with thoughts
Day still looks like a time warp

Within the 4 walls
Outside patrolling squads
Most welcome day of the week
Not a soul on the street



Alone with the phone
Keep the mind in sanity zone
Government taking precautions
No change in the outcome of the situation

Social duty for all
To be in solitary
Way to stop the spread
Of the virus we dread

Downside declared as death
A fact not a matter of faith
Carrier a title in the chain
Most avoidable terrain

Never ending affair
Causing universal despair
Blame game fair and square
A cross all have to bear

Infected pays the price
Reason let the conscience decide
Guilt of spreading begets Malice
Mindless  conduct rendering breathless
66 · Jun 2021
TRAVEL
KV Srikanth Jun 2021
An unreal reality
Picture perfect scenery
Quest for company
Tragic and illusionary
Sequential and Dreamy
Wake up and smell the coffee

Seeking the origin
The path travelled within
Water of the roads
Reflecting the lamps glow
Guiding light on a dark night
Drop the ego and  walk alone


Water on the roads
Reflecting the moon
Two souls hand in hand
Hearts reflecting the souls
Moonlight from the sky and its image below
Show the path to the one soul which was two before
66 · Jun 2021
USE
KV Srikanth Jun 2021
USE
Rain in the ocean
Moon in the forest
what does it do at best
food when hungry
Friendship in distress
Is what brings out your best
65 · Jul 2021
THEATER
KV Srikanth Jul 2021
Providing a Stage for the Actor
Who unleashes his alter ego playing the character
Make up on his face a mask
Juxtaposing real and unreal a difficult task
If world is the theatre staging plays
Tickets not needed to watch this drama
Theater seems more real atleast the make up is on
Actor facing the dichotomy is infact not acting when curtain is up
65 · Jul 2021
SPORTS
KV Srikanth Jul 2021
Pompous in Victory
Depressed in Defeat
Extreme in Emotions
Either results not bad

Play the game
Establish your name
Along comes fame
Getting carried away the bane

Play the game
Fullest of ability
****** in loosing
No harm in falling

Play the game
Focus the process
Don't decide the outcome
Best attitude in producing the optimum

Apart from practising
Daily basis learning
Eye on improving
Hopefully change the ending

Skill sets different
Available options varying
Comparison with competition
Most avoidable provision

Set own standards
Ratification doesn't matter
Surrender to the game
Reap rewards in the bargain

Take into consideration
Each a unique combination
Output limited due to limitations
Doesn't change the situation

The game gives returns
On integrity that's shown
Your time will come
To fulfill what you want to become

Not the expected results
Years spent in achieving a status
Never consider as time wasted
Harvest delayed never denied
65 · Feb 2022
WONDER
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
Setting up a goal
Future now a post
Wanting to be that
Without knowing what
To work towards an unknown
It remains till it becomes a known
How do you know a unknown
Will fetch you the throne
Basis for deciding a destination
Never visited before
Calling it as ambition
Justifying the action
How does one decide
To do what he does
Calls it life's purpose
Wouldn't he have been there in the first
Peer pressure a reason
Following the footsteps
Necessarily need not lead to the same doorstep
Carefully watch your step
Don't know the end result
What is it that drives
To be one step ahead
To be the best
Rather than just to survive
Chosen Target to achieve
Felt passionately naturally
Target it ceases to become
It has to be your own
Can happen at any point
Trial and error method not wrong
Clarity a overrated virtue
Irony that there can be clarity
Never been there already
Always wondered how
People know why
Laying foundation for their future
Not sure if the building is coming up anywhere closer
65 · Feb 2022
RODEO
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
Some people live life
Rest only hide from it
Heart on the sleeve
Facing the heat
Relishing every moment
Counting it as a blessing
Cought in the downpour
Walking through the desert
They threw the dice
Number that comes up
Decides their fate
Living life is a blind date
Work out any which way
Bail out of the date
Life still happens anyway
Afraid to climb the mountains
Standing below wondering about slipping
Doesn't change anything
Facing the fear lot less painful
Than Running away from it
Swinging on the pendulum
On both ends of the spectrum
What happens in between
Is the life that's destined
Dealt with cards wanting to fold
The folded card still gets its due
64 · May 2021
STREET LIGHTS
KV Srikanth May 2021
Darkness keeps its date
Sunlight completely erased City lights  bright
Nightime security
Street lights stands alone with all its beauty

