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Oct 2022 · 236
Deepavali 2022
Suresh Gupta Oct 2022
Deepavali
10/24/2022

Symbolized by the oil lamps,
flames flickering in celebration
Lighting the path, welcoming,
successful return & unification

Let a million lamps light your path,
each amplifying your successes
This day and forever,
Happy Deepavali
To all the poets here and everywhere
Sep 2022 · 99
Meditate, to visualize
Suresh Gupta Sep 2022
Meditate, to visualize
09/22/2022

The trigger that jolted me to life,
staying through peaks and dives
In its absence, the physical state,
ceases, declared fair accompli

I meditate, to visualize if this entity,
would willingly depart pulsating beat
For a fleeting moment though may it be
Separation, achieving ultimate feat

In that moment, passed will have eons
I’ll see, my companion, source of my being,
Converse with my AURA, of its journey,
arrest the torment, reach logical reasoning
Sep 2022 · 102
LXI
Suresh Gupta Sep 2022
LXI
UNTITLED - LXI
09/11/2022

When one falls off the horse,
the *** often get kicked by the donkey as well.
Jun 2022 · 178
Age not Withstanding
Suresh Gupta Jun 2022
Age not Withstanding
05/18/2022

Her tender years oblivious to lapse of time
Enraptured every sense of my being
Earth shifted, beneath my feet, agonizing,
Aye! Triple times the clock has struck midnight
Her youth
Her exuberance
Drew me back to days of ignorance
Power of reasoning momentarily dissipating

Drawn to maturity, she declared
Boys her age, do not equate
Like an empty chalice she hungered
For age and experience, as only source
I must confess it was not a matter of physicality
As any mirror shall bear witness
For maturity demands sensibility, age not withstanding
Her wit, beyond youth, where relationship must rest
Was watching a movie that generated this scribble
May 2022 · 174
www.What a Wonderful World
Suresh Gupta May 2022
www.What a Wonderful Word
05/10/2022

We relish the sweet,
and savor the salt
The taste of sour,
sometimes, bitter and all

and I say to myself
www.What a Wonderful World
May 2022 · 117
Untitled - LX
Suresh Gupta May 2022
Untitled - LX
05/07/2022

Daydreaming

an intimate getaway for the mind
Something I have found myself guilty of so often
Feb 2022 · 227
Love
Suresh Gupta Feb 2022
Love

02/14/2022



An uncontrollable emotion,

differentiates not the age

Strikes with such lethality,

leaving the mind bemused

Alas! those under loves spell,

a heartfelt valentine
Dec 2021 · 103
Untitled - LIII
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
Untitled - LIII
12/17/2021

from the moment of their entwining,
one is bewitched by love,
the other is beguiled by lust
Dec 2021 · 100
The Blue Planet
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
The Blue Planet
12/16/2021

From yonder, I glanced,
through her blue veil, that
subtle pulsation of the crust.
Most that feed off of her,
hardly realize, she’s alive.
Yet, I know she breathes

The waves heaving,
inhaling and exhaling.
Yes, her oceans too, breathe.
That, which seems immobile,
it too is wandering
at a glacial pace, yet, they too live.

Knowing, that we breathe in tandem with her,
why are we then deliberately,
slowly, choking her,
each day, poisoning her.
She is truly one of a kind,
most awesome in those autumn hues.
It’s time to live in harmony,
and let her live as well.
Dec 2021 · 109
Untitled - LI
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
Untitled - LI

12/12/2021



knowing our potential

which brothers prophecies are we fulfilling

?

the devil or the god

!
Dec 2021 · 68
Skewed
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
Skewed
12/10/2021


When the true north compass is skewed,
one looks to the stars to find their way.
When the moral compass is skewed,
one looks to the heavens to find their way.
When directional compass is skewed,
one looks to knowledge to find their way.

When misinformation becomes reality,
where does one find the truth?
When purpose for life itself becomes skewed
where does one look, which path does one take?
Dec 2021 · 167
only nature shall survive
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
only nature shall survive
10/28/2021


Nature, devised awesome power to survive,
for even death, is a source of life
Weak at birth, the strongest,
their numbers kept at low tide
While the younglings n old are most vulnerable
Horror is in the way it is vilified
No one has mastery, for in the end,
only nature shall survive
Dec 2021 · 81
Time
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
Time
11-12/2021


is all I have

teases me with freebies
yet costs me dearly

is heartless towards my pain
offers me no relief

is my nemesis
playing me like a fool

neither a borrower
nor a lender, you ever be

pretending to be motionless
there’s no escaping you

I know you well
too much of time together, you and I

witness to all my deeds
you’ll release me when good n ready
Dec 2021 · 70
Emotions
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
Emotions
12/05/2021


