Supreme being and Moral Authority
Power over nature called a deity
A system of faith and worship
A passion with devotion
Trust and confidence
Doctrines of religion
Presence of proof absent
Intended ally for the human
Or the one omnipresent
Gods as masters
Cannot be secular
Are the gods at war
No evidence so far
Fight for survival
Ironic at every level
If gods can go extinct
Thus, fears the man
His duty to keep alive
The one who answers his prayers
The biggest joke I've heard in a while

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

Who wants to be
The joker in the pack
Contrary to what the name suggests
It actually fits everywhere
Can play the role assigned
Without any fanfare
What's in a name
If you can adapt
And be useful to yourself and others
Internalise the essence
Basic common sense
Let go of the tools
After they've been put to use
Bend and give way
Be the most powerful one in the fray
Easiest way is to integrate
Without any struggle
My not pushing the opposition
In the opposite direction
But by welcoming it and giving way
Making it rudderless
Take away the power from it
Use it to your cause
Don't worry about the branding at all

To pass a judgement
Remember you heard
Only one side of the argument
You presented the case
In such a way
You won it anyway

Haven't heard the other
Might tilt the balance forever
Most futile act
Hypocritical pedestal to react
Is coming to conclusions
Based on apprehensions and delusions
Character assasinating with prejudice
Wrong method to deliver justice

Right or Wrong
Not for us to decide
Aware of the act
Just don't react
Decision not to interact
Does not show tact

There is another side
Which caused the divide
Excersize the option
Being neutral and real

Fault finding critical path
Petty incurring your own wrath
Wreaks total lack of class
You'll never stand apart

Size of your heart
How charitable you are
Forgive in your thoughts
Will seem like a distant past

That you had a fallout
Ego reminding throughout
Rising above this selfdom
Realise there's nothing to be lost or won

Save yourself the bluster
From this thorn ridden cluster
Only motive is to deliver
Impeccable conduct and behaviour

Express yourself honestly
When you act
React and regret go together
All the learning down the wire

Basing your conduct
Mirroring the other
In trying to gather
The attitude of the other

Moment of knowing
Has no beginning or end
Accumulating without implementing
You have let down your master

Equal to all
Partial to none
Right in the middle
Before decision done
Emotion has no role
Justice not a dole
It is the right of the wronged
Where a wrong is set right
By balancing the scale
Not tilting sideways
All things equal
None or all
To all concerned
Nothing done special
Meritocracy the defining authority
Moral code of conduct ensures
Equality
Deserving get their due
Denied by the lack of it
Scales of justice
Scales not in balance
Weighing the merits against each other
Sword to embody power
Snake at her feet
Depicting  cruelty
Blindfolded to signify
She is wise
Final verdict delivered
Justice .oves forward
May the right
Man win
Sells only in front of her

Karma never misses an address
But does get delivered nonetheless
Its a judgement made by God
Can it be ever wrong
If pointed out
And the figures balance
Earlier birth brought in
Which has no relevance

Lucky Strike
My favourite bike
I put my money in
The one and only Kevin
Lucky number 3 and 4
When he rides there's nothing before
Crossing the chequered flag
Is all we are waiting for
Competitive and Sportive
Gentleman and Champion
Suzuki his companion
Even MIG s come far behind
Loved his rivalries
Respected his rivals
Greatest Ambassador of MotoGp
My favourite year is always 93
Lucky Strike Jet Pilot
Texas Tornado and a
Very Special Man
Hope to meet him
His wish my command

Simple and straight
Basics sans weight
Complexity deviates lines
Burden heavier than time

Essence and purpose
On a clear course
Additions add remorse
Simply find the source

Inputs added chaotic
Pieces of the puzzle quixotic
Brain functions neurotic
Break this habit

Perfection of purpose
Relevant alone on the surface
Evolution or intutive the process
Permanent harmony with the results

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

Lament and moan
With a lump in my throat
Reduced to my last tear
Allow me a whimper
To weak to ulutate
Such is my state
Hoping for a sojourn
Long enough I've mourned

Went to a tea shop
Mother admitted in a hospital
Femur bone fracture
Both next to each other

Studied in a college
Down this lane
Visited the same shop but
Dreams weren't the same

A boy in his teens
Wanting to achieve very high
No idea otherwise
If only i had been wise

Talking for hours
Friends on bikes
Leaning on them
Future the conversation

Twenty years thereafter
Many a zig zag turns later
Worked for a Television company
Surrounding similar Dreams changed

Outside the shop
Talking with friends on bikes
Shop the same
Bike and friends changed

Last stop i thought
The place to work for
Dreamt of a future
Yet to mature

Another twenty hence
Down the same lane
Entirely different reason
Outside the same shop same reason

Down the lane
College Work and Hospital lay
Down life's lane
Seems to be the same lane

Reflection has an advantage
There is no scope for disappointment
Looking back at the dreams
The place says where i have been

Dare i dream again
In my sleep not in my hands
Dreaming of an event happening
Voluntarily I wouldn't dream

Lane travelled the same
Distance covered miles and miles
Back to the lane took 20 years
Returning took another 20

