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72 · Jun 2020
Untitled - XXXI
Suresh Gupta Jun 2020
Untitled- XXXI
06/30/2020


once there is absolute silence
only then one awakens to
the intense sound of
inner silence
71 · Jun 2021
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
70 · Jun 2021
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
68 · Jun 2019
Untitled
Suresh Gupta Jun 2019
Untitled
04/28/2017

If one enjoys their work,
then, are they always at play!
UHH......
67 · Jun 2019
Shadows
Suresh Gupta Jun 2019
Shadows
05/31/2019

When the drag of time
Still leaves you hollow
Knowing you did your best
Leave such shadows behind

When judged by others
Highlighting their expectations
Knowing you did your best
Don't give those shadows a ride

Those now in your wake
Still in need of your time
Knowing you'll do your best
Don't give any shadow a light

Having lived half of last century
And death yet a distance away
Knowing you'll always do your best
Cast any shadows aside
The measure of persons worth, is not what was expected, but that they did their best.
66 · May 2021
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
64 · Jun 2020
Untitled - XXVIII
Suresh Gupta Jun 2020
Untitled - XXVIII
06/07/2020


I am an island of my own making
While accessible, yet
shrouded by introversion
63 · Apr 2019
Untitled - VI
Suresh Gupta Apr 2019
Untitled - VI
04/28/2019

the mind records
what the senses perceive
where do I retrieve
when "error" pops up
61 · Jun 2020
Love's recipe
Suresh Gupta Jun 2020
Love's recipe
06/25/2020

What is love's recipe

A sprinkle of pixie dust
Or a gentle love's touch

A whiff of love's potion
Or a breeze of a love's kiss

A whisper of a sweethearts sound
Or a silence, when words are superfluous
How to express what remains aloof
61 · Sep 2019
Loves Dormant Memories
Suresh Gupta Sep 2019
Loves Dormant Memories
09/26/2019

Loves dormant memories,
relegated to the forgotten realm
Once freshly recounted, when,
sorrowful heart, stood at helm

Jarred from their slumber,
The heartache, begins anew
With whom to share
Old age, has left, but a few

The memories of young love,
that once stood by my side
Have come flooding back
Tears, I wish, to no longer hide

Alone, many a decades lapsed
Though only a short span together
Time could not steal from me
What seemed, would last forever

Alas, this moment too will pass
Wondering! what's real, what's not,
Poetry, need not, real events
Just a lonely heart, to create again.
60 · May 2019
Untitled - X
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled  - X
05/10/2019

Poetry - an undressed wound
Words - it's exploitation
Suresh Gupta Feb 2019
What Will Happen If .... II
02/06/2019


The human species disappeared

The scars left on its surface
And the deep cuts in its belly
Man made structures untended
And mass **** of its valleys
Will be healed by the specie
That allowed others to survive
Though it itself was tortured
By uncontrolled greed and drive

Left behind those timid species
Bred for food and pleasure
Will soon succumb to predators
For no longer pampered as treasure
Those that were caused to go extinct
Regrettably, can no longer be revived
The only solace one can muster,
Those left behind, multiply and survive

Towering structures and machines
Caused by bleeding the land
Show as pock marks on the surface
Over time devoured, where they stand
Left behind also those petro-products
That will take eons to disintegrate
Being absorbed in soils and oceans
Causing survivors pain to regenerate

Choking gasses will immediately cease
Giving survivors a chance and comfort
While the imprint of humans left behind
Eventually crumbling to dust and dirt
As Earth, instantaneously starts to heal
It's amazing, a tiny specie called man,
Even as new eco-system come into play
Caused such destruction, in short span

Earth will instantaneously start to heal
Surviving species taking only their need
And eventually balance will be restored
As future be devoid of man and greed
59 · May 2019
Untitled- XVI
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled - XVI

05/25/2019

a perennial competition between the heart and the mind,
one tells you to stay, the other - walk away,
but when it comes to love,
mind has little role to play
59 · Oct 2020
Lost Loves Memories
Suresh Gupta Oct 2020
Lost Loves Memories
10/05/2020