In silence you exist
In screams, a prerequisite
You are my spirit
By you, I’m conscript

You are my essence
You are my defense
Every fiber of my action
By you, I’m fashioned
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
meshed within the creases, a smile of contentment
12/02/2021

The creases on his face,
showed signs of a thousand suns
The callouses on his palms,
a thousand moons
His eyes held a thousand stories,
for each time he went to sea

Now, the beached empty hull,
of a weathered boat
Broken mast, torn sail attached,
hanging over the bow
The worn out oars,
and the tethered net,
rusted harpoon, knife blade tied
Strewn about, hooks,
empty cans, labeled baits,
an uncorked pewter flask,
a fishing pole

Ask and one would learn
He wouldn’t change his life
He wouldn’t give up his memories,
of each time he came through the storm,
withstood the scorching sun,
and those hard cold dawns.
For meshed within those creases,
a smile of contentment.
Dec 2021 · 57
Untitled - L
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
Untitled - L
11/11/2021

We can recognize
the beast that lives in the wild
and stay clear

We can sometimes recognize
the beast that lives amongst us
and stave off

Yet, the beast that lives within us
and ferments
alludes us
Nov 2021 · 62
Humane
Suresh Gupta Nov 2021
Humane
10/27/2021

Ohhh!!!!! What irony
The root word from which you are derived
At times, the most vicious, the most vile of all creation
Lends itself, to a form of compassion
That art thou, so how do I reconcile
With you and that root form
My brethren, myself
Ohhhh!!!!! The irony that’s me, the human
Aug 2021 · 314
imbecilic
Suresh Gupta Aug 2021
imbecilic
08/06/2021

your right to harm me,
takes precedence over,
my right to protect us


According to the imbecilic Governor of Florida, DeSantis, and such cronies. I just had to post this.
Aug 2021 · 69
Untitled - XLVIII
Suresh Gupta Aug 2021
Untitled - XLVIII
08/11/2021


I playfully stomped in a puddle of letters,
and splatter of words sprayed all around.
The minds sponge gathered the droplets,
and before long, a phrase was formed.

Like a child, I jumped from puddle to puddle,
joyfully collecting every word that I could.
The thrill, the exhilaration of forming phrases,
led me to pen this, call it what you would.
Jul 2021 · 60
Inequities - II
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
Untitled - XLVIII
07/15/2021

…..if men also bore children,
what shall be the count….

My mind wandered aimlessly, as it often does
What if men were equal in biology
In procreating n caring without fuss
Now that would be really painful in present physiology
OOOPS!!! would that change the course of history
A short version of a much deeper subject
Jul 2021 · 72
Inequities - I
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
Inequities - I
07/19/2021

The inequities imposed by a clan of humanity
Have reached such unparalleled obscenity
They absconded, the whole human race
Portraying themselves, as its only face

At the very beginning, the ruse was laid
Unincumbered by pain to procreate
Formulated laws for mastery
Using religion, claiming only themselves free

It is shocking to see even today
Their control, over all, at display
The male of the human species
Must dethrone or disposed as feces
I have been struggling with this subject for a long time, and have made me question our intelligence
Jul 2021 · 245
meditative - IV
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
meditative - IV
07/08/2021

truly enlightened,
imparts,
sans the desire for recognition,
believers, or followers
Jul 2021 · 63
one in a million
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
one in a million

07/04/2021



eight thousand advance the cause of humankind,

rest, as beast of burden, of restless mind,

to feed the system, without cause or reason,

of little importance, a global lesion



in historical times, the more the merrier,

producing offsprings, to lessen the barriers,

colonization for wealth and free labor,

self propagating, to meet unwarranted favor



human race has gone rampart,

acting, as if, without a heart

there’s only one earth, not a zillion

must realize, we are only one in a million
Population is 8 billion (8000 x 1 million)
Jul 2021 · 58
meditative - III
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
meditative - III
07/06/2021

One who surrenders themself
to others teachings, thoughts and ideas,
has little to contribute

One who is free to explore,
exchange, adapt and adopt,
is open to self-realization
Jul 2021 · 56
Untitled - XLVII
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
Untitled - XLVII
07/08/2021


preconceived notion
fresh insights’ quagmire
Jul 2021 · 187
meditative - II
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
meditative - II

07/05/2021



characters of the message,

are more potent than,

character of the messenger
Jun 2021 · 64
Untitled - XLVI
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XLVI

06/28/2021



comma,

the story continues
Jun 2021 · 52
Untitled - XXXVII
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled- XXXVII
04/04/2021

when first time are always so memorable, then
I find myself reminiscing...
...the very first time,

what?


