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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Missing means lacking
For a fellow human being
Emotional weakness
Projected sadness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The show must go on
Time to remain strong
The only real balm are in
The lyrics of any poets song

Moments make the day
Solitude or Isolate
Dusk brings closer
To meet your maker

Moments make the night
In the harmony of company
Dawn one dusk less
Already defined
Finite life

Dreadful in definition
war with your own skin
Constantly in Geometry
Peace in Symmetry

Moments make life
Fleeting  Glaring
Happy Gloomy
Lonely Conversly
War Peace
Strife Truce
Moments empty
Filled with these
Moments full
Filled with these

Contradiction in Similarity
That's life In its beauty
Teacher or Prescription
Lesson in definition
Living the moment
Cut the first turf
Pave the way
Nobel in Norway

Medley of Moments
Designated Experience
Vary to Many
Life's Graduation
Given without Convocation
Pay it forward
Lies the reward

Time Goes By
We go along
Alliance in Union
Discord in Division
Moments gone by
Time and I
Together swing by
Equal Partners
We are not
Travels till my destiny
Continues on it's own Journey

Resplendent and divine
One day of the month
Absent and Darkness
A fortnight later
Complete to Empty
Transition monthly
Comes with darkness
Shines with the stars
Accessible to mankind
Yet seems so far
Brings with it
Beauty and glory
Known for the dark sides of many stories
Brings with it an eerie silence
Its reflection on the water fable
Zen buddist favorite example
Beauty it is
Reflecting the Sun
Duty on borrowed glory
A character in many a story
A companion for loneliness
Meditative in its travel
Watch it and it unravels
Reflecting your heart
Cleansing your soul
Solitudinarian s best friend
Greeted by empty streets and
People under the sheets
Provides the best ambience
Mother nature's instructions
Romance and Dinner
Under the moonlight
A magic sight it provides
The light it provides in Darkness
Is the sanity and hope it provides mankind
Moon leads the way for the heart
As the Sun does to thoughts
Plays supporting role
To the prevalent tenesplendorbrosity
Never prides on its
Leaves it to its audience to be the racounter

Move on from what holds you on
Ordeal that makes you stall
Stops time and rewinds it
Makes you relive it
Move on Away from it all
Plays games with your mind
Gives examples of a similar kind
Tells you its time for you to find
Time to get even
Move on  from these thoughts
Housing these rejections
Convictions coated with poison
Convinced about the reasons
To teach people a lesson
Move on at breakneck speed
Before contemplating a single deed
Drinking poison hoping
The other man will die
Or hoping the opposition takes the poison
Does not change a thing
For you
Unless their death gives you a sense of conquest
Move on as far as you can
Harm and insults
Never made anybody
Feel better about somebody
There fall not your rise
Move on from this process
Puts a complete stop to progress
A new day every day
Judgements delivered yesterday
Forgiven and forgotten today
Move on ahead taking it dat by day

No reverse gear
No rear view mirror
No backup recorded
Reusable thought process prohibited

Move on from the past
Move on from the thoughts
Move on from the feelings
Move on till you exist no more

Music is in the air
A few decided to share
The sounds they heard playing
Gave it a name called composing

They were magicians
Knew all about instruments
Instructing the instruments to play
Gave it a name called Music

Rhythm Melody and Harmony
Texture Timbre and Dynamic Aspects to create the basics
Scattered pieces put together Gave it a name called Musicians

Stirring the Souls
All they require is a note
Making our hearts to move
They do it with a tune

Orchestration to give form
Final music in their heads
Playing in order already
Sharing their inner beauty

Providing the Score
To our lives
Each unique to each person
Musician s original profession

Every form of emotion
Played in the device
Of their choice
Reflection of  our feelings captured with poise

They speak through their chords
Greatest linguist amongst all
Expression their art
The most gifted lot

Verses and refrains
Points and Counterpoints
Sections and Instruments
The Musical oxygen

Life has its music
Only that we don't hear it
Too busy looking good
Ignoring the music making us ignorant fools

Life without the music
Silence is a tune
Silent movies had music
Music came  before talkies

Speaks no language
Communicates  to the illeterate
Doesn't judge worthiness
Gives it as delivarance

Alone with the self
As 2 with another
The 3 paths to salvation
The 4 Noble truths
The 5 elements
The 6 senses
None exists without the musicians take on it

Doubts about creations
Theist Athiest or Darwinian
Questioning the limitations
These can be set to music
Says the all encompassing Musician

Lullaby or  Dirge
Every stage of life is forged
Open your hearts
Feel  the chorus in all

The only world without borders
No visa or passport required
Has already achieved the impossible
Making humanity as one with his Music

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Beatles
with their Staple
Abbey road and Apple
Took the world by storm
Listening to them became a norm

Allman brothers
With or without Duanne
Greatest guitarist of all time
Second In that line
Every chord and riff
Rock music bliss

Jethrotull farmers name
Century later adopted the same
Progressive rock band
From England
Worldwide name and fame

Grateful dead a lifestyle
Following them a matter of pride
Defenition of Counterculture
Ken Kesey and Acid trips
Different music  at different gigs
Live concerts filled the year
From the Vaults into the Hearts

Every fans first doorway
Plant and Page gifted
Song of the century
Rendered with no hurry
The Stairway to heaven
Rock music destination
Nine Albums of Led Zeppelin

Music band called
Themselves The Band
Cover of Time Magazine
Represented  of the Rock Scene
Last Waltz on Thanksgiving
Their Music still ringing

Santana name and Band
Guitar his magic wand
Black magic woman
The world fell for that one
Added the Mexican blend
Helped create A legend

John Mayall ear for music
Matched ear for talent
Godfather of future legends
In his line up at the same time

