At home and alone
Dreamer inside forlorn
Dreams remain dreams
Dreamer still dreams
Unrealised dreams stinging
Newer ones replacing
The problem for the dreamer
Lies in the dreaming

What is as it is
Simple plain truth
Anything that deviates
Invented and creates
An impression to the contrary
Is a lie
No truth to be Mended
A story told out of imagination
Giving a wrong impression
Non existing in reality
Is a lie

A lie is told
Reasons can be manifold
Not in synchrony with
Ones own harmony
Out of fear  
Of reaction from another
Spiral down to situation
Unpleasant in their definition
To protect another
Cause the truth is bitter
A creature of habit
Reason not necessarily a fit
Distorted self image
Believer in his own lies
Manipulative using lies
To control emotional ties
Social embarrassment in store
Another reason to say the untrue

Biggest error in behaviour
Thinking they sold their lies
To the highest bidder
Not aware prospectively
Their lies were read analytically
Once trust lost
Not a redeemable mortgage card
Forever a suspect
No word taken seriously
Sensing rejection and neglect
Still can't change their conduct

A different reality
They seek daily
Final step in delusion
Life led in seclusion
Not trusted by anyone
Still live in illusion
Most avoidable trait
Time to go straight
Truth about your lies
Telling yourself first
Changes the lies
Told as truths otherwise

Way to live
Cards given at birth
A new place this universe
Mother's womb no more the place

Time runs out then
Clock starts ticking when
In the cradle unable to recall
We have survived it after all

The shuffling starts
Each dealt a different card
Same card  game played by all
Match up or Give up winner take all

Some progress Some stagnate
Some still figuring what to play
Can't escape playing your card
Opting out not a choice

Upbringing Education Companionship
Lessons thought by parents
Pages of knowledge of events
Which card to pick apparently taught

A game of intelligence
But the house holds the pack
Pick out of 52
Outcome decides the life you pursue

Luck plays a part
Picking the card your choice
The pile to pick from decided by the dealer
Limits potential as options closing in further

A game of poker
Handed a couple
Placing bets hoping to double
Faith in play hoping the next 3 will be favorable

Not the only one
At the table counting
Hoping you got the best hand
And the rest wanting it beforehand

Still kept in the dark
3 more still wearing a mask
Increase or bail out difficult task
The house has decided your odds

Value given to every card
The ones you hold sets you apart
The 3 on the table turned
Decides whether you won or lost

The 2 you hold
You have no choice
The 3 on the table follow the path
Deciding to continue your decision
Figuring out the competition your intelligence

Figuring out the game
Takes an entire lifetime
Some ride the wave
Winning the stakes

Some never understand
When to show the hand
Everyone getting a royal flush
Where and what did i miss

Flush kind and  pair
House high or straight
Varities at the table
Some don't get em at all

Choice of Action
Nature's predetermination
Action also predetermined
Philosophers knowledge to extend

Lucky to take part
Whatever be the draw
Win loose or draw
Process matters never withdraw

Learning to speak
Part of growing
Gaining the knowledge
As comes with age
Takes a few years
A well built vocabulary
A different language too
Part of the process to grow
Intelligence required to flow
And to be  in the know

Divinity required to
Get the experience
Time taken unknown
To get to know
When  to use reserve
In the place of words
No words can create
An impact as powerful
As silence can dictate

Calmness a creation
When Silence is in motion
No harm can ever be done
Where laconism is the language spoken

A lone traveller
On a trip
I don't know where
The destination is
Drifting along where
The waves of destiny
Take me along
My uncle my mentor
Passed away
A couple of weeks back
Reiterated the fact
That i have no clue
What my future has
Planning predicting and preparing
There of the greatest vices
Detoxification centres required
To rid me of this habit
Facing withdrawal symptoms
Intensity not reduced
Corrected myself of
Not living in the future
Based on the dreams
That play in my head
Self sufficient are those
Who stand alone
The others follow in a crowd
Am i self sufficient i don't know yet
Trying to be in that process
Still work in progress
Not excited not scared
What is tommorow going to bring
Even tomorrow does is not aware
Of the events lined up within
An engine pulling the carriages
With no rear view mirror
I dont await  it
For I'm not sure
If iam in it

Bulid a bonding
With those offering
A helping hand in suffering
Using and throwing a habit
Some peoples tendency
Emotionally distant
Is the only way to keep your sanity consistent

Stemming from Flemming
Created by Connery
Lasted barely Lazenby
Made it his own by Moore
Dejected with Dalton
Six year sojourn
Booted with Brosnan
Craig for the decade
Now hangs Its fate
On how the fans rate
Exist or perish state
With No Time to Die

Myriad of religions.
Unique in its philosophy.
Man gets inducted at birth.
Misconception of which ,there's no dearth.
Devotees aplenty in search of divinity.
Possessing only of Sanctity.
Every criterion has an exclusion.
Creation is no exception.
Athiest is the name given
Believe he does not
Rational being his requirement.
Disproving becomes his disposition.
Agnost hangs in the middle.
Has no struggle, for he
Neither accepts or denies
Religion straddles between Ritual and Spiritual.
One says you are not dual.
Other says it's Mutual.
You are a sinner claims one.
Life of submission is the only path to Salvation.
Faith and Logic.
Foes as far as it goes.
Faith an emotion.
Driven by devotion.
Rational fuelled by denial.
Incompetent are the pursuant.
Interpretations are many.
Karma Destiny Belief.
Realised are those who know .
That truth can be One.
Paths many.
Discover your own.
Unique as it may be.
Search high and low.
Leave no stone unturned,
With a fine tooth comb.
The search is necessary, in order to realize that the search is not necessary.
Close to your heart
You have crossed in your path.
Unlock the mind.
Open your Soul.
Cleanse your heart.
Not thinking yet
Not Dreaming yet.
You ,Path and The Goal are not set apart.

