Sarita Aditya Verma: Poems

168 · Dec 2020

Quest

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2020

Quest

Stream of light, old book

The search ends at the page found

In between the lines
🍂

#life

164 · Oct 2019

Secure Connections

Sarita Aditya Verma Oct 2019

Secure Connections

You only want to share your innermost thoughts with people who have a heart to listen

164 · Apr 2020

Words and more

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2020

Words and more

A place and time for every word
said and heard

Never once felt, left alone on the
word book pictured

Meaningful or meaningless, aimlessly targeted, the word muttered
thankfully went unheard

Hurt nor hurled, the word lost in between
playing boomerang

A place and time for every word
said and heard

Some quick thoughts about words :)
28-04-2020

#words #and #more

163 · Nov 2020

Fragrant memories

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2020

Fragrant memories

Butterflies
Shades of blue, grey, too true
Dancing ferns, irregular patterns
Shade and sun
mellow winter sky
Earthy pearls, flowers and petals
Stories of innocence and fun
Wherever you may go
it lingers
In shapes and forms, distant
Yet evergreen
Under the vibrant sun
Of good old days
fragrant memories

🌿🌿

162 · Jul 2024

Explore

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2024

Explore

A lesser known place
A quieter pace
A better known place
Rigours of life
Peace or quiet
Choose or leave
What can be the choice
Never can be known by any of the two
It’s all about the drive
Within, or the road
That you chose
Time flies like the buzz of the bee
What is your choice
The quiet or peace
Who is to claim
The better known place
A lesser known place
Geographically placed
Distance and miles

159 · Jul 2020

Now

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2020

Now

Moments of simplicity wasted not

To make hours of happiness

#now

158 · Oct 2019

Right

Sarita Aditya Verma Oct 2019

Right

Write
When hurt or happy
The heart knows it best

Yes write, right :))
http://indiansongtranslations.blogspot.com/2008/06/english-translation-of-jaoon-kahan-bata.html?m=1

#write #right

155 · Oct 2020

Sprout up

Sarita Aditya Verma Oct 2020

Sprout up

Mossy green, old concrete roof

The rains had drilled and trilled in holes

A lone green made its way up

Canopying the place, its home

Thank you all at HP 🙏

155 · Apr 2020

Live beyond

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2020

Live beyond

To live
Learn to live without

Desires and wishes
You have to think beyond

The fear that you have lived with
Within, you ought to give up on
No, it’s not a cake walk song

Losing an ego
Doesn’t make you any weak
You have won hearts, after all

For once and all
You ought to be strong

To live
Learn to live without

152 · Nov 2020

Indubitably

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2020

Indubitably

Forgive
The one, who brings hurt
One day you may forget
The hurt

If people understood people
Wordlessly, it is understood
Words never conspire
It is the thoughts

Sever what’s unsavoury
Separate,
weeds and seeds
Plant what you can feast on and feed

🌿🌿

#indubitably

151 · Dec 2020

Happy Happy, yeah

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2020

Happy Happy, yeah

I refuse to give in or
give up
Yet, surrender to love, every breath
Mortal this life, the soul one with the infinite

The year of unknown, unthinkable experiences
Tough they were to make you tougher
To suffer not the insufferable

Achievements and success
Showed up at the door
Glorious moments, virtual celebrations
Home, the dance floor

Health, always the prime wealth
Learning it the hard way
Biding time in quarantine
Writing it all
Exhale and inhale, good health

Some troubles came, beautifully gift wrapped
Framed
Unwrapping them and setting right
Will take a little while
All set for the fight

This year 2020 has been a roller coaster ride
Trying to gain the safe ground and smooth ride into 2021

My wishes to all in the world
Happy New Year

🌿🌿

Try Try Try
Yes, let it be happy for all

#2021

150 · Jul 12

A duel duet

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 12

A duel duet

Joy and sorrow
In a glass case
In a duel they engaged
A duet they couldn’t play
Coexist in a case
Trapped
In a heart
Divided in equal parts
Each side torn
For joys and sorrows
Unknown