Walt Becker and Donald Fagen
Rock and Jazz band
Steely Dan
Used Sessions musicians
A  musical revolution
Antiheroes of the Seventies
Christened by the Rolling stone magazine
Two against nature
Album of the year
Grammy in Order

Slow hand and Eric Clapton
Names dont go hand in hand
Greatest guitarist of the generation
Clapton is God
Phrase invented
Headlined many a group
Blind Faith Cream to name a few

Traffic Quatret
Band dissolved
Music evolved
Break up in line up
No low in music flow
Winwood and Capaldi in tow

Emerson lake and Palmer
Formerly of The Nice King Crimson and Atomic Rooster
Isle of Wight
Showcased their might
Together for the decade
Their albums  the most bootlegged

No Record collection devoid
The Albums of Pink Floyd
Every Studio Albums sold
Multiple platinum to behold
Live Concerts and Lighting
Divine in music and vision
Most popular in Music history
Their position in the charts
Tells the story
Made their date with history
Berlin wall a sign of division
Their song the Anthem of Unification
Popularity and longevity
A very few can hope
Change of tastes in
Generations fewer can cope

Creedence clearwater revival
John Fogerty and his brother
Joined hands with two other
War in Vietnam
Protesting in Album form
Words mightier than Swords
Lyrics heightened Crisis
Washington's biggest
Musical nemesis

Crosby Stills Nash and Young
All star team of talents
That sung
Dallas Taylor on the Drums
Dream team of Music
Created Classics

Justin Hayward and his Flute
Together formed the Moody blues
Anyone in love and suffering
Found their feelings expressed in
Nights in white Satin
Played in every household
Across the Globe

Best Drummer seated
Difference between two beats
The fastest
Keith Moon and The Who
Loudest Band in history
Equipment destroyed after
A new legacy
Greatest singer in Daltery
Greatest Bassist in Entwhistle
Lost Moon lost their muscle

Rainbow theater Concert
Earned them the Guinness record
Globes loudest band
Psychedelic and Progressive
For decades active
100 million records worldwide
Gods of heavy metal
The pride for any record label
The music of Deep Purple

The power trio
Formed in Ontario
Rush the band
Complex and fantasy
Hand in hand
Every member A winner
Every poll on Every Book
Proficient with Instrument
Volume of their talent
Topped the charts
Captured hearts
Active for  years
Till tragedy stuck Peart

Jefferson Airplane
Before name change
Summer of love
Defined by
Surrealistic Pillow
Headlined Woodstock
And Montery pop
Every list by Rolling Stone magazine
Names carved for eternity

Uriah Heep
Fictional in Copperfield
Written by Dickens
Real in music
Formed in England
5 decades and 24 Albums
Strived for originality
Showcased their capability
Arena sized stadiums
Still filled to capacity
45 million records
Enduring popularity

Eagles from California
Critical and Commercial
Success in their formula
Top of the Charts and Grammy Awards
Back to back
Very few can hope for

Drummer and Bassist
Names combined
To name the band
Fleetwood Mac
Albums and Singles
Topped the Charts
Both sides of the Atlantic
Covers of their songs
Made many Superstars
Performed together on the occasion
Of the inauguration of
President Bill Clinton


Jim Morrison the lizard king
freedom for humanity his dream
Voice and rendition a class apart
Every song an anthem
Kindred spirit at the very core
With Ray Robbie and John formed The Doors

Ennio Morricone
Collaboration with Sergio Leone
Whips And Whistles
New sound to background
Sphagetti Westerns backbone
Never left Rome
Music his home
400 plus films scored
Distinct sound endured
Many Auteurs frequently collaborated
Fan favorite for decades
Won Oscar for The Hateful Eight
One of two to
To get the honor
Lifetime Oscar
For Composer extraordinaire
All roads lead to Rome
All notes lead to Morricone

Lalo Schifrin
Argentinian Pianist
Cult following with memorable Scores
Jazz themed band and Grammys Galore
Television Series & Movie themes
Added value with his Name
Superstars  first choice
Studios rejoice
A list Star to Act
Lalo to compose the Soundtrack
Fans across the world
Saw movies for his score

Henri Mancini won 4 Oscar's
Immortal theme for Pink Panther
Baby Elephant Walk
For Howard Hawks
Romeo and juliet love theme
Number one on the Billboard scheme
Partnership with Directors
  Everlasting music created
Deserving Hall of Famer
Years later for many
Still the favorite composer

Elmer Bernstein
Creme de la creme
Only composer
Nominated for oscar
Every decade since the 1950s
Won for Thorough Modern Millie
Versatility the key
Budget did not  affect
Genre did neither
The Magnificent seven & The Great Escape
Tunes stand testimony
For creativity and longevity

Dave Grusin patnership with
Sydney Pollack cruising
Director Composer  combination
Last of the Finest
Grammy s lost count
Oscar made the count
Composed the music for
Columbia TRISTAR logo
Outstanding musical score
Grusin music totally pure

Roy Budd Composer
Who learnt by ear
Could play by Three
At birth a Prodigy
Soldier Blue with Candice Bergen
Gave him the due recognition
Best Pianist Award
5 years consecutive
Soundtrack for films
Each one Superlative
Score for Get Carter
In our memories forever
Brain hemorrhage
Took him away  at an early age

Jerry Goldsmith debuted
in live television
Rambo and Star Trek
Franchise to name a few
His compositions always new
Composers like him
A very few
The Omen finally
got him his due
Paramount & Universal pictures
The music accompanying
The logos of the Studios
Jerry doing his wizardry
With the audio
Grammy and Oscar nominations
To be counted
Four more pairs of hands
Need to be included