As a young girl
Made to do household work
Errands to run
Household to please
Told it was their duty
To make others lazy
Sent to school
For a few years
To read and write
Not for their use
But to be more useful
Married of in their teens
To a man never seen
Enter a family
Numbering many
Not even introduced properly
Start where they left off
Only the address differs
Work without pay
Continues till after hours
Servitude to the husband
His family in tow
One more joins the row
Told to assist in the chores
One dimension alone
Takes its toll
Period of time
Mother nature's indifference
Had children to raise
Not only theirs
But many in a joint family
New generation to serve
Third in a row
No reprieve offered
No task let go
Added on many more
Older members to serve
Husbands and family
To please
Children to nurture
Guests to be honoured
All treated in the same vein
Effort increased as did age
Born without time
But served it fine
Did not need a clock
As they had no agenda
Only time to look at the time
Was to ensure others were on time
Used as a ladder
All their life
All climbed and got off right
Everything for granted
Only life to focus
Nothing else mattered
How was everything in place and ready to take
Never asked the question once
Their fingerprints touched many lives
All for the better none worse
Older age nothing to celebrate
More to face
Doing it from birth
Burden never left a trace
When did they sleep
When did they rise
Are they well
Physical and Mental
Did they need help
One great lacking
Is their inability in asking
Second nature in giving
Did i learn nothing,?
Real living is living for others
Bruce Lee said
These women by example lead
Have seen two
How did they manage to do
What they do
One sided transaction
Only taken none given
None asked is their greatness
Did it even occur to me
To ask them the question
Did you have your meal
Food for hunger they provided
Food for thought
Their lives to be celebrated

One sided relationship
Between the maker and us
Feel obligated to oblige him
Doing everything to please him
We visit him
We obey his laws
We never fault him
We dare to even raise our tone
We use only prayer
As our tool
And devotion as a vehicle
Hoping to catch his attention
In this one way transaction
Guilty made to feel
If we skip any of the above
Got it backwards we're told
He always does his best
As he is epitome of love and trust
Be grateful to where you are
It's his will afterall
Can never go wrong
Scorecard in his hands
Decided by your thoughts and acts
He only totalled them
Your marks a  reflection of your good and flaws
Which is true
I don't know
Will the truth answer my questions
Or is the truth in the question
Why is his presence relevant
If I'm creating my own destiny
If he is destiny
What's the point in worry
Answers not required
Knowing it won't change any

You remain in my thoughts
Day and night
Want to say
Don't know the way
There is only one way
My fear stands in the way
Honest expression is not a sin
But feeling guilty within
Fear of rejection parading my heart
If you don't respond what will I retort
If you do and my pessimism comes true
Can't handle it at all
Not tell you
Leave it vague
There is a pleasure in it
Finding sadness in a likeable frame
Or regret not telling you rest of the way
I don't know the answer yet
Push comes to shove i don't have the guts
Part of me tells me
You don't have to reciprocate
My feelings are enough
Remaining within me
Churning and grinding to heart's content
Preparing to tell you
Gives me an agenda
To try vicariously the styles i could convey my thoughts
Best option yet
Will not keep me satisfied
A Dreamlands picturesque
Image projected
If you would confess what you have
Never happens in reality
Doesn't mean i can't dream
Makes the truth harder
When fantasy seizes
Plethora of emotions
Could be ended by a single line
Is there a time
Called the right time
Time will tell if you are a passion
Or just an infatuation

Drunk in your thoughts
Your face in my heart
Withdrawal bring stone walled
Search for the next high
Not required at all
Till i take the missteps
That of a drunkard
The floor always ready
To take my fall
Lying on the floor
Not good for esteem
But i willingly seek it
Thinking about you is no sin
Loss of pride by the pavements side
But every thought filled with alcohol
Brewed by your existence
Ego takes comfort
That a poet on a later day
Might set to words
A composer set
It to tune
To be played
For time to come
Abstensnce needs the
Greatest antidote available
The will to forget
Which i do not have
But if the price of immortality
Is to bear the burden
Added to your existence
The title of a dipsomaniac
To be carved
On my Stone
Whoever said that Wounds
Do not hurt those who depart
Never had to feel the despair
Life spent in longing to possess and to have

A Zen monk
Popular in his town
Sits with his disciples
Gives talks and was renown

A student of another master
Came to visit the teacher
Was not impressed with the manner
Convinced he knew no further

Confronted the teacher
And told him about the Greatness of his master
Recounting his powers
He gave many examples

My master can stand
On one side of the banks
Look at some one standing
Across the river in the other bank
Pull out a leaf from a tree
And with just his fingers
Draw the person on the leaf
Would be so accurate
You can't find any mistake

What such powers
Do you possess
Why do so many
People converge in your presence

The teacher answered
I have no such skill
I know only two things in life
When I'm hungry i eat
When I'm thirsty i drink

Patriotic to his Country
Loyalty to his Empire
Heroic in his Battles
Gallant in his Warfare
Eloquent in his Speech
Astute as a Politician
What more quality
Can a man be endowed with
An epitome of character
A pinnacle of Manhood
No mother had a better son
Envied by the Sun and the Moon
When the heart interferes
Wrong way the ship steers
Logic looses its fears
Eyes cry shedding tears
For the woman who in the heart endures
With beauty ensures
Away from everything she's lured
The power of love
Can launch a 1000 ships
Can sink them too
Born with qualities
Others would die for
Loosing all of them
To die for lust
Heart wanting what it always wanted
Everything steps aside
Knowing it is fighting a loosing battle
Aware that he too will loose the battle
Carved by poets and play wrights   gaining immortality
Even Shakespeare inscribed
The respect he gave
Genre not clear
Is it what to be
What not to be
Whatever you are to be
Whatever you are you need not be
Two lives you can lead
One an example of Glory
Another for ignominy
A lesson in Love
Where sacrifice is worth even loosing immortality
Or is it the love for which all the glory was left behind
Left time behind too
Too last many a lifetime
Perspective of the life
Of Marc Anthony
Can teach one very simply
The truth about life
Living it Living it Dying for it

Weary traveller
Life's route the great leveller
Leading everywhere and nowhere
Looking for the last stop
Ironically hoping not my turn
Baggage carried by the thoughts
Placed in the centre of the heart
Only baggage we hope to drop off
Accumulated as years go by
Past longer and future just shy
Scars inside tells the story why
Reality real or reality a Mirage
If i knew the answer i wouldn't be writing this at all

The legacy he left
By example he led
His character had you imbibed right
Can walk life with might

