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279 · Jun 2019
Tangled afloat
Drowning
afloat
bobbing
Dreaming

Not feeling the heart
Beats without a beat
Sinking

The spoken never a first choice
Written
Words lose the game
All good!
Had it not been for this place I would have never written anything beyond the first few times that I must have penned my thoughts.
Sharing my thoughts here has been a boon to me. Thank you all for reading and understanding
279 · Jan 2022
Goldfinch

I see my reflection
In the river, shaky rippling waves, free
Unlike in the mirror, steady, caged

My bright yellow plumage
You see every time
Colours of the summer, shine

Melodious I sing
By the river shore
My twittering song, encore
Inspired by a Photograph by Eileen Capodice
279 · Jan 2024
Fluid
Fluid in the race
Words run the marathon

Synaptic connections
Like untapped destinations

Follow the directions
Defying challenges

Sweet and sour
Prudent and extravagant

Kind or sharp
Convey every emotion

Jubilant they dance
On the paper

Start to finish
Run the marathon
278 · May 30
Coral sunset
Juice of an orange
Spilled over the dark rain clouds
Last coral sunset
275 · Mar 2021
Up in the hills

Up in the hills
Fearless, flapping wings or standing still
The birds knew the way around
Their home
Overlooking the concrete jungle
Fearless, flapping wings or standing still

The tiny yellow flowers
And their tender stems swayed in winter
Green and pretty after the rains
Divided by the walkers trail in between

Sun soaked and dried crisp
The flowers on the stems
Know of their browning end
Shine with a golden glow
In the first rays of the sun
4th March 2021
274 · Dec 2020
The Moon

The stars glimmered in the sky
In clusters so high
Moon glowed with an aura golden red
The sea at night calm
Reflected the beauty
Like the mirror does
Blurry and still
The waves, shimmered
The wind so silent
Before the dawn

✨✨
1st Dec ,  5:45  am
The moon and the Arabian Sea
274 · Dec 2020
Moved

The door was closed
Every step addressed
Clean and clear
No trace of dirt
All that was
Left
272 · Dec 2020
Thank you Carlo :)
Yes, for you
Brother
Carlo C Gomez

Thoughts find words
But unsettled the home ground
The words lost in a void
Voice of many hearts quietened by the fall
Thanks for collecting many mid air
In your basket of love
And safely finding a place for all
My gratitude to you
Thank you for all that you do
Be blessed with the best 🙏
272 · Jul 2020
Strange( World of words)
The thoughts invisible
Invincible the cape of words
Now they haunt

Between keeping mum
And wanting to express
Lies the lies of quiet

Sometimes I write a lot
The Words, written
Sound better
Than the spoken

Strange is the world of words
Spoken and written
Both heard
All four set of words
Written at different times
Straight from the drafts
272 · Sep 2020
Always
There is always
Something someplace someone there
To inspire you
271 · Apr 2021
Untitled
Forever in the air
We know it is for free
Out existence on it solely depends
Never did we know
Someday, some would have to depend
What is produced in factories
At a heavy cost
As no more can they breathe in
On their own
For what is forever free
269 · Nov 2020
Never exhaust

Finish what you started
Think what you want
Steps taken, mistaken
Never forsaken

Lossless or with loss
The words, always well played
Thoughtfully or thoughtless, gained
Never tossed

Mild milieu
Boundlessly, unbound
Rigours and rumours
Rivers surpass

Never exhaust


🌿🌿
269 · Aug 2020
Your mind

Therapy for one
Can be a cause of worry, anxiety
For another

Living off your mind
Your learnings
Makes it easier

Limiting boundaries
Avoiding encroachments

Live free and together
In this big world
Prosper forever
Been listening to Mohambi and Inna
Music has the power
269 · Apr 2020
Long walk
I long, for long walks
When the moon faintly smiles
And the sun begins to shine
The birds in the trees
And the early morning breeze
Together greet
Empty streets
Alone
268 · Jul 2019
Just Dance
Dance Dance Dance
              Listen to your inner voice
         Don’t think twice, it’s time to rejoice
       Lose your inhibitions
       Performance enhance