Times have changed
This too shall pass
Heard it then
Say it now

Next trip here
I'm not sure
Sure I'm not sure
Greatest lesson learnt in all these years

Everything looks different
Unrecognisable the streets and buildings
Barely a soul in sight
All sold today for a price

Last day of life
Lived in this universe
Hopefully by then
I'd have regrets none
Grateful for the experiences
Made me understand the nuances
That's what living is about
Took me long enough to figure it out
I will be nervous for sure
Knowing that death is near
Examples of bravery
That is read dearly
I'd replay it my head
Trying to wean of my cowardice
The philosophy id internalised
I would try to bring it alive
Great thinkers views of death
Hopefully would give my mind some peace and quiet
Not knowing what awaits
The other side of life
Would probably convince myself
Better there than the travails of life
Another day to pass
Will certainly not be my outlook
I'd rather not know that end is near
Only increases the bottled up fear
Accommodative to my loved ones
I'd be both gone and missing them
The day would pass by quickly
I'll make it longer with my memory
Life is a dream
I'm not the body or the  mind
It treats everyone the same
It's the end to a new beginning
All these ideologies
I have read in detail
Can I practice this
And see if it entails what it promises to entail
The only thing
Id be excited about
The answer I've been seeking
I'm now near its whereabouts
Matter of time
Before i know the answers
To the myth of reality
Which is going to present itself in all its glory
The last thing i would want
Comes as a shock
Time to leave as told
I would be praying for a miracle to unfold

Our relationship with the other
Smooth flowing as a river
Riding like tides
Getting away like the waves
Breaking nature's barriers like a Tsunami
Still like a millipond
Calm flowing and crashing
Where do you stand
Does the bond
Make you feel
Like a duck takes to water
Or a fish out of water
Or in hot water
In the presence of water
Makes you calmer
Because of its natural cool temperature
Can become hotter and turn to moisture
Where does the correlation
Stand in your favor
Water an analogy
To be the centre of the study
Of the link and connection
With any other human
Study water and it's layers
Clear understanding forms
On dealing with humanity
Strong or fragile
Answers can be got
Know your starting point
Set your target
Be like water
Be water

Order is disorder
To make complete
That i feel is empty
The steps I take
In order to make
Like life is at stake
Am making a mistake
Urge to act
To keep up the act
Started of as I read
Sports icons have it in them
Slow poison it was
I did not know then
The list is infinity
That I'm counting it daily
To live my life well
Life has already passed by
I'm still ticking the boxes
Right from which sox do i wear first
The side of the bed
Have to get up
Is already decided
Starts from there
Brush shave and shower
The exact timings noted
Which hand holds the razor
Not that I'm ambidextrous
But if i do it
With the wrong hand
Rest of the day in stress
Ironed clothes on the bed
Matched acording to the day
Of the week suggests
Colognes in alphabetical order
Odour not the problem
Disorder very clear
Same route to work
Roads under repair
In total despair
Unable to move forward
The power of the brake
My mind applies
Beats any car manufacturers desire
Trying to break it
Murphy's law applies itself
I try to beat the law
Murphy's law paradox
Makes its call
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Intrusive internal quarrel
Beats liquor as an actor
Masquerading as your best friend
Giving you a high
But in reality a depressant
Two sides of the rope
Pulled in opposite directions
First it registered that
I was on both teams
Only to finally Cotton on to
To the fact
That i was the Rope too

Polarised political stances
Broadly as Right and Left
Conservatives and Liberals
Opposite ends of the Spectrum

Caste based divisions
And religious conversions
Causing widespread violence
All time low the tolerance

Earlier regimes blamed
Country loosing its identity
Voters manipulated with Currency
All in the name of democracy

Cultural Social and Political
Philosophies are merged
Organized Religon and Electoral decision
Also known as Right Wing Association

Social and Economic equality
Socialism and Communism given equity
Civil liberties and individual rights
Agendas of the Liberals known as the Left

Accused of burying tradition
Markets not deciding valuation
Governmental influence expansion
Religious tolerance and favor of immigration

Core value system
Ends of the swings of the pendulum
Right to birth or not
Another great dividing block

Economic Education Environmental
Taxation Weapons Immigration
Health  Abortion & Discrimination
Market and Government Religious tolerance

Every political issue
Divided to pursue
Agenda closest to heart
Best of both not a choice

Both the beliefs
Unifying or Divisive
Side of the fence
You are sitting depends

People influenced and passions triggered
Both playing a part demonising the other
People as divided as the ideology
Considering the middle road a travesty

Tiger and an Tusker
Facing of each other
Who wins the fight
Does it matter
That ship has sailed can't get  lower

End result evident
People Countries and the World divided
Neither willing for a peace deal
Meeting point points towards
A war field

Political agnostic
Branded an escapist
Being Apolitical not an option
Its never your decision

Take a side
Ride the Tide
Face the Tide
Halfway must collide

Avoid the tide branded a coward
Waiting for it to subside
Not going to happen
Everywhere there is a divide

