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14.2k · May 2019
BLISS
Suresh Gupta May 2019
BLISS

05/24/2019



in death lies the seed of birth,

so as we are cradled in one form,

so shall we be cradled in another.





no reason for dismay,

no cause for anguish
1.7k · Mar 2020
Happy Holi
Suresh Gupta Mar 2020
Happy Holi

03/10/2020



As the auspicious day of Holi is vibrant

Such are the colors of Spring

And such may be the days of your life
To the Hello Poetry family of Friends
908 · Nov 2020
Happy Diwali 2020
Suresh Gupta Nov 2020
Happy Diwali
11/14/2020

My only wish,
if I must,
wish
that you never have to wish
for anything


bountiful of joy and happiness
on this most auspicious day
Happy Diwali
To the family of Poets at Hello Poetry
874 · Aug 2018
Diwali - Festival of Lights
Suresh Gupta Aug 2018
Diwali - Festival of Lights

May all the lamps in your house shine bright
And the darkness be always kept at bay
May all your progeny stay healthy and flourish
Just as the lamp by the oil is nourished
854 · Jan 2019
What Will Happen If...
Suresh Gupta Jan 2019
What Will Happen If
01/27/2019

The Human specie disappeared

The earth will still revolve around its axis
Causing day and night on its surface
The planet will still elliptically circle the sun
Causing the seasons, life's nourishment
The rain will still fall, and the rivers flow
The plants will still grow and fruit and flower
The birds will still sing, and the insects hum
Mammals and the animals will still roam amid
The forests that will still lushly cover the land
The oceans, where the life began, will churn
Continuing with its amazing eco system
Of abundant blue green algae, krill and coral
Teaming with microbes, fish and mammals
Life will continue to evolve with each passing day
Causing birth and rebirth and survival above all
And upon extinction of one, others will be born

Alas! The annihilator, we humans are still here
848 · Jan 2019
AM I WHAT I AM
Suresh Gupta Jan 2019
AM I WHAT I AM
01/25/2019


Am I the image I project
Or, what others perceive
Am I what society has tagged
By my relationship to others
Am I what my deeds profess
Or the actions I committed
Am I just my responsibilities
Or my achievements as well
Am I what I have said
Or what the others hear
In reality, I only exists
As each individual's perception
I AM WHAT I AM

Am I even here
Suresh Gupta Mar 2019
VROOOOOOM!!! VROOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!
03/26/2019


SPARKS B R I D G E D the GAP
SHUDDERING, BODY AWAKENS
THIRSTY for HIGH OCTANE
ANXIOUS to be let LOOSE

The CROWD is QUIET
The one NEXT to me is FIDGETY
We Both **** SMOKE
With every drop of HIGH OCTANE

Come on MAN, let me go
I can already taste VICTORY
I can see the FINISH LINE
That we shall pass in the BLINK of TIME

Muscles wound up, aching
The COUNTDOWN goes from red to green
Left behind only BURNT smell
Where RUBBER meets the ROAD

The whole thing LASTED only a few ticks
But what a THRILL
I would surely need new RUBBER
Before I'm back at the STARTING LINE.
My first whack at jovialty, frivolity
498 · Aug 2019
Opposites attract
Suresh Gupta Aug 2019
Opposites attract
08/01/2019

That which attracts at first
You'll know what follows
477 · Mar 2021
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
446 · Jun 2021
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
427 · Apr 2019
Apocalypse 2000
Suresh Gupta Apr 2019
Apocalypse 2000

04/02/2019


It happened
It was subtle
Bloodless coup

The victim

DEMOCRACY
Comment from author about the poem: Every day, what I hear, what I see, is that we are suffocating true democracy. Our will to compromise is dead or dying and we are becoming a nation of extremes. If morons are appreciating bafoons to lead, what else can it be termed. After winning the global war of politics, we lost our own way. Who needs sitcoms and reality shows, when it is being enacted on the largest open air theatre - no addmission required.
395 · Mar 2019
Drum Beat
Suresh Gupta Mar 2019
Drum Beat
03/16/2019

