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  Jul 2014 Shailesh Otari
Jahanvi Goyal
The other day I looked in the mirror,
That is when life became more clearer.
Yes, the mirror showed me the gospel truth,  
Mystery was solved, by the mirror, the sleuth.

The scars on the skin seemed to fade away,
The soul opened doors to the clandestine cache.
The dazzling light bouncing out of me,
Made me gasp in ecstasy and glee.

As tears trickled down my cheek,
I realised it is me keeping myself weak.
When the reflection in mirror is only mine,
How, because of someone else, I can then whine?

The happiness erupting through my soul,
The hope and will once again make me whole.
The mirror shows me who I am,
Anyone who jeopardises my way, will get a wham.

The mirror shows me myself on the stage,
Giving a success speech, wearing a gown of beige.
My strength centres in me once again,
Determination comes, that now efforts won’t go in vain.

I see the talented beautiful myself,
I can do it, I just need my own help.
I promise the me in mirror, to never again be broken,
I promise the reflection, to achieve even the unspoken.

Pathway to life is criss-crossed,
To succeed, obstacles need to be in trash tossed.
The other day I looked in the mirror,
That is when life became more clearer.


-Jahanvi Goyal
05/07/2014
Shailesh Otari Jul 2014
How resplendent looks thy lovely face
In these bright, fresh morning rays!
Paradise flowers do not bloom
With more magnificent grace.

Thy aura lights up the dark room
Of my heart’s nightly gloom
As a blink of those coy eyes
Fills my lonesome vacuum.

Surely it would now be unwise
To reject the blink’s disguise
As an invitation to embrace
And sink in sweet rejoice.
The poem tries to mimic the rhyming style of Robert Frost's 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' .. http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/frost/section10.rhtml
Shailesh Otari Jul 2014
For hours we often spoke
Weren’t those days sweetest
Nothing stopped me from reaching you
Oh, my friend, my dearest.

But little did I know then
That time would soon turn so sour
That our closeness would evaporate
And distances would grow far.

You slowly found less time to meet
So we chatted on phone instead
But in months it rang seldom too,
All my texts went unread.

Our dialogue stalled, gradually,
Our conversation faded away
No more philosophical discourses
Or casual how-was-your-day.

Well, I understand you got real busy
And I didn’t really have a complaint
So I kept trying to get in touch
As old habits I couldn’t restrain.

But your silence is often long,
So long that it seems perpetual
Helplessness overcomes me, at times,
How these times seem cruel!

But, so be it, says my heart today,
It has quite some time been,
Let me wait for my phone to ring
with your name on the screen.

There will be a surprise, I am hopeful,
A news will one day come, I am sure,
And until that moment arrives
I’ll reminisce times of yore.

I blame you not for the silence, Oh dear friend,
And angry I am not certainly
Just a little disappointed that
You have little time for me.
Shailesh Otari Jul 2014
Oh, behold, lonesome me,
Solitary smile of the twilight sun;
Have you wondered how it would be
To stand steadfast as you burn?

Never asks the star’s soul
To be loved by those it lights
Spending time on its own
Chasing away darkness it fights.

Oh, learn from it, lonesome me,
Never depend on others’ mercy
To lighten up your spirits gloomy
And confer you with blissful glee.
Shailesh Otari Jul 2014
Splendid was the thunderous night
Of stormy lightening serenade
With cold feet shivering in fright
Dismayed you, all afraid

Begged of me to walk closer
And make you feel at ease
Unaware innocently how
Passion in night frees.

We walked some distance, hand in hand
Drenched in blessed rain fall
Forgotten is the fear of storm
As love came on prowl.

As storm poured and doused the earth
Until late in the night
Kindled on dimly lit streets
Keen desire to unite.

Suddenly we halt, with eyes locked
Sensing a sweet fragrance,
Hearing our heavy breathing
Acceding to closing distance.

Never learnt how hands toured north
And reached our faces
In heavy rains what wet our lips
Were those passionate kisses.

Gradually the sweetness grew
Entangling us in embrace
Ironically a gloomy storm
bestowed us divine grace.
July 1st 2014
Shailesh Otari Jun 2014
I linger at the gate
She is coming late
I can only speculate
How long to tolerate
This painful wait
Woven in my fate.

Suddenly I elate
My heartbeats vibrate
As my eyes locate
Her eyes violet
My woes abate
As lovers’ conflate.
Shailesh Otari Jun 2014
In the stormy dark night
I guide ships with my light
And bring them to safe shore
Yet, I ask for no more
‘Cause I know on brighter days
All I have is loneliness.
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