Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Having emotional content
Energy of creation
Staying connected to each
Being totally present
Living life in the moment
Awareness Open mindedness
Impartial observation
Presence of emotional content
A state of connection
To the spiritual creation
No longer in Isolation

Stay in the moment
Experience the experience
Being present in that situation
Communication of feelings
Authentic and unique
Origin of enlightenment
Understanding the heart
Living in that harmony
.
KV Srikanth Jul 2021
Life  just  a glance
Death  your destination
Realise  
Become  the emperor of your own destiny
KV Srikanth Sep 2022
Looking life ahead
Twists and turns
Taking you back
Where it all started
Lost in the maze
Hope and faith
Illuminating the path
Or so you thought
All you did was wander
Only the shadow
Never left you apart
Quagmire of darkness
Cast its sheath far and wide
Dimming the glow
That the light wants to throw
Unravel from within
For the maze an illusion
Inner quest illuminates
The labyrinth illustrates
The void that resides
Every layer peeled inside
The roads become straight and clear
Transcend the transcript
Blank pages filling it
Mirroring the empty Ness
To be written
Or already written
Page by Page
In great detail
Fill a blank page
With emptiness essays
Nothing from nothing
Is the fullness of life
Explained in detail
By the empty sheets
For you to discover beneath
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
The temple of hate
Grants a boon called War
Cemeteries will find more symmetry
More lessons for future history
Feelings for lives in danger
Taken without any disclaimer
Making humans an endangered species
Is the only goal battle achieves
KV Srikanth Aug 2021
Lying lifeless on the floor
family and friends till the door
Wife till the end of the road
Progeny till the cemetery
What happens after
Who accompanies  thereafter
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
I'm thankful forever
To whatever happens to
I myself

When things go Cross
Not in tune with my heart
Grateful for nature being graceful
Could have been worse
Could have been better
I don't know the answer
But i know for sure
It is the best outcome
Nature doesn't make a wrong choice

The same is my emotion
When things go with the motion
Time and tide is in favor
God has answered my prayer
Could have been better
Could have been worse
I don't know the answer
Nature doesn't make a wrong choice

I bite the bullet
Or I am on a roll
Gratitude is my only call.
Thank you are the only words

Biting the bullet i thought
I was in a roll i didn't know
I was on the line i assumed
Full if joys of Spring was reality fine tuned

Good or bad
Who am I to decide
One event triggers the pack
Permutations and Combinations in check
Only an all knowing Master can fathom
I cannot know by random

Every experience i underwent
Greeted only with salutation
Flowing with the situation
Not meeting any with condemnation

Erases the line
Good times and Bad times
What remains is only time
Is the even Time?
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
Anxiety about the outcome
Ceases after reality it becomes
Fear of loss
More painful than actual loss
Concrete result gives clarity
Time to plan next stratergy
Results always accurate
Till displayed one gets desperate
Hoping the worst
Mankind's core nature
Self defence mechanism
To create fall back escapism
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
Nox in full splendour
Her beauty transforming
From being slender to the other
Boire n coup without a drop

No stoner neccasary
To admire her beauty
Seductress at work
Femme fatale misleading the ordinary folk

The Sun chose her
To radiate the light
Who observes the world
Drunken on her smile

Stars blazing the sky
Drowning under the moonlight
Asks the night to spread its darkness
Stars can be embraced adding taste

Gliding by night
Growing in stature
Missing for a day
Astronomers don't have a say

Flirting with all
She's seen it all
Man hoping to ask her out
Over the moon about the moon


Sign of secrecy
Brings with her majestically
Time to dine and dance
Will she join

Seeing her from the terrace
Dreaming a copyright she's bestowed upon us
The nights owe her big-time to shine bright
Making it on time time and time

Insomnia a tool
Used to fool others to bed
Exotic moments collected
To be recalled with the other



I seldom sleep
At night hoping
Tonight's my night
Push comes to shove
I don't have the guts

Tilt of the head
Can see her glamour
Half the universe she spreads
Her time to leave one dreads

12 hour wait
To see her again
Does she know my name
Unfortunately It is Daytime
KV Srikanth May 2022
Trying to become
A big star
In the movies
Not everyone is lucky
Aspiring actors many
Tried and failed plenty
Trying to earn a penny

No other choice
Still hear their inner voice
Seen ordinary guys turn into celebrities
Green room their only known territory
End up as movie extras
Known as background artist
Tough life waiting to be called
Every extra thinks he's the next superstar
Irony in the fact
Evidence in their favour

Their dreams destroyed
Settled into their new avataar
Part of show biz
Last choice in their list

Part of  crowd scenes
Indistinguishable face no one noticed
A fellow extra the neighbour befriended
Who' also was rejected

Trying to become
A big star
In the movies
Not everyone is lucky
Aspiring actors many
Tried and failed plenty
Trying to earn a penny

No other choice
Still hear their inner voice
Seen ordinary guys turn into celebrities
Green room their only known territory
End up as movie extras
Known as background artist
Tough life waiting to be called
Every extra thinks he's the next superstar
Irony in the fact
Evidence in their favour

Their dreams destroyed
Settled into their new avataar
Part of show biz
Last choice in their list

Part of  crowd scenes
Indistinguishable face no one noticed
A fellow extra the neighbour befriended
Who' also was rejected

Weather and conditions
Not taken into consideration
In costume for entire call sheet
No choice but to make peace