Distant,
it's another land
Someone else's war
Rumblings carried on the wind
Too faint

Far
Not my land
Still someone else's war
Now I can hear the explosions
Interspersing the beat

Near
It's distinct
Still not my war
Amongst a thousand
The sound of a single bullet

Close
Deafening explosions
Cracking, snapping, buzzing
By the millions leaving the muzzles
Whaling, screaming and even the whimpering
But the beat is constant

The beat is constant
The whimpering, the screaming,
The buzzing and the snapping
Those explosions they are
All in my head, and now
It's my inescapable war
And the drum beats
Constantly
383 · Mar 2019
WHO AND WHAT .......
Suresh Gupta Mar 2019
WHO AND WHAT .......
03/28/2019


THAT WE EXIST IN A PHYSICAL STATE IS UNDENIABLE
THAT OUR PHYSICAL STATE IS VALIDATED BY OTHERS IS UNDENIABLE,
THAT OUR PHYSICAL STATE IS TEMPORARY IS UNDENIABLE
THAT WE EXIST IN THE VOID AND VACUUM OF SPACE AND TIME IS UNDENIABLE
THAT ALL ENERGY/MATTER IS IN PERPETUAL FLUID MOTION IS UNDENIABLE
PERCEPTION IS UNDENIABLE
OUR IGNORANCE TO FULLY COMPREHEND PERCEPTION IS UNDENIABLE


OUR SINGULARITY (INDIVIDUALITY) IS UNDENIABLE
UNDENIABLE..........UNDENIABLE.......... UNDENIABLE
EXISTENCE OF NON-EXISTENCE IS UNDENIABLE
373 · Jul 2019
Action
Suresh Gupta Jul 2019
Action
03/29/2016

Every breath I take is action
Every step I take is action
Every thought generated is action
Existence in itself is action
343 · May 2019
When Day Fades into Night
Suresh Gupta May 2019
When Day Fades into Night
05/28/2019


When day fades into night,
there's a certain transformation.
In creatures of all size,
To hunt and for relaxation

Cats of the savannah
With stealth in their stride
Wild dogs and hyenas
Following the pride

Eyeing the fields, are
Foxes and hounds
For a better view
Meerkats on the mound

The night urges get strong
In groups we conspire
For the satisfaction of this
Our primal, desires

Ignited by the genes,
Becoming victim of the senses
Transformation being complete,
Losing all the defenses

Female gender being cats
Males you can guess
Both being hunted, in the
Dangerous game of live chess
334 · May 2019
Contrariety
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Contrariety
04/24/2019

God
I am life,
I am birth
I am redemption
I am light

Satan
I am love
I am pleasure
I am laughter
I am treasure


God
You are death
You cast shadows

Satan
You shun
I accept
I'd like to be a fly on the wall
314 · Aug 2021
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.
305 · May 2019
Thinker
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Thinker
04/30/2019


Nature, has a way, to melt the human heart
Humans, have a way. to melt nature


I weep
305 · Feb 2019
Forces of Creation
Suresh Gupta Feb 2019
FORCES OF CREATION

Structure


Knowledge, wisdom, action - a triad for intelligent existence.

Knowledge - the seed of intelligence
Wisdom - the understanding of knowledge
Action - setting into motion


to continue ......

P.S. in the absence of any, the structure fails.
298 · May 2019
Riddle of the Dark Kind
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Riddle of the Dark Kind
05/07/2019


Am I the living nightmare of my alter ego
Am I living the nightmare of my alter ego
Punctuations left out purposely
282 · Feb 2019
Forces of Creation ....4
Suresh Gupta Feb 2019
FORCES OF CREATION
Structure

.....continued...4


Time, a false perception,
has become the ultimate chronicler of existence,
unidimensional, unidirectional and constant.
The very birth of each individual Perceiver and Observed,
initiates its own filament of Time,
and once initiated, that pendulum remains in perpetual motion, forever existent and recallable for eternity.


