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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
Suresh Gupta Jun 2019
Time Beaten Path

06/14/2019




Steps traversing time beaten path
Mind wanders into the distant past
Valley n hills once covered these lands
Mindset of wildlife foraging at large
Nostrils inhaling pine, birch or spruce
Pleasant songs of birds n cockatoos
Catching sight of humming birds' dance
Or a beautiful dainty butterfly perchance
Wild berry bushes covering the floor
Squirrels hoarding pine cones to store
Light casting shadow creating its own art
At least in memories I can relive my past
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Treasure Hunting
05/05/2019


Treasure - precious words floating out there
Hunting - to search that we know to exist

Words written by thousands
Now relegated to times past
Speaks of persons mindset
When penned at long last

I like to search at random
Ensuring, it not a chore
Lays out the mood unfolding
Over time, when scored

Many a memories are jarred
By comments on time forgotten
We sigh with a smile, feeling
Elated or downright rotten

Either way, past is now past
Piling up a mountain high
Always intending to revisit
Years, decades, my, time flies

Many a words I may tweak
In light of new perceptions
But that will be misguided
Innocence lost by corrections

Lets jar each other's memories
Revisit words laced with emotions
New flurry of comments back n forth
Reward new life to times forgotten
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
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
Suresh Gupta Jul 2019
Trying Hard

Life is never what one wishes
A string of some hits and mostly misses
One tries hard and gives it their best
For what or for whom, just to build a nest
Suresh Gupta Aug 2018
Trying Times

Why cry
Tear ducts are dry
Silently weeping
Efforts wasted
All around
Every step
Evil doesn’t stop
Just want to move on
Pay the dues
Walk away
Too ignorant
Battles external, internal
Problems all around
Commitments
Obligations
Any effort
All efforts
Fruitless
We go through the motions
Without knowing the purpose
Most of us shouldn’t be
Most of us shouldn’t have been
What good is intelligence?
If the acts don’t match up
We live, we breathe
But for what purpose
Take a moment, stop
Search and seek
In the hour of hopelessness
We look to the heavens
Reaching out, with our eyes
Hoping to reach, to touch
Someone, beyond our understanding
As if by a miracle
Our pains will dissolve
Oh so lost, with the eyes welling up
Looking in desperation
For a reason and resolve.
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 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
Suresh Gupta Jul 2019
Unraveling.......
2015 - 2019



While no logical conclusion, yet emerged
All plausible definitions, lack certainty
A void, in our understanding
Leaving us, as lost souls

While the purpose, is still elusive
And its origin, at best unknown
It's existence, is paramount
For continuance

While many accept, what's preached
Uninterested, how 'twas reached
I'm still prodding n probing
In search of that illusive

What we inherit, when birth'd
A pit-stop, on its journey
Answerable, to none
Its presence eternal

So here's my conclusion
It outlines, all living ghosts
Changing hues, while absorbing
The karma, of its intended hosts

It preceded, the individual
With certainty, survive it as well
For all intent, it's non-destructible
Only to be absorbed, in its bigger self

It's visibly, invisible, a cloak
Encapsulating, forever a companion
While influenced, yet never the influencer
Our only lineage, through many incarnations

The answer to life's triad mysteries
Answerable for our deeds, is incarnations
The purpose for our being, yet remain illusive
Finally, the nature of the everlasting soul, is - aura
After contemplating intensely, I find it defines the soul immaculately
Suresh Gupta Jun 2019
Untitled
04/28/2017

If one enjoys their work,
then, are they always at play!
UHH......
Suresh Gupta Feb 2019
If my body is fodder for worms
What is my soul .....
Suresh Gupta Jul 2019
Untitled - II
04/29/2017

between light and darkness
only darkness it eternal
Suresh Gupta Apr 2019
Untitled - III
04/06/2019


The pen is a syringe
And ink is my blood
So he wrote smilingly
Suresh Gupta Apr 2019
Untitled - IV
04/06/2019