Ever careful not to sin
Never cared for a bottle of gin
Wayne Cooper Bogart and Flynn
Made his nights from within
Stoic but not taciturn
Helping everyone at every turn
Expecting none in return
Generous to a fault
Attainment never by default
Treated equally the men
Was shy with women
Acquiring wealth he did with acumen
Shared his wisdom without reluctance
Lived life the Hindu way
Believed in what the Saints say
Consistency was a feather in his cap
For others mistakes hed take the rap

Wipe out his wealth
**** him with a hatchet
Deface his reputation
Blanket of sorrow be will bear
On the gods I can swear
Will never buy his future by selling out even an adversary
Nothing mattered more than equity
Weasel Squealer Snitcher he was not
The legacy he left
Will be perennially felt
Saints called him a Saint
Conduct and Etiquette we of the highest order
Seldom lost his temper
Lost his job for a misplaced piece of paper
Threatened with dismissal
He never wavered in his principle
Had he given the name
His life would not have the same
Why did the gods play this game
He never once had them to blame
Found himself all alone
Families he  had helped
With their growth and well being in mind
None of them he could find
Vanish they did
For nothing more he could accomplish
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No past or future
How does one not have a past
If he treats everything as present
It ceases every moment
As present turns its hide from real
Which it is
To the unreal
Which it becomes
Under a another name
Such a person has conquered time
Or realised that time is only a concept of time
Gone by no longer existing
Yet to come not existing
Has an option to play
Need not come
Such a person is aware
And it does not matter
Something that does not exist
Cannot matter
Passed by or Awaited
Non existing reality
The acts done have a history
Not to be confused with the Actors repository
Can't write a review for his earlier roles
When he's performing one now
Role exists player doesn't
Roles written player undecided
Role now performing
Now no more
As quick as that
Aware of this
One leaves no trace
Of his time spent
Here on this universe
We call birth and death
Living playing a brief Interlude
To connect the two

Success is a shifting goal post
Adversity is trying to fix it
Success trying to score
Failure leaves the ego sore

Bruised ego can be played
Which side of your balance sheet its displayed
Debited to your memory
A big burden to carry
Credited to your heart
You start to tell things apart

Success failure doesn't matter
Should neither feel better or bitter
Percentile basis used to measure
Triggers an unwanted competitive nature

Failure is a state of mind
Unless you give  it a reality
Said the great Bruce Lee
Its true for all of us to see

Unable to forget
Never left my thoughts
In the first place
Concentrated thought focussing on you
Or even while meandering
Wanders around you
Easiest solution is to tell you
I tell myself everytime
The next time is the last time
I going to return with my feelings
Heart heavy and hurting
Standing before you
My heart racing
Memory the last thing
That is working
Want to make
An impression on you
Every second wasted
Your presence erases my thought process
When will I get my act together
Or die a loner
Not a crime to like a woman
Am i feeling guilty
Do i feel unworthy
Or am i afraid of rejection
Veil of shyness
To protect myself
From knowing your true emotion
Guessing all the time
Not knowing what you are thinking
Hoping for a miracle
If it were to happen
It would have already happened
It hasnt flown smoothly
Which if something you have to get
Always does
The more the lack of clarity
The longer it takes to reach a finality
Wouldn't even want to let myself wander in those woods
Prayer is for cowards
In my case only ratifies it
God not your messenger
Glowing in all directions
Your heart reflecting every second
Let me leave it to destiny
If it is to be so be it
If it is not to be
Add one more Atheist
Easiest to blame
God for the same
For he decides fate
Of he is fate

Time already spent
On the universe
Antecedent only purpose
Can be traced for value
Clubbed together called
Experience
Comes in handy if used with sense
Let it remain
As a cluster
Fills the void called ignorance
Filter and balance it
It merges the subconscious with
The field from which we pick our daily  drill
Becomes a poison
If permanently retained
Biggest casuality the Present
Will go unnoticed can't be regained
Mixes with thoughts and feelings
Colored vision at everything
Anger and frustration integrated
Like the remains of a fortress
That used to be a fortress
Even nostalgia which brings with it
Only the pleasant of the past
Wanting us to relive it
Unable to forget it
Is a path that the mind travels fast
A small trigger enough
Like the bullet out of a barrel
Towards its target
Nostalgia too is an obstacle
For being in the present
Let it remain in the sub conscious
Recline  on that as an intermission
Past is Poison
If the filter is broken
Lessons to learnt
Is why that happened
Lessons missed because the teacher was not equipped
Does not make the subject invalid
Throw the book Learn the lesson Store the crux
Forget the teacher Move on to the next
Repeat the process

Seeds sown
Class clown
Pleasing others
Self respect
Doesn't matter



Laughing stock
Everyone flocks
Buffoon of the class
All others laugh

Teacher leads
From the front
Joined by the priests
In making fun

Call the parent
Tell him his son
Is a juvenile delinquent
Threaten him detension

Father static
Son called lunatic
Muted reaction
Forced into submission

Like wild fire
Spread teachers ire
No more a secret
For life never forget

Sense of guilt
Deeply built
Awareness present
Reaction absent

Let down the father
By the behavior
Forced to be a loner
To self a stranger

Already a disaster
Life out of order
Spoilt by father
A new moniker

Unaware of the pressure
Doing it out of pleasure
Bullying akin to torture
Personality blown by behavior

Nowhere to turn
Soul deeply burn
No answer from father
Problem persisted longer

Spoilt by father
Erratic behavior
Another cross to carry
Add another worry

Told by many
Friends and family
A lesson to be taught
Many which father forgot

Untrue interpretation
Clueless of situation
Non stop perpetuation
Based on wrong conclusion

Up until today
Not been a day
When not reminded
That I was not reprimanded



Ignoring an option
Compared to reaction
Unable to continue
Time to implement
Jeet Kune Do
The philosophy founded
By Bruce Lee
Who was the epitome
Of Anti Bully

Insults targeted to defame
Mockery used as a method to frame
Made up stories imagined to malign
The greatest Martial Artist and Legend

In your face racism
Step brother of fascism
Dishonoring an actor
The way he looks and character

Legends  are  not private property
They remain in the hearts of everybody
Telling them to go **** a ####
Shows the arrogance & lack of class sans logic

Repeatedly bringing him
As a form for promotion
Attracts huge attention
Seems to be another intention

No ratification needed
Insults best ignored
Move ahead with the mission
Under his able guidance

Insulting a dead man
Worst act in s lifespan
Respecting the dead
Shows a man with self respect