Gravity, electromagnetism, nuclear - forces of interaction

to be continued.....
From the pre-introductory page of Forces of Creation
268 · Feb 2019
Forces of Creation .....
Suresh Gupta Feb 2019
FORCES OF CREATION

Structure


......continued - 1

Space is an infinite, eternal existence, incalculable and indefinable. It has no boundaries, a void of absolute vacuum, a reflective canvas.


To be continued.......
From the introductory page of 'FORCES Of CREATION - Scriptures
268 · Jul 2019
A Conversation with Self
Suresh Gupta Jul 2019
A Conversation with Self
05/23/2019

....on my way to the Pearly Gates

Any moment now
Tick tock
Boy I'm jumpy
Nervous!
Weird thoughts
rummaging
Should I smile
Stand straight
Rumpled clothes
Should have ironed
Too late
Who cares
I do
Now!

Up elevator or down
If I could have done things differently
You want to go thru these issues now
What a trickster
There's no one else
No one to row the boat -
to take me to the judgement hall
What? No lynching horde to filet my bones
Am I to be the judge and jury as well

Naked are my deeds
Fear has me in its vice
262 · Jul 2019
A ballet, by Full Moon
Suresh Gupta Jul 2019
A ballet by Full Moon
07/19/2019

As the dusk has turned to night
The lonely shadow now covers the earthly stage
Dreaming of his lover, the light, by Sun has parted
Reminiscing, of light's fold, through the length of the day

Sad was the lonely shadow
Longing to be with his lover once more
Wanting to hold her, in the passionate heat, as by noon
Pleads with the lords of the heavens for a chance
To hold his love, as she, the light of the Sun, held him

Feeling the sorrow of a lover, and hearing the plea
Moon, full, with all its glory, her daughter sent, to soothe,
The torment of the lamenting lover through the night
Once more, the ballet plays out, on the earthly stage
And just past midnight, the two lovers were one again

The shadow though knew, the light, by full Moon's grace
Played the lovers role, and held him in a cool embrace
And as the hours faded, the Moon too will leave this place
Taking her daughter, before dawn, and the lovers will part ways
As the shadow, dreams into slumbering sleep, on the earthly stage
261 · Jan 2019
A Lonely Cog
Suresh Gupta Jan 2019
A Lonely Cog
01/20/2019


I want to take credit for all my successes
And blames others for my failures
Not realizing that while I was the final connection
The whole world played a part in the end result
So many acts have to align for a successful result
Whereas only one act, even unbeknownst,
Can derail and crush all efforts
Remembering that we are but a lonely cog
In this vast and eternal wheel of chance
So while we rejoice, lest not forget.
261 · Jan 2019
Teach Me how to Communicate
Suresh Gupta Jan 2019
Teach me how to communicate
01/12/2019


It's not enough to know the letters
Or even how to form words or sentences
Nor the meaning of these tools
Teach me how to communicate

I know what I want to say
And even how to say it
But then why am I not understood
Teach me how to communicate

If what I am saying is shrouded
In ulterior motives and misconceptions
Then the meaning is already askewed
Teach me how to communicate

When the relationship is estranged
Then no matter how it is stated
The meaning gets convoluted
Teach me how to communicate

When the intention is compassion
And one wants to be harmonious
Then how does one maintain their cool
Teach me how to communicate

We speak the same language
And form the same sentences
Then why is the conclusion so different
Teach me how to communicate

Why can I not make myself understood
It's not the letters, words or sentences
But how they are perceived
Teach me how to communicate

I know all the alphabets
And even how to form words
I learnt what they mean
And how to use them in a sentence
Then how come I am still misunderstood
Teach me how to communicate
We have lost the art of communication. Instead of talking to each other, we are talking over each other. We feel the only way to get our message across is by shouting the loudest, using profanities or becoming foul-mouthed.
251 · Jun 2019
Outrageous
Suresh Gupta Jun 2019
Outrageous