This story has many tentacles
Fervently awaiting "The End"
I have to start somewhere
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.
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled - IX
05/07/2019

It's not the vice, it's the indulgence
Moderation
We are creatures of desire, and we pay the price when we take it to extremes
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
Suresh Gupta Dec 2021
Untitled - LI

12/12/2021



knowing our potential

which brothers prophecies are we fulfilling

?

the devil or the god

!
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
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
Suresh Gupta Apr 2019
Mourning of ones birth
Birth being beginning of death
Celebrating death
Comment from author about the poem:
A haiku ---
'Tis dark side of TRUTH.
If birth is a curse of previous actions, what should we therefore be truly celebrating, Birth or Death!!!!! Once we accept this, we can truly live, free of all qualms, and ensure end of rebirths.
Suresh Gupta Apr 2019
Untitled - VI
04/28/2019

the mind records
what the senses perceive
where do I retrieve
when "error" pops up
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled - VII
05/04/2019

To truly admire nature in all its beauty
Or the one artists laid down on canvas
Step back, increase your field of vision
Symphony of images your mind shall see
In reality p, as in nature, life is a vicious fight for survival. Vision changes when viewed from a distance This also applies to many conflicts in life.
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled - VIII
05/06/2019

Those physical scars, for all to see
Those etched in mind, alas! Just for me
We can't hide, what's visible Afraid to show, what's invisible
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled  - X
05/10/2019

Poetry - an undressed wound
Words - it's exploitation
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled - XI
05/04/2019

The cloak of indoctrination - compassion
The shroud of deception - compassion
Those seeking power, those selling something (from religion down) it's all sold as "for my benefit".
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled - XII

05/17/2019



its only the light

that casts a shadow
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled - XIV
04/28/2019



Where seeds of lies are deeply rooted
Truth finds little ground to germinate
Suresh Gupta Aug 2019
Untitled - XIX
06/14/2019

to a microbe
a teardrop
is an ocean
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...
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XLII
06/1 0/2021

Poetry,
a solo journey,
an elixir of words
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
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XLIV

06/23/2021



intelligences failure

inability to extricate stupidity
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?
Suresh Gupta Jun 2021
Untitled - XLVI

06/28/2021



comma,

the story continues
Suresh Gupta Jul 2021
Untitled - XLVII
07/08/2021


preconceived notion
fresh insights’ quagmire
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.
Suresh Gupta May 2019
Untitled - XV

05/24/2019



The mere fact that it is toxic,

challenges our sensibility to indulge,

and then either we pay the price

or are hooked.
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
Suresh Gupta Jul 2019
Untitled - XVII
05/30/2019

I wish for a heart
that will guide me through tender moments

I wish for a mind
that will guide me through intense moments
Suresh Gupta Jun 2019
Untitled - **
06/22/2019

the heart was heavy
the ink was dry
all the quill needed
was a teardrop
Suresh Gupta Aug 2019
Untitled- XXI

08/07/2019



.....and so I silently let the tears roll down,

for now they are my only companion.....
Suresh Gupta Aug 2019
Untitled - XXII
08/11/2019


its not the imagination we lack,
but the knowledge
and the tools to accomplish

till then, then....
Suresh Gupta Aug 2019
Untitled- XXIII
08/15/2019

Wishes are for fools
Hopes are for gullibles

Well here I am -
a gullible fool
Suresh Gupta Jun 2020
Untitled - XXIX
06/29/2020


earth is a waypoint ........
    ........for intelligent life
Suresh Gupta Aug 2019
Untitled- XXV
08/26/2019

naked,
stripped
of my aura, my soul
Suresh Gupta Nov 2019
Untitled - XXVI

11/17/2019


if ever a smooth thread of relationship is broken,

though repairable, a knot shall always be visible.
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
Untitled - XXVIII
06/07/2020


I am an island of my own making
While accessible, yet
shrouded by introversion
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