Marvin Hamlisch winner
Of three Oscars
All in the same year
The Sting and The Way We were
Nobody does it better
Only one after Richard Rogers
To win The Grammy Tony Emmy Oscar and the Pulitzer

Bill Conti score for Rocky
One of the most Remembered in movie history
Replaced John Barry
In For your eyes only
Scored for the Oscar
Ceremony
19 times a record
envy of many
Won Oscar and Emmy
No Dynasty or Cagney & Lacey
without Conti

John Barry score for Sean Connery as James Bond
The super spy
A permanent legacy
Created by the supremacy
Of his musical ability
5 time oscar winner
From North Yorkshire
Illness threatened career Came back better then ever
Sold out concerts
Arena sized halls
Glory again after a fall
Oscar for The Lion in Winter
His personal favorite Goldfinger

Maurice Jarre  Composer and Conductor
Won 3 Oscars
All collaborations
with David Lean
Big Budget Films
His speciality
The Themes popularity
Showcased his versatility
His music told the story
Close your eyes and
You will know the reality
Appealing to every taste
Was Jarre's forte

David Shire
Winner of the Oscar
For Norma Rae
Composer & Songwriter
Streisands Pianist
Scored for Television & Movies
Conversation and Pelham
Musical confirmation
That his compositions
Will bear the
Test of time

Michel Legrand
son of a Composer
Winner of 3 Oscars
Conductor for many of
The French New Wave directors
Founder of the French Musical
Windmills of your mind
Forever etched in our minds
Over 200 films in a career
Prolific in nature
Select from his repertoire
Of music
Fill the air with Legrand magic

Michael Small son of an actor
Became a composer
Parallax View & Night Moves
Provides you with the mood
Alan Pakula & Arthur Penn
Directors for whom notes he penned
Sidney Lumet Bob Rafelson & John Schleisinger
Legends in their own right
Small' talent shined bright
Prostate cancer
Took away this Great Music Director

Charles Bernstein used Music & Sound effects
To maximum effect
Oscar Winning Documentary
Which had no oral commentary
To tell the story
Scored for horror genre
A cult in the sub culture
Burt Reynolds in White Lightning first chance to
Score for a feature
Charles Bronson in Mr Majestyk
Made these films click

John Williams pianist for
Goldsmith Bernstein & Mancini
Second only to Walt Disney
In Oscar Nominations
52 and counting
Winner greatest Soundtrack
Of all time
Star Wars earned him that name &  fame
Widely regarded as most successful  Musician
Positivity is the key
Particular theme  for different characters
Greatest ever

Intensity of affection
As deep as the Ocean
In the line of fire
Look back and there is
A brother or a sister
Standing in line prior

All descendants of
A common ancestor
Sons and daughters
Of brothers and sisters

Childhood spent together
Memorable moments a treasure
Crisis and agony endured
Trouble for one face it as one

Difference of opinion
Occurance most common
Cracks in relationships
Common and relatable

Natural to differ
That's nature's order
Something is out of order
If everything is in order

Strain of the dispute
Taking its toll
Communication the first victim
Distance the result

Does not give pleasure
Only makes one wonder
If it is worth the pressure
Time to take measures

Tragedy or calamity
Brings all under
One roof to ponder
How to tackle the intruder

Family values though by the elders of the house
Foundation laid strong
Value systems where they should belong

Greatest learning in the house
Lessons learnt from each other
Mother father no different to each other
Sense of oneness no one can teach better


Coming together inspite
At odds with each other
Pushed to the corner
Face us together

Times have changed
Families have grown
Independent on their own
Comfortable in their zone

All had mentors
Uncle's and brothers
Who shared their knowledge
Made life easier to tackle

A lifeline and an anchor
Provided when needed
All get together
Gods answer to the prayers

Our family is special
Oneness its Core
Whatever might have transpired
Value systems remain unchanged

In times of difficulty
There is no other place I'll be
In times of making merry
No other place I'd record in my memory
Just to be together
No other place I'll let the clock remind me
Many regrets i have but not the place I grew to be what i was to be
All the money all the fame all the power
I'd still want to learn life
From those who taught me
What it is to be
A Good Human Being

Love and forgive
Practice and preached
Suffer he did
Your deeds and not his
Betrayed he was
Crucified he was
He knew it all
Took his fall
To teach us God

His life his message
His death his message
His resurrection his message
He is the message

Know Christ know yourself
Reject him you still realize
Its his kingdom
Kingdom of compassion

He is not in competition
Human does the comparison
See him as God or not
He still knocks on your front door

He is already in every heart
The simple act of God
When he is already there
What is there to spread

Man made difference
Yours versus mine
Go ahead do your time
Its he you go to in the end

Came back on Easter
Let us get together
He resides in our heart
Lets find a place in his

Serve the other
Believe in the creator
Take everyone as a brother
Any expectation  don't bother
Repent your error
Enemy or friend don't matter
Love only to offer


Let us get together
He resides in our heart
Has us in his
What more do we need
Apart from celebrating his every deed
Praise the Lord
Not with words
Action and thoughts
Purer they are
Least you can do
To him on the Cross

Entered a club
At the age of 8
Table tennis being played
Even 8 was delayed

Witnessed pure magic
Seeing the greats practice
Knew something special was happening
Grateful that i was in the audience

Blessed to see the players
All achievers one way or the other
All time greats taking their place
Opportunity to observe pure god's grace

Greatest classroom to attend
So many lessons to comprehend
Every player a teacher
Their conduct the chapter

Winning and Loosing
Attitude towards them
What it takes to win
How lives evolve within

Sportsmanship at its pinnacle
4 tables an Oracle
How empty you are
Decides how much they fill yours