The vibrations of the night
Does  give you a fright
Night makes you a different man
A lot more time in your hands

Silence of the night
Darkness in sight
Not logical
Street light does it
Making it magical

Moon and his friend
Moon spreading its glow
Street Lights adding to it from below
Perched on a post inherent in its flow

Romancing the night
Its light shining bright
Pavement dwellers delight
Lone traveller paths  highlight

Poor mans best friend
Unable to continue education
Homeless without a roof
Row of lights stand proof
Sharing its soul
Future failure proof

Do their duty
Equanimity their quality
Differentiates nobody
Shines on all equally

Prescense adds beauty
To the roads and the city
Rainy night it adds glory
Presents a picture perfect story

Removes the sorrow
Hope's for a better morrow
Street light stands like the Sphinx
Living under it soon to break your jinx
64 · Feb 2022
INVEST
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
Any thought or act
Will come back
Invest in goodness
Gratitude the gestation
If Returns not interested
Interest rates given by Almighty
Not fathomable by any Society
64 · Jul 2021
GOD BLESS AMERICA
KV Srikanth Jul 2021
4th of July
free worlds independence day
stars and stripes
respect and pride
makes the hair stand straight
very mention gives the opponents fright
50 states one nation
the names very mention
gives the identity
along with the sanctity
salute the flag
worship the sand
pray to the rivers
make the country great
along with people of character
citizenship is tough
earn it
most valuable possession  on earth
a passport bearing your name
whatever be the era
GOD BLESS AMERICA
64 · Mar 2022
COUNTDOWN
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
As the day dawns
Knocking on our doors
From the skies
One day lesser
Left in our lives
We still welcome it
With hope and faith
Recieved it with respect
Logically we should detest
If we value life
Of ours and our near and dear
Countdown being announced
No hand made Swiss clock
But by the one above all
Who is never slow or fast
Because he decides the time after all
64 · Jan 2022
CLOTHES
KV Srikanth Jan 2022
The clothes on the table
Each one carries a fable
Tinkers memories from the cradle
Worn themselves thin like a candle

Associated with events memorable
Tailored  for a family wedding
Gifted by a friend with bonding
From a loved one with longing

Torn and worn
Still part of our wardrobe
Not mere Pieces of cloth
Stitching together all our thoughts

Preserve them forever
Wanting the thoughts to linger
Gateway to an ocean of nostalgia
Our collection of Sartorial memoribillia
64 · Mar 2022
INSIDE
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Its not the lead
That puts you to rest
Its not the trigger
That sends you in the direction of death
Its not the slinger
Deciding that you should meet the maker
The Gun The Bullet The shooter
All can't miss together
If the  breaths and beats reach their number
More time here
The sharp end of a knife
Stuck deep inside
But design decided despite
Knife resigns knowing its fighting against time
63 · Jul 2021
RAT
KV Srikanth Jul 2021
RAT
Friends from childhood
Ignored and abandoned
Grew up concomitantly
Yet so differently

Days of hunger
Hanging around at a film theatre
Pocket picking only option
Do the deed with hope of escaping

Passing the purse
To his friend an accomplice
Tries to flee the scene
Before doing an act so obscene

Cought by the public
Mind and body static
The friend does not panic
Hides the wallet under the car wheels

Cought red handed
Turns the tables single handed
Lays the blame on his friend
And claims total innocence

The accomplice under the radar
Beaten up and questioned by the public at large
Questioned if he took it
Denies it vehemently

Forced to return the stolen wallet
Doesn't think even for a minute
Claims innocence of its whereabouts
Doesn't help in easing the people's doubts

Finally grilled if his friend did the act
Replies I have no idea about  the fact
Death at you doorstep never rat
Learnt from this young boy whose character is intact