150 · Nov 2020

The world awaits

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2020

The world awaits

There is a world that awaits
The wonders of new world

The world where the burdens of today
Are vanquished

Valiant warriors of peace
March forward and lead us into a world
So true
Anew

The world that awaits
A new world
Free
From the worldly prudence

🌿🌿

149 · Dec 2017

Metaphors

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2017

Metaphors

Metaphors are mean
They mean a lot
In words
Earn means for the thoughts

147 · Apr 2020

Thoughts and Prayers

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2020

Thoughts and Prayers

In isolation
We still have the birds and the moon
Stars and sunshine
Trees sway in spring, summer begins
Homes chime of wind chimes, chores and children’s games
Unexpectedly life does that to you
In testing times
Together we come to fight a situation
And find solutions
We have music and good times to think of
in the safe confines of our homes
It’s easier to live with the imperfections within
Full throttle, let’s face the one outside
Flattening the curve
In solidarity, we stand
Lets spread the love, and bring some cheer
Keep calm and behold the lights within
Prayers to bring a safer tomorrow
Peace be upon everyone
✨✨

#thoughts #and #prayers

146 · May 2020

The thoughts

Sarita Aditya Verma May 2020

The thoughts

To write what the heart feels

Every heart a face

Ever face a heart

To feel

To face

To embrace

Every thought

The faceless

146 · Nov 2020

Mortally divine

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2020

Mortally divine

Bougainvilleas and the sunshine
Together on the vine, sway on
The colours of independence, divine

Playful the breeze, sun dried peepal leaves
Break free of life so green
Brown, soon to be one with Mother Earth

Mortal and true their presence and essence
The leaves represent
Nature and the cycle of birth and death

🌿🌿

146 · Oct 2020

Precious hues

Sarita Aditya Verma Oct 2020

Precious hues

The cherry hued sky
Iridescent blue bird sings
Lush mulberry bush

143 · Aug 2020

It was free

Sarita Aditya Verma Aug 2020

It was free

Colours of independence it wore, free
The bluebird perched atop the cherry tree
Flapped its wings with glee

#free

142 · Jun 2020

Crests and Troughs

Sarita Aditya Verma Jun 2020

Crests and Troughs

Crests and troughs
Life a sinusoidal wave
It’s the matter that matters
On a particle wave
Energy ever changing forms
Matter of time and place

141 · Jan 2021

Life and thoughts

Sarita Aditya Verma Jan 2021

Life and thoughts

Life has caught me by the chin
Seeking attention
Somewhat pinned
My thoughts and words
Fly mid air
Sometimes
Blown away by the naughty winds
Seeded somewhere
Faraway in the lands
Of Evergreen

🌿🌿

140 · Apr 2020

Summer Rain Song

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2020

Summer Rain Song

In confinement
My heart sings a song
The summer sings hot
Cool and quiet, the rains
Will come drumming
The pitter patter song

#summer #rain #song

139 · Nov 2019

Written & Read

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2019

Written & Read

Word wrapped

Rapped

The hidden thoughts

You have had

The indent
              The opening lines
The flow
Or not

  S   ~    L  ~  O   ~ W

S.    t    e    a.   d.   Y



Sudden

Thoughts
Flight of words
Rhyme and prose

The title you chose
Or Not

Words forever
Written and Read

#writing

138 · Jun 23

Grey skies

Sarita Aditya Verma Jun 23

Grey skies

Too many birds
Metal and clank
None with a feather
So many tanked
None brought cheer
None could chirp
Smoke bellowed
Eyes welled
Of all who were left
Of all who lived
To live the truth
Of devastation
In the skies
Grey

137 · Jan 2021

The alley cat

Sarita Aditya Verma Jan 2021

The alley cat

Nick
The cat who loves to pose
Little striped tail
black and white
Neatly curled upon its paws
His eyes are grey,
shades of adorable green
Camera friendly
Looks straight into the lens
It visits all homes, and freely roams
Meows and purrs
And, loves to be cuddled
The alley cat, so sweet#

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137 · Jul 22

Her hair at noon

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 22

Her hair at noon

Her hair at noon
Tied in a messy bun
She rides her scooter
with the speedometer
between 35-45kph
She has to pick up her children from school

She rides pillion
Her hair flipping wildly in the wind
As she speaks with her rider
A smile spread across her face
Phone in her right hand
Carefreeness of youth

Draped in a silk saree
Colour scheme, white and gold
She wears a red dot between her brows
Hair worn loose, adorned with a string of jasmine
Riding slow, skilfully skipping potholes
A festival to celebrate back home

Written 13th July
I was inspired by a young girl riding pillion with her friend on a bike