Players winners
Champions and legends
All in the same den
Learning from each other
Lessons out of every counter

Doesn't come easy
Play till go crazy
Biggest lesson of integrity
Equanimity and humility given as bonus daily

Lessons free of cost
Just by observing them i got
Single minded dedication to the sport
Not winning still a sport

Elite not by any other measure
Except their sweat that dripped on the table
Wiping the table with a cloth
Knew what sacrifice was

Today it serves me best
When in doubt i look back
Memory helping to recall the facts
Implementing them i realise how tough they were

Indebted to all
Equally for allowing
Me to be
Part of the elite
Front row seats
To see Greats and greatness
Merging
Feat very few could have claimed to see

A small building
Housed on a small street
Outside hanging a small board
Going in as an amateur and a boy
Come out a champion and a man
Mylapore Gymkhana the wizard
Magic wand its players
Stood the tallest in the World

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A clown you are not
Laughing at you one cannot
Insecure you are not
You cannot be bought
Alone you are not
Begging for company a blot
No expiry date for self respect
From the outside do not expect
Following these might exclude you
Atleast to yourself stay true
Like yourself for being you
Don't ask for what you think is due
You lasted this far who knew
Everyday begin life anew

Open your eyes
What you see is a dream
So unreal in its existence
Deserves appropriate importance

All our troubles
Giving reality to the unreal
A form to the illusion
Knowing only way out of this delusion

Like watching a movie
Screen projecting images
Narrating a tale
With all the human emotions in place

The dark side of the hall
Which Seats us all
Watching with sheer awe
One with the story

Loosing our identity
To the characters on the film
Take it into the subconscious
Becomes part of our living

All the while aware
The irony of a Cinema
A  figment of imagination
Takes over an entire Theaters consciousness

Fantasy is narrated
Reality is the audience
Told before hand
Still both together blend

Will o the wisp that movies project
Motion pictures as companions
Seeker who knows life
Aware of the amnesic  sight

Aware of the confibulations
Filling our reality with the reel
Could turn out be a Spectre
Also fake in nature


The rainbow lines
Make it clear
It is not real
Human indulgence blurring the effect

Like a hall of mirrors
We are reflected in to the other
As far as the eyes can see
Only images to perceive

The seen is fiction
The seer is non existent
The Cinema a Dream
Awake or Asleep the dream continues its theme

Sliding into the position
Lying mouth open and bare
Into my dentists well laid out chair
Nervous wreck in utter despair
What am I afraid of
If i have internalised death
Is it a fearful disease
Outcome of my habits i indulged with ease
Is it the guilt that i wrongly assumed
That I'm exempt from anything I consume
Not for me it won't
May be will be proved wrong
Am i scared of the " I told you so"
Deserve it because I  continued to do so
Mind a racing track
Questions raised and Answered
Thoughts overtaking each other
All on a collusion course
Giving meaning to the
Doctors every expression and
Utterance
The only way to overcome the fear
Undergo the experience that gives the fear

Indoctrinated since birth
The do ' s and the don't's
Building character the aim
Ownership they can claim

Value systems in place
Personality grows in its own space
Meeting point between the two
Guilt starts taking a point of view

Ones own belief system
Builds itself unique and bloosom
In sync with god's kingdom
Another dichotomy added at random

Intrinsic nature the foundation
Inculcated persuasion added to the equation
Faith and Belief adding themselves as a function
The world functions on its own dictum


Layers of existence
Brought forward cognisance
Complicated as inheritance
Fuel to fire is the occurrence

Points waiting to be connected
Scale for that yet to be invented
Investigation the formula acquired
To realise that this journey is required

Unlearning the learning
Jettisoning the scrap
Lightening the mind
Fulfilling the heart

Seeking the essence
Seeking the journey
Seeking no destination
Points now connected

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

They see you take
Your first breath
And see you unable
To take one more
Birth side and Deathbed
Companions you can trust

They go beyond
The call of duty
Null the incapacity
Ailment makes no difference
Their presence by preference

Mind body and soul
They touch deeply
Do that daily
What else is divinity ?

Responsibility without Authority
Treated as a nobody
Their names not even in memory
Witness the wrong end of humanity

Things others will cringe
Even to hear about
They go about devout
Day in day out
Nights not to be left out

Death s biggest battle
In ensuring its success rate
Is the nurse that stands
Between life and being laid to rest

Compassion Caring Courage
Considerate composed calm
Courteous consistent cognitive
Confident Concerned curative

They prevent illness
Bring about wellness
Your health their motto
Only goal they follow

Manage Educate Advocate
Detect Counsel Educate
Honesty and ethics their core
The Gallup poll says so

Pride and dignity
They possess in excess
They share it with the patients
Who loose it in sickness


Let us bow
Forever beginning now
Their lives that they forego
Salute their spirit the least we can bestow

They loose themselves
Caring for others
We find ourselves
In the care that they share

Game of Tennis
Followed with Passion
Addiction or Abstenance
Inborn ingredient
Still a teenager
Unaware to decipher
****** into the genre
Of Obsessive Compulsive disorder

Borg and Connors
Superstars of the Sport
Fans of both
Supported them at the very core
Great Personalities with individuality
Each at the other end
Of the behavioral spectrum

Transformed the game
Purely on the popularity of their name
Remained a club Sport
Transformed into arenas
And increased the antenna
Game and person
Seen in unison
Dichotomy in reason
For fans not evident

Endorsements made them Ubiquitous
Every Magazine with their commercials synonymous
Personal life now on the front pages
Looking back today that hasn't one bit dated
Insights into their lives
Provided in detail
Imitation best form of flattery
Their OCD taken very seriously
They considered it reason for their Victory
Works for them will work for me naturally
Every detail loud and clear
Had both their approval
Fans in their minds clear
Anything copied makes you feel near