Did you take it
No
Did your friend take it
I don't know
Where is the wallet
Which wallet
You ll be beaten to death
Go ahead
63 · Feb 2022
STAGE
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
For every scar
I wrote a song
Sang it along
Alone and forlorn
Sombre the mood
Created the meloncholy tune
Verses created by emotions
Ignorance played the chords
Fear hit the notes
Symphony created by Thoughts
Mind conducting the orchestra
World's largest stage called life
Not a single audience in sight
Memory helping in recall
Tells the same story
But not a broken record
Hoping one day to play it all
Not to reach the top of any chart
A lesson for those who come after
The background score will prevent them
When they are about to falter
Life's lessons in a record
Future generations can learn a lot
63 · Feb 2022
TUNNEL
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
Permanence is temporary
Nothing stays the way it came
We age and go up in flames
Some of our loved ones best us to the game

We loose a father a teacher or a friend
Whom we unconditionally loved Till the end
We feel for their loss
Space they occupied gone for a toss

Vacuum created makes us feel shallow
Have to undergo the sorrow
Feeling can never be borrowed
No interest rate yet To locate

Lasting for a limited period
Often confused with lasting
Any therapy again temporary
Only the meaning can be found in the dictionary

Only thing permanent
Is our looking for the solution
All along within us
Beam of the thoughts torch focused anywhere except

Searching in the dark
Naturally missing the mark
Awareness of lacking awareness
Train of Mourning in a never ending tunnel

Light is not at the other end
Its at the end of our ignorance
The tunnel to is transitory
If knowledge lights sorrows leave you  free
63 · Jan 2021
SUNSET
KV Srikanth Jan 2021
My Epitaph will read
Here lies one helluva lucky fellow
For all the times he fell drowned and buried himself,partly due to his own doings and partly due to the unknown
Still managed to have his head above water breathing ,had food on his table and had friends who'd speak highly of him.
The cause and effect he never really understood.
I want to keep my boots up on my porch and gaze at the evening shade ,as it gives way to the bright lit moon and as the noisy streets blends slowly into the Silence of Darkness illuminated by the light from the Sky and the glittering stars
As the darkness and silence blends into one
I will be waiting for the man upstairs to tell me that my time is up.
The surrounding nature will take notice of a rocking chair that continues to move at the pace of the wind ,with no one in it
And realize There goes another one
63 · Apr 2021
THE GAME
KV Srikanth Apr 2021
Made the approach
Trusting the coach
Teaching the game
From its inception
The teachers devotion
For the game passion
Sets the process rolling
Day by day improving

Progress made
Coaches efforts
Match play next step
First step of mix up

Victory not a feat
Defeat should not repeat
More expected
Results disappointed

A year in the sport
A sea change seen
Attitude for all
Become a know it all

Kids start complaining
Parents encouraging
In every issue interfering
Know how acquired suddenly claiming

Exchanging information
With parents from
Another institution
Instilled wrong notion
About the Coaches intention

Bad mouthing coaches
Degrading their skill
Spreading this talk
Behind the back

Cause of defeat
Squarely on the Academy
Single out a coach
Make him a scapegoat

With purpose and ire
Spread like wild fire
Intention to smear
On the line
The coaches career

Acumen acquired
Coach not required
Now a winner
Coach made to
Look like a joker

Next level play
In another academy lay
Leave the very school
Lacking knowledge tools
A bunch of fools



Kids like this plenty
Forget their journey
Now a burden to carry
Never felt sorry

Ends up finally
Kids leave the Academy
Every aspect unhappy
Coach and facility
Washing in public
***** laundry

Coaching professionally
Done with integrity
True to duty
Need not worry

Walk on
Next aspirant
Seek your attention
Give him guidance
Shower him with affection
Stay true to the profession
Try to make him a champion
Without fear or favor
Benefits not consider
To create a player
The job akin
To the Supreme Maker
63 · Jul 2021
FREEDOM
KV Srikanth Jul 2021
A new day today
Yesterday just went away
Tomorrow a day away
Even Dusk is 12 hours away

