My mother…..
You left me that day unexpectedly
Why didn’t you try to stop me?
Till this day I have this regrets…
Forgive me I was not there on your death bed..

And I have been lonely ever since
I am lost and I am crazily hoping..
One fine day I’d find you again…
Impossible it seems…
Death is certainty and eternity…

Been searching for that gentle love…
A special tender love only you can give…
Mother…
Shall I be loved again?
Shall I be wrapped with SIMILAR warmth and tenderness?
I long for that special feelings being in your arms again
I miss moments with you when we used to chat about love and life…
Mother…
Shall you appear in my dream tonight?
I want to hold your soft hands,
I want to feel your warm embrace and magical kiss on my cheeks
Those gentle gestures of yours…
Ohh how much I have missed…
Mother…
I need your love …I cant live like this…
The emptiness inside me all these years…
After you left me I am kind of lost…
The space in my heart has never been filled…
Sometimes I am in the state of paranoia..
Sometimes I am in deep deep grief…
I need you my mother…
If only I could turn back the clock…
I would want to be there …
the day when you needed me the most…

Forgive me mother…
My absence visits… no flower bouquets I bring to your grave…
Your tombs is reminder that you are dead
But for me you are always alive…
Your presence is felt… your precious love is kept..

You are gone now from my vision..
Every fond memory of you … I shall never erase…
You are kept in the best place in my heart..
Each drop of your love runs in my vein..
As long as I breathe..
Mother… you are loved!!

In the crowded streets of the city
Everybody walks with their heads held high..
No one bothers to show a pity..
When an old grandma collapses on the road nearby..

She is neither looking nor asking for a sympathy
She is just someone feeling so lonely
Like a dried petal of rose.. torn and ugly
Unwanted.. untouched and unloved by many..

Shun by her uncaring loved ones..
Avoided even by the stingy bees...
***** and old wanted by no one..
Wrinkled and weak ..
Hungry and thirsty..
Whos’s gonna care for an old dumb grandma?

Slowly she wakes up one more time
To embrace the endless cruel fate of life
she picks up her heart heavily from the floor,
as it lay in pieces, like broken glasses..

She dissappears in the spooky darkness
walks to nowhere ..her weak limbs takes her
All alone no one cares her sorrows or tears..
Have anyone bothers to kiss or hug her?

One freezing morning people found her lay
lying next to where she was left in pieces,
She cant move, she can’t scream,
She has only silence for company
The screams of silence is all that remains,

Alone she died buried with her troubled memories..

lost in the shadows of life.. All alone...

***
I met a liar
He looked familiar
Almost very similar
To the guy  i called lover

***
Caught him red handed
Exposed... He surrendered
Learnt a lesson... Dont be blinded
A handsome face a total ****...

The phone rang so early
A heartbreaking news
Froze us for a second or two
Another tragedy has just happened
Not just another tragedy
Another flight was down
Broke our heart in two
Who do we blame this time?
Is there some explanation?
Or just another fiction...

Blame it on the ugly weather
Point your fingers to the innocent pilot
Might be another faulty machine ..
or a well planned  conspiracy theory ?
Whatever happens on that unfortunate plane....

Only god knows how and why?

So many  words are dancing in my head
waiting to to be released
wanting me to create
just another magic
and tell the world
how words can paint the canvas of life
I am so careful of these magic words
cant even turn my head to the left or right
scared if the words would fall
and the verses turn upside down..
creatively and carefully adding the right potion
of sweet fragrance to beautify each verses
my heart is pounding
My fingers are dancing
word after word..
the diction must be perfect...
This is the time
when poets write their best verse.
a poet with a great mind for writing ..
greatness only rely on an honest pen and an open heart
To be called a poet in your own right
create more magic,  
the hungry readers are well fed
an enthusiastic poet is satisfied..

Just a moment ago
My soul left my weakened body
A really sad farewell as he said GOOD BYE...
I left, reluctantly but I succumbed to fate
A new journey awaited me..
to my new world, new life, new home...
the eternity... god had promised me..

I looked down upon my lifeless body
My eyes were shut, my body rested on a frozen bed...
I slept here on my death bed...
For too long I cried in pain...
Freezing... in this sorrowful chilly room..  
Suffering every seconds,  minutes , hours...
Every needles is pain...
Couldn't take it any longer ...

God has mercy on me..
He listened to my pledge..
... the prayers of my loved ones..
Brothers, sisters, relatives, friends and strangers..
My misery ended today..