Borg had his list
So did Connors
Followed the list
In the beginning for fun
Didn't know that the foundation of a disorder had begun
Practicing in the same court
Wearing the same t shirt
Booking the same flight
Sitting on the same seat
Racquet pressure strung together
Lined up in a particular order
Picked from sheer obsessive behavior
Not shaving during the tournament
Hours of sleep determined
Time for a shower
No change to occur
Falling on his knees
Looking up at the sky
Thanking the almighty
with a sigh
Many more to list
I'll write another

Bounces before serving
Connors list beginning
Counting then till felt right
Umpire had to force with all his might
No of racquets no change
Hitting the strings before the game
Route taken from hotel ti stadium always the same
If even one of the above were to change
Willing to even forfeit the game
Shoe laces tied in a particular order
Order of things in the bag did matter
Pointing the racquet after a point
Fist pumping his signature
Was another measure of disorder
Many More to list
I'll write another

Followed these first with ease
Easiest trait to copy
But things turn ugly
Stuck with the OCD sans the trophies
In the Coaching business
Took gigantic proportions
Things to do before a tournament
Took longer than the actual event
Disease by defenition spreading
Personal life no more an exception
Already existing due to all the fan worshipping
Made worse by taking up the profession of training

Same route to work
Even socks chosen has a method
Time of departure never to endanger
List of things done in the same order
Even and Odd counting
Depends on the activity engaged in
Many more to list
I'll write another


Camel in the tent
Mind becoming hell bent
Following the list top priority
Everything else including thinking a rarity
Driving in top gear
Major issues in the rear
Only this matters
OBSSESIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Scars of the past
Healed or hidden
Have they become a habit
No more seeming odd
Fear of the future
Past turning out unexpected
Expect the unexpected
Cliche most quoted
Lived long enough to know
Life not linear
Doesn't want it predicted
A rule book to live by
Pages empty or erased
Confused the writer
Replies questions with more questions
Thus is born the seeker
Not in search of the answer
Tracing the question paper
Begins to understand life better

Question and Answer
Similar in nature
Mirage on the inside
Searching for its reflection outside
Illusion equally deceptive
Answers the Mirage
Fooling you into thinking
That you have the right perspective


Quest to find water
Standing in the middle of the Ocean
Not a matter of perception
Ocean and the standing
Both are unreal
Quest to find the quest
The ocean and the I
Will cease to exist

Saying Hello takes a second
A goodbye takes forever
Best way to overcome
Grief is to grieve
Every tear is blessed
It is in the memory
Of the one you loved
It houses the soul
A treasure to behold
The price paid for loss
Is a spiritual reality
Your sorrows are messengers
Of the unspeakable love
Love leads to loss
Still worth a lot
Not risking love at all
Grief better off in the heart
His name v is the prayer
You want to recite
His wisdom is the music
You want to hear
He is the laughter
Expressing your humor
He is more beyond
The mere physical level
He is in everyone
He is everywhere
Tears will show him
To you one day
I know its a hard thing to say
I cannot share your grief
But I most definitely understand it

Cowards die a thousand deaths
Rehearsal done when alive
Will the take  go smoothly
Retake  not an option
Timer on the clapboard faster than usual
None to give feedback or access any prewritten manual

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

Edge of the seat
Life led with
*** drugs and rock n roll
See it all
Decided to follow
College Work Marriage
Replaced with pedal on the metal
Brake only when you see God
Survive to tell the tale
Or the brake didn't give the break
Took you away
Your story tells the tale
Better than you would narate
Both ways you pay
But a good trade
As others learn that the way
Is a one way

A year gone by
Nothing ever the same
Not a day goes by
When your memory not recalled by
Legends leave a vacuum
Never can be filled
Routine helps  keep sanity
Your presence gave vanity
Pursuing ones goals
You are the playbook
Realising them wish
You lived longer to tell
Table tennis and life not the same
Your absence felt every second
Your presence in my feelings
And guiding my thoughts
Makes living a lot easy
Having seen you play for 7 years
Practice or match
First row seats to witness
God greatest  gift
Thank you for everything
Greatest player to play the game
If Kamlesh Mehta calls you King
What more praise is there to sing
Your presence i feel
Anywhere i be
I pay my respects to you
Everyday on the table
Before playing the first ball
Thank you for everything
Called me hour brother many times
Today my life is great
Not written in my fate
Your wishes have brought me here
You would have been most happy to hear
My new job which i hold dear
Good souls helping me out
Giving opportunities which makes me full
Will do justice every ball played
Isn't that what you thought me for a decade
Pray for your happiness
Wherever you are
May you find peace
Like you found fame

Curious and seeking
Opinions and perceptions
Formed not based on facts
A reality created by the minds creativity

Credits and debits
Balances it finally
Tweaking it daily
To the results it wanted initially

Both ends a live wire
Having one or at the recieving end
Mind works overtime assembling a palace of cynicism
The heart bleeds when the same is done
With you at the firing end

Taste religion principles
Everything under scrutiny
Uncalled and hurtful
Every relationships death tool

Destroys even destiny
Powerless against animosity
Opinions own the trademark
To awaken the beast already on its mark

Wisdom to know
When to embark and disembark
If you had the wisdom
You'd never have embarked

Do not give
For it was never asked
Go ahead and give it
Be ready to live with regret

Where there is a union
Engage in conversation
Where there is a division
Silence the  only option

Do not ask
Your life no one's job
Do not suggest
No one ever asked

Everyone has one
Nothing can be done
Used as a shield
Which too becomes a burden

Dons various roles
Reasons right and wrong
Only way to express opinion
Is not expressing your treatment