Part of the scenery
They add the authenticity
Movie making efforts collaborative
They add to the narrative

No reason to be treated badly
Dreams did not come true
Written in their destiny
Statistically impossible must have chosen carefully

A profession with dignity
Uncredited or bit parts
Terms as these don't to justice
Things didn't work out as promised

Imagine a movie
Done away with them fully
Watching a movie makes you realise
That you are watching a movie

No greater blunder
Than to make the audience aware
To draw them into the story
Rests on the burden these extras carry

In front of the camera
Everyone is an actor
Behind the camera
Everyone is a crew member

Know their value
Added to keep it true
Name not in the titles
If not for them there is no Title
KV Srikanth May 2022
What we hear
Told as fact
Is with tact
An opinion given
To create an impact
As sought by the one
Who recounts the fact
We hear it
The way we want it
Distorted version remains
Passed on for further distortion
An adherence to reality
Confirming with honesty
Truth elucidated  in accordance
With the narrative intended
To be effective
Finally a personal perspective
Fact and Truth
Belief and Outlook
Fact and Truth
Life's fictional pursuit
No one knows
Which is real
Versions varying from
Person to person
Real version Non existent
Pursuit of them
To come to any conclusions
End up judging the wrong person
KV Srikanth Jan 2022
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
KV Srikanth Oct 2022
Don't bid farewell
Together still and forever
Feeling in our hearts
Never leave us apart
KV Srikanth Jan 2021
Fabricated  Flavian
Incipient Vespasian
Inaugurated Titus
Gift to People
Colosseum in Rome
100 day Carnival
****** Festival
5000 Gladiators
65000 Viewers
Battled for Prize
Stay Alive
Loosing is Death
Not allegorical
Brutal game
Of the sword
Survival  fittest
Weak and Meek
No place to seek
Vultures in Air
Hiding for  hide
Man vs Man
Man vs Animals
72 AD
Valor was Order
Blood like River
Charmed Spectator
Remained Rewarded
Unfit Segregated
Spartans Vikings Gladiators
Warriors tuned to Glory
Ruled Ruthlessly
Notoriety inherent
Nobility deterrent
Rome was Home
Battle of this Proportion
Colosseum Shook
Under the Ground
Shocked and Awed
Of its latest Participants
Year was 1972
Entered the 2
Into the Colosseum
Bodies Forged
Trained Decades
Skills Mastered
Fought Many
Opponent & Enemy
Laid wayside
Almighty hesitated
Of being eliminated
Bruce Lee
Greatest Martial Artist
Kicking Sway
Faster than a car
On a Motor Freeway
Hands like Lightning
Movement invisible
Blink and Miss
Dont blink still miss
Fighting without Fighting
Spiritual insight
Founder Jeet Kune Do
Fighter and Philosopher
None Deadlier
Ip man his teacher
Chuck Norris
Seven time World Champion
Black Belt 9th Dan
Taekwondo, Jujitsu ,Judo
Founder Chun Kuk Do
Roundhouse Kick
Neck Split
Kicking Punching
Throwing Grappling
Opponent Gasping
Way to Survive
None did
To give the Answer
Karate Triple Crown
Was his own
Had to give way
Away from fights remain
Others to stake claim
Battle of All Time
Warm ups began
Backs facing
Punching and Kicking
Head touching feet
Kicks in the air
None to compare
Stances taken
Face to Face
Fight to Death
Audience and Refree
A black Cat.
Nine minute battle
Epics looked like Comics
Vikings  would have crowned them Kings
Gladiators and Spartans
Pale in comparison
Greeks had Gods
Gods had these two
Combat made them One
Bruce won by Winning
Chuck won by Dying
Art won by Respecting
People won by watching
Imitation flattery
Millions inclined
Bullies declined
Posititivity filled the Space
World a better place
Till end of time
Oneness in Duality
Lesson in Spirituality
Collaborated one on one
Bruce and Chuck
Global phenomenon
Black cat ,Bad Omen
Go watch Way of the Dragon
KV Srikanth Nov 2022
Dawn wearing a mask
Made of the weather
Ante and Post dissolved
Meridian dissolved in the rain
Wind throwing caution onto itself
Spectral sounds abandoned
Silence never sounded louder
Briefly the mizzle threw a spanner
Drizzle the architect for a deluge
The wind  presses its brakes
Zephyrus the most called upon
A favour with fervour
KV Srikanth Mar 2021
First day First show
3 pm the time
Leading men
3 of them
Name above the title
Only one familiar a little

Hero of the picture
No clue for me or any other
Seats empty
Who is he ?