Opinion of one Person
Doesn't require the comprehension
Doing it for many reasons
The one who rants gets the bad opinion

Offence is intended
Their souls will be contended
Only when the other is offended
And very often repeated

Put him in a boat
Hold on to the rope
Best way to deal
Keep moving the keel

Time of the night
Extending till daylight
Still of the night
Not on the mind

Eyelids closing for a duration
Winking the only reason
Eyes closed for sleep
Not able to recall from memory

A matter of discipline
The body shuts down within
By nature's law it should happen
If not what is the reason

Alertness in  thinking
The thoughts keep pouring
The mind keeps seeking
Source of the thought processing

Source of the thought
Kills the very thought
Wired and wrought
No answers breaking this law

A doctor's advice
Sought to revice
Is there any device
To bring rest and peace

Willing to pay
The price if any
Life led with harmony
Sleep and night in Symphony

Watching or browsing
Listening or reading
None of the above happening
Full throttle mind a weird feeling

Deprived of anything
Not a good feeling
Questioning the feeling
Self transcending thinking

Day  and night
Only by sight
Blurred insight
Awake all night

Not a clue
On what to do
If I bid writing adieu
Nights longer than the Trojans feud

Rewrite my past
Predicting my future
Both tasks futile
You only live twice

All the mistakes
Which caused heartaches
I still did it knowingly or unknowingly
Dream and reality confused me convincingly

Beaten Bruised Battered
Hopes of living life shattered
Seeing others living well
Jealousy better but intelligence insulted

Alarm bells ringing
Sounded like a bugle
Wake up call given by a
A single thought

Stagnant and drowning
Unfulfilled ambitions vision blurring
Causes unearthed by questions
Thoughts answered by feelings

Years of dust
Covering the quest
Cluttered debris requires
Due diligence process

Clarity dawns like the curtain rises
The play now clear for the far sighted
Foresight was missing ,proved to be a blessing
First row seats given  as lessons unfolded

Starting the second coming
With an Ostrich or a Phoenix
Rare they are on the course
It has 18 life has many more

Awareness the soul
Synchrony its goal
What to do trial and error
What not to do none clearer

Been there Done that
Picture perfect mindset
Nothing and Nobody  has changed
Still everything looks different

One step sideways
All it takes
Difference between
A Hero and a Coward

Time of Action
Act together
Unmindful of Outcome
Reticence Overcome

Proxy represent
Windy about Presence
Besides oneself
Defenition of Cowardice

Now and then
Prediction futile
Awareness fictional
Results Notional

Ready for the Unknown
Till it becomes the known
Strength Within
Decides hearts Rhythm

Unknown remaining that
Runaway at the premise
Pinnacle of Cowardice
Throw the dice

Prediction brings confusion
Permutations and Combinations
Statistical formula
Yet to be invented
Numbers for letters
Shooting blanks for Answers

Inside or Outside
Acquired or Inborn
Physical or Mental
Not Mutually exclusive
Random to fathom
Every kind
Universe can find

From the heart
Not restricted to the tongue
All chips dow
Out of Comfort Zone

Courage not lack of fear
With Fear Full Throttle on top gear
Owning the act
Impact intact
Facing the heat
Collar tight
Might to fright
Takes flight

Emotion without an Address
Rendered Rudderless
Orphanage refuses Refuge
A hat with a feather
Fear is for  the Other

Jaundiced heart
Prejudiced mind
Subterfuge personality
No character
Life with Fear

The sick and the elderly
Days are numbered we hear frequently
Whose days aren't
If there is any clarity
Only occurance with uniformity
Questions everyone's claim of being unique
Even for the biggest cynic
Return ticket to the hospital
The first gift we recieved
Never promised eternity by anybody
Number of days is filled already
Invisible to our eyes evidently
Numbered days a boon or curse
Either way there is no choice

Meek and Weak
Fearful of everything
That I see
Afraid of People Events and even Ghosts
Never lived my life
Frightening self carried myself
Deep at the core
Stuck in a dead end
Nowhere to turn
Met my saviour in Jeet Kune do
The philosophy founded by Bruce Lee

The movies that he acted
Only more and more reenforced
That the God of Anti Bullying
Was standing on the silver screen
Right before my eyes
His Fighting Skills His Philosophies and his Quotes
Made living of increased quality
Quantum of fear doubled down i guess
Faced eye to eye
Ready to die

Down and out
Ready to play relay
With cowardice in my thought and heart
Come to terms with mediocrity
Pushed around daily

Drowning in this
Self pity the worst
Saved me Bruce Lee
His Teachings now lead
The way i see life
Upside down he did
Made my life a lot smoother

Life's blur was becoming clearer
Therapeutic and Zen like
Very few remanants   of my former self
All i surrender to the great Saviour Bruce Lee

A bit of wit and humour
Adds its own glamour
Going thru life s grind
Welcome detour  for the mind

Physical in nature
Body and face expression
Used to evoke laughter
Slapstick never goes out of favour

Making fun of oneself
Ability to laugh at the self
Joke made out of ones own actions
Self depreciating humor in all its essence

Absurd used for amusement
Situations and themes
Illogical and weird
Nonsensical in its creation Surreal the name given

On the spot
A Wisecrack or a repartee
Not planned already
Quick and immediate called
Improvisational  comic relief does the trick

Pun in words
Double entendre infused
Language manipulated for laughs
Wordplay humor on the cards

Current events the theme
Pleasent  spin to the event
Comedy shows have them as core
Topical humor requires knowledge of trends in the now

Daily routine s as theme
Fun poked at it adds gleam
Campy in its nature
Observational humour hidden under

Not for all tastes
Toilet jokes never go waste
Fun made of everything given by law of nature
****** ribald not meant for all

A bit of wit and humour
Adds its own glamour
Going thru life s grind
Welcome detour  for the mind

Physical in nature
Body and face expression
Used to evoke laughter
Slapstick never goes out of favour

Making fun of oneself
Ability to laugh at the self
Joke made out of ones own actions
Self depreciating humor in all its essence

Absurd used for amusement
Situations and themes
Illogical and weird
Nonsensical in its creation Surreal the name given

On the spot
A Wisecrack or a repartee
Not planned already
Quick and immediate called
Improvisational  comic relief does the trick

Pun in words
Double entendre infused
Language manipulated for laughs
Wordplay humor on the cards