What is in store
Depends on the seeds down
Which one will harvest
Happens at Gods behest

Predicting the unpredictable
The day will go your way
Reality will hold sway
Next moment still a moment away

Live the moment
With harmony and consent
Always be present
Anything else not your decision

Freedom is to be gained
Our greatest misconception
Freedom is already there
Self knowledge lays it threadbare

There is nothing to become
We simply already are
Only become aware
Aware and alert a combination rare

How free are we
Depends on the degree
External constraints and the lack of them
Decides the levels of your freedom

Condemn or approve
Please do not do
Stay alive to   your practice
Merely observe without malice
63 · Feb 2022
SCREENPLAY
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
Another day went away
Awaiting a good tomorrow
And a better day after
The days are the same
Our thoughts play the game
Ranking in order of  change
For good or bad we decide
Whole picture have no Idea
Deciding the quality of a film
By the commercials screened before it begins
A silent observer to the day
Not linear our life's screenplay
Awareness that we don't know
Is the secret to know what you know
62 · Aug 2021
TRAVELLER
KV Srikanth Aug 2021
A traveller without a destination
Wandering triggered by imagination
Sleep the break coming with hesitation
Even in sleep Dream continuing the relay not
stopping at any station

Quest on for rest
Trying its best
Making every request
Solution none to suggest

Weary wanderer fighting hard
Wanting to stop heavily scarred
Emotional content not yet got
Full Speed ahead hoping atlest the heart stops
62 · Mar 2022
TIME KEEPER
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Circular in a clock
Linear in reality
Same time different day
Different time different day

What the clock reflects
Glory or regret
Not by victory or failure
How you used it to full measure

Clock corrects itself
Time management lessons
Time keeper learns from time
Value of time from time to time

Time wasted is time lost
Time is fixed not negotiable
Time bygone edits the time
No more part of timeline

Timeless is created
By those who respect time
Time used to create
Sacrificed food and sleep to gain time

Respected by time
Immortal in time
Disrespect the time
Wastrel title given on hand

Unlimited by nature
Time lasts forever
Time is not fixed for time
Rationed for us use it fine

Time tells you the time
Doesn't interfere with time
Personification of punchuality
Time keeping up time theres no duality

Spend the time and
Save the day
Waste the time
Loose the day
62 · Apr 2021
ZEN
KV Srikanth Apr 2021
ZEN
A pupil and his master
Walking along the banks of a river
The master observed the fish in the water
Complimented on their happy nature
You're no fish to know the reality
You are not me
To know that I don't know
Replied the master

Only possession a horse
Galloped one day away and far
Bad luck said the townsfolk
Maybe answered this gentle soul

Horse came back
Three more in tow
Now you have four
Nothing more to fear for
Said the townsfolk
Maybe replied this gentle soul

Son tried his hand
Horse riding a life long fan
Broke his leg after a fall
Didn't have the the wherewithal
Sorry about your sons fate
Old enough not to play games
Townsfolk gathered
Time not right said it with might
Maybe replied this gently

War is announced
Army marches unannounced
As many to fight the enemy
Recruiting able boys
Townspeople had no choice
Broken leg declared unfit boy escapes draft
Lucky you said the folks
Maybe replied the farmer gently

Pupil and master
Cross a river
Woman drowning finding it hard to recover
Master Carries her on his shoulder
Leaves her on the banks of the river
Walking into the forests
The pupil protests
Touching a woman out of order
I left her at the other side of the river
Why are you still carrying her
Said the master

Students at a monastery
Unable to gain mastery
Teachers methods unsatisfactory
Questioned his ability
Life in 2 words asks the senior
Everything changes replied the Master

King visits a Master
Teach me the art of Zen
Issues an order
Hours later
King in rage
Not a word did the monk utter
Teacher left his chair
King said this is unfair
Been here a day
You had not a word to say
You came here to learn zen
Unfortunately you didn't pay attention
61 · Mar 2022
RELATIONSHIPS
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Fragile like glass
Derail a bit too fast
Relationships that don't last
Reason evident on the cards
A nature to express
Dislike  straight to the face
Dominating personality
Tilting the scales
Inferiority complex multiplies its fate
Arguments tangential makes a date
Equality is a delusion
In it searching for the solution
Fooling oneself beyond reason
It is skewed is the acceptance