On the wings of howling wind
Came roaring back, time forgotten
Reigniting the dying ambers of love
In its wake, tormenting memories

Lost am I
Wandering aimlessly
Left to walk alone
On loves deserted pathway

With every gust
A painful recollection
Deep breaths of sigh
With sorrowful heart

On the wings of howling wind
Came roaring back, time forgotten
Tormented by
Lost loves memories
Based on a song I heard
52 · Nov 2020
Remaining Span
Suresh Gupta Nov 2020
Remaining Span
11/30/2020


at dusk I reflect on the hours past,
dwelling on my deeds of last,
not realizing that by such an act
I am wasting moments of present

for that, which has receded to annals,
no matter how much I may wisheth,
undo, recall, repent
forever, that cannot be erased

going forth if my actions be earnest,
no matter, the span remaining,
let me ever have to contemplate,
knowing, load be lessened.
52 · Jun 2020
Human Wrath
Suresh Gupta Jun 2020
Human Wrath
06/12/2020

a dying planet.....
and now
a pandemic!
First against other species
Now against ourselves
51 · Nov 2020
Untitled - XXXIV
Suresh Gupta Nov 2020
Untitled - XXXIV
12/01/2020

love's riches,
a stolen heart
51 · Dec 2020
Sense Perception
Suresh Gupta Dec 2020
Sense Perception
05/12/2020

Forever a captive of my senses
Embroiling me with pain n pleasure
Unable to fathom their hold on me
Endlessly chasing rainbow treasure

I see the beauty in nature
It's strength as well as its frailty
I marvel with awe and splendor
Am a witness to its harsh brutality

I hear the sounds of the roaring falls
Orchestral music of birds n insects
Echoes bouncing of caves n valleys
Cacophony of preys in distress

Fragrance of flowers in bloom, I inhale
Whiff of soil stirred by first rain drops
The array of spices that fill my nostrils
The stench declaring life's mortality

I taste the sweet nectar of honey n such
Delicious flavors from around the world
All kind of essences that touch my buds
Warning inferred by bitterness as well

I feel the gentle breeze on a hot summer's night
The cool waves on the beach, lapping my feet
Love's kiss by a spouse, parents, friend or a child
And the heat of the scorching sun or a flaming fire

Knowing that the senses perception
That I feel, taste, smell, hear or see
Is firmly attached to the temporal body
Can't hold me hostage, when the soul is free
Being indifferent to the pleasures and pain of the sense objects, would sure free us from the sens e perception
49 · Jun 2020
Untitled - XXVII
Suresh Gupta Jun 2020
Untitled XXVII
06/02/2020


We are borne of light
that pierced the darkness
We are its descendants
as well as its dependents
Suresh Gupta Jun 2020
The thieves have descended
04/24/2020

I can visualize their robes of
maroon, purple n navy blue
clutching their bejeweled scepter

I can visualize their robes of
alabaster white with regal collars
clutching their precious scriptures

I can visualize their robes of
black, covering from head to toe
clutching their precious gavel

And then I realize, I am blinded by
Fictitious politics, faith and justice
47 · Jun 2020
Interaction
Suresh Gupta Jun 2020
Interaction
04/29/2020


I walk down the garden path, and cause the action of motion
I rejoice in the beauty of nature, and cause the action of emotion
I hear the cacophony of chimpanzees, and call it commotion
I watch water come to boil, lapse of time, senseless inaction
I watch the sand of hourglass flow, knowing inaction to be action
Understanding how progression will happen, relies on my reaction
Even what appears in life as stagnant, requires my interaction
46 · Jun 2020
How do I.......
Suresh Gupta Jun 2020
How do I.....
06/09/2020


How do I light a fire
In the pouring rain
How do I warm my heart
In the forest of icicles
How do I quell the demons
Hiding in the depth of my mind
How do I remain a human
In the absence of humanity
How do I .........

— The End —