Chaos and confusion
Prevailed in fusion
Only one question
Exit the theater or
Enter the Dragon






Dad did the Math
His brain and heart
Contradict each
Heart wants to view
Brain wants to skip
Went with his heart

All set to enter
The hall of the theater
Doorman time bang on
Trickled in one by one


Time till screen parted
Next seat guys ranted
The audience sat clueless
Fearful of the content
Open mind not the intent

My father took a call
That we all exit the cinema hall
We give the film 10 minutes in all
To judge if it has the wearwithall

Screen parted
Scene started
Warner brothers logo
Proved the film was from a big studio

Shot of Shaolin
The film begins
Frames pass by
Time in a freeze

A hero never before seen
Speed of lightning
What was happening
Intellect interpreting vision
Next scene already begun

Empty seats stare
Surround sound roars
Dragon tunes never
Heard before

Father in a state of shock
From Silent era had seen it all
World weary in movie history
After this show
No more empty gallery

All the words
In his vocabulary
He used to shower Glory
On the quality of the movie

Hyperkinetic film
Unfolding from within
Philosophy and Action
Very rare combination


Martial Arts
Debut of sorts
Battle with Ohara
Blink and miss
Dont blink still miss
200 miles an hour
Fists and kicks
Glued to their seats
Marvelled at the feats

More fights
One better than the other
Brilliant combat
Till end of time
Never to forget

Name of Weapon
Till then no clue
Use of Nunchaku
Suddenly everyone knew

End Credits Rolling
Tears of joy flowing
Right call not to exit
Never again an empty seat

Tricked in Stormed out
Usually it's the other way about
Exit the hall
Straight to the car
Usual norm
Exit the theater
Back to the box office counter
To again view the phenomenon
Enter the Dragon

The film had a run
That did not seem to end
Every viewer stunned
Only to again Return
Father no exception
Most watched film of every generation
Till the same theater released
The Return of the Dragon
FIX
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
FIX
State of flux
What do we want out of life
A good Education
A job befitting the study
A salary to keep ends tied
A woman to marry
In order to love
And raise a family
Wonderful kids growing under the care
If these points are connected
Is the graph perfect
Do these happen without hitches
Are we luck to have them
Or is the person lucky
Who doesn't posses any
But his life he's able to carry
Without much of a worry
He didn't know
Where to fix the points and
Join them later on
Or should he bleed of inferiority because none of the above worked out unapologetically
Where and how do we grade
Useful to ourselves and to others
Not creating nuisance to self and the rest
Both can be marked
As long as he ponders where he went wrong
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Referred in past tense
Value to the human given
Now just a physical presence
Waiting to be taken to the creamation
Till a second ago
Dealt with as real
Spoken about in  present
Now avoiding going near
The only reality hence fear
Arrangements made to keep the odour sane
Hours decided before removing the same
Planning involved in completing this game
Not even referred to by name
Sense of relief as the smoke exits the flame
KV Srikanth Jun 2021
Question of existence
Most asked question
Questioning the existence
Mans favorite past time

An in between position
A matter if convenience
Prescience or abscence of reverence
Neither present in the person

Different religions add to the confusion
Each having their own interpretation
Give a well packaged presentation
Accepted without asking any questions

If there is a creation
There has to be a Creator
Created and creation are the same
Teaches another contradictory to the former

Good deeds and bad deeds
Form the balance sheet
Does not require any analysis
Place in heaven or hell decided after you've become posthumous

The mind and body
Wrongly identified
Self enquiry needed
To realize otherwise

Karma theory
Enforced fully
Soul finding another body
Capacity decided by the karma theory

Routes to attain
The great lords grace
Cut past to the chase
Paraphrase from texts the easiest way

There is a god in heaven
God is everywhere not in any location
God is in everything
You are god possessing everything

None of this is real
Its fictional fuel
Refusal and ready for a duel
Following of any completely futile

Neutral without angle
Riddle and a puzzle
Answers to these multiple
Not to delve deep keep it simple

Different in ideology
Each a different philosophy
In conjunction apart from morality
Faith and hope only commonality

Messiahs and Saints
For every religion
There for every generation
Spreading their existence the only reason
Showing the path to Realization

Waiting for a miracle
Lifes biggest debacle
Miracle only a minisclue
Part of faith's multitude

Destiny a step brother of theology
Used as a cushion in times of complexity
God in his capacity has already
Decided the path of the journey

Law of Nature or the Order
Terms used to describe the maker
A force superior
Creates and removes the barriers

Spiritual Atheist Deist & Ietsist
More branches straddling between the theist and atheist
Leftist and Communist form another list
Religion every generations zeitgeist

State of Zen
There for every human
Practiced in succession
Contradictory to Zen

Zen is being
Eating while hungry
Drinking while thirsty
Answer for zen remains locked in Silence

Spiritual insight required
For any progress
Egoless state of being
Helps understanding
That when the time comes  it will hitself
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Be thankful for
Food on your table
Might as well be
Your last meal
Eaten in peace

Meal ready on the table
Taking it for granted
No more on a full stomach
Being are told its enough

The reasons multiple
Nutritious intake to maintain
Good health and living
Might no more be coming

Might have an Icharus
Right in the midst
Need not snitch your presence
Could test the tolerance

Earn your bread
Best lesson ever
Passed on by elders
Knowing how much it matters

Dependence on others
Two square meals a day
Is the greatest curse
May or May not be a ruse

Never put the mind to it
Was always readily available
Empathy with the poor people
Led their lives yearning for that table

Getting rid of this
Mans greatest challenge
No one goes Esurient
Basic values forsaken