136 · Feb 2021

Understanding

Sarita Aditya Verma Feb 2021

Understanding

We don’t speak much
But
We mostly read
From
The same page

136 · Nov 2019

Memories

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2019

Memories

It’s been years
The memories in the heart fresh
forever cherished and etched
Of the days when we were young responsibilities were less and being a student was fun
Friends always a phone call
Or a few doors away
When the days and evenings were carefree
Breakfast lunch dinner
Not the job to be done
Gone are the days for all
Not just for one
But isn’t that life
Change and Growth
It still shines the same in my hometown
though
And of its fondness
I can never outgrow

136 · Nov 2020

The day’s promises

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2020

The day’s promises

The new day rose
Promises it kept to the red rose
Rose with sparkles of sunshine

A white perfumed carpet
The jasmines lay
On the green grass

As the dusk fell
The birds knew their homes
Warm and welcome, close

In the cold winter’s night
The day and its moments
Forever froze

🌿🌿

#days #promises

135 · Nov 2020

The crow

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2020

The crow

Happy feet
The crow on the bamboo stick
No shiny objects in sight
Looks side to side obliquely
The green worm hanging low
Would be fine for the morning time
Solitary, the crow
perched atop the bamboo stick
later may find a bone to pick

134 · Apr 2020

Unlock

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2020

Unlock

Safe in a lockdown
Psychological keys in a maze

If you have a life, you have the world
(जान है तो जहाँ है) - Hindi quote, which I am reminded of today

A thought that crossed my mind, that people may suffer anxiety and depression in isolation.
But also need to keep in mind, to be able to walk free again,, you need to live.
My thoughts with anyone going through stress, also a reminder to self!
Take care of mental health, soon we will get back to our Pre virus 🦠 life!
Best wishes and love

#mental #wellbeing #health

132 · Nov 2020

Beams of gold

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2020

Beams of gold

Beams of gold
Whispered in the meadows
Where rainbows grew
The veins of tender leaves
Sparkled and shined
As the barks of trees
Transparent and tall
Branching in translucent fruits
Magically in the twigs
Covering every leaf
The beams of gold

✨✨

132 · Jul 2020

A World to love

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2020

A World to love

The world in a place
Never dreamt of, for itself, nor its inhabitants

Everyone is going through something
That nobody should

Ripping at the seams
Much to accommodate, distressed

Some on the edge, the going is tough
Losing to stress

For some there is everyone
The fabric of love, three-plied strong

If possible be there for someone
A blanket stitch at the seams, saves fine

There is much to explore in the world we inhabit
We need our world, and the love it needs
Let’s give what we can, and receive the same

#world #love #safe

131 · Aug 2020

Brimmed

Sarita Aditya Verma Aug 2020

Brimmed

Morning glories, blue
In a cane ***, brimming smiles
Rustic breeze blows free

#nature #brimmed

129 · Jan 2021

दे रही है दस्तक

Sarita Aditya Verma Jan 2021

दे रही है दस्तक

दे रही है दस्तक, बारिश
चबूतरों और दरवाज़ों पर

उलझ से गए है कुछ दिल
दुनिया के माया जाल मे

पुकार रही है उन्हें
अपनी हल्की फुहार से

दे रही है दस्तक, बारिश
चबूतरों और दरवाज़ों पर

बहने दो इन आँसू को
मेरी कुछ बूँदों के संग

पुकार रही है बारिश
अपनी हल्की फुहार से

उड़ जाए, हर दिल का परिंदा
फिर, मासूम बचपन जैसा

4th January

128 · May 2020

Know

Sarita Aditya Verma May 2020

Know

Not knowing
What is to know

To know
What is to not know

Knowingly show
To not know

To show
What is not known

To know
Yet, never show

There is a lot that know, knows than one would want to know or knows
I know this has nothing to do with know
It is just a word :)

#know

128 · Aug 2020

Hello

Sarita Aditya Verma Aug 2020

Hello

Hello
A name
A greeting
It draws your attention
The sound the syllables
Prompts you to look into the direction
A flower a leaf, bowers
Inanimate
It remains
Hello

#hello

128 · Dec 2020

You know, you can

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2020

You know, you can

Fly
You know, you can
In your mind you are always free
To do as you please

Think
You know you can
It doesn’t cost a thing
To think as you please

Dream
You know you can
In the dream world you are always free
So do as you please

Hurt
You know you won’t
To yourself or anybody else
So this life, yours, live as you please
Sway along the breeze