Current events the theme
Pleasent  spin to the event
Comedy shows have them as core
Topical humor requires knowledge of trends in the now

Daily routine s as theme
Fun poked at it adds gleam
Campy in its nature
Observational humour hidden under

Not for all tastes
Toilet jokes never go waste
Fun made of everything given by law of nature
****** ribald not meant for all

The only act done with honesty
Is the business of dishonesty
Clarity and consistency required
To keep a lie from being discovered
If dishonesty is the way of life
Clarity and consistency automatically lies

Woman of my dreams
Never knew existed
Until one day she visited
Dream or real I suspected

Eyes saw multiple images
Thrown off my turf with a smile
Worth a hundred million bucks
Skin smooth as silk my thoughts ran amock

Got to know her better
Honest and straight in her manner
Loving and caring in her demeanor
Proves nothing wrong in being a dreamer

Women like this
Never really exist
Said Woody Allen
Believed him blindly
Till I stumbled upon her inadvertently

Admire from afar
Or express the feelings felt for
Sleepless nights the price to pay for
Having met a person I lifelong yearned for

Subliminal her conversations
Varied interests and observations
Hours whistle past like seconds
Every second seems like an hour

Grateful for the chance to know
Fearful of what I might get to know
Allowing her inside my head
I wish I'd rather be dead

Distance a factor
Keep balance in order
Forget her sooner
My life a lot better

New record released
At the store in line
Waiting time not real time
Queue line serpentine

LP in hand
Cover designed by the band
List of songs behind
Music a magic wand

Moving in circles
Made of Vinyl
Stacked in a spindle
On the turntable

Long play and Extended play
Inside the record the music lay
Stylus caressing the phonograph
Created music Reverbating
Filling the room
A new name to Sound
Residing forever in the soul
Takes the music to its abode

Decades before the Internet
Figuring the  lyrics a challenge
A new song birthed out of
Our own imagination
Amateurs too became musicians

Rock bands of the Seventies
Greatest era for music
Era and Genre a boon to Music industry
Trivia and knowledge about them
Spawned another industry

Sheer genius in playing
Talent and skill in composing
A sound everlasting
Changing lifes very meaning
Bands were Gods in creating

Medicine for depression
Company for loneliness
Solitude for Reflection
Ecstasy for Celebration
Very reason for existence

Collecting  records a passion
Music created with perfection
Requires the  deserved attention
Loosing them a sin beyond
Redemption

Every album of every band
A part of the collection
Becoming a reality the very mission
Exchanging with friends
A tradition
Mission slowly coming to fruition

Casstte and Compact Disc
Times answer to technology
Format changed taste  didn't
Calender changed passion didn't

Part of life for a lifetime
Very Reason for existence
Music adds to its richness
Inflation or depreciation
Not in its valuation

Has no agenda
Gives you the option
Only excess not a sin
So is not listening

It exists in Silence
It exists in Noise
It exists in Voice
It exists in Choice

By definition divine
Casts its spell
Musicians with their wizardry
Capture hearts completely

Has no form
Cannot be seen
Nothing to believe
Nothing to Understand
Cannot transcend
Has no beginning
Has no end
Become one with
Its bandwidth
Did god create music
Or music the temple
Where he resides with his allure
Answers to life
Suddenly seem so simple

Heart in wilderness
Yearning for company
Thoughts stuck in
Traffic
Each blocking the other
No escape route
In search of a detour
Each traveling the distance
Extrapolating to fictional conclusions
Thoughts never tire
Continues its rollercoaster
Memory the striker
Hitting each other
Unlike the board game
The coins remain the same
In this.never ending game
Only one player to name
Awake and Its on
Sleep the dream switches on
Half asleep it wanders on
Half awake it meanders on
A place to hide
From my thoughts
Only thoughts decide
Playing cops and robbers
Here both wear the same number

Live life today
Make it  beautiful
Whatever may happen
Not our decision
Handle it with perspective
Tomorrow it becomes a memory
Start a collection of wonderful memories
That is the best story
You can tell yourself
Things go as planned
Nothing greater
If not then God has taken over
Either way in safe hands
You survived till today
Remember that all day
Live it with a purpose
One step closer
To your goal
Follow your teachers
Recall their lessons
Application makes the difference
Watchful with your words
Respect the elders
Thankful to everyone
You are where you are
Because you deserve to be
Life is unfair
You react by being fair and square
When the clock shows
The same time again
If you retain the oneness
Your heart will give you the answers
That you did the process
Think feel act and react
Keeping the senses intact
Go to sleep without any guilt
You could not have done better
Even if you had faltered
Learn the lessons
That life teaches you today
Falter again but never for the same reason
Let the day treat us as it befits us
Become better that next time it shows you more respect
Rays of hope and faith
Allow it to lead the way
Have a great day
Fulfilled with no regrets
Pleased and hurt
Good and bad
Happy and sad
Smooth and broken
With the tide or against it
As darkness fills the sky
Hope for the ray of sunlight
The day after will bring with
If you do wake up
Be grateful for the time offered
Live like it' is your last day
React like you have many years to stay
Relax like you don't know how many days have been saved
Be the day that will come again
To live it again
Or comes again and you are missing
Congratulations you've gotten your promotion

Loneliness Is Freedom
The company you keep
One one you seek
Cuffs put on self

Cut adrift
External noises off
Start the search
Face the thoughts
Noises more than
On the outside
.
Contemplation Discovery
Awareness Enquiry
Judge and Jury
Face reality

Biggest burden
Address the question
Raised within
Answers lacking

Labyrinth formed
Mind corrupted
Intellect influenced
Personality manupilated

Honesty Acceptance
Character realization
Guilt Repentance
Equilibrium Equation

Conduct Reason
Knowledge acquisition
Means no end
I exist therefore
I am

Enrich understanding
Process Discovering
Dissipate Ignorance
Procedure Permanent

Savor the Solace
Exploit the Silence
Alone not lonely
The only attribute
Of Solitude

Detox the brain
Clarity in thought
Purity in the heart
It is only the Start
Anything to gain
Innocence regained

Introduced to a sport
Watching from the aisles
All time greats
Accomplished great feats

Wanting to emulate
Dreams to translate
Started to play
Future in front lay

National Champion the coach
Thought the basics and approach
Attended the sessions
The road to hell
Is paved with good intentions