Dignity and class
Consistency and empathy
The glue keeping
It from falling apart
Selfish reasons play a role
Denying it making oneself a fool

Breaking the chord
An easy affair
Took years to build
Ready to say farewell
A moment of reflection
On the good that was done
Slow downs the process of a hasty conclusion

Simmering differences kept
Under pressure for a time
Exact time chosen to stop pretend
Explode simultaneously at both ends
No


Respect the other
Don't cross the line
From a bore to a villain
Swings the perception
Aware of the qualities
Not indulging in whataboutery
Being blind to the faults
Is the only way to see the whole thing last
61 · Mar 2022
CARVING
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
There is no victory
There is no defeat
No one is better than you
You are inferior to nobody
All are equal
Skills may vary
Some score great marks
Others fail the same test
What does it tell
To try something else
Fail again try again
Failing not the problem
Not trying is taking poison
Carving on the stone
Here is a guy
Who tried hard as hell
Nothing more to tell
Life's purpose met
60 · Feb 2022
TONE
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
Moon setting the tone
For what is to come
As the night prepares
Not its debut performance
But the stories differ
Some play the role played before
Some have left the floor after  the show before
Few have come before it reopens the door

Its darkness pervades
Light the exception
Has no role to play
A few hours into the day
60 · Mar 2022
BUBBLE
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Simmering with tensions
Difference of opinions
Each approving their stand
Other unable to withstand
Self Respect Beliefs and Money
Matters which are very touchy
Questions and Answers thrown
Relationships now a gamble
Questions about lifestyle rambled
Answers given with sacrifices as examples
Hot under the collar
Off the deep end
Every Syllable become venom dipped arrows
Aiming for the heart aim narrows
Issue not solved either
Peace beeping  like an error
Bad taste alone remains
For life tasting bitter
60 · Jan 2022
NOVOCAINE
KV Srikanth Jan 2022
Sliding into the position
Lying mouth open and bare
Into my dentists well laid out chair
Nervous wreck in utter despair
What am I afraid of
If i have internalised death
Is it a fearful disease
Outcome of my habits i indulged with ease
Is it the guilt that i wrongly assumed
That I'm exempt from anything I consume
Not for me it won't
May be will be proved wrong
Am i scared of the " I told you so"
Deserve it because I  continued to do so
Mind a racing track
Questions raised and Answered
Thoughts overtaking each other
All on a collusion course
Giving meaning to the
Doctors every expression and
Utterance
The only way to overcome the fear
Undergo the experience that gives the fear
60 · Feb 2021
THE STRANGER
KV Srikanth Feb 2021
Stone cold night
Jacket Sporting
Strolling physically
Sprinting Mentally

Nicotine urge
Smoking a Cigar
Vapors up in the air
Swimming the skies
Postcard photograph
Analyzing my career graph

Boulders on the path
Ditches to avoid
Puddles to cross
Dogs barking across
Headlights beaming
Eyelids reacting

Traffic Congestion
Emotional Wilderness
Bringing back the mind
From its travel in time
Trying to stay in the now
Figuring out how

Spotted a Stranger
Walking the same pace
Distanced by space
Soon came face to face

The pathways cleared
Street seemed even
Noise ceased
Vision restored
People disappeared
As the Stranger Appeared

He in my way
And I in his
Blocking the other
Mirrored my movements
Getting past sole thought
Seemed like a time warp

Stuck in a circle
Us in the middle
Wished him
As manners warrant
Reciprocal gestures
Lent my hand
Firm shake
Silent surrounding
Set me wondering

Greeted him politely
Treated him respectfully
Spoke with him kindly
There seemed no Hurry

Could be
Coming From
Possibility Infinity
Capable of accomplishment
Could become friend
Give my Dreams a language
Deep Sleep occurence
Wide Awake recurrence