Getting used to it
Seems like the only fit
Not asking a luxurious Viand
Basic food now a demand
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
Indication from God
An event transpires
Seen as a trailer
Before the movie releases
Linking the events
Foretelling the fortunes
Gets done akin to a doctrine
Screening the film yet to be filmed
God not a weatherman
Warnings not his way to be
It is what it is
Will be what it will be
Interpreting the incidents
Using reason to come to conclusions
Based on an irrational comparison
Of an earlier occurance
Take each as it comes
Not more not less to confirm
Future may turn out
To be a sequel as predicted
Can't still be edited
The way you want it projected
If not a follow up
Only time is wasted
Extrapolation acting like a Vestibule
Connecting the coaches
For a brief period the mind Oscillating like the swing that holds the child travelsFORETE
KV Srikanth Apr 2023
Trial by fire
Law and people's ire
Aristocrats and Wealthy
Opinion Makers and Political power
Forming a team
Sounding the bugle
Declaring the battle
Aim to bring down
Slander to the reputation
Questioning the integrity
Doing it daily
Looking for avenues
These seem not enough
Bullets and muscle
Anything I missed
Media and Social
Filled pages for hire

All time low
Good to know
Last person standing
Already decided by destiny


The tale of the grapes
Oldest fable heard
It is what it is
Sour it is
the title fox gives
Give what you have
Oldest logic told
Need I say the rest
Wishing the best


Power is news
Acquired with guts
Vigour and energy
Time and money
Unrest to unseat
Hand over a gift
Filled with defeat


Pressure is a privilege
Given to those
Face to face
Against all the rage
Standing on the big stage

Play and win
Best option available
Play and loose
A net separate the 2

Jealous I am
Of the individual
Who cannot be ignored
Who's blood is sought
To be destroyed
What a creation
To serve mankind
God intended to be
That powers would be
Remain powers would be
KV Srikanth Jul 2021
Freedom given to the other human
Lightens the mind of burden
The more you let go
Freedom to oneself the ultimate goal
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
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Heart pounding faster
Or skipping a beat
Forcing to retreat
Overcoming it a feat

Willing to forego
Defaulted rent to be paid
An uninvited guest
Manipulating the rest

Threat of imminent
Pain and danger
Lurking in the corner
State of emotion called fear

A paralysing state
Leaves a bad taste
Driving force behind
Decision making alligned

Alarm called anxiety
State of dismay and worry
Fret stress and distress
Mind paralysed with no hope in sight

Born with Scare
Foundation of values
Defined by the terror
Fear the river that runs through personality and character

Real or unreal
Does not matter
Ability to tell the difference
Now a tall order

Cowardice the capital
Of the state of fear
Inability to pursue
Timidity the injury to endure

Fear tests my strength
Cripples me trying to attempt
Breaking my spirit from within
Creating illusions from nothing

People and issues
Alone and the dark
A frenzied mob
Fear for the sake of fear

Mistakes made add up
Pushes down to the nadir
Ray of hope under the veil
Searching for the veil life's only deal

Guilt and lies
Feed the fear like Nuclear
Making it tougher
Than it already is

Dreams and desires
Lay by the wayside
Inability to conquer
Plunging into depths deeper

Mind bending substances
Drinking and drugs for example
Feeds the terror hungry for more
Sanity hanging in balance knocking on psychosis

Not a psychiatric condition
Just plain old world state of mind
Shadow to the coward
Freezed at every turn statues built in remembrance
KV Srikanth Jun 2021
First day of College
Met him in the hallway
Said hello to a fellow student
Defenition of a true friend


Apart from education
One thing in common
Exchanging information for better orientation
Taste in music laid the foundation

Found a friend on day one
Till today there is none
I became another son
Lived in his house without paying rent

Surprised to be invited
Went and visited
Warmth from the family felt elated
Will soon become family unexpected

The only thing lacking
In that house was oxygen
Music not a hobby but a devotion
Filled the air for respiration

The room became
My abode for
3 years in a row
Hammock added to the glow

Entire new world
Opened for me
Brother in IIT
Never met anyone so bright intellecually

Coffee lunch and dinner
Never made to feel an outsider
Every family member
Related to me similar

Passion for music
A world of magic
Till today nostalgic
One day will revisit

Value of education
Learnt its importance
Intellectual furtherance
All at his residence

Conduct of a clown
Asked me to play it down
Till then I hadn't known
My presence was a laughter zone

Took pride in it
He told me the opposite
Lessons learnt well defined
Cant list them cause they're infinite

Exposure to brilliance
Through his brother and his friends
My Academic performance
Made absolutely no difference

Treated as equal
Made it special
Visiting his house a misnomer
Cause was living  there forever

Graduated to a scooter
With him as Pillion rider
Memories no fonder
Daily trips to College Remembered

Looking back today
If you take the negatives away
Whatever remains to this day
Was what I learnt as the hammock swayed

Gratefully alive for
Introduction the Grateful Dead
Played more in room
Dead heads will soon know

Thankful to Ian Anderson
And the Jethro Tull
The first exchange about locomotive breath
On loneliness made me lay a wreath

Thank you my friend
For being a friend
Never remained a friend
For another brother I became