if we make our first
also our last,
last
Jun 2021 · 197
karmic eventuality - II
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
karmic eventuality - II
06/26/2021

there, in the midsts of opulence , stood I
floors of alabaster marble, columns of Marquina black,
open in all directions, including the heavens above,
gradual elevation, in key motif, to a higher standard,
seated on Lapis Lazuli, judges of the day

standing in that magnificent hall of justice,
creators, of opposing representation, themselves present,
when one, known by all, in positivity, meaning God,
looks down upon my disheveled appearance,
reflecting true extents of my deeds performed,
asks, “what shall be my judgement?”
I respond, “let my existence cease, that be my punishment.”
then, His brethren, from the nether world, the Satan,
asks, “what shall be my judgement?”
I respond, “let my existence cease, that be my reward.”
Jun 2021 · 61
Untitled - XLV
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XLV
06/25/2021
 
if fate wills it,
so, shall be my destiny

while a prisoner of one,
the other challenges my sensibility

with which, do I reconcile?
Jun 2021 · 84
Untitled - XLIV
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XLIV

06/23/2021



intelligences failure

inability to extricate stupidity
Jun 2021 · 51
Untitled - XLIII
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XLIII
06/14/2021


Gather your limbs in a meditative state
And the thinking ***** from its agitative state
Allow this repose to now contemplate
Jun 2021 · 446
Dorian Gray
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Dorian Gray

06/13/2021



If I could see my portrait change

would I change



as I see my portrait change

did I change



having seen my portrait change

who changed
Jun 2021 · 141
What and Why
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
What and Why
06/11/2021

Ejected from the warmth of womb
soon after, anxious mind, neurons fire
What is this, and that, and that, and
When I learn to put two words together
frustratingly, all everyone hears,
why? why? why, why, why?
Jun 2021 · 67
Untitled - XLII
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XLII
06/1 0/2021

Poetry,
a solo journey,
an elixir of words
Jun 2021 · 158
XLI
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
XLI
Untitled - XLI
06/02/2021


Oh! Krishn, play the melody that will welcome me into your embrace,
and if I must still endure, repent and do penance,
then may I hear your flute that may ease my pain
Till, when, I may hear the melody that may welcome me into your embrace
Jun 2021 · 248
The Influencer
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
The influencer

06/08/2021



Greed, is the motivator that,

which oils the mechanism of action.

Survival, is only the initiator, that

soon succumbs to wants’ affliction



It’s a fallacy to believe, or

convince ourselves otherwise

but, wants not needs

becomes, driver of possessions



Forsaking needs, we demonize wants,

offspring of Greed, the influencer.

It grows with possessions, hiding

under the umbrella of need.

Once possessions are attained

wants take control of our senses
Jun 2021 · 58
Untitled - XL
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XL

06/07/2021


ignorance, is not an excuse 
and
intelligence comes at a price 
so, am I
stupid or wise
If I am pondering, it must only mean one thing...
Jun 2021 · 56
Untitled - XXXIX
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XXXIX
06/02/2021


the impact of the cause,
creates an effectual ripple,
throughout the fabric of existence,
for nothing is localized
May 2021 · 50
karmic eventuality
Suresh Gupta May 2021
karmic eventuality
05/30/2021

filament of time had but frayed ends left,
as I approached the shores’ end by dark,
a silhouette, by the lantern’s dim light,
placed there, only, for my benefit to see

on approaching, I placed the one coin,
in the outstretched skeletal fingers, and
waded into the boat, that neither swayed
nor creaked, meant for but a lone passenger

with a gentle tug of his pole, sickle at top end,
the final journey across the realm had begun.
the stillness of the air, with not a whiff of wind
sensed in any direction, yet movement was there

now to reflect on times past, of spent years
length of journey, depended solely upon me
astrologically, scales have been my birth mark
balance, I shall, my actions, my deeds, indeed

by the time I dock, leave no doubts to ponder
there is no sense of dread, nor fear of forthcoming
Libran birth, a sort of calmness has enveloped
the scales of justice, the karmic eventuality
May 2021 · 56
Untitled - XXXVIII
Suresh Gupta May 2021
Untitled - XXXVIII
05/28/2021

Love is intoxication

When struck, its addiction

When fulfilled, its exhilaration

When unreciprocated, its devastation

Love, is an addiction
May 2021 · 46
meditative - I
Suresh Gupta May 2021
meditative - I
05/12/2021

ridding the crest of the sound waves,
I taste the colors of the blooms, and
see the symphony of the green blades of grass
that permeates the silence of the meadows
and know that I have touched
the heavens of my imagination
Apr 2021 · 67
Perpetuating
Suresh Gupta Apr 2021
perpetuating

04/04/2021



To be true in the moment

And only for that moment

And then building on that moment

For the next moment

Before long, moment after moment

A library of such moments

Will become momentous
.....if only
Mar 2021 · 96
on the precipice
Suresh Gupta Mar 2021
on the precipice.......