06/11/2019



I am insanely, sane

and the battle rages on
249 · Feb 2019
Reflection in the Mirror
Suresh Gupta Feb 2019
Reflection in the Mirror
01/19/2019

Nothing matters
If you like
The Reflection in the Mirror
248 · Jun 2021
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
246 · Nov 2019
Skipped a Beat
Suresh Gupta Nov 2019
Skipped a Beat
11/10/2019

when love becomes our weakness,
heart is left exposed
245 · Jul 2021
meditative - IV
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
meditative - IV
07/08/2021

truly enlightened,
imparts,
sans the desire for recognition,
believers, or followers
Suresh Gupta Apr 2019
Untitled - IV
04/06/2019


This story has many tentacles
Fervently awaiting "The End"


I Am

Child                 Parent
Spouse        Divorcee
Abused       Abuser
Friend     Enemy
Loved Hated
Simple Simpleton
Transparent Evasive
Amenable Dogmatic
Fearing Fearful
Extremely naive Equally stupid




These and many more masks
That stare back at me
That even the tiniest shard
Reflects a different story

But then I know it too well
That the story I want to tell
Will vastly differ, when
To validate, others are compelled

Though the events remain the same
It's my perception that I hold
Or those viewed by others
Becomes the script on how it's told

I may choose to go it solo
Or rely on others viewpoint
But once exposed on the net
No place to hide in this joint

The critics will come forth
For they viewed it differently
Challenge my version of the tale
For misunderstanding the events, apparently

So you see,
So many tentacles says history
Present myself as a fictional character
Or tell it like a Biography
If I am honest with myself, I won't hold back and tell it like it was, the good, the bad and the ugly. I had a thousand joyous moments and equally sad. Furthermore, I may recall it differently, to other participants of the same event. Even a simple activity, like swinging on a backyard swing, can be written up as a chapter. So many shards, so many tentacles ..... P.S, I drew this in Indian ink, a long time ago, and fits this poem perfectly.
236 · Jul 2019
Not knowing....
Suresh Gupta Jul 2019
Not knowing....
07/02/2019


not knowing what to say
I stumble for words, emotions on display

ask, and you shall be given
if ask we must, what's the point in believing

toil, and the reward be yours
toil they did, for blistered hands n feet n sores

pray, your voice HE shall hear
pray they did, must have fallen on deaf ears

what taught and told, most followed
suffering, as if in eternal hell, pride swallowed

sins of the Angels, HE not cared
like ***** and Gomorrah, none is spared

humanity, degraded, HIS name corrupt
blasphemy abound, not long, shall wrath erupt

souls to save, what to say
each word, for salvation, I must now weigh
Seeing where extremists are taking humanity, a storm is brewing
232 · Oct 2022
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
227 · Feb 2022
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
219 · Aug 2019
Untitled- XIX
Suresh Gupta Aug 2019
Untitled - XIX
06/14/2019

to a microbe
a teardrop
is an ocean
219 · Apr 2019
Resurrect
Suresh Gupta Apr 2019
resurrect

04/21/2019



flawed in our learning

flawed in what we became

flawed in our indoctrination

into the human race



many have tried to implore  

so our living body will behave

in spite of that, warn us

so our soul won't go to waste



we heeded not their sacrifice

and "gluttony" became our motto

even when we call for mercy

it's not to mend our ways



self interest is our only aim

feeling proud of ill begotten gains

unwilling to accept the blame

commit heinous crimes in HIS name



as our number keeps on growing

more entrenched we have become

fringes of extremes are emboldened

crown of insanity is being woven



we await HIS resurrection

to take care of HIS creation

unwilling to realize that, firstly,

it's ourselves, we need to

RESURRECT







LET THE SAVIOR REST IN PEACE
Gluttony" is used to express excessive desire for
219 · Feb 2019
Servitude
Suresh Gupta Feb 2019
Servitude
02/27/2019

There is no difference in
Begging God or sate Satan
For they both exact the same value
Obedience and servitude above all
217 · Mar 2019
Unknown
Suresh Gupta Mar 2019
UNKNOWN


THE CREATION OF CREATOR IS UNDENIABLE



THE PARADOX
WHAT WAS CREATED????????