Borg and Connors
Fire and Ice
Scandinavian kid
Mid Western  boy
Opposites in Personalities
Opponents in the Game
Playing hands a mirror image
Similar in goal
Immortality in Glory
Each standing in anothers path.
Inherited a Club Sport
One hundred years old
Turned tides in a decade
To bequeath an International One
Compounding of fans
Beats the Market index
If were a stock
Buffett would have Invested
Soros Traded Long
Return on Investment
Calculator would show an Error
It would require a Computer
Stadiums to Capacity
Individual sport
Never seen before
Television rating
Team sports behind
Brands Endorsed
Sales Skyrocketed
Whoever called it a Sport
Every Stadium became a Colosseum
Dont have to go to Rome
Fight till death
Punishing the ball
Revving the Spectators
Players they weren't
Armed with racquets
Complex to the Gladiators.
Clay Grass Turf Cement
Surfaces changed
Battles continued
Tenacity Endurance hit peak
Week after Week
Sun Tzu proved wrong
Winner not won before battle
Fortunes Changing by the point
Art of War put to shame
Fila and Donnay hand in hand
Double ****** Backhand
Long hair with headband
Sporting a Stubble
Magic wrist
Nerves Iced
Looked like Christ
Clay or Grass
Every fortnight in May & June
Five years in a row
Trophies in Stockholm
A feat to reckon
US Open a jinx
Trophy not in the mix
Even Achilles had his heel
Borg his at the Big Apple
66 titles and 11 slams
All at 26
Nothing more to conquer
Cried Alexander
Dropped the Sport
Void felt forever
Opponents missed him
Raised their game
Without him field was tame
Even losing to him gave players Worldwide fame.
Raised by women
To Conquer men
Jimbo trained by Gloria
Player of repute
Backyards turned into courts
Clocks stopped
No ration on duration
Handed over to the great Pancho
Mentored Him Sport and Growth
Jimbo blind to creation
Trophy only in vision
Arrows cannot miss
Clay Turf or Grass
US open belonged to Connors
3 Slams in seventy four
No 1 5 years in a  row
Wilson Steel T 2000 and Slazenger in tow
Cover of Time
A matter of time
Roland Garros dream stopped
Not Tennis but Politics played it's part
Knees  weaken
Spirits shaken
Confidence beaten
Status of Opponent
After a match against the Champion
Played 5 generations of legends and aspirants
Well into his 40s
Beating them all
Young and old
Three decades
One end was the same
Other side changed
Never out of top 10
Entire career
Weekly ranking released
Jimbos inclusion automatic
Collected 109 titles
A record standing still
Darling of the Crowds
Loved by all worldwide
Ended his career in Vegas by Winning battle of the Sexes.
Greatest player of the Century
Both shared second
First among equals
Equals among Legends
The Above a true story
There cannot be a sequel
BC happened in AD

Fail fast and learn
** happens
Life isn’t fair
Just don’t despair

Falling and failing
Happens to all
Getting up after the fall
Is where Legends
Stand tall

Failing a learning
Teaching Trying
Residue experiencing
Stage set for stepping
The ladder for succeeding

Success not a destination
Just a process of orientation
Unable to reach the target
Nothing to despair
More time to prepare

Goal only a path
Route map for travel
Lessons of life unravel
Unfulfilled aim
Not yourself to blame


Defeat a state of mind
Unless given reality
Don’t cry foul
Set yourself another goal

Failure not a crime
Low aim to blame
Set standards tall
Glorious even to fall

Lacking a loophole
Fill it with hope
Integrity helps you cope
Helps climb many a *****

Process of attainment
Is what gives fulfillment
Enjoy the challenge
Happening is encouraging


Failure teaches endurance
Negativity deserves its
Comeuppance
Expecting a fair life
Complete ignorance
Solution for all
Be present
And increase your awareness

Different thought process
On an issue of importance
Or for convenience
Forming an opinion
Fact and reason
Not necessarily present
A matter of taste
Each going either way
Appealing and attractive
Worshipping the narrative
A matter of the heart
Thought process takes no part
Logic or Taste
Thought or Emotion
Mind or Heart
Or sometimes both at work
Expressing oneself once
Is more than enough
A forceful reenforcement
Changes the equation
Dissent dispute altercation
Relationship ends in a dead end
Best available solution
Not to be in contention
Convincing the person
Not an occupation
Respect the opinion
Stop the conversation
Peace of mind
Bigger than a seeming victory
On any bone of contention

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

Family bereaved
Dead are liberated
Doesnt have to live life
Has to live death
Liberation from death
End of rebirth cycle
Gift everyone wants
Qualified or not
Wandering Soul knows
Dead in death
Rebirth to come back
Not wanting both
The answer one never knows
Knowing doesn't change a thing

Born into this world
Can't escape from it
Serve your sentence
Doors open automatically
Can't stay even if you want to
Rules and regulations abound
Perfection & Performance rewarded
Mistakes & Lapses punished
Report card for every deed
The man upstairs will read
No parole offered
Leaving early not an option
Sentence gives experience
Learnt many a lesson
Lasting this lifetime
Years of sentence
Only known to the
Keys to the gates
They open and you know
Time has been served
For what crime are you here
If you know the answer
You ll stay clear forever
Serial offender comes back
Till he seeks the reason
For this repetitive affair
Purpose of sentence
Learn from the experience
Become one with the jury
Life sentence called birth
The parole is death