        Dance to the rhythm
Smile and forget the blues
Dance is an art
The passion flows from the heart

Mind body and soul
Fine tuned to the rhythm and beat
Spread the love, warmth and cheer
Sway to the music and just dance
268 · Sep 2022
I feel…. I write
I feel
I write
I miss
I seek
Within
Whatever hides

The truth
The lies
The sweet
The bitter
Whatever manifests

The reason
Right
Or wrong
Leashed or otherwise
Has been present
Deep inside

The numbers
Roll And play
Dice
The words
I choose
Suffice
267 · May 1
Hello it’s me - May
Hello it’s me
Yes that’s right
I am May

I came here
Just after April
Left

She had to
That’s how we make way for each other
I will too, for June

I have days to keep
The Calendar, minds me
But in my mind
I am free

For the days
I have, you can
Do as you like
For as long as you have me

As today I am
In a few days, I won’t be
May you thrive
Be it me, or
May not
That’s how it is
Written on 27th April 2025
267 · Mar 2021
Swept away
Rustling leaves gambol
Smile, as the wind sweeps them high
Fragile, and at peace


🍂🍂🍂
267 · Jul 2020
Dark tunes


It’s dark and cold
Just before the dawn
Bedewed Baby leaves
Rare jewels shimmer under the street lamp
The birds have set their tune of mirth
It’s always the same with these birds
A new dawn, rising
They have welcomed
Just the same
What’s with these birds
I wish to know and learn
Do they do karaoke dawns
Someday, I wish to sing along
But today, as happy as them
I listen to their mirthful song
Listening to the birdsong ( 5:00 am)
10th July
264 · May 18
Unrevoked
Time when inspiration
Knocked at my door
Its visit always welcome
I would feed it well
All satiated, with a warm heart,
wishing me happiness,
it would gently depart

Now I tend to ignore
As I do the chores,  
Or simply while away
An umpteenth time
A sullen face and dewy eyed
Unrevoked
Inspiration gathers dust
At some wanting door
264 · Dec 2020
Windows
The girl with specs
Sat on the window seat of the bus
From a big fat book, she read
Half finished, book marked
Peered through the curtains of the air conditioned bus, cold
Outside the sun smiled
She looked up and found the bridge above
Weaver of dreams, she wished for stories


🌿🌿
Was inspired by a ******* the bus
I happened to catch a glimpse of her while
in the passenger seat of the car

Windows at a glance
263 · Jul 2020
The poet and the critic
The poet is the writer
Many thoughts in his mind
Lay scattered as seeds
To be planted in words
That the birds should eat
The critic is the bird
That savours the fruit
Thus begins the journey
Of the poet and the critic
Together they flourish and thrive
On the tree of poetry
With rhythm and rhyme
The poet and the critic
Just some thoughts
263 · Jan 2021
Again
You have been here for long
Long enough to know
To know, not how it all works
But how you work from within
And know it all
Vaguely familiar
262 · Jul 2020
Complex Compound
Anxiety and fears, components
of a complex compound
Many elements of emotions mixed
Atomic mass fixed
Unbalanced emotions
Dilutes every element of the equation
Catalyst elements of happy quotient
Higher atomic efficiency
To balance the equation
The strength of the compound
Equilibrium
All chemicals, sometimes need a fix
Just a complex thought
262 · Sep 2020
Moments in Nature
Windswept trees
Rain washed roads
The Koel meekly sings, perched upon the neem tree
The curry leaves, cup together
to catch the raindrops, which roll down with ease
The slender stems, sway and swirl
Spreading an aromatic fragrance
As the raindrops do the tapioca dance
with the red rounded berries and leaves
The butterflies flit in search of nectar, supreme
The yellow oleander flowers to match their wings of lime green
The dragonflies have puddles to keep
Buzzing around in brown translucent wings
This day, today, to be reminisced someday
In a sepia toned, old photograph
6th September 2020
Inspired by the rain and the way it rained on the curry leaf plant, just  outside my window
In our front yard :)
262 · Nov 2019
Similarities
Without forming notions
I observe
Striking
Similarities in people
Coming from different walks of life
Different sensibilities
Similar inclinations
Different
Yet alike
261 · May 2020
Experience
Good or bad
Speak only
As much as
The audience is willing to understand, take
Relate
Words
Shhh no - one’s not listening  :))
261 · Jul 2020
Magic strokes
Candy floss clouds merrily
Twirled in the clear blue sky
The sun knew its rays were best dressed,
golden yellow

