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117 · 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
112 · Oct 2020
Silence

One’s silence
Is often spoken about, by others

Silence is peaceful
Often misunderstood by the clamorous

The silence told
Often brings discomfort to the hearer

Silence is manifold
Manifests itself to the bearers
110 · Apr 2020
Find them
To drink the sweet water
Walk up to the river
It seldom streams into your home
Poems not visible on the home stream!!
108 · Apr 2020
Little Thoughts
Limited existence
Never limited by existence
To make a mark
On a little break from today
12/04/2020)
Happy Easter 🐣 to all on HP :)
All good, at my end :)
And wishing the same for all on HP
Take care and be well, my friends :)
Will come back soon :) 💛🌸☘️☘️☀️🌻
106 · Aug 2020
Life’s nature

My absence would be enjoyed
By those affected by my existence
The freedom of free will
Everyone’s rights


Yet to find those words
That the thoughts would drape
A perfect combination of grace
Expressed


Into the vast expanse
Untroubled, still, the rivers flow
Sometimes signs of storms
Washed ashore, still


🌿🌿
106 · Jul 2020
The head
The head that heads responsibility

Doesn't looks for a heads up

The head that heads responsibly

Sets  the path of light

Dutifully
105 · Nov 2020
Cliff anger

With none to blame
And no reason to claim
The anger was thrown off the cliff
A soothing calm
Melting down the pain
The gentle breeze
And its silent presence
Finally felt
105 · Nov 2020
Hope-fully

Empty streets
Hope, dismissed
Fears of a wave
Of being swept away
Abandoned faith
Dust it tastes
Mortal to the core
Fear leads to no shore
Hope makes you live
If you believe
103 · Dec 2020
Righteously

The character assassinated
Fallen prey to a grapevine
Forgot to verify the roots
The treatment so brute
Trying to inject poison into the sacred vine
The venom, had traces of malice
Righteously soon was found an antidote
Fulfilled and restored the sacred vine
102 · Apr 2020
Communication
I don’t like making and attending calls
Love my folks from the  depths of my heart
I don’t like to chat, typing makes me go mad
I prefer making a call

Contrasting feelings
Not trying to run away

Just can’t handle calls
Speakers are good
Nothing to my ears

But communication is the key
Sometimes folks do understand
S P A C E
Wrote this a few months ago, but now makes me think, still don’t like calls, but have been making them to check on loved ones!
100 · Dec 2020
Unmarked
The grains of sand
Fine
Along the way lost
Anonymous
100 · Nov 2020
The walls
Mysterious feather
Yarn, Pom-pom *****
Decorate the mirror on the wall
Embellished lamps
Antique silver pocket watch
The clock on the wall
Clocked 40 years
The family portraits
From the time
When the family lived together
Under the ancestral roof
Until, the young found their calling
In far off lands
99 · Jul 2020
Wordomatic
Words have meanings
People have feelings
Dictionary caters to all
Just titled this one, wordomatic
And then google searched, found a game with the same name. :))
99 · Dec 2020
Yesterdays and the words

Yesterday
Had been looking up for something
In the closet
Found some old words
Neatly stacked
Forgotten on the upper shelves
Memories of a time
Gently folded them
And tucked them back
Up, where they were placed
Under many other words
To be used in time
When the time is fine


🌿🌿
99 · Dec 2020
Class of 1991
To all my friends

We have known each other since age five
Together in the school, till we left at age fifteen, after class 10th

In my mind and heart, I still hold you all the same, irrespective of the fact that most of us are parents to fifteen year olds

All these years gone by, I remembered so many of you, not knowing where you would be, until we had our get together in December 2015

Happy to see you all and glad that we have been going strong in all these years, supporting, encouraging and trying to reach out when needed and meeting as and when possible

May it be the same in the coming years
Our class of 1991, together, here we belong
Bonding strong
Special thanks to Nirali, Raj and Ruhi for sharing  those motivational quotes and  Good morning messages :)
98 · Nov 2020
Redundant

Not much was known about
How much was too much
Until not much of it was left
And lesser it was known
As much as one tried to know
It was left
Redundant
97 · Mar 2020
Metaphorical
Life showers you
With hot springs
And metaphorical rocks
And then there are metaphorical truths
Even when in rock bottom
Induced
96 · Sep 2020
Peace buntings
Violet buntings
Lamps and jasmine sticks
The temple of peace
95 · Apr 2020
Why's
What am i to write
Why should I write
Why do I write
What pleasure do I derive
Will it ever come to an
Is coming to an
End
Why did it happen in the first place
Why
Why
Why
My account is public and so are my thoughts, publicly published
A recent search on my name revealed, my thoughts used by unknowns, with credit duly given!!