I could possess
Attributes of the Stranger
Dream In Daylight
Heart on the Right side

I could walk around
The problems that surround
Till I met the person
Opposite in direction

Was he in my path
Was I in his
If I was him
Would have I treated me thus

Rooted on the ground
Wide as the horizon
Fact hard to accept
Simple and direct

Stalling my movement
His presence on the way
Outside has no say
In every which way

Inside instigates
Slows progress
Inside is I
Who stood in my own way

Stranger  outsider
Seemed familiar
Realized  similar
Dawned Insider
Thought Alter
Felt Finally
None other

Mutually blocking
The Stranger and i
I was the Stranger
Stranger  was i
60 · Jun 2021
HEARTFELT
KV Srikanth Jun 2021
Waking up today
Grateful for everything
That happened till yesterday
From my heart I say

The good and the bad
Makes me who I am
I consider myself blessed
In this lifes contest

Misdeeds requiring admonition
Forgiven and forgotten
Wrong paths chosen but destination reached that of protection

Monetary security incompatible
Money earned not relatable
Shortage of money
An experience never understandable

Providing me food
When in need
A roof above my head
Along with a sense of pride

Friends taking interest
Forgoing my trespasses
Treating as an equal
Kind and modest

Alcohol and the rest
Should have made me rest
Permanently and would have  been the best
For family friends and the rest

Giving me chances
To understand my mistakes
Start analyzing my life
Inception from incompetence laid to rest

Another shot at living life not at odds
Learning and transcending the faults
The seeker within awakening the soul
New path towards a new goal

A new career path
From nowhere got
Last chance it was
To redeem my lot

Not repeat the same
Twice is a shame
Strive for name and fame
Best shot given in the new game

Thank you again
Grateful forever
All that I got
And that awaits

Feeling of compassion
Shown in my direction
Without any judgment
I'm the luckiest man
59 · May 2021
MISSING
KV Srikanth May 2021
Missing means lacking
For a fellow human being
Emotional weakness
Projected sadness

Mocking and joking
At people in mourning
Not real but acting
Can be no real suffering

Move on is but natural
Limit to being sentimental
Being very vocal
Unnatural and dramatical

Attitude of mine
Which I defined
A matter of time
The postman rang

Idolized as a teenager
Happenstance much later
Have as an employer
A decade spent together

Last visit home
3 Sundays ago
Had I known before
Would have relished the moments more

Dropped him back
In the car sitting on the back
Driven by my nephew
Who knew?

Deep inside myself
Void ballooning itself
Phone calls daily
About movies we both were crazy

His presence replaced
By photos in place
Does not offer Solace
Answer in Gods grace

Time will heal
It always does
Works by default
Not by design

Memory is time
Captured in a roll
The brain cells hold
For the better or worse

The show must go on
Time to remain strong
The only real balm are in
The lyrics of any poets song
59 · Dec 2021
DAY
KV Srikanth Dec 2021
DAY
Heat of the night
Cold of the day
Warm lonely afternoons
Under the shades of the tree's
Walking alone none in sight
Empty roads behold the plight
Evening shade makes its way
One  part of the day
The Sun kisses the Sea
Removing its shackles from the stars enjoying freedom
For the next few hours
The moon their friend
Parole officer keeping an eye
None slip away into the roofless sky
Sparkling miles away
At arms length still far away
Illusion or hope
The way you see it
** ** **
59 · Aug 2021
THE INVITATION
KV Srikanth Aug 2021
My father was a Jewish carpenter
Everytime I see that quote I simmer
My thoughts and my heart open the gates
Of my eyes which brings tears
Heaven is not where you reside
Wherever you reside is heaven
On the Cross for all to see
Do you need my RSVP
Your Last supper immortalized
By a great painter
Will I be the 14th
Ill die to live to tell humanity
That I had dinner and dessert
With the son of Mary
Who taken upon himself to carry
My sins and everyone else.'s
Overwhelmed by the invitation
Even if it is a poem
It is nothing but salvation
59 · Apr 2021
MASTER
KV Srikanth Apr 2021
Questions in the head
Mind giving answers
Just a balance in progress
Each his  own witness