Water to be heated
Used fire and a funnel
To turn up the heat
Barrels of cold water
Taken after every shower

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No one complained
Nothing was explained
Lived with what we had
Content and never compared

Where are you from
I have no idea
Where are you going
To the grave
Do you plan your future
I don't look past the next bend of the road
What are your expectations in life
Serve my time and get out
How do you cope with life
It is what it is
One secret to remain contended
I know my limitations
Your philosophy in life
Don't think feel
How would you like to be remembered
He tried to be a Crackerjack in whatever he did
What do you get upset about
Rude people and i don't respond till they Ask Nicely
Advice to NextGen
Don't waste your talent
Not all can be as good
Did you rebel
Yes against everything they got
A value to pass on
Never snitch
Did you do it answer is no
Did X or Y did it
I don't know

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

Envelope with no address
The path after death
Only thing certain
Yet to ascertain

Every life unique
Common in its end
Continue to pretend
Its agent it will send

Living life unpredictable
Cause of all the trouble
Live it on the double
Too late to realise the bubble

Only known about life
Take it in your stride
Anytime it will strike
Try with all your might


  Afraid of an event
That will happen
With no exception
Exclusive not an option

Not alive when dead
Not dead when alive
Nothing more mutually exclusive
Math theories none supportive

Finite in time
Time uncertain
Every sample tested
No solution founded

Rebirth after next
Not proven yet
A philosophic statement
Understand it's living eqivalent

A Spiritual insight
Only answer to this plight
Makes understanding light
Law if nature always right

Are both real
Are both unreal
Are both concepts
Are both dreams

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

Anyway to skip a day
A week without a Sunday
The Beatles wanted one more
Wish it were one less

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

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



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

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

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

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

Infected pays the price
Reason let the conscience decide
Guilt of spreading begets Malice
Mindless  conduct rendering breathless

An insomniac dreaming
Can only dream of sleeping
Dreaming to get the dreams
That comes only when sleeping
Dream will remain a dream
Not because of its unreal nature
But the inability to give reality
To something unreal
The real becomes the dream
Making it also unreal
Real and unreal
Playing a dual role
But each Cast for the wrong part
A film without a ****** ends
With the opening scene playing
Looping the dream to dream
Which becomes the dream
Want to remain awake to dream
Or sleep and risk by sleeping
Am i awake or sleeping?
Or am i dreaming?

Taking up the duty
To protect the community
One of the three
Last resort for many

A giant snake with many heads
In the middle of the Oceans bed
His place to rest
His wife the Godess of Wealth

A section of the people
Follow him intensely
Epitome of divinity
Abode for every devotee

Literature about his ideals
Dates back millions of years
Prose Poetry and Sonnets
Whatever you ask he giveth


Every corner of the country
Has temples that house his glory
Has different names originating from a story
Each telling you how much he is worthy

Saints and Sages
Passionately for ages
Wrote transcripts for pages
Has made him ageless

Methods of worship in temples
In his case very different
Particular and perseverant
Pleasing him with dedication.

The supreme power inate
Devotees liberally donate
All his abodes remain wealthy
He shows his kindness on the weak and needy

His place of dwelling
The biggest blessing
Get his address
Considered self realised

Taken many forms
To teach manking its norm
Ten and counting
Wisdom parted the greatest protection

His forms too worshipped
Depending on the message he carried
Path of life to be followed delivered
World a peaceful place if mankind adhered

Classical Music with lyrics
Singing his praise full of spirit
Devotion to him has not limit
Any wrongdoing his judgement swift

Have him in your heart
He will never part
With him never apart
You are God

For the good
For the bad
No one knows
Philosophers say could have been worse
Rationalists use staircase wisdom
To tie the knots
Those in between
Lacking faith of lack of
Hoping to find the answer
That never was
Was the right question asked

I had dreams
I had hopes
I had faith
On God People and Miracles
Dreams never made me sleep
Fearing the same dream
That made me wake up
Now makes me toss n turn
Beat a log in the race to sleep
Sleep now only a memory
Singing Alouette to pass the night
Hope and faith
When said to me
Feels like the joke of the century
World weary been there
Seen it all
Shamus in me belittling
The innocence of my past

People i lost
The way to their heart
Or their thought
Stuck midway trying to reach
No one's answering my call
Stuck alone in search of one
Hearts that were pure i knew
Changed hearts not what I want
All in the past
Now I laugh

Miracles and God
I bet my entire  lot
Double or Nothing was the odds
That i gave God
God disappointed me or
Did i disappoint God
I'd have known in the past
Where innocent was not lost
Now i neither know God
Or where i am lost
Even he is not answering my call
But now that doesn't surprise me at all