Music playing as music
Today playing as a memory
Feelings can never change
The song remains the same
KV Srikanth Jan 2021
We search our souls,
When we find a lacking .
Luckiest is one who finds a mate.
First thing in life,
Others can wait.
Before us we see in the movies, houses and classrooms.
Acquaintance that blossoms ,
Watered by the desire of companionship.
Progressing on the steps of associate ,ally and friend.
On the foundation laid by
Chemistry and Camaraderie,
Cemented finally as a buddy.
Search and find,
Make and Bind,
Defined and Designed.
Roads taken commonly.
None are right.
This is not an art or combat.
A soul mate is never found.
Union that's Spiritual .
By defenition boundless.
Rare by the numbers.
Lucky are the finders.
Male Bonding  it is christened.
Blessing I would reason.
Chinaman's chance to happen.
Grace in plenty to be in unison.
Chance depends on circumstances.
Choice depends on attitude.
It is neither chance or choice.
It all comes from your inner voice.
Emotion and Reason,
One from the heart and one from the Thought.
Balancing on a see saw,
Burdened side down,
Masks the Mirage.
Unique in its defenition.
Unaware of its inception
Not formatted by decision.
Is it happenstance?
Sanctity more than place of worship.
Is the core of friendship.
Beware the stranger,
Who only remained a guest,
Who you invited at your own behest.
Treated he,you as an entertainer.
After the show stopped,
Realise he always was a stranger.
Better left undefined.
Divinity it is if defined.
Blessed few shall attain.
A friend who remains.
Treats even God as a bargain.
Waking up in the night, blinded by darkness.
Music we  revere but cannot see its form.
Truth inside our heart doesn't manifest outside.
Search and it shall not be found.
Handed you a line.
Made you irrelevant.
Blemish greater he cannot cause.
Than trading on one's heart.
KV Srikanth May 2021
No words accurate
To describe the death rate
Human lives at stake
Even breathing a grave mistake

Quarantine the patient
14 day isolation
Only available Solution
Even if jab taken

Rules dont apply
To Doctors on duty
They too have a family
For them now secondary


The Nurses on call
Give it their all
Service to humanity
Epitome of sanctity

Frontline worker
Knocking on deaths door
Care their very core
Clarity in every pore

Nameless and faceless
Sacrifice their bonafide
Price of their servitude
Mankind not big enough to measure its magnitude

Worship and Celebrate
Their quality innate
Put themselves behind all
To treat a Pandemic on front of all

Work done by them
Expecting nothing in return
Environment of calamity
Doing their calling calmly

Immortal status achieved
For only one reason
Future generations must know of their contribution
By Example they showed
Stopping death at its door

Spouse and children
Of no relevance
Safety of fellow humans
Engulfs their hearts and minds

Fear and uncertainty
Existing universally
Balancing it wonderfully
Rest living peacefully

Bow our heads
Heart soul and rest
Words or actions
Cannot define our indebtedness


The study of theology
Questions solved permanently
Fictional or reality
He bows his head willingly
In you he sees Divinity
KV Srikanth May 2022
A fulfilled life
Is a path well travelled
The ditches fell into
As a part of the process
Stinking of the Gutter
But a lot wiser
Not feel humiliated
But a sense of pride
Fell into it inadvertently
Least a lesson and
Never fell again
For the same reason
Mountains to climb
A few successfully
A few withdrew
Took a detour
Not felt like a failure
Just a fish out of water
Chose the next best thing to do
Felt good about the travel
Ticketless it ain't
Self respect didn't allow that
Gained some failed some
Cocktail of experience
Not to get a sense of high
But to remain stable in the head
Full in the heart
What more can one ask for
Memories doesn't make you sour
Future lush green or barren
Not even in thought
Living in the present
Crossing the road
From past to future
Taking a turn no more to return
Looking at the mirror
To get its permission
When the rear view mirror
Doesn't reflect the road
But the integrity of your soul
Needs don't die with death
One final request beats inside
You need 4 to
Carry you from the floor
Visiting card to show
When whatever awaits
At the next door
Got your Four
More were ready to carry
To the gates of
Your next journey
A life well lead
Fulfilled with respect
A few regrets
Not human otherwise
If regrets none
Buy a one way ticket
As no more trips
Back here
Signed off forever
With no signature required
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
Why is that
Every fear
That  i fear
A feeling of threat
Danger and harm
Has a funny way
Of coming true
Anticipation of unpleasant
Situations
Due to valid reason
Or a gut triggered emotion
Never escaped even one
Hunted me down every time

Lacking the guts
To face the fuss
A coward i was
Step aside because
Timid and weak
In my heart

Brought it forward
I was the same
As long as i remember
First few years didn't help either

Waves of anxiety
Top gear to my heart beating faster
Trembling of the legs
Stuttering of the mouth


Anger deep inside
Inability to express
Buckling in distress
Act of cowardice

Everything under the sun
Being hurt physically
Mind played with psychologically
Made fun of publicly
Bullied with savagery

Feared these forever
How they existed
I  am not sure
Spent my life looking for a cure

Wanted to be popular
Dug myself a grave 6 feet under
Trying to please everybody
Could see through me easily

A major school event
Had a problem with a fellow student
Boycotted the event
Realised nobody missed even my name

Bullied by the Vice Principal
Was also a table tennis coach
I too was a player
He treated me like a joker

Jokes at my expense
Was a daily occurence
School sport or neighborhood
Played by others like a fool

Feared a teacher
Hoping she not be my tutor
Murphy law at play
She made me regret everyday

Wanted to change
My so far image
Tried hard in college
Only to minimal effect


Studying in America
A childhood dream
Feared the visa interview
Greeted a lady officer as " Sir " out of pure fear

Rejected time and again
Angst never could contain
Wrong impression given
Get ready to face rejection

Feared of not having friends
Was ok on that end
Still struggling on that front
A good friend yet to gain

Fear of loneliness
Covering my heart with darkness
Almost reached there
Fear has taken aim at that

Wanted to avoid
Lead a life devoid
Of Bullying  and despair
One. Thing to be proud I'm rare