Name remembered
Face recognized
Act Immitated
Fact Ignored

Entry for education
Deer in a birds Nest
Education opens doors
Institutions closes them

Knowledge imbibed
Growth and Maturity attained
Rest of life
Act as Security

Diverse Subjects Curriculum
Analytical Ability
Must for higher study
Lack of it
Remains a liability

Memorise pages
By the Hundreds
Different subjects
Not connected
To each other
Memory lacking
Future lagging

Exams or Tests
End of your Wits
Valued on Written
Excuses none taken

Prejudice of teacher
Grades gotten lower
Reputation at Stake
Tomorrow Vague

Salt to injury
Marked and Valued
Skill to Study
Graded according to Grade
Already decided your Fate

Einstein said famously
Dont ask a fish to climb a tree
Cool as a WhatsApp forwards
Quotes meant for Cowards

Percentage and Percentile
Dont make it past the cut
Branded Imbecile
Worthiness and Estimation
All depends on an Examination

Purpose of seeking
Worthy for every being
Bring in Grading
Destroy life and its meaning

Order of Merit
Brings Credit to names
Who appear
In the Order of Merit

Discrimination on Color
Race Caste
Non Bailable Act of Crimes
Discrimination on Grasp Memory Analytical Ability
Practiced even in Todays Times

Scarred at infancy
Not in the list of Merit
Brings along discredit
Follows like Shadow
Always questions
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Darkness engulfs vision
Music we appreciate
Form it doesn't have
Destiny ends in the grave
Justice a treasure
Not to be unearthed
Covered with mud
Will show up
Leaving its place open
To fill it with those
Whom Injustice seek
Manipulation and lies
Always loose the fight
Even without an opponent
Desire the fuel
Never lasts the distance
Always ahead in the race
Finishing line in place
Increasing the pace
Never crossed the line
Always end up loosing
Running out of time
Calling card is Slime
Which doesn't trust itself
Time to call Gin
Truth unfolds the cards
Winner take all
Better luck next time
Till end of time

Diverging and opposing
Views with the other
Can be a Value or Taste
Leave it be or rue the day

Reasoning and logic
A case being built
To justify ones fit
To declare the other a misfit

Sharing your thoughts
Which give you joy
Wrong to assume
The same effect it'll draw

Banter moved aside
Argument creeps in
No more about you
Or selling your point of view

Turns into poison
Killing the others reason
Insulting his learning
Insulating yours from humiliation

Game you play
Is played back at you
No more about you
But the sharing you first started to do

Belittling process on
Verbal assault painful
Racetrack with 2 way traffic
Someone will get killed basic logic

Best option not to share
If shared be aware
From being a harmless bore to
A Hostile and threatening fare

Biggest mistake is assuming
Your learning will help the others seeking
Each his own path
Will remain so if you don't cross

Every point in favor
Is told to you backwards
Back and forth same tricks
Crossed swords going for the ****

Relationships at risk
Time already killed
Nothing to be gained
Better off understanding before it all begins

Association and bond
Go for a toss
Everyone at a loss
Rebuilding now a task

Do not try to convince
Hear out fully and exit
Ensure the favor is returned equally
You quality of life will suffer permanently

Finding a woman attractive
Anything to get her companionship
Going all the way during courtship
Life's only prerogative

Heart longs for her
Start a family with her
Kids included in the planning
Dreaming and dwelling on attaining

Basic lesson forgotten
Mind games performing its function
The real attraction remains
As long as she remains a tough bargain

Attractive to the eyes
Only till she comes beside
Beautiful inside and outside
Only till she is found bedside

This is the truth
Great Poets have written about this
Figure it out with experience
Come to the same conclusion

Oxymoron used frequently
Two words juxtaposing
Containing the opposite meaning
Etymology derived from Greek
Oxus and Moros
Sharp and stupid
Also an oxymoron

Commonly usage is unintentional
Appears paradoxical
Which Is a logical contradiction
A puzzle
Something to think on
Oxymoron is a figure of speech doesn't linger but gone

Used on people
To describe their characteristic
Cannot be used to describe a person
As it does not make sense

Used in quotes
Purpose to reflect
On purpose
As in not to neglect

Used in Advanced Science
Innovations with names that in English does not make sense
Virtual Reality
Is it a fallacy or advanced technology
Thin line to draw
Explanation difficult notoriously

Used in quotes
By great men like
Mark Twain.
Genius like Wodehouse
Visionary like Henry Ford
Mockingly by Bing Crosby
To Add Drama by Yogi Berra
Flavour to speech like Churchill
Unintended by Movie Moghuls

Lacking in knowledge critics will say
Percieved Comically
Some make you laugh hysterically
Adds fun to life
Usage An entertainment
No harm done

Act Naturally
Small Crowd
Clearly confused
Amazingly Awful
Only Choice
Farewell Reception
Commonly used
Not to get confused
Depends how much exposed
You are
To understand the context
In which it Is told

Tried my best
Leave the rest
To accept or not accept
To the person
At whose behest
I wrote this on request

Does this make me
A Smart idiot
Or a Stupid genius
For I shall be the happiest man alive
Even if I could drop dead
To get the approval
Even if it is negative
For everything is absolutely relative

Conflict in the heart
Mind shifting gears
Heart and Mind at War
Pain that affects wholly and completely
Cannot be ignored
Tests your strength
A tenant who goes away
Seeking permanence by force
Time clears it away
Time teaches the way
Both can be true
Causing to feel blue
Teaches tolerance &  endurance
There for a reason
Can hurt and stay
Can hurt and change
Hurt is medicine
Leaves you stronger
When it leaves you
Rugged weary and beautiful
Living with pain
Gives life meaning
Numbing the process
Running away from it
Waiting at the finish line
Becomes the starting line
Tears the medicine
Balancing the pain
Tears dry away
Taking along the aches away
Pain the polish used to
Brush our souls to shine
Escaping from pain
Causes more pain than pain