THE WELL OF IGNORANCE IS ABYSSAL
OUR VOYAGE TO SEEK IS ARDUOUS
OUR PATH TO KNOWLEDGE IS ABYSMAL
PAVED BY TORTURED SOULS BEFORE US
Ignorance is not bliss
Remaining ignorant is a crime against ourselves
Even if all we learn is
NOTHING EXISTS
215 · Aug 2018
Freedom
Suresh Gupta Aug 2018
Freedom

Every breath
Every step
Every thought
Every word

To live
To be
To act
To feel

There is not much to say
Perpetually fighting to stay
There is so much in its way
To be free is all we pray
211 · Jun 2019
Bemused
Suresh Gupta Jun 2019
BEMUSED

06/30/2019



We look at art, and know its creator
We look at creation, and wonder!

The beauty of nature,
caused by the desire to survive
-
the former masking the latter
207 · Jul 2019
A Temple is desecrated
Suresh Gupta Jul 2019
A Temple is desecrated
07/01/2019


When all other means of care are gone
And WOMAN lays her body bare
A Temple is desecrated

Where knowledge is withheld and suppressed
And MIND bares its ignorance
A Temple is desecrated

Where opioids and syringe are the only urges
And BRAIN is left dysfunctional
A Temple is desecrated

When human actions leave all creatures vulnerable
And EARTH cannot heal itself
A Temple is desecrated

When creation itself is misunderstood
And CREATOR cannot be found
A Temple is desecrated
203 · Mar 2019
Vortex
Suresh Gupta Mar 2019
Vortex
02/16/2019

Vortex of birth and rebirth
Understand we must
What is a life worth
Is the price extracted - just
202 · Aug 2018
Valentine
Suresh Gupta Aug 2018
Valentine
02/14/2016

A day to celebrate Love
An emotion that starts with oneself
And then radiates outwards
To all those that we love

Oneself, concentrically existing
Extending our Love
Radiating like ripples
Circles growing bigger and bigger

When we can embrace one closest to us
Meaning us
And then the one next to us
We bring harmony to our own environment

While we cannot reach everybody
But with a smile and love in our heart
Maybe we can change a few
And bring harmony to them

So, on this day that celebrates Love
I wish you a Very Happy Valentine's Day
May Love permeates all that you are
And all that surrounds you.
197 · Aug 2018
On the cusp of .....
Suresh Gupta Aug 2018
On the Cusp of .....
08/12/2018

Think you can so easily deflower me
Rob me of my innocence
Teach me first, those pleasure zones
That I shall forever explore

Into my adulthood
More and more, you invade my dreams
Soon I will take your ghostly mask
And ..............enslave you!
197 · Jun 2021
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.”
Suresh Gupta Apr 2019
Prisoner of Emotions
08/11/2018


Unabatedly, out of our control
All it does is cause commotions
Sentenced to life, out on parole
We are all Prisoners of our Emotions
192 · Mar 2019
Dome of Solitude
Suresh Gupta Mar 2019
Dome of Solitude

03/16/2019
To add to it, will only diminish it
187 · Jul 2021
meditative - II
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
meditative - II

07/05/2021



characters of the message,

are more potent than,

character of the messenger
182 · Aug 2018
Spawned
Suresh Gupta Aug 2018
Spawned

From the devil, I am spawned
My realm extends from dusk to dawn
Some **** blood, others use fangs
Many find their end, as they hang
What's elixir to me is poison to all
No one can escape the reapers call
Why fight the fight you're doomed to fail
Let go of your beliefs, join me as we sail
In everybody's side, I am the thorn
I am symbolized by the horn
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