127 · Aug 2020

Digress

Sarita Aditya Verma Aug 2020

Digress

To be able to disconnect
From What you love doing most
A test

What you know and understand
Can’t change
For others or self

Unable to express
What and how it feels
Deep within

#digress

126 · Jul 2020

Her thoughts

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2020

Her thoughts

It took her a little while
To get accustomed to the slow, empty roads
It reminded her of the olden times

The evenings were always busy
The traffic on the the road
Made it so

She sat in her vintage swing
Her gaze fixed, moved
As the traffic moved at a steady pace

Strangers
She in her vintage swing, her gaze fixed
Me in the passenger seat, waiting

She took notice of being noticed
Gave me a knowing smile
The traffic moved

An aged lady in her galley facing the main road
Watched her from the passenger seat of the car

#her #thoughts

126 · Feb 2021

The mind let it be...

Sarita Aditya Verma Feb 2021

The mind let it be...

My tongue
Wouldn’t stop talking that day
My mind warned numerous times
Hold, but it just wouldn’t
Instead it turned back
Lashing again
You just mind your own
I need to speak
And say
What I need to say
Like a puppet in hands
Of donated organs
The eyes welled
Appalled

126 · Apr 2020

Slow-down

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2020

Slow-down

Restless times
The mind
Wearing out thin
Being truthful to self
Happy and sad
Two states
Trying to embrace
Every day
Not the same
Uncertainty
And impermanence of the winds
Withstanding the storm
The silence within
Claims the calm

#acceptance

125 · Jun 26

Thoughts in a ziplock

Sarita Aditya Verma Jun 26

Thoughts in a ziplock

What if I lock all my thoughts in a ziplock

Will they converse with each other
and share their thoughts

Will they clash and trash each other, to be out or just let each other be
and  grow new skin-words as they sprout

Who will survive will it be the wise
the thick skinned, the resilient who has weathered a few storms
or the ones who are  jumpy at the sight of the weevil inside

Each of them with an experience unique, destined to coexist

Some felt confined, the others embraced  their fate with grace, their life in a ziplock
Waiting and wanting to sprout

123 · Dec 2020

The music played

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2020

The music played

Trying again
To follow with grace
The music played
Not the lyrics
Ever changing with the winds
As they should
But the rhythm
Familiar with it
The heart knows
It can trace every step
And fully embrace
Trying again
To follow with grace

#life #music #dance

122 · Nov 2020

Life it is

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2020

Life it is

Life
Every day
Today
I am, tomorrow a memory
Maybe
Lived and loved
Yesterday
Year and years
Gone
Missed
Never
Would it be

Wishes and wishing
Lesser Tests
True the trials
Taken
Not mistaken
Mistakes
Found
Anew wisdom
Frozen

Life
Groom
Learn and learned
What it is to turn
A page
A new leaf
Green
Lessons to lessen
Grey and ground
Brown abound
Dust

120 · Oct 2020

Forever Sky

Sarita Aditya Verma Oct 2020

Forever Sky

The lamp on the tree
Hung low and free
Scattering light
Magical fireflies
In a golden bell jar

The pink sky
At sunset, painted fresh
And the beach, at a stretch
Wore a million silver stars

The tall and slender palms
flowery fronds
Stood in a dark grey shiny vase
Straight, some slightly bent

The olive green turtles
Took baby steps
As the blue waves
Crashed on the shore

Many things under the beautiful sky

#forever #sky

119 · Jul 2020

Sun Swept

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2020

Sun Swept

Yellow rays, swept off the sky

Light Showers through the grey

There goes another day

119 · Nov 2020

Rose gold sky

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2020

Rose gold sky

New to the world
The little bird

Few feathers
Ambitions high
Looking up to the beautiful sky
Wishing to fly

Toddled up to the new branch
A balancing act, tried
The fruits ripe, nourishment found

Few feathers
Ambitions high
Looking up to the beautiful sky
Wishing to fly

The little bird
New to the world
Knew it had to fly
Soon it grew more wings

Rose up to the treetops
Soon found
The rose gold sky

Ambitions high
Looking up to the beautiful sky
Wishing to fly

Inspired by the rose gold sky

117 · Dec 2020

Sunny

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2020

Sunny

Eventful the day, gave it all away
To whoever, claimed as theirs
The minutes it had

Bright and beautiful, the sun
Rose as high as it could
To brighten up every corner

The trees grew green
Uncountable leaves could be seen
Sun had to give into the shade

The evening sighed
A sigh, it knew was all it could keep
As it met the night

The night had promises to keep
To the stars in the midnight sky
And to the day of evermore

#home