Beneath

Above the trees, flew some birds
They chirped twittered and whistled
To each their own
As luxuriant flower beds
Welcomed, fluttering butterflies
260 · Aug 2020
Friend
The heart knows it’s right
The instant it sees a soul
Not through the eyes
It’s all about the vibes
Yes, A friend
A little one for friendship day
Happy friendship day to all at HP
Stay safe and happy
260 · Jun 2017
Live
In a bid to please everyone
Should you lose yourself

Or
Win some  lose some
Yet be yourself

Yes true

No one can take you
from yourself , it's part of self

Life does throw some
Challenges
Whether you accept
or reject

Yet
Can't skip it or eject

Life is to be lived
Happy days keep coming
Around.
Waiting to be found

Don't lose ground
260 · May 10
Sand Castle
Sand castle crumbles
A child weeps
By the shore
A wonder created torn

Grains of sand
Held in tiny palms
Lost to the shore
Unsure

Mother’s gentle kiss
And a warm embrace
Rebuilds a mound
Of hope

Waves rise and fall
A dance, fleeting though
The ocean shows
A castle afar in throes

Joy of building
And losing, to waves
A castle fragile
Like dreams, unfold
260 · Jul 2020
Painting
Painting
Abstract
Dull
Bright
Colours
Grey
The pallete
Held many

Choose
As you please
Just paint

Your thoughts
259 · Sep 2020
Images

We are all but
Images
In the eyes of others
perceived
In one’s own
believed
The truth
The lies
Dire
Premise
Fire and ice
Sugar and spice
Ingredients to life
Diluted
Created
Distilled
Images
259 · Jul 2024
Up in the Sky
Fierce gusts
Swept away
The gentle breeze

Don’t be beguiled
The flash and light, do beckon
Beware its a snare

Velvet clouds, cumulus
Atmospheric colours, silver and Grey
Fervid, they prey

Hold your breath
Skip that beat, It’s not your song
But a raging thunderstorm
12/11/2022
258 · Oct 2019
Words Alive
Long long ago, i used to think
Words hung on the trees,
along with the leaves
To handpick them and use, as and when
easy, it would be

Drenched in the storms of my anger
The words grew bitter and brittle
The winds blew away the right ones
Harder i tried, farther they flew
Left with few and later none
Lost I did feel, with not a word
that could heal

Rooted in me
The words
They were always there
Took me a while
To finally find

Weathering all storms
Calming the seas
Bearing the fruits
The words alive
Sweetened and pruned
To anger, immune
Very old thoughts, found words, alive
257 · Mar 2021
A fresh coat of white

Pretty red cottage, shines bright
Under the brilliance of the fresh coat of white
The lawn in a deep slumber
And the road freshly plowed
Misty clouds, mountains, cold blue
A journey to embark upon
As it snows
Written- 12 February 2021 6:35 am

Inspired by a painting of a place in Himachal Pradesh
255 · Nov 2024
Symbiotically
A day, a week
Months on a row
Unburdened by the show
They go

Dates to keep
To pass, and sweep
The crumbs, away

In the moment, and for
The quiet, in the humdrum
Forever stays
In absolute state

Pitchers and plants  
Watering and nurturance,
Symbiotically thrive
no pitcher plants
In place
It’s been a while :)  
Hope everyone here is doing well!
254 · Mar 2020
Life of a poem
A life every poem lives
Short or long
maybe a song
A tale to tell, a story to relive