Enrolled at the club
In the local neighborhood
Coaching sessions complimented
With hours long practice sessions

Involved as a player
8 years at a stretch
Never let a day pass
Practice or coaching class
Without my attendance marked
Interest in the Sport
Gave me that record

Coach a legend
Of the older generation
Had a lot to offer
In the form of orientation

Practice at the club
Simultaneously with the help
Fellow players of the same caliber
Were mentally made of the same fiber

The sport was booming
In the school I was studying
The Vice Principal was coaching
A great team was in the making

Upset that I was training
Rejecting the mentoring
That he was offering
In spite of me undergoing my schooling
Began the process of sidelining

Did the scoring
Entire week with rounds progressing
Unaware that it was degrading
By the best Umpire award rewarding
My career as a player was near ending

Played every tournament progress non existent
Game remained stagnant
Winning one round extravagant

Years in circuit
No results to show
Loss in the 1st round
Became a rule of the thumb

Every loss confidence reduced
The very thing I hoped the game induced
Years later left me confused
Season after season
No results produced

Learning and practice
Always remained a novice
Loosing matches a practice
After the loss
Getting back home the only focus

A joke amongst players
Different clubs and layers
Beaten on the table
Reflected what I was capable

No excuse for Loosing
No one even suggesting
Rubbers & wood for changing
All alone left there hanging

Not able to win
Almost became a sin
Same results repeating
Got me thinking

Those who were playing
At my outcome laughing
Time to leave the shoes hanging
Where my thinking was heading

Blind without my glasses
Taking them away
Before my matches
Even after refree announces
Pleading with them
Made it torturous

No value added
Self only saddened
By what has happened
Even in dreams had not fathomed

In a dead end
Results remained consistent
Had shown no improvement
On the table faced the punishment

Hurt by the experience
That would last a lifetime
Said goodbye to the game
Life never remained same

Not naturally talented
Only to be made fun at
Work not giving results
Only thing to look forward
At the Seasons matches
Was being removed of my glasses

Attitude to win lacking
Skill totally not backing
Daily getting beaten
Why was I continuing

Time taken for a match
Less than time taken to travel
Nothing more insulting
Than the above statistic

Not suited for the game
Finally knowledge came
It's a game for winners
Not for a regular first round looser

Loving the game
Deeply and passionately
Playing the game
Daily and diligently
Lack of results
Put me in a quandary
Spent years hoping
The result would turn out differently
What did I do wrong
I ask myself daily

Sunday evening
No good movie showing
Not heard of anything
At the theaters playing

Recognized a face
In a poster on the daily paper
Played a role years earlier
In a Martial arts rollercoaster

Name was synonyms
With the character he played
Bolo real and reel name
Now in a film with Van Damne

Bloodsport the film
Declared a huge hit
Tickets sold out
Black market no go

Not too interested
But still disappointed
Taken for granted
Full house never expected

Riding my bike
Friend seated Pillion
Bereft of any decision
Home bound only option

Crossed another theater
Saw the poster and decided
It was not worth it
A man with 2 tickets offered it


Dragged our feet inside
Saw the film's stills outside
2 names above the title
Mattered so very little

Strolled into our seats
Close our eyes and go to sleep
A sold out audience
Awaiting the films inception

Had seen the trailer
While watching another picture
One more in the action genre
Nothing new to offer
The film released as a one week filler
Between 2 other
Weekend over
No chance to recover
5 more days to endure
Tide turned over
Word of mouth the do'er
People flocked together
To watch this blockbuster
Never ending run in the theater
A pilgrimage for every moviegoer


Title card said Bruce Willis
Thought he was a novice
Only to be proved the opposite
Made me sit up in my Aisle seat

Aged nineteen
Influenced by his smoking
Flips his wrists
Doesn't pick it with his fist
Dangling between his lips
Zippo lighter added to the list
Held it between his thumb
Pulled it in from the edge of his mouth
Rings of smoke magical when he blew it out

Dialogue delivered new the way it sounded
Never heard before where every word was modulated
Riveting action film in front of my eyes unfolded
Greatest movie experience ever experienced

Never seen anyone with more style
Nuances added made him stand out by a mile
Entire film screen time by himself
Very difficult unless confidence in self

Definition of a man
Dictionary cannot define
Set the benchmark for generations before and after
Emulating him was the sole objective hereafter

Chain Smokin Binge Drinkin
Hard Swearin Wisecrackin
Self talkin and in times of extreme stress just laughin

International Superstar
Born before my eyes
Forever in the hearts
Magic of Die Hard

Balancing the equation
Villain with a great reputation
Veteran of the stage
In his debut he plays
Hans Gruber
The ruthless killer
Hired hands by the dozen
Each character important

Alan Rickman from London
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Vice Chairman
Playing a role of a person with German origin
Greatest villain of all time
Says the viewing audience

Matching in Style and Skill
The picture in my head still
German accent went for the ****
Anyone matching histrionic prowess, till today nil

The entire movie played
Hero and Villain interplay
Only a couple of scenes together
Made them memorable forever

Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman
Greatest on screen combination
Together made the movie a sensation
Yin and Yang provided the wholesome phenomenon

Watched the Magic
A born again film fanatic
Redifined every notion
Of motion picture appreciation

Changed my life
Became my lifestyle
Repeated viewing
Make it more appealing

Best Action movie
Best Action Superstar
Best Villain Star
Tops every list
Deserves every bit
Every frame a lesson
Watch closely and Listen

Unwittingly went in
Came out haloed within
40 Stories of sheer adventure
Admiration only increased 30 years after

I am a man of little faith
Was engulfed by it
As the chapters of life unfolded
The wordings became narrower
Other editions had a lesson
It was called  hope
From mine was missing
Was there at the beginning
Had to take my tests
Without the two chapters
Learnt a lesson not in the book
To take the tests without faith and hope
Scored better from then on
Book cought my eye now
Fascinated to see the missing
Section
Staring at me with a mission
Dawned the realisation
The book remained the same
Blinded mind had put me to shame
Wrote the tests from the book
The tests remained the same
I had the wrong aim
Book took the blame
Checked it again
Even the book was not the same