I had dreams
I had hopes
I had faith
On God People and Miracles
Dreams never made me sleep
Fearing the same dream
That made me wake up
Now makes me toss n turn
Beat a log in the race to sleep
Sleep now only a memory
Singing Alouette to pass the night
Hope and faith
When said to me
Feels like the joke of the century
World weary been there
Seen it all
Shamus in me belittling
The innocence of my past

People i lost
The way to their heart
Or their thought
Stuck midway trying to reach
No one's answering my call
Stuck alone in search of one
Hearts that were pure i knew
Changed hearts not what I want
All in the past
Now I laugh

Miracles and God
I bet my entire  lot
Double or Nothing was the odds
That i gave God
God disappointed me or
Did i disappoint God
I'd have known in the past
Where innocent was not lost
Now i neither know God
Or where i am lost
Even he is not answering my call
But now that doesn't surprise me at all

You stole my heart
Till death do us part
We had vowed at the altar
Never say goodbye cause we ain't apart
How could have you stolen my heart

Destiny set us apart
Made you to depart
God did his part
Hit me like a close range dart

Waiting for me
Up in the sky
No regret that I'm unable to fly
When will I learn how to die

Time our enemy
As I keep watching the clock
Every tick its tact

You stole my heart
Till death do us part
We had vowed at the altar
Never say goodbye cause we ain't apart
How could have you stolen my heart

Destiny set us apart
Made you to depart
God did his part
Hit me like a close range dart

Waiting for me
Up in the sky
No regret that I'm unable to fly
When will I learn how to die

Time our enemy
As I keep watching the clock
Every tick its tact
As you wait with your soul intact

Two Friends
Out for a Smoke
Share a Cigarette
Sudden desire
Share a Beer

Checked their Wallet
Counted the Notes
Money Suffice
Bike Ride

Liquor store
A little away from home
Ordered the drink
Sat in the bar
Crowded affair
Table had to share
Strangers Across
Felt lost
Finished the Whiskey
Out in a jiffy

Stopped at a Shop
Bought two smokes
Lit them up
Opened a jar
Took a groundnut bar

Shop owner raises voice
Tells the boys
Not to touch the jars
Asks the quantity
Boys jokingly
Repeat the act

About to make payment
One slips on the pavement
Falls on an Old Man
Standing behind
Cigarette in one hand

Sudden Slip
State of Shock
To prevent tumble
The other extends arm

Moving away from Counter
Cash yet to be handed over
Shopkeeper raises Alarm
By standers loose their calm

One down on the man
He screams foul play
Owner screams same play
Hell in store for the boys lay

Eve teasing and Stealing
Accused of crimes
They did not commit
Evidence to contrary
Repercussions out of the ordinary

Charles and William
The Lynch brothers
Started the practice
Alleged offence
Without trial
Rope around neck
Before eventual burial

Lynch Mob
Named after them
Gathering of men and women
Cought in the middle
Nothing but death
Issue considered settled

Two encircled
Without provocation
The shop owner
Grabs  one by the collar
Hard slap on the face
Friend tries to retaliate

Both genders gathered
Man tells tale of woe
Friends at Recieving end
Held by hair
Dragged to corner
Death much Simpler

Man from behind
Swings helmet
Magnitude and direction
Head injury requiring Attention
Back Skull fracture
Pain to endure

Policeman  passing
Stops for questioning
None done
Joins the group
Takes his Stick
Takes a swipe
Repeats in succession
Brain concussion

Gang closes furthur in
Boys dragged from site
Rest wanting piece of Action
Takes the bottles
Goes full throttle
Breaking them on the head
Bleeding profusely
Begging for life
To flee they try

One with Fracture
Other with Concussion
Mayhem and Confusion
All join in
Clenched fist Open fist
Free for all Attack
Every part of body targetted
Verge of fainting
Mob no signs of relenting

Four Guys join hands
Divide in pairs
One holds them
Under the arm
Other swings at the jaw
Knock out punch delivered
In succession
Jaw broken
On the ground

Smelling of liquor
Last need of the hour
Consumption questioned
One says Beer and other Whiskey
Branded liars
For differences Answers

Tie them up
Shouts one
To the nearest pole tied
Baseball styled bats held
Near by sports shop the Sponsor
Ten of them swinging together

Their bike vandalized
Petrol pipe cut with knife
Matches lit
thrown into gas tank
Burst into flames
Nothing left to Claim

Knocking at Deaths Door
Fainted while tied
Heads fall below
Bleeding toe to head
Broken bones and Hair turned red

Noses jammed
Eyes sunk in
Face faced blows
Teeth shattered
Disfigured and Maimed
Left for Dead

Death Penalty
Without enquiry
Human life
Treated with disdain
Query none
Injustice done
Benefit of doubt absent
Lawlessness present
Despicable Mentality
Two lives lost
Along with dignity
In totality

Consciousness regained
Injury Sustained
Both remain
Numb  in body and brain

Dead of the night
Not a soul in sight
Unable to walk
Stripped of their clothes
Gather what's left
Silence more eerie
Than the Violence
Wear the torn
Begin their walk home