Takes time to realize
Minds echo doesn't materialize
Thinking not minimized
Brain trained
Answers customized

Guilty about quest
If it's for material progress
Spiritual progress
Guiltless process

Time warp on thoughts
Endless ocean of questions
Dead end for Solutions
Whole shebang no conclusion

Times of grief
God the chief
A daily brief
A cure called relief
Hinges on the word belief

Web of unreality
Dual role playing
certainty and uncertainty
Slowly turns to Spirituality

Mind to clear
Questions so dear
Answers far yet  so near
A compulsory factor
Is the  need for a Master

Quest for self knowledge
Mind wandering outside
All answers inside
Determined for an Answer
Follow the Master


Journey Prepaid
No rent paid
Time on earth
Status quo
Till death beckons

Self finds self
Like a maglite
In a movie hall
Our Master
Throws light

Without  the teacher
There is no driver
Reason for your birth
No more plans to
Visit mother earth
Answers to all
Provided by one

A Spiritual Master
Money not his aim
Spreading the knowledge
Where he leads his carriage

Get in the last one
Before he picks another one
Ride the carriage
Full of knowledge
59 · Jun 2021
WISH
KV Srikanth Jun 2021
Missing my mentor
Who gave me all
taken away by god
Too early my thought

Having conversations with him
Narrating the  jokes that he enjoyed
A  style that i employed
Every time he would have a whole hearted laugh

Continuing the same
In his absence
Me playing both  the roles
Inside my heart and acting out .

Talking with colleagues on a project
He ends up as the  main  subject
Regaling with laughter his encounters
Hours  spent on his many conquests'

Wish he was here
So that i don't have to play two roles.
Wish he was here
So that he did not exist in memory alone
Wish he was here
So that i could talk to him some more
Wish  he was here
So that i could apologize for my mistake
Wish he was here
So that i could thank him more
Wish he was here
So that i don't have to think of him .
Wish he was here
So that he was not a recall
Wish he was here
So that i never learnt the meaning of grief
Wish he was here
So that i can live in peace
Wish he was here
So that he was here
58 · Mar 2022
DESIGN
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
As naked as the day
You were born
Till you travel beyond the veil
Not by chance  but by design

People in our lives
Come Go and stay
Did not make their way
By mistake

There is purpose
With those we interact
Have come to teach us
Rights and wrongs
Show directions of where we belong

Experience results from
Our thoughts and actions
They do not wear any disguise
To mislead us

That is the best
That could have happened
We are unable to fathom
The Balance always kept even

Any other way
Misgiving at play
Feeling the intent
Makes us content

Start time is the right time
Getting up from bed
Eyelids closing without asking us
Happens when we are ready never early never late always appropriate

Ego battles bruises
Makes thinking crooked
Realise it is for the better
Say a simple thank you prayer

Let go and move on
Ends for good reason
Loss the Mirage pulls a blanket over the enrichment
Required for our refinement

Theory of evolution
Feeling every moment
Live and love like there's no tomorrow
If there's a Tomorrow live and love like there's no tomorrow
58 · Feb 2022
UNREAL
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
True for the rest
Mind says otherwise
Crazy in the head
Unfairly society says
Mind plays games
Goes with the territory
Thin line between insanity
Not reached there
Consider oneself lucky
Off the bend
Unable to mend
Race car on the highway of delusion
Brakes not working there's no turning
Logically explained like anything else
The Doctors play out this exercise
A speciality in medicine it's become
That's how far close we have come
Reality and illusion blurring
A Dream  while awake
Doesn't seem  to end
Even when asleep
Mind at war with itself
Mental suicide in progress
Ravaged by conflicting thought process
Living with oneself also becomes dual
58 · Aug 2021
TRUE
KV Srikanth Aug 2021
If you're sinking
How does the depth matter
If you trust your self
How does destiny matter
A price tag for everything
What is the value of human life
Once dead cremated or buried
What happens next ?
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