03/25/2021



All hell is loose on planet Earth

Efforts of reconciliation have been scorned

Sense and sensibility has lost all worth

Once more, my armor, I am forced to adorn



Satans hold is growing stronger

His followers see right in might

Unwilling to compromise any longer

Itching for a conclusive fight



It’s incomprehensible to fathom, when

Survivors of the last war, still around

Penned and swore peace for living memory

Are finding voices of reason systematically drowned



So, as I am once again required to descend,

To stave off another horrific earthly calamity

In light of humans unforgiving destructive power

To subdue the disgruntled forces of impending doom



As a last resort, in the absence of all else, I must gather my

Crown, molded by eternal knowledge, of Self Realization,

The ultimate deflection shield of all prevailing Truth

Weaponize, to perform my righteous Dutiful Actions
Mar 2021 · 477
Truths’ dilemma
Suresh Gupta Mar 2021
Truths’ dilemma
03/24/2021

Truth, has no cousins not
in duel call for no seconds
that which cannot be fractionalized
nor deliberately sweetened or fashioned
its’ weapon singularly purposed

Lies, with cousins abundant
always fronting seconds when caught
divi itself up in justification
hiding in purposeful deliberations
shape shifting to meet its cause
Mar 2021 · 146
Truth n Courage
Suresh Gupta Mar 2021
Truth n Courage
03/23/2021

I’ve discovered the road to trek and trade
It’s amazingly simple, yet arduously difficult
Where Truth should prevail but seldom does
If courage was not always, so perpetually afraid
Mar 2021 · 71
I find myself....
Suresh Gupta Mar 2021
I find myself

03/22/2021



Between the armies of warring thoughts

In the depth of fissure, a final choice

Each Infiltrated by confusion

Conniving, creating devious plots



Each vortex reasons its’ justified

The good, the evil, whose perception

Permeating from a single source

Too many thoughts to cauterize
Mar 2021 · 65
Turbulence
Suresh Gupta Mar 2021
Turbulence
03/06/2021

Inconsequential, in this sea of humanity
The purpose of existence alludes me
For whom, this charade being played
Lifetime of pursuing, aimlessly wandering

Perform, content, equanimous in demeanor
Profound understanding, meditation afforded
The torrent of knowledge, itself tormenting
Direction still oblivious, a storm is brewing

Brain scrambling, gathered debris of knowledge
Searching semblance to floating chaos of existence
Robes of responsibility, anchors of burdens on mind
Logical conclusions, conclusively self defeating

The journey traversed, inheritance of birth
The battles been raging with forces unknown
Humbled, escape from action improbable
Consequently, I breathe, till time’s end
Suresh Gupta Feb 2021
A republic, if you can keep it
02/14/2021


A republic, if you can keep it
No truer responsive wit
Giving power of democracy
To individuals, a constitutional gift

Words, laboriously crafted
Differences unfathomable
Multitudes of thoughts drafted
Before goals became achievable

Common aims took precedence
Appeasement, norm of the day
Marrying unholy alliances
Compromise, the ultimate way

Appeasement, compromise,
Essences to achieving final goals
Not born out of convenience  
Necessitating moderate control

In the Now political environment
Extremism infused, herd mentality
Bowing to the presence of Lies
Trampling Truth, devoid of causality
Has extremism hijacked the future?
Feb 2021 · 73
Hail! Democracy
Suresh Gupta Feb 2021
Hail! Democracy
02/02/2021

Corruption is now the currency,
of the mind, body and soul.

A somber voice
A mourner declared,
look, my child
there goes democracy,
on the shoulders of extremists,
to be cremated, for certain.
No, no Phoenix
this time, it's ashes to ashes
never to rise again.

I stood solemnly,
watching the funeral procession
The pallbearers, all looked familiar
They were the enablers,
the pacifiers of evil.
There were no tears,
no sadness in their eyes

Entrenched,
moral compass skewed
Self, only self survival,
now paramount
Whether ruling, or in contention,
disruption, the final objective
Yet all the subjects heard

Hail! Democracy

What became evident
They were all Brutus's
I wrote this last year, after noticing absolute corruption of the Republicans. It seems that they are unwilling to mend their ways.
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