When I miss myself
And  my friends ..
A drive to the nearby monkeys' park
Is all that I need!!

Sitting at a distance,
I see a smile
A stranger’s smile
A bit strange too-I understand,
But how to read that smile?
Is it genuine? And
How to read that mind?

What does that mind think?
Behind unheard whispers
Is it mocking?
Or admiring, on impressed
Ever even thinks of me?
May be of someone else
Or something else silently?
Yet, I see the smile at me
Directing a warmth!

Well, why should I worry
On what that mind thinks,
When I have nothing to do
with whatever be the thoughts
Of anyone else,
Notably of a stranger
As
I can only be myself
With no compromise!!

U never let me sleep even light
By  being in my thoughts all night

I never let  that you know
For u never have time for me to know!!

You don't have to **** me dead
To move away from me
For I will already be dead
Before you move away from me!!

My mind is like the sky
So broad and high
With boundless dreams
To reach high...

My mind is like the sky
At times  it gets clouded
With a thousand worries and thoughts
And to get cleared again
Needs downpour of tears ..

My mind is like the sky
With bright sunshine
Paving my ways so bright and clear
Vanishing all darkness of thoughts..

My mind is like the sky ..
Seems so near to touch and feel
But to too distant to reach and understand ..

My mind is like the sky .....

Who am I without you..
Who are you without me..
If you can answer me....
You can be you
And I will be me
And there won't be any WE......

I speak out my mind
But don't term me
"outspoken"

Don't know if
I'm one and  only of  your's  
Or one of the many of your's !!

But ...

For me ....forever
You are the one , only for me
And the only one , for me !!

Behind the woods
Beside the shrubs ..
Waiting for the rain drops
To dance nonstop
feathering out its beauty
Making us call it naughty.

But ...for the peacocks
It's a way to attract their mates
And pair it as soul mate !!

Road that leads as way to destination
For the happy and content
And to nowhere, for restless wanderer
Is seen adorned by trees on either side!
The Trees dance in breeze
While leaves rustle to tune of wind
Seemingly sharing their joy and sorrow,
Unheard and unseen by the outer world!

What secrets do they share
Is it of hurrying travelers who
Seldom enjoy their beauty
Or of the weary who rest at their feet?
Is it the laughter that lingers in their path?
Or the silence that stays through!!
Is it of the changing seasons
Or of the marvels they witness?

Hard to voice and harder to understand
But still in their long silent standing
lies their umpteen untold stories
hidden to the depth of their roots
That make them stand firm and straight
across all changing seasons!!

Laziness draped stale days
The sun hesitates to show off
Preferring to stay indoors
Cold waves flag off the day
In the visible darkness
With wind taking over the reign
In the undeniable day light ..
And then, there’s a feel
of reversed season-
The original toppled
Sickness on the alert
With fever, be it viral or dengue
Cough, cold and shiver
claiming their strong hold
on the fittest of the humans, even
Beware, take care, stay safe
And endure the season's test!!

I lay on the bed
Literally dread
Accompanied by the darkness of night
With no ray of light.

 Thoughts scurrying over my mind
With tears my eyes sensed blind
Past memories hit me a thunder
For coming out of it is wonder.

Reminisce of the Wonderful days
Together with dreadful days
Disconcerted the offended mind
Leading  tears ..tears behind
Dancing to the velocity of thoughts in mind till ....Sleep abides!!

Sailing hopelessly
On silent stagnant sea
Dark clouds stretch wide
Within and beyond
the limits of my view.
yet, the sail persists
parallel to the endless sky...!!

At times, tiny clouds burst
Couple of it clearing away
And there is sudden brightness
Eyes widening in the glow
As along with stars high above
You arrive, igniting darkness
With a touch of fireworks...!!

Though, brightness wane
after a fleeting moment
the echo of light paves my way
With glimmers of hope
To sail and chase
the endless Horizon
And beyond!!

Some sort of ache
like a silent storm
strikes me deep within
defying words to depict!!

It clouds my mind,
and stings my core
And, if you ask what it is
I have no words to say!!

You may call it “nothing”
but it’s far from there
It’s everything and more
A burden that’s hard to share!!

The heaviness unseen
pushes me to darkness
quietly sweating the eyes
and like a shadow it grows
feeding on my fears!!

"No pain, no gain" – they say
but for me, it’s only pain
with no gain to count or claim
The truth I quietly bear
Mirroring who I am!!