A place to write and be fair
Every thought I would share and let them be limitless in the HP sky!!
93 · Jun 2020
The lonely dog
The lonely dog

Middle of nowhere

On the street

In search of food, maybe sleep

None to his rescue

In the middle of the night

He quips
A little observation post midnight,
Catching up with the breeze :)
92 · Nov 2020
Nowhere words

Why is light deep within
And in Darkness not seen

Line after line, the words follow
A ritual, every now and then

A heart in the cookie engraved
Beautiful still

Bold are the ones, with depth,
shallows stand, in test, for depth

Forever skies,
Nowhere words
90 · Jul 2020
Shadows
Shadows
Early in the morning it’s  bright
Making me feel upright
The day progresses
The shadow now short and stout
Reminding me that the Sun is mighty and I must crouch
Evenings are pleasant, the shadow tall and exploring
Expelling any kinds of self doubt
Never ever leaving
Except in the dark
19th July 2017
Time -1:47 pm
From the drafts
Very old thoughts, raw and unedited
88 · Apr 2020
Untitled
Lazy
Incomplete thoughts
No news, is good
Breaking ones are better left intact
Nothing
On or off
For the record
85 · Jun 2020
Can’t title this
I love this place
But it looks pale
Much to dole out
Losing the trail
Heavy
Feels like it would derail
Should I offload
Or
Maybe wait for help
Long forgotten
None to bail
84 · Jul 2020
Goal
The mind, minds no sets

Racing thoughts

The game

The heart all set

Changing mindsets
83 · Nov 2020
Barred

The window had bars
To protect the one
By the ledge, uncaring of the heights
When deep in a conversation
How eerily close on the edge
So the window had bars
to protect
83 · Dec 2020
To begin
The end would surely come
When and how and where
It never bothered to announce

The start one can imagine
Thinking when to begin
With the plan charted out
82 · Sep 2020
New life

The kittens grew in numbers
Found nesting behind the old coolers
His joy knew no bounds
New life, found, alive and kicking
The mourning of the little birdie
Was soon filled with acceptance of the new
There, in brown and black stripes
Quite like their mom
Sticking together as glue
Their bodies kept warm
The mother has a lot of feeding to do
She has milk and a warm place to sleep
Some old rugs to keep
Perceptions change
Every life, has to have a chance
In a glance
Acceptance and experience
Matter
It’s life after all
79 · May 2020
In forever
Grey danced with the white
Wind swept
They live in the same head

Loved and accepted
The changes as expected
Lived never defied

Forevers are true
And it truly remains with forever
As to what remains
Forever
79 · Nov 2020
The ones which live

Of the many thoughts
that linger in the mind
Some find the words
And
The rest
just rest
Know not, whether in peace
Again
Just
Trying to piece them together
The thoughts
In words,
a release
78 · Jul 2020
People and hurt
I always choose people
over hurt
Knowing my own flaws
I reflect
A second chance
a mistake
Everyone deserves
and makes

In a loop
{Pain lessons understanding love}
Function repeat

People I meet
People I keep
I choose to delete
For upkeeps
However negative this sounds and reads, I have finally learned to let go off people who only bring hurt
Silence does the speaking
75 · May 2020
Felt
In your mind
There’s a place
You often drift away to

No eyes peering at you
Oblivious to the crowd
Aware unabated

The din outside
Puts a rest to the one inside
The music silent, faint

The rhythmic beats
The pulse felt, makes sense
The heart awake
74 · Jun 2020
For a friend

It is strange
How with some people
There is an instant connection
Met a total stranger at a resort
A couple of years back
Connected over music and karaoke night
She sang beautifully and knew the lyrics well
Asked me if I would record it for her on her phone
Sure I did, but forget to switch the camera to rear facing mode
And then panicked as I enjoyed her song
Till date we joke about the recording that she has
We live in the same city
No we haven’t met, since
But never lost the connection with her
We sometimes message and speak
74 · Nov 2020
Masked reality

Remembering the times
When we went our free
Mask-less

The wheels of today, heavier than yesterday
Face the expression of other, masked
Get to task

The world is busy, independently
Social meetings in ruins
Empty chats, veering the talks