Break of Dawn
Knock on the door
Parents agonized
At boys night out
Shocked and Awed
Disfigured faces
Unable to recognize
State of freeze
Shaking from the trauma
Too weak to explain the Drama

Families  resourceful
Hospital bound
Whatever was left
Could be set right

Internal injuries
Explain Savagery
Where to begin
Doctors in quandary

Life not in threat
Quality of life in
Intensive care
Treatment begins

Physical and Psychological
Improvement at hospital
Progress very slow
Every Department in Medicine called for

Surgeries over
Had to work together
Body back in order
Months to fully recover

Psychotherapy and Psychiatry
Next departments in order
Body healing faster
Mind healing slower
Petrified at everything
Sweating without reason
Psychological burden
Too heavy to Carry
Sessions in and out
No breakthrough
Long haul recovery
Stability only priority
Life at standstill
Power of Will
Lacking still

Year Calender
On the wall
Replaced by another
Homeward bound
Safe and Sound

Both of same age
Professional life a break
Sympathy of friends and family
Neighbors with them in entirety

Same time Next year
Normalcy getting near
Venturing out slowly
Facing the demons
Face to face
Routine life regained
A year and more
Spent in Pain
Efforts of the Doctors
None in Vain

Looming large
Loss of Pride
Living in Shame
Mob to blame
Feeling the Same
Time the healer
Better than a Doctor
Unsuccessful with the two
Clock stopped
A year back
Time at a Standstill
Strongest memory pill

At home Sulking
At the Ceiling Staring
Never a smile and Brooding
Fun of life taken out
Seldom venture out
Intensity of Incident
Nuclear explosion

Binge watching Television
Thoughts Meandering
Announced on a Channel
Following week
5 movies of Bruce Lee

Although seen before
Both decide to View
Films on the tube
First smile in more
Than a year

Monday to Friday
9pm Everyday
Movies telecast
In order of release

Bruce Lee Blitzkrieg
Big Boss Fist of Fury
Way of the Dragon
Enter the Dragon
Game of Death
Watched keenly
Discussed deeply
Plot and Philosophy
Running Theme
In every Frame
Stand up against
Injustice and Prejudice
Might of  the Enemy
Not a factor
Every deed unfair
Lee reacted like
Blown  Reactor

Inspired by the Action
Intrigued with his Philosophy
Medicine found
To end Atrocity
Staring at Reality
Suddenly a possiblity

Lost in Fantasy
Immersed in Reality
Fighting and Philosophy
Absent the Duality
Fight explained Philosophy
Philosophy explained Fighting
Fantasy merged with Reality
Remained Absolute Clarity

Not over a period
Then and There
Moment of Zen
Happened to them
Spirits Awakened
Mode of Action
Set in Motion

Clock Restarts
Moving forward
Their plan Kickstart
Hold Accountable
Act of Cowardice
Full of Malice

Clear in their Vission
Set forth their Mission
Face their Demons
Ready for Death
Date with Destiny
Decided by the Almighty

Quotes of Bruce Lee
Read  Repeatedly
Fear is for others
Internalized by the
Bruce Lee brothers

Wait patiently
Time ticks by slowly
Boys in no hurry
Mistake could prove costly

Only Philosophy
Absorbed from Lee
Not trained in Combat
Aware of the lack
Tread with tact

Primary Drawing Teacher
Narrate the Nightmare
Lay everything thread bare
Describe the faces
Potraits on Paper
Picture Clearer
Go the Strech
In hands the Sketch

Department of Vehicles
Number of biker
Money transfer
Address procured

Day of recon
Moment of Reckoning
Revisit the locale
Time for justice to scale

Walked past
Every building
Anger manifesting
Familiar faces
A few steps later
Post of postmortem
Images linger

Second Anniversary
Time for justice Delivery
Can of petrol
Filled to the brim
Faces grim
Trip to Cemetry
Walking gallantly

Step into Sports shop
Empty the fuel can
Light the match
On the floor
In flames
Owner in a daze
Runs out in haste
Boys pick up
A couple of Weights
Stare him in the face
Walk away

Main culprit
Reading the paper
Spray of Pepper
Into the eye
Raises alarm his style
Weights on hand
Straight into his Skull
Immobile and in shock
Another weight
Same Spot

Out of his Wits
Guts spilled
The address asked
Of the 4 who took part

High Noon
Search of the Four
Rest of the  Forty Four
Relentless Pursuit
Pursued Pursue
Hunted the Hunter
Hang Em High
Biggest Blunder

Attatched to machines
7 at a time
Each performing
Functions of an ***** in the body
Unconscious and clueless
Lying with eyes closed
Can't read their thoughts
Does one want this all
Is natural life being prolonged
A good thing after all
Are we fair or unfair
Taking decisions on behalf
Feeling Guilty are we
Showing to the world
Money doesn't matter
All we want is to be ratified by people
Lest any finger be pointed towards our chest
Who can tell wrong and right
Confused conscience is our own plight
If one cannot afford all this
Heart provides the seat
For clarity to be at ease