Afraid that I'd be.
Without a family
So it was to be
Alone and lonely

Wanted to be on par
With family and friends.
Whenever with them
Can feel the difference

Working in the markets
Got blamed for an error i did not falter
Took a year to.
Come out in the clear

The divorce proceedings
In an ugly hearing
Esteem all time low
Can't go further below

Why did i fear
What was the trigger
The mess between my ears
Took   decades to recover

This is a recall
Of events in the past
Following Bruce Lee and his philosophy
Given me the courage to face fear face to face
KV Srikanth Aug 2022
Five films filmed
Fans fantasies fulfilled
Fear filled feelings
Fraught foisted firmly
Fist Fury fighting
Firm focused following
Forgetting faking fanfaronade
Feature film flashing
Fretting fuming fallacy
Fundamental facts faced
Flawless faultless fable
Feeble fluctuations freezed
Feeling free forever
Film forwarded facts
Flowing  forward fluidly
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
KV Srikanth May 2022
Burden and sorrow
Are the guards to your gate
Knocking on it
Going to enter anyway
Denying permission is
Living in lala land
Let it come
Occupy some
Space in the mind
Don't waste your time
Uninvited guests they are
Dwelling on them
Gives the more strength
Delays their departure
Use the strength and time
Used to dwell upon
On the issue
That granted them
Visa to enter
Your own end
Bear it with strength
Pray to god
To give you the heart
Think of the millions
Behind you in the line
Get happiness out of that
Find peace till the end of time
KV Srikanth Sep 2022
Born as a Male
So i was told
Educated later about gender
Aware of only 2
Later a third in Transgender
My growing up years
Was kept as simple
Difference between the two
Adolescence brought to my notice
Even AIDS was made aware
When i was already sixteen
Different reasons given
On how it spread
Theories and understanding
And the lack of it
Made it very confusing
I am able to understand
But unable to share
The emotional reactions
To bring gender fluid
It is a new word
Let alone a concept or a fact
I respect those
Who describe themselves as such
Inspite of my learning and hearing
About this daily
I have no confusion
That i am what i was born as
Will remain the same
Not a conviction
Because there is no doubt
In the first place
For me to fight it
I don't think any gender
Is more superior than the other
All are equal and only
Missing word in the equation
Is respect alone
Enjoy being a male
Don't envy the others
Fluidity being new
I know that equality
Is what they expect
Not as a gift but as a right
The right thing to do
Is to do it right
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
At the age of 10
Was the time when
He for the first time
Openly  mentioned
That becoming an actor
Was his only intention

Lied about his age
To join the Marine Corps
Stationed Different places
5 years with the defence forces

Joined the Pasadena playhouse
To learn his passion
Attended acting lessons
Met future greats Duvall and Hoffman

Was disliked by
Fellow classmates
Deemed unworthy of acting
Mocked and ridiculed for his style of expression

Voted the least likely
To succeed in the movies
Failed the exams
Got the lowest ever score in the playhouse history

Asked to leave
Found refuge in New York City
Doing odd jobs to keep life steady
Off Broadway plays to pave his way

First movie part
Was Mad Dog Call
Had no dialogue
Shared screen space with Telly Savalas

As in Broadway
He didn't start at the top
Bottom is very ugly place
He quipped famously about the acting race

Got more bit parts
Route 66 a series and the DuPont show
A hot Broadway show with Sandy Dennis
Opened up doors for his first major role in Lilith

Warren Beatty cast him
As his brother in Bonnie and Clyde as Buck Barrow
Giving him the biggest break to undo  
The brake stopping his growth

Had solid Supporting roles
With Lancaster Peck and Redford
Each a stepping stone
For what was to come

The dawn of the 70s
Saw him breakthrough into leading roles
I never sang for my father
His first Oscar nominated leading role

A fortuious moment
When he signed French Connection
Collaboration with William Friedkin
Made him the biggest Star in the Hollywood Constellation

Won the Academy Award
Topped the Box office Charts
Created A new breed
Actor / Superstar

Breaking box office records
With disaster films like
The Poseidon Adventure
Simultaneously winning
Palm D Orr for films like Scarecrow and The Conversation

Played  Lex Luthor in Superman
A superhero film a novelty then  Top billing playing the Villain V Unheard off at that time

Turned down meaty roles
Offered by great auteurs
Jaws One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest to name a couple
Such was his faith in his talent and skill

The 80 s were equally significant
Critical and Box office success ensued
Rode the decade with all the Success
Oscar Nominated for Mississippi Burning & Hoosiers named the greatest Sports film

Started the 90 s
With Narrow Margin
Followed it up with Unforgiven
Played the villain took home the 2nd  Academy Recognition

Prolific in the 4th decade
His  calling  in the movies
Worked with young talent
All claimed to be his die hard fans

5th decade in Hollywood
Golden Globe win for The Royal Tennenbaums
6 film a year
Totalled close to 100 his entire career

No dearth for offers
6 films a year 45 years later
Strong legs for 5 decades
Not many can claim that to say

The long haul
Had seen it all
Reached the age of 75
Said a final goodbye

Ability to absorb
Every character donned
On New York streets would walk
Observing all those who pass

George Morrison taught
Him how to act
Assured him of his ability
Method Acting lesson meticulously

Positioned his career
Played Supporting Roles
The part of the Villain
Gave relief with Comic roles and played Lead roles