Care and support given out free
Distance ever increased
Measured the steps

Live today and try to be safe
When tomorrow comes
Repeat the same

Remembering the times
When we went out free
Mask-less
73 · Dec 2020
How would you know
How would you know, unless you have deeply felt
How would you feel, unless you have deeply known
The present, a present from the past
The past could never present itself today
How would you know, what tomorrow looks like
Unless, today existed and paved way for tomorrow to live
In tandem the days
Never in each other’s way
Existing each day
Come what may
72 · Aug 2020
Frozen in a frame

Frozen in a frame
In monochrome
Quintessential the fashion and
The whimsy rains

It allows you not, to dawdle
Gently you are pushed to be a part of the daily cavalcade

A rainy day in the metro
From times retro
Inspired by a photo
72 · Jul 2020
Vulnerable
Your thoughts and words

You think they are yours

But once public

You never know

Where they go

Credited or not

I set them free

As I was once told

By a wise man

Who sure has seen it all

Wisdom gathered over the years
Mr Joshi, my friend had once told me so, I keep
his words close to my heart  :)


https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1988562/mr-and-mrs-joshi/
70 · Jul 2020
The signs
The signs read

Misinterpreted

In depth

Rarely read
69 · Dec 2020
Invisible again
The words trickle down
Line after line, on the screen
Go invisible on the stream
69 · Oct 2020
Yesterday never repeats
Yesterday never repeats
The day ahead
Always leaves a yesterday
Morning afternoon evening
Whatever the song
The day never repeats
Maybe your mistakes
Good or bad
Whatever the deeds
All along
68 · Jun 2020
Dear God
Dear God
Let the world see a better world
soon

Humanity shamed questioned
Rare horrendous inhuman acts
Towards the ones, one with nature
Survive solely on what nature provides
Do they have to ask for permission
Do humans ever ask,
before they encroach
Speaking of boundaries for others
Defending self, raising stronger fences
Brutality of humans, does it ever stop at suffering
Building castles on, close to water bodies
Endangering ecosystems
Cursing the storms, floods and every disaster nature brings on
Today I feel shallow for my hollow words
Cause I can’t digest the fact
That a mute unsuspecting animal
Had to ingest a fruit bomb
Killing her
A tragic, silent watery grave
And the one in her womb
Shocking
Humanity shamed questioned
Will they ever trust
Yes they will, unlike us
As they are one with nature, giving, forgiving
68 · May 2020
No-body Nobody
People live
Leave
Leave a legacy
Bound for a journey
Every body takes
Nobody returns
mere thoughts
66 · Sep 2020
Controlling minds
She kept others busy
By speaking nineteen to the dozen
Doing nothing

At her every beck and call
Utilising their time
Wasting all

It took years of understanding
Productivity and efforts, work
Value of time, of all
Sorry if this sounds negative
Just some observations in words
64 · May 2020
Sad truth
Sadly

Together

In a lockdown

Trying to be safe

From the abuser
Stay home......Stay safe
Sadly doesn’t apply to everyone

Read some disturbing news about abuse!!
64 · Jul 2020
The poem that....
✨✨

I do see you in the
‘latest’
You never let me know
When you are
’home’
At least let me know,
when you make it to the
‘front’
I believe
I deserve as much
To know
The poem that trends


✨✨
63 · Jun 2020
H
H
Does hurt gets hurt bringing in hurt

Hurt hatred, help and heal

Make a start with the same letter H

How it ends it stays with the word

Quiet is the heart, which is quite at peace

Cementing the layers of love and
happiness within
63 · Oct 2020
The green zone

The greens knew
They would be sheltered & protected
From many
Minded by a few
The green zone
62 · Nov 2020
Forced lessons

Nobody wanted to learn
Everyone had to attend
Life taught
57 · Sep 2020
Passing thoughts
I write not
Not, for a dearth of thoughts
Sometimes let them have a natural death,
the thoughts
Always lived, in the mind
Oftentimes in a world of words
They are wrought
54 · Aug 2020
What if it rained...
What if it rained rocks
Would anyone like
Are we used to of being pelted down
With rocks
The reason why it stands
Like it should
A rock, solid

What if it rained flowers
In autumn, yes
During a baby shower
Weddings, when the bride and the groom  exchange garlands
They are showered with rose petals
By the guests
On the stems, flowers look best

What if it rained wishes
The world, one can imagine
Full of chaos or happiness
What would it be!
A world full of wishes
Fulfilled
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