We deceive ourselves even though we apply our own make up

A theatre Marquee
Name of the Star above the title
Black letters on a white board arranged with the rating
The seats according to prizes listed
Red letters with the  word Full
Attesting that theres no room
Green letters signalling the availability
Nothing brought more pleasure
In standing outside a movie theater
Gazing at the Poster
Staring at the life size cut outs of its star
Wish life started and ended in between the walls of these movie halls

Honesty should precede
Not an afterthought
In line with fact and reality
Accurate And Actual

Truth has no intent
Does not require a thought process
A simple direct narration of facts
Happened as it were

Lying is one step away from the truth
It is intentional expression requiring thought process
To create deception

Hides behind words and situations
Created and simulated
To appear like the truth
Probity wears a mask called trickery

Truth does not bear a price
Comes free unlimited
False has a tag
There is no buyback

The price one pays
Integrity lost for life
Every utterance doubted
No point living life

Dishonesty is valued
Beats the balance
Weighted against any
Gullible trade it for harmony

Recalling requires memory
With veracity not neccasary
Made up for convience
Puzzle to Solve in the present

Labryinth a loop
Entrance free and easy way out
Entrance now disappeared
Exit served as the entrance

Lies leads to secrets
Outside and within the self
More secrets to guard
Living  a life with self deception

Honesty flows endlessly
Fiction has a ******
Unpleasant ending defined
Downhill trip an anticlimax


Choice was offered
Greatest gift to be celebrated
Right or Wrong
Postman delivers where you belong

Truth travels with Courage
To face the troubles that truth brings
Lie had Cowardice for a friend
Encourages you to run till the end

Speak the truth
One dimensional life
Speak the untrue
Multidimensional to endure
Those who believe their lies
No words can describe

Lie a Nuclear weapon
Kills relationships for every sesson
Later trying to reason
Reason requires truth unfortunate equation

Death of lies
Only bereavement to be celebrated
Unmasking the self deception masks
A new date of birth to be marked

Fear and outcome
Causing the verbal zig zag
Fear grows manifold
Outcome's doors close

Questions in the head
Mind giving answers
Just a balance in progress
Each his  own witness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

Get in the last one
Before he picks another one
Ride the carriage
Full of knowledge

A subject that
Sent shivers down the spine
Not sure for others
But definitely mine

Tuition classes attended
Only goal intended
Extra hours in the table
Would make me able

Fabian Sebastian
A mathematician
Teacher by profession
Friendly disposition


Early morning
Started with the training
Sun on the Horizon
Subject mind bending


Step by step
Those days used to the best
Periodically weekly test
Taken with the zest

Classes higher
Subject tougher
Logical and Complex
Oxymoron in nature

Endless wait
Subject never ending phase
Cannot runaway from yourself
Same rule applied to Math

Addition and Subtraction
Problem till age seven
Multiplication and Division
Added to the problem

Numerator and Denominator
Only made it tougher
Profit and loss
Always at a loss

Theorem and Ryder
Too much to remember
Missed it in Class 5
Never catch up in life

Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry
Together in class 10
Complexities in it lay
Nightmare during the day

Weight of Math
Balances the other 9
Halfway through the well
Academic year living hell

Matrix and indices
Reconciling process
Analytical ability not for us
Looking for a chance
To jump off the bus

Already feeling inferior
Only brought laughter
Half the class aiming to master
Their only aim
Centum on this paper

Math like Karma
Finds your address
One of its arsenal
Manifests as an original

Survival to excellence
Math the very essence
Lacking in application
Devotion to the savior
Hopefully gets you ashore

In Silence lies the meaning
Be it a question we are seeking
Or an answer we are giving
It has more words than spoken words

The sound from the soundless
A balm for the affected
Peace and quiet it beckons
By itself it reckons

Verbal silence a discipline
Or nature from within
Quietitude of the mind
Lifetime battle in the hand

Stillness has reasoning
More than the points debating
Dancing mind takes a stance
To the noise produced from the voice

Silence has one tune
Have to sway to its croon
Sway within the notes
Kept to a bare minimum

Reflects a satisfied self
Not worried about heaven or hell
Gets respect from the rest
Self and rest removed the restless

I don't remember what I want to say
I say whatever I I don't know I am saying
I keep asking the he question who am i
And the people around me don't seem to remember me because they are blank to me.
I used to forget where I kept my keys
I now don't know where keys are used
Objects don't engage
They are irrelevant tu o my existence
Who were we and what are we doing
What are those two hands for ?
Why do people get angry with me if I don't  know them !
What is death and to whom does it come will i know then?
Does life have a meaning ? Or death have one ?
Only those who recognise life need to worry death .