Painting with my tears
Strokes with my heart for years
Aches and pains it depicts
Still remains incomplete
Ray of sunshine
A place in the canvas
Comes and goes
Bereaving the darkness
Not to be sold
My life story told
Unfinished it will remain
Soul unfit to sketch
Now of the body bereft
How much more to go
Who will sign
At last at peace
After i cease
If i want a movie made
From my birth which brings death along
How will one write a screenplay
The story remains the same

The Prince of Tripura
Prince of Music
Only child of Sachin Dev
A king amongst composers
Was born Rahul Dev
Toddler cried in 5 notes
Hence named Pancham
Livelihood in Music
Like fish to Water
Tabla and Harmonica
Learnt playing in order
Compose for movies
Ready for the struggle
Breaking in impossible
Dream remain a dream
Assisted father
A legend peak of career
To fill in the coffers
Nobody knew
What he had to offer
Insults swallowed
Rejections followed
Years in limbo
Acted in cameo
Waited in the wings till
Vijay Anand offeres Teesri Manzil
Supported by giants
Dazzling Score broke records from yore
Straight into people's heart like never before
Musician he was not
He was the Music
Talent Skill Genuis
All words in the dictionary
Couldn't fit his personality
Yet to find a word so true
To describe his music pure
No pinnacle
No Nadir
Music has a scale
He doesn't
Genre didn't matter
What was flowing was a river
Your ability to take
Was the music that came
Thinking and Doing
Duality hed overcome
Music written and scored
Magic Wand in hand
One stroke up  and down
Tunes piled up on the
Gramaphone
500 films
3 Decades
Immortality achieved
No point counting
Still flowing
Music still gushing
Immeasurable
Enough inside
No bar time or tide
Beethoven Bach Mozart
Monet Van Gogh Picasso
Forever remain their art
Likewise the Burman Craft

I don't feel
Pangs of separation
We never said goodbye
Cause we ain't apart

I don't miss her
She lives in my heart
I don't talk to her
She is in my thoughts

She is in me
I know for sure
By the way she responds
Even for my glance

I will never
Make her mine
Destiny decided otherwise
Not in my hands


Destiny can win
Only if i forget
If my mind goes blank
She is the blank

Void in me
Her absence caused
Deserving i should be
How can I fight with god

A lesson learnt
Everything seems precious
Till the day
You own it

Letting go of her
I did not
Had to live life
Plans i was not part of

Precious she remains
Daily living travails
Her being here
One more miracle i expected

In love and in life
Not in sync with each other
Life is love
Only if you're living it

Comes with time
Goes away in time
No reason why
I feel the fear

No act done
Thoughts maybe some
To warrant despair
Anxiety alarm in the air

Cerebral switch on
Logical reasoning upon
Hoping to respond
Seems to be beyond

Inner search next
Step taken in the quest
Life's biggest test
Scare and angst there with zest

Fear of success
Fear of failure
Fear of the known
Fear of the unknown

Aware of the emotion
Available best solution
Reality or a notion
Figuring it out becomes full time occupation

Occupies the mind space
Diversion tricks failed
There for a fixed period
Changes everytime visited

Resisting the biggest mistake
Counterattack turns out a waste
Not resisting the best therapy
Weakens the fear and goes away quickly

Staring at the roof
Reminiscing about you
The heart is always true
Missing you blues
Unaware of your presence
Infinity in its pure essence
Letting you go
A boost for my ego
Ended up with fractured feelings
Spending sleepless nights
Anxious that you'll come in my dreams
Make it temporarily real
Waking up its so surreal
Even the gods are cannot do justice
To my prayer and practice
One more chance is all I ask
May be the  time that was the one I got

Fostered and nurtured like a heiress
Time to part with it a natural process
Destiny of Chacobi written by the man upstairs
Handed over to a new set of parents with similar desires

Grilled and quizzed
Anything goes amiss
Satisfied and confident
That shes found a parent

Tests for eligibility
Tests the hearts purity
Treat them with quality
Equality akin  to fellow humanity

Missed by the rest
Wish her the best
Gods own creation
Will keep it under his protection

Never heard of a couple
Whose lives revolved with multiple
Cats as pets a common fare
Cats as kids   an  unique affair

Womb of the mother
Our creator created
By the creator
Time to be spent
Already timed
Features designed
Destination Destiny
Dated and Autographed
Only edition
Only copy
None before during or after

Moving Forward
Needles of the Clock
Know when  to stop
Ticking from Birth
Moving Ahead
Every tick one tick
Less one breath

Needles of the Clock
Moving in Circles
Signifying the Soul
Cought in the cycle
Of Birth and Rebirth

Lack of Symmetry
Not apparent to many
Unique individual
Beginning of the journey
Varies for everybody
End coincides with nobody

Ticket to ride
Train of life
Different stations embarked
Same Train Same Destination
Different Coaches
End Approaches
Automatically disembarked

Limited time
In Time
After time
No time

Paths of journey
Repeated by many
Previous rides valued
Collected and deposited
Driver and Guard
Bound by Duty
Every Passenger
Treated with Objectivity

Varied in Unison
Cause for Confusion
Clarity and Solution
Only in Self Realisation

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

To live life
Based on logic
Is the most illogical
Way to live
With no patterns
There as evidence
Projecting the next
On data that
Stands alone by itself
Interpreted by the vices
Balances by itself
Doesn't require human
Input or perspective
Only to realise
In the retrospective
What we thought prospective
Was our invention
Based on the clues
Which we had no clue
Out in the blue
Ignorance caused by experience
Which covers the truth
With everything but which
Is only true