A great position to be
All slots his name was to be
Name above the title
Any other role that tested his mettle

One of the few
Actor and Superstar. Combination
Filled Cinemas Worldwide
Followed by every prestigious Accolade

Won every major award
Life time Achievement the reward
Oscar BAFTA Globus Golden Bear Palm D Orr and Every other award
That the season brings with

First to act
In the disaster genre
Roles in many other
Captured Audience imagination forever

Now a Novelist who gets published
Written 6 books so far
Out of public eye
But never out of their memory

One of the greatest Actors
One of the. Biggest Stars
Fans all over the World
Trained to be an Actor not a Star his most famous quote
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
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
KV Srikanth May 2022
The painter imagination
Would make mother nature jealous
The joy that inhibits her heart
Expresses itself as art
Nature will not steal her glory
By making this a reality
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
All the stars in the galaxy
Showing us the creators legacy
Fade when her eyes
Gaze at them
The innocence of her smile
Travel a billion miles
The stars wonder
How they got to shine brighter
The glow from her skin
Resplendent from within
The sky a mirror
Sharing her radiance
With the constellation
They take the glory
Of nature's beauty
Her effulgence created it
Presence makes them jealous
But need it for their performance in the night
End up pretending
What else can one do when
They can't do without
On reflected glory they
Being the very  reference
For the formation
Hyades taken a leaf
Borrowing from the  beauty
The Pulsars are wondering
Celestials share their address
How did she end up
In a earthly terrace
End their night s few minutes before
To warn the Sun
What its up against
If the moon can live on borrowed light
Why can't I
It hid behind the clouds
Hoping to see her
Disappointed it could never
Spot her
Welcomed the stars again
Asking them about her
Fooled yourself that
You hid behind the clouds
Her presence made your rays
Impotent at her gaze
Her irradiation illuminated and
enlightened the Sun
Casting shadows on others
Looking back to see
Even if  has a shadow
Given to it by an ethereal angelic frau
Who bests it in Glow
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
KV Srikanth May 2022
We are told
Of a god
Never seen him at all
Those who passed it on
Were put through the same draw
We pray and worship
Part of our daily life
A fallback option
Always taken in trouble
Or in gratitude
We never miss him
Plays out like that
Put our lives in his hands
That's how important he is
Has never turned up
Faith answers the logic that's absent
Never seen never will
Never present in our present
Home sick not unique
God sick  a word needed
To be added
Vocabulary must henceforth
Put forth the fact
That he's not visited you yet
KV Srikanth Apr 2022
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
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
A new dawn
Invigorating thoughts
For a fresh start
First day today

Renaissance for existence
Last day for apathy
Ended with apathy
Never knew feeling sorry
Gave a high with reasons to cry

A habit needing detoxification
A depressant masquerading as a Stimulant
Hopefully doesn't have withdrawal
Time to search for an ananymous

Faith and hope
Crutches to embrace
Every corner a Chicane
Emphasis is in the Details

Have our events laid out
The day awaits us with its rest
Mimeographs our plans
Or undoes it with its own

A dog with two tails
Feeling the blues
As the day goes by
Destiny will swing by

Horizon of happenstance
We cannot comprehend
What we can comprehend
Not meant to plan and understand

Routine like a few before
Surprises in store like a few before
Both might take a new meaning
In the meaning lies the message

Don't double guess
Just don't guess
Don't try to beat it
Don't withdraw from it

There is no escape route
Plan B will end where Plan A has reached
Flexible and with the flow
No plan required to follow or destiny's pill to swallow
KV Srikanth Feb 2022
Heart on the right side
Inquisitive to your self
The things that matter
How many did i falter?

Fair in  evaluation
Translate to action
Hurt the other
Guilt not the answer

Intentions always noble
Ability to handle
Good bad and the ugly
with  poise and equanimity

Living for others
Is true living
Pay it forward
Or Return the favor

Process of Forgiving
Others deeds and self
Lagging behind holding grudges
Sure way to hinder progress

Wishing others well
Feelings from the heart swell
Selfless in joy
Comeradely in difficulty.

Class sets apart
With behaviour and heart
Good and large
On the correct path

Avoiding any conflict
Ability to restrict
Being in pursuit
Goodness only to Salute

The only thought process
To give shine  to the better
Self  inquire about the other
Repeating mistakes never

Words used to convey
Polite and respectful always
Loosing balance and temper
Not an option must remember

Not a luxury
Baggage of necessity
Interaction causing this tragedy
Governed by the ego mighty

A good man
Name to earn
Heart pronounces it
Conduct confirms it
KV Srikanth Feb 2021
Living in the Past
Memory of it last
Time passing fast
Perception often Contrast

No man an island
Entire life Spanned
Ego so grand
Easily misunderstand

Midst of misery
Alone we Stand
Helping hand
God's Hand

Memory Of Act
Return it back
Pay it forward
Expect no Reward

Neglect the gesture
Lack of character
Come back later
Haunt you further

Gratitude forgotten
Objectivity Justification
Soul Sold
In future History hold

Conscience Corrupted
Actions Equated
Known included
Unknown excluded

Attained Mission
Value none
Biggest loser
Forgot Giver

Not Against law
Character flaw
No judge
To judge
Both arguments
From same side

Eye to eye
With the lie
Haunt you
Till you die

Worth measured
Indebtedness valued
Reflects Price
Of your life

Lacking obligation
Guidance not requited
Badge of shame
Hangs in your frame

Character on the line
Thankfulness the Mettle
Forego and forget
Make a date to
Dance with the Devil
KV Srikanth Nov 2022
Gratitude the key that ensures the imaginary line that we use to divide our life into good times and bad times stays imaginary
KV Srikanth Feb 2021
Pleasant past
Rewarded Appropriately
Karma knocked
Lessons learnt
Wisdom gained
Nothing outside
Acceptance inside
Happy with your own hide