Space and Time
Conceived by man
How to fill it
He hadn't planned
Artists created art
Immortal in its form
Composers created music
With nothing even to imagine
Artists and Musicians
Perform the role of God
By creating a form
From a non existent form
The artists strokes the space
The art form is performed
The conductor waves his hand
Tunes fill the room
Imagining a theme
Giving it a structure
On the stage to exhibit
A talent none can inherit
Nothing to refer
Has to be new to offer
Limited strings on instruments
Unlimited to instruct new variations
Coming together to create wizardry
Necromancy also a possibility
Such is the mastery
Over the craft of the art
By the artist
Who can originate
And the Maestro
Who can dictate
Themes and Notes
To fill up our space and clocks
The overflow of joy
Matter of pride for all
An action of pure divinity
Got to be blessed to be
The one who designs
Transcends the time we created
Will last long after
Even time ceases to exist

You reap what you sow
Has been told to us before
Show the other cheek
The very foundation of Christianity

Do unto others
What you want others to do unto you
Heard it a million times
What did you do

Rudeness is easy
Pointing out how the others life is messy
Showing of Sympathy
Is to the battered soul a Symphony

Give a helping hand
Make the weaker stand
Share your strength
Your heart will automatically cleanse

Open the doors
Of life's that are dark
Guide them towards the light
Forever improve their plight

Wear his shoes
Know his woes
Let the balm be your words
Take his life forward

Refusing a help
Using logic as a step
Make him stand at your doorstep
Point out his missteps

They serve as a lesson
When you see them become Desperate and unwelcome
Even to their funeral no one will come


Empathy to the lacking
Feel your heart crying
Real living is
Living for others

Be generous in thought
Follow it up with deed
Help the needy
That's the top priority


Nothing to discern
Show only concern
May not be returned
Lesson to be learnt

Where there is darkness
Be the light
Where there is Sunlight
Be the shadow
Be beside when surrounded by enmity on all sides
Never deride it's not for you to decide

Ask the question
In it lies the answer
If you were the meek
Won't the mighty that you'd seek


Won't you wish
When you're in a ditch
Someone pulls you out
He could have done without

Be the miracle
That you want to happen to you
Give it your all
Why are we born after all

Heart in the right place
Invites God's grace
Gratuitous he decides
That's where he wants to reside

Certitude in a fellow
Not a birthright to follow
Living upto your value system
Not his life's mission

Natural instinct to trust
Imposing on the other
Ones own conduct
Bruised by the final result

Natural instinct to doubt
Does everything roundabout
Secrets and lies piling up
Nervous wreck the final result

Trust and disappointment
Go together hand in hand
Distrust and fear
Travel together far and near

Lays the foundation
Relationships and communication
Brings with it respect
Returned with interest

Badge of honor
Merit card for character
Liked or loved doesn't matter
Trust stands above all other

Has to be earned
Takes years to be one
Never doled out for free
Refill option not guaranteed

Opens doors to betrayal
Pain aches and disapproval
Losing faith in humanity
And even the almighty

Happens to most
Consistently and frequently
Makes one more wary
Equals self pity as a despicable quality

Misplaced trust greatest weapon
Used against you always open
Some may excersize the option
Humanities existence now a question

No point of balance
Careful just a parlance
Not a substitute
Word to make you feel lesser of a fool

Expectation its ally
Faith and belief sky high
Once bitten twice shy
Once ditched self trust the fall guy

Many a victim
Trust gone wrong
Learnt the lesson
One enough for a lifetime

Birth and Death
Death a constant
Is birth a variable
The soul never dies
Often told to us
Reborn in another form
Is that the norm?
Mystery lies in the inbetween
The movie genre signifies
As the protagonist identifies
The audience verifies
In life we are our audience
Viewership from within
Have we solved the missing piece
In order to find the elusive peace
Is there going to be sequel
are we already in the sequel
Is the Almighty planning a trilogy
Another opportunity to solve the ambuiguity
Soul entering the body
A matter of faith
Rational mind seeks proof
Loopholes in logic doesn't make an Athiest
The simply lack  the connect using Science as a fail safe route
If the entire play out is a fantasy
Is fantasy the reality
Or the realisation that it is a fantasy
Throw light on the real reality

Trying to possess
To buy more on the clock
Missing piece of the puzzle
Found to make it complete

Hang on to it
For dear life
Life depended on it
Manipulated for this

Time left here
Not for sale
No discount either
Can't take another

In the hunt
To earn the bucks
Lifestyle lead determine
Success or Failure
Deep pockets come in handy
Nothing wrong in being wealthy
Would be better
If the silver can buy time
Realise that we are spending
To buy time
Which is rationed to us
But the illusion we live
Makes us believe
That time gets extended
More the greenbacks on the table
Time is money
For those interested in returns
Money is time for those interested in staying back
Time cannot be earned  
Or spent
It passes away either way
Rich or poor not determined
By the years in hand
Years less plain unlucky
Given to the highest bidder
Humans  greatest delusion

Yet to read a book
One up on Clocks time
No one knows the game
Double bluffing nature
Not quoted on the exchange
Futures not traded

Even Organs have a price
Humans willing to sell
Put a tag on everything
Mankind's own speciality
Ironically for time
Unable to fix the price
Exchange rate not available
Search on for the seller
Price doesn't matter
Man s strength is his wil
Unfortunately God doesn't Sell

Events in a sequence
Not very pleasant
Taking the decision
A time of inconvenience
Coming to the conclusion
Not a good time
Know very little
Arranging and Analysing
Assuming it is trouble
Rationalising how to handle
Unknown on the fray
Beyond our ability
To understand the game
What is bad we thought
Need not be bad
Can turn out either way
Will only know as day progresses into another day
Finding logical reason
In what has happened
Leads to more frustration
There is a gap
A logical nightmare
Lying there somewhere
If not things will be
As it were
To put you in this loop
Nature was ready with its tools
Taking it as a given
From that moment
Is the easiest solution
To handle the so called problem

Million thank yous
Would not suffice
Gratitude to the excercise
Filling your coffees they indeed did without any malice

Living in a fantasy
Greater sin than blasphemy
State of lunacy
Living on the currency
Of others hard earned money

Earn your bread
Or better lie dead
Inheritance from father
Is the next best offer

Lifestyle beyond means
Stylish as it seems
Better remain a dream
Or live with low esteem

