The past
is either
  a tyrant
  or a friend

  to many
  the former
  seems to take
  the upper hand

Zen:
       the moment-
       no future nor past
       only the present

Of course
I didn't see
what you saw-
don't ask me

I wasn't there
I've nothing to tell

don't drag me
into the dialogue
or dispute
that would be callous

you should relate
the story
as into the thick you were there
add, subtract, speculate
for all I care,   fabricate!

Such a powerful word-
seed
  signifying
beginning, growth
maturity, ripening

think then of love
at its first encountering
the heart inclining
the pulse beating
in bond binding
ultimately leading
to knot-tying

such a sublime word-
seed
in all human manifesting--
upon its consummating
nothing would be wanting

Another year
as before
despite the hype
will the future be better?

When we consider
human nature
its weaknesses and lacuna
how we wonder

for most lives
are lived in lack
of fulfilment
in the lack-lustre

2025 and all the years ahead
there would be nothing monumental
more of the grind, the existential vacuum
the monotony, the gloom, the fever

I'm the song
     sing me.

   I'm the symphony
  hear every note of me.

   I'm the poem
   read me.

  I'm the heart
  touch me.

I'm beauty
live inside me.

I'm the love
hold me.

I'm the flower
smell me.

I'm the dream
visit me.

I'm the memory
don't abandon me.

I'm the light
you'll never live in darkness

I'm the breeze
I'll keep you cool.

I'm the spring
freely drink.

I'm the tree
hang on to me.

I'm the plant
water me.

I'm the ocean
drift with me.

I'm the moon
stay with me till the dawn.

I'm the bird
fly with me.

I'm the wonder
joy I'll bring thee.


I'm lost
find me.

I'm lonely
console me.

I'm dying
stay with me

The past revisited
I was there-
as it is now
dim,  unreal, vague

no longer does it
welcome me
it says curtly:
'But you have changed!'

new roots have sprung
since you long ago left
the tree you planted is dead
these days new songs are heard'.

The past revisited
I'm now sorely rejected-
as happy scenes I recollect
tears in my eyes they abundantly collect