Heard the name
not met the man
Knew the other thirty nine
Not presented with an occasion
Home or Station
Year book only hook
4 lines gave an idea
Became in awe
As everyone saw
Unanimous verdict
Sheer genius
Word was ubiquitous
Delivered without prejudice
An often misused word
This time  seemed to hold
Held in great esteem
By my brother
Did ofcourse matter
Curious I became
To meet his mate
Never did
Thought it fate
Introduced finally
Interacted socially
Description was a reality
Indeed was of high quality
Took a cue
From my nephew
Personality Coach
Another facet to behold
I want to meet Manohar
My lacking had to be addressed
My brother helped getting acquainted
Felt warmth and trust
Hit it off in the first
Felt at home
Became a second home
Wanted to accomplish
My goal
Bared my heart and soul
Addressed one by one
Always on the point
Fast on the grasp
Tough In his analysis
Got me out of paralysis
Sessions were lessons
Profound to the core
Took it upon as his onus
Cheese sticks and coffee a bonus
Bike rides became exciting
Speaks volumes of the training
Thinking Perception  Perspective Attitude
Changed multitude
Eye opening sessions
Happened by the dozen
Grateful to have a brother
Who went to Xavier
Became friends with Manohar
Became my Mentor
Changed my life forever

Even in Death
he denotes Good
Asked his father
To forgive the sinners
Lead a life of Teaching
Love more than anything
Threatened by his presence
Wrongly assumed that
Crucifixion will end their problem
Who is to tell them
That he cares for them too
As much as he did the 13
He did not  differentiate
Between follower and a traitor
He saw all in one
He was one for all
When one understands
That discrimination is in their hearts
Without invitation The son would reside in their hearts
No one's enemy
But seen as by many
Still threatened by his presence
Who haven't learnt their lesson
Dont worry about any for
You are lucky as
He is still full of forgiveness
You don't have what it takes
To erase him from memory
Hate him with all you got
Still that son of Mary
Who laid his life at Calvary
Will accept you for who you are
You are human
He is God
After all

Mind that dwells
Can't it forget
Mind that builds
Can't it sculpt
Mind that accumulates
Can't it segregate
Mind that associates
Can't it seperate
Mind that evolves
Can't it dissolve
Mind that rewinds
Can't it just unwind
Mind that extrapolates
Can't it stay present
Mind that's filled without fear
Can't it change gear
Mind that thinks
Can't it feel

Mind that dwells
Can't it
Mind that builds
Can't it sculpt
Mind that accumulates
Can't it segregate
Mind that associates
Can't it seperate
Mind that evolves
Can't it dissolve
Mind that rewinds
Can't it just unwind
Mind that extrapolates
Can't it stay present
Mind that's filled without fear
Can't it change gear
Mind that thinks
Can't it feel

Hurt is a state
Already bring experienced
Frightened is the feeling
Of something bad lurking

Ideas images and concepts
Created without any evidence
Canvas keeps expanding as our imagery keeps inventing

The Mirage of a future
Reflecting the concrete of the past
Engulfs the present
The true compass of the truth

The mind weaves
Fear its main tool
To paint a picture
Contradictory to laws of nature

Irony lies in this
That which is yet to happen
We keep our gates open
Ready to recieve them

Anxious and Agitated
The masks we use
To ready ourselves
Lest our imagery becomes similar
To realities yet to be painted picture

The difference between
The then and the now
Best left not connected
Extrapolation the brush dipped in the paint of experience connects it thinking it is correct

Hurt can be healed
Time and again
Time has proved it
Just give it time


Panic as no figure
To present itself in the near
Looming large from a time zone not existing yet
Is Fears real power

As they exist
Realm of reality
Idealistic and Catastrophic
Has no place in it

Transcending the only way
To keep the unreal at bay
What is not Is hurting more
Than what actually is

Back seat drivers
With no one in the back
A look at the mirror
Gives the real picture

Rubbernecking at the mirror
All jazzed up to step out
New clothes in place and sunglasses to add
Trying to look better in my own eyes

Images from my childhood
Emotions sticking and slipping
Like the wheels of a train
Move on their tracks

Squealing past in sequence
Reminded me of the indications
Horns Whistles Bells that were warning signs
Played loud clear i didn't listen

A surface for reflecting
Our images back to us
Owing fealty to me
Loyal in its depiction

Facet i did not know
Into my soul it could go
Cloning it to perfection
All my imperfections

Could see the image
Not the entity
Projecting my likeliness
Shadow cast over my darkness

Images of events
Edited with a beginning middle and end
There was no end
Retrospective introspection waiting for the Curtain

No more about appearances
And all false pretenses
Cleaning process conducted
No lens no filter made it simpler

Broken mirror brings
It seven years of bad luck
It means a broken soul
Reflecting your future told

Mirror intact no bad luck
Soul searching triggered
Coming of age begun
Never too late to begin


The mirror reflects within
Cleansing process to begin
God comes without an invitation
Why did he leave ask him the question

Subject and Object
Mirror as a witness to mirror
Jury convened judgement delivered
Playing all the roles await Gods answer

Not adhering to Society
Christened a Misfit immediately
If looked upon actively
Society not ready for them actually

Appreciate the Misfit with enthusiasm and curiosity
Degrade him with critisism
Is the completely Wrong policy

Faith in imitation
Totally wrong orientation
Faith in origination
Chequered flag for rightful direction

Contribution the measure
For the reward and success we treasure
Reaction to the obstacle a feature
More important than the obstacles nature

Rage wears the soul
Anger turns you into the wrong mould
Acknowledge your feelings as told
Move ahead by being bold