My vocabulary fails me
When what i want to convey
Is a matter of the heart
Words conscice feelings
Tries to be intelligent
Masks my inabilities
Says what you want to hear
How do I convey the absolute truth
With no trickery of imagery involved
Silence is powerful but can
Also be misunderstood
Where do I search
On how to express
Or will  just know
Words and silence
Fail to convey
Search leads nowhere
Secret behind the secret
Of expressing the fullest
Remains a secret
The word defines that
Once known no more sacred
Sanctity kept away
In the sanctorium
To keep it revered
If penance is what it takes
I'm willing to give it as many takes
Let God hold the clapboard
And be the judge
And include in his judgement
My honest expression
The only way to transcend
Clouded human perception

Is there a god
Is he sitting in heaven
Is he all pervading force
Is he the nature itself
Is he inside us
Why cannot he be all
Why can't he sit in heaven
Guiding us with his spirit
Watching us delivering on merit
Be the supernatural force
That makes sure to enforce
The balance in this universe
Why can't he be inside of us
For us to realise that he's everywhere
Why limit a limitless god
Why define a god who can't be defined
Why give him a place
When all that's is is his
Why divide him
When he is one
Taking many forms
Being the One
He does not want to
Disturb your senses
Making you doubt him
Not realising that the doubt is also him and he is beyond any doubt
You are only doubting yourself
Not a matter of faith or hope
But the plain simple truth
For all to know
How many more indications will he show
When he need not
Bow to our wishes
Vice versa the world is perfect

Future holds in store
Judicious extension of present  actions
Is it shock or waves
None can say

Is it awaiting
Mapped out the proceedings
Just have to enter its gates
To undergo the experience

Will it transform itself
Acording to the need of the hour
Basing its estimation on its own laws
And deliver judgements on call

No point fearing it
No point embracing it
Embrace the fear
That's more like it

A distance to travel
Between present and future
Once reached it ceases to exist
Again it awaits our arrival if we are on the list


Triggering a new event
Up until now unforseen
It starts its circle
Future includes these hurdles

Existing and not
Shortest duration apart
Eerie that we  know
Its existence and disappearance

It journeys backwards
Becomes the present then the past
Predicting it we use the wrong formula
Only prediction is that there is no formula

Best way to endure
Be in harmony with it
Until it exists ignore it
When it ceases ignore it

It never exists in the present
Therefore the problem does not arise
Like chasing your own shadow
Futile is readying yourself for the morrow

Thoughts Feelings and Soul searching
Cannot be seen felt or heard
Ironically form the triangle
For internal enquiry and external therapy
Behaviour and Personality
Constructed by these three
Asked to get them healed
Where do we find them to deal
Is it why it is called the search
If it is in us why all the research
The games they play
Wonder where they stay
Organisms covered in medical study
Can be studied  for further recovery
Illusory participants take away
Most of our time
Understanding the key
Knowledge to be deemed
Spiritual the path
Opens the doors for the invisible three
That's what they deem it to be
I'm still searching
Something that is not there
To be pointed at
But makes its point everytime something is at
Schizophrenic reality but none alone
Probably gives us the relief
A member of the heard
On the lookout for the message
From the messenger whom none have seen
Exploring a phantom hoping to get answers from another
Playing chess with no coins
But the pieces are falling apart
No one to play against
But the moves are made
To match yours
The game never ends
Where is the board
Black and white squares
Warriors on the floor
How do I exit
Where is the door
How did it i enter
Where is the door

Pain and loss
Matters of the heart
Feeling of intimacy
Attachment wrapping itself strongly
Creating a bond life long
Trips to the heart
Pilgrimage for those who sought
Open and large with a place for all
Barren and Forlorn
Woefully at the wrong end
Pilgrims galloping away
Like a race horse
Even betting on them wouldn't stop
Hit the pitstop where Pelagic birds stop
Moana drowns our tears
Which saved us from
Drowning from sorrow
Anchoring by fastening
Our feelings
Haywire and intertwined
Can't find the Origin
Not even a delusional one
So scarce it has become
Black cat in a coal cellar
Seem dime a Dozen

Human life the currency
Paid as a price
Peace the quest
For human life's security
Greatest of irony
Laid to rest
In order to possess
Peace for the rest

Lady in her 80s
Fragile and Alzheimer's
Alone and lonely
Perfect for the hunter

Woman of pride
Kept the joint family in her stride
A personality of her own
Intelligence and character woven

Families became nuclear
Older people s place became unclear
Roles became reversed
Presence a burden

A good chance for revenge
To the cleaners taken
Every past incident retold
Made them regret manifold

Every living second
Hell  will treat better
Plight ignored by every other
Even by regular visitors

Food in restriction
Maybe for a reason
Accused for every development
Assault a regular weapon

Sidelined in a room forever
Every second in fear
Words laced with threat
Or hands used deemed fit

On a daily basis
Slowly developed neurosis
Warden the villain
Wrongly delivered judgement

Declared dead
Reference to life
Lived in this planet
No more to the rest
Burnt or Cremated
Six feet under or
Smokes of a fire
Burning the dead
For the first time
Since birth
Refered to as The Body
Name given Education learnt Position held Money saved
Etiquette used as prefix
In Relation to the family
All forgotten suddenly
Holds no value or sanctity
Body replaced by day
Recalled for remembrance
Reduced to that date
Out of sight
Out of mind
Human experience so far
Out of body
Burnt to ashes
Buried under concrete
Potrait decorates the walls
Lest we humans forget