Today in the now
Challenges in a row
Chaotic in nature
Wear it on your heart
Listen to its beat
Illuminates the path
Weans away the Sour Note
Remains the Note
Synchronize and Harmonize
Freedom the instrument

Future only in thought
In time a mere fallacy
Instrument you tuned
Worthy to succeed
Ambition to Reality
Converted in the Symphony
The instrument you tuned to harmony

Now becomes past
Play the record sans
Rewind or forward or pause
Listen to your song
Answers within  all along
KV Srikanth Feb 2021
Pleasant past
Rewarded Appropriately
Karma knocked
Lessons learnt
Wisdom gained
Nothing outside
Acceptance inside
Happy with your own hide

Today in the now
Challenges in a row
Chaotic in nature
Wear it on your heart
Listen to its beat
Illuminates the path
Weans away the Sour Note
Remains the Note
Synchronize and Harmonize
Freedom the instrument

Future only in thought
In time a mere fallacy
Instrument you tuned
Worthy to succeed
Ambition to Reality
Converted in the Symphony
The instrument you tuned to harmony

Now becomes past
Play the record sans
Rewind or forward or pause
Listen to your song
Answers within all along
KV Srikanth Nov 2022
You love yourself you acquire Pride Esteem Character Integrity Confidence You love  others You get Fame Trust Friends Respect Grace When you love others as much as you love yourself The Gates of Greatness  await  unlocked by the combination of Gratitude Empathy Forgiveness
to seat you on the throne of Immortality wearing the crown of Sacrifice with the  Scabbard of Penance holding on to the Sword of Conscience
KV Srikanth Apr 2021
The Godfather
Story of a Gangster
Family ties explored
Wisdom in every word



One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Non conformist hero
Confronts a by the book nurse
Greatest acting seen on screen follows

The French Connection
Drug smuggling the foundation
Greatest car chase filmed
Best Actor Oscar deservely earned



DeathWish audience wish
Cleaning the Streets of NY
Muggers and thugs killed
Not a revenge story provex its skill

Smokey and the Bandit
In a time frame to transit
Beer from Texas Sheriff on trail
Pontiac Transam sets screen ablaze

***** Harry cop in fury
Inspired by a true story
Serial killer on the loose
Mystery Suspense Thriller together looped

Diamonds are Forever
Style and class to endure
Smuggling just a cover
Blofeld tries to seize power

Live and Let die
Drug trafficking to spy
Action scenes never outdone
Suave Cool Class and Style undone




Get Carter Gritty thriller
in search of brother
Against gangsters in Manchester
Revenge film of the first order

Bonnie and Clyde
dead bodies in the wayside
Robbing banks for fun
Classic film remains fun

The Cincinnati kid
On the poker table he'll fit
Compulsive gambler
Pushing the limit his nature

Westworld science fiction told
Set in a theme park
Robots coming to life
Inspiration for Science fiction

The Graduate
Young and old mate
Fights against fate
Great music yet to date

Brubaker prison warden
Reform his only mission
Against the establishment
Futility of his actions

Cool Hand Luke
Prison film a classic
Escape from jail
Cought in the trail

In the Heat of the Night
Redneck Sheriff and FBI agent
Racist backdrop never shown better
Join together to solve a ******

The Samurai
Ruthless killer for hire
Best in the genre
Actors lived the characters

Fear over the city
A killer with no pity
Cop got on his trail
Stunts will stun even today

Investigation of a citizen above suspicion
****** mystery to solve
Cat and mouse game played
Special film takes the viewer on a journey

Patton war hero
Complex Character deeply explored
Every scene close to reality
Slice of World War History

Sholay greatest Indian film ever made
Crooks hired to catch a dacoit
Male bonding comes beyond the screen
All genres in one s lesson in filmmaking

Enter the Dragon
Drugs and Women trafficking in an island
Action scenes never before seen
Philosophy another dimension woven in every scene

Point Blank Deserted by his wife
left for dead
Revenge on his mind
Paranoia film the best of its kind
KV Srikanth May 2022
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
KV Srikanth Mar 2022
Consistentcy is the key
To gain respectability
Overcoming the process
Where thoughts digress
Is the hardest
Can be attained by practice
The wavering mind
Judging every single nod
The decree brings instability
Final verdict untrustworthy
Mirroring the behaviour
The greatest error
Being one with yourself
Expression comes natural
Cannot be somebody else
Tried and tested results
Every roadblock their behaviour builds
And every ditch their attitude gives
Manoeuvering every move
Acording to their groove
Cuts the brake s off
High speed crash of personality on the cards
Flexible and moving along
Without loosing the original nature that belongs
If not better off when interaction cut off
Inability to handle
Anyone who's intrinsically cross
Must know the course
Or else don't Tee off
Congruent and come through
Avoid and be true
Protect the uniqueness
Consists of consistency
Clarity of thought
Feeling every moment
You'll become the best respondent
Next page