Become a comic meme
If you don't redeem
Not part of any team
Alter life's theme

Face the music
You are not doing justice
Others money not at your service
Make yourself a promise

Ensure and endure
Future is secure
Life is insecure
Never ask for money
Secured or unsecured

Measure of goodness
How one treats the weak
Same as he would a king
Shows character and a heart of spring

Set standards for Actions
Desired and approve
Moral order defining character
Love yourself and you'll love others


Value to others
In thoughts and deeds
Wishing Ill for none
Growth for everyone

No later date set
Start now right away
Open your heart
Will be sought after by god

Shadow in Sunshine
Friend in Crisis
Light in the darkness
Filled with kindness

Not your line
Thinking different from thine
Does not make a difference
Open your hearts just the same

None that you don't like
Is the state to be reached
May all be well in life
Your dislike doesn't warrant them hell

The interest earned
By filling the stomachs
Of those whose is empty
Is kept safe by God under lock and key

Do not be the cause
For anybody's scar
Attitude will get auctioned off
No bidder buying at all

Words Thoughts Actions and Feelings
All in sync with each
Radiating this symmetry to reach
Everlasting Peace

Can buy anything that is for sale
Regrettably happiness is not
Finds its match in any price tag
Whats the tag attached to man
Who knows he cannot take this to no mans land

Exist in the present
Future non existent
Past doesn't make sense
Solution for many problems

Anxiety the difference
Between the now and not now
By order you will never know
The point is you need not know

Conditions of the mind
Brain playing its game
Resisting it the biggest bane
Allow it flow and itll seem so lame

People  causing pressure
Are extremely immature
Punching bag for anybody
Not at all our duty

Advanced medicine
Will find the solution
Disciplined Meditation
Will cause the stress to lessen

Spiritual direction
Default action
Sets the therapy in motion
Aids in realization

Self image Actualization
Problem with mankind
Self actualization leads
To honest and true expression

Cause of the disorder
Stressful life provides the fodder
Get things back in order
Awareness gives the answer

A goal need not be reached
It's only a guide to teach
Resetting the goal
Most sensible approach

Defeat is not real
Unless given reality
A pure state of mind
Be kind to yourself and you'll do just fine

Mind wanders in it's own
Live life moment by moment
Acceptance including non acceptance
Separate thinker automatic disappearance

Zen about the experience
Observe it without judgement
Judging oneself creates a nuisance
Issue solved only by transcendence

Man sacrificed himself
For the sake of mankind
His life his message
Jesus Christ son of Mary and Joseph

My father was a Jewish carpenter
Spread love and tolerance amongst each other
Wanted to change the world order
Carried the Cross for every sinner

Crucified out of fear
The man shed not a tear
What they feared hed become
Hoped by crucifixion hed succumb

The man was no man
Son of god playing a man
Summoned for a mission
Unleashing terror and torture not even a distraction

Forgiveness his essence
Every word carried substance
Recording of every instance
Has helped mankind

A god to his devotees
A friend to a friend
A father to a son
A son to a father

Close your eyes and say a prayer
Say his name with faith and a tear
He will protect you at every layer
With his name on your lips
The demons surrender

With him in your life
As friend Philosopher and guide
Son of god internalized
All roles he will perform
Dont bother to categorize

The only one who will recognize
Even if you curse him and antagonize
Who else can be god but
He who had everyone in his heart

Ignore him and his deeds
He still cares for your creed
Dont have him in your heart
You can never set him apart

Your equation with him
Is of no consequence
His equation with you
Is showering love and affection

Compassion in  thought
Forgiveness in the heart
Purity of the Soul
Jesus Christ's story told

God and son of god
I bow humbly before the cross
Be with me in my path
Take me with you when I depart

South  west bound
Driving through the backroads
Blemishes skill
Holding the steering
Colleagues and Cousins
Alternating

Alike in thought
Education and Profession
Interests the same
Character identical
Honest and integral

Fathers best friends
Mothers greater buddies
From the same family
Thanks to the Grannies
Siblings to each

Pedal to the metal
Ripping through the South
No one on your trail
Just got a mission at stake

Forget the brakes
Push the pedal
Keep the diesel flowing
Put that  foot down and give it a go

Final destination
Before time
Rubbers burning
Gears changing

Gene  Hackman in French connection
Steve McQueen in Bullit
Charles Bronson in Violent City
Burt Reynolds in White Lightning

Done it all
Done it before
Travel the same path
100 miles plus
Engine full of wrath

5th gear release
Lowest to 4th
Shift between the 2
3rd is for amateurs

Find the RPM
Release the clutch
Control the launch
0 to 100
And out of sight
You're gone

The Rockford turn
Missed the bend
Back in 4th
Zoom past the roads

Heal & Toe
Blip the throttle
Hit the break
Find the RPM
Same foot
Shows the experience

Turbo charge the car
Use the gas from the exhaust
Spin the turbine
Compress the air
Increase the power

Grip the surface
Dont loose the traction
Push the envelope
Hear the metal

Negative camber
Flush the car
Slam low
Scrape the ground

Rotate the shaft
Increase the torque
Roads at a fork
Taxi down to a fault

Racers not ricers
Taxiing on the highway
Jetting past the speedway
No one in the way
Sound of the engine
Boeing in take off position

Enjoyed the ride
Driving skill a matter of pride
Driving and Navigation
An art worth celebration

Greatest pleasure
Easily lured
Taking the back seat
Evidence the feat
Feel the heat

To life added 1
A new dimension
Very few possession
Skill and exgpl
Dynamite explosion

Exertion to create
A creation
Either by talent or repetition
Skill and imagination
Overlaying in tandem
For profession or recreation
Has a destiny written
Before or after
I'm in no position
To answer the question
If the art carries the artist s fortune
Or doom as determined
The art is not at fault
Just as we are born
Knowing only life
It searches to  display
Pride not in itself
But its master
Inspite of the travails
Using his
Seeds of imagination
Birthed on canvas
Record or film
Even the creator
By virtue of his power
Could write its kismet
But needed its artisan
To use his wizardry
Who's life  too he can sequence
But lacked his creative essence
Creating a competition
To his occupation
Willing to sacrifice it
He lacks the nuance
Of the artistic brilliance
World and his creation
Need in abundance
Foregoing his monopoly
His imagination after all lacked beauty
A novice who needed
The virtuoso s genius
To make this world a better place