Touches many hearts, maybe not
Each a piece of art, of someone’s heart

Some live long, a forever song
Some in oblivion
Lost in the ether
A poem that was written
Inspired by the current scenario on Hp :)
Lost and found
Maybe this will be read, maybe not
7-3-2020
253 · Nov 2022
November’s words

November has arrived
Embers of words  
Gentle remembrance
It seeks, to stay warm

Past and beyond
These empty lines
A wish to fulfil
Thoughts to redefine

Hopeful it seems
A word a memory
Disassociated
With certain thoughts

Meaningless without words
Mundane defined
Lost thoughts
Connected lines
251 · Feb 2021
Unflinching
Unflinching
The heron, ready to spear a fish
Its reflection caught in ripples
Unsteady
251 · Jun 2020
Distilled
Death stands at
The broken door
At despair
None to repair

Life stands still
Up the hill
Lonely the breeze
Plays at its will

To sway
And move along
The winds of change
At every bend

Stands the door
Repaired hinged
And life moves on
Clear, distilled
250 · Aug 25
Accidentally lost
In some ways
We are all sincerely
Insincere
Trying to be
Just to be

Selfishly selfless
In some ways
Not knowing
Where it goes
Trying to be
Just to be

Wearing a facade
Trying to shed
To breathe, to calm the nerves,
frayed, at ease
Trying to be
Just to be

Just like a thought
Accidentally lost
The words erased
Trying to change the font
All Lost
While writing a poem to post, I lost my thought and the words(Accidentally erased), I tried remembering, but I am not sure if it’s the same, so I am just posting what I have.
248 · Aug 2020
Written - Lesson
In the last few years
I have written
My thoughts and the many emotions
Sometimes I have let them flow
in words I know
Other times have let them simmer and vaporise
There is Knowledge gained and wisdom too
Many times both evade, dimmed by hazy thoughts
Lessons that I have learned and try to implement
To never share the joys and sorrows
with people who don’t understand, neither
And that knowledge and ignorance can both be bliss
When gained
And when one learns to ignore
247 · Jul 2020
Little joys

Puddles of joy
In the eyes of the little boy
Knew his favourite candy by the stick
Home deliveries, now real quick

Cleansing thoughts
In the word machine
Filigree of words
Wrought on the screen

The mountain tops covered in hues
Rainbow of flowers, on the plateau
White swans joined and prayed with folded heads
Grass turned green, the sky baby blue
The creator creates endless landscapes
246 · Feb 2021
Gateway
What’s so good about this bad gateway
It chooses to stay
And
With it
Tends to get away
245 · Sep 2020
Light

The night has the power
The energy to absorb, its dark
The absence of light makes it dark
To liberate and put off the fears
The light has the power, switch it on
Tuned to light, the vision in the dark, at loss
So the dark has the power over the light
It takes away all, makes things invisible
Don’t be afraid
It is the light within that guides, the vision
To switch off or switch on
Discretion lies with the mind


✨✨
Just some thoughts :)
245 · May 2020
As it is and will be ...
Meaningless

A world to me

Contagious

To the world it can be

Spread

At your own risk

Happiness  or none

To the world as it believes
244 · Oct 2019
Hope & Faith
Making ripples in the pond
Swimming in the shallows
Swept off by the waves, into the deep sea
and back to the shore
Buoyant forces keep afloat
Hope is the float
Takes you deep, into the shallows and back to the shore
Soaring high into the skies
Float into the zero gravity door
Back to the ground
On two feet
Undying faith in self
Unleashed
Abstract thoughts
243 · Jun 19
Journey of the drop
Every drop that falls
Is part of an echo
Distanced by the valley
Surrounded by the mountains
Carried by the winds
Silenced by the rain
Joining the million
On an untraveled path
Into little streams
To make a waterfall

Distanced by the valleys
Carried by the winds
Since ancient times
Absorbed by the roots
Nourishing the soul
Of Mother Earth

A drop into eternity
Journey it takes, joyfully
Joined by a million
To be
A part of the whole
Eternally
243 · Sep 2020
Cryptic
Words of confusion
Clearly stood
In the path of understanding
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