This morning,
I breathed my last breath
Difficult... painful...hurtful...
I said my last good bye...
Sorry I had to leave...
My time ... I met my deadline
Sorry loved ones...I left you in despair
I was too tired, I suffered too much...
I couldn't stand this torture anymore...
Let me go ... willingly.. let me go now

Sorry I was too weak to move
Sorry I couldn’t open my eyes again
Sorry I couldn’t utter  a single word...
My tongue was numb, my lip too tight
I couldn’t even say I was sorry for leaving..
My beloved wife ...
My lovely daughters...
My brothers and sisters..
My relatives and friends...
Please forgive me..
I left you today for my journey of life ended here....

You spat the word goodbye
on my face....
Am I not mad?
Am I not sad?
Are you not mad?
Are you not sad?
Accepting the fact
is Hard truth
There is goodbye
in every Hellos...
Feeling low ... yes!
Feeling depressed... yes!
Feeling lost... yes!
How pathetic is your goodbye.......

Do you still remember?
The lovely fragrance from this garden of mine...
Have you forgotten?
That I always...
keep the doors of my garden ever open for you..

You never came and caressed a flower
These colorful flowers I saved for you...
You must be afraid of my shadows falling on you
Still my love does not hinder me...
from planting another rose...
...and another rose...
the red, the yellow and the blue...
all fresh in the morning dew..
and waiting for you...

By Rina

The same vision over and over again
In my dream  I saw
The same foreign girl about five years old
Walking up the stairs heading to the roof

I have cold sweats when I am awake in fear..
Was it the girl? Was it her weird mask?
Terribly disturbing my life.. . constantly awake
Too scared to fall asleep...

She hides he face in a horrible looking mask
Perhaps her face is just as dreadful
She appears in my dream every day and night
Perhaps to tell me who the real girl behind the mask

and he whispers close to your ears
" you are the most beautiful ...."
his lyrics lulled you to sleep
" heaven is here on earth"
The whispers are not songs...
The lyrics are ....But a poisonous venom
There is devil in disguise...
Who will sit on all man’s paths
Till you succumb and surrender
Till you doubt your faith.. and fall
into the hands of evils
The tireless whispers....
Keep on seducing you....
Lure you with all the excitements
and drown you within...

The devil whispers...
Get ready your weapon
take hold of some pebbles in your hand and throw

Between night and day ,
Between morning coffee and afternoon tea
Between oceans and mountains far apart
In one house far away
One poet is turning in,
In another,
a poet is rushing to work,
In one cafe a poet is having lunch,
with a laptop on the table
The other has just started a day,
Perhaps With a baby on her lap
We are..
Poets from different continents
Living in separate horizons
Poets from a different time zone shall meet,
For the love of writing...
creative people gather together
poets become friends, close friends
a big happy family in Hello Poetry
we shall meet despite of the differences...
without fail...
To paint the world with words...
and make it colorful... beautiful...
no distance is too far
no clouds, no moon, no sunshine, no rain can say a word.
when friendship has no boundaries so do the time and space.

Life is like a colorful rainbow,
starts from ground ends in ground.
We are here to learn,
experience and grow,
not to get bound.
Climb the mountain and then being scared to take steps further,
Not even daring this much,
what can we expect from our future.
I would recommend to every beautiful soul,
do yourself a big favor,
With faith, hope, belief, love, Imaan –
Mix your life’s own flavor.
Live this tough battle of life
with strong clear conscious,
Keep in mind the day of judgment,
and it’s powerful justice.

It wasn't just a flower you gave me
But the whole garden
flowers blooming tenderly in the heart
Colorful roses, orchids and daisies
that cheer my heart always..

It wasn't just a house you built us
But the whole life
Picture perfect family
with brilliant and healthy kids
and one smart cat...
the memories sweet and happy...

It wasn't just what we have
as a family
that makes us happy...
happiness is what we are
in the family..
that makes us complete...
Happiness is us...

Have you ever met someone
All of a sudden...
things were no longer important
your brain froze for a while
Your laziness grew..
Your mood unpredictable...
Your coffee became bitter
Your dress seemed less attractive
Your bread stale and hard... tasteless
Your life upside down... colorless
All of a sudden
you lacked focus...
this person was magnet
grew closer so fast
be the most important
The centre of your thoughts...
between night and day..
and he became the radar
of your life...
He owned the remote control
pulling your life away for a second
putting you back where it was
so you could breathe...
so you could sleep
so you could die
Your life was solely his...
You became a thing...
a posession..
Have you ever met..
someone like that?

THE BEAUTY OF A WOMAN

The beauty of a woman lies IN HER SILENCE
rather than her speech..

The beauty of a woman lies IN HER VEIL
rather than her face..

The beauty of a woman lies IN HER SUBMISSION
rather that her leadership..

The beauty of a woman lies IN HER SMILE
rather than her laughter..

The beauty of a woman lies IN HER PATIENCE
rather than her inquisitiveness ..

The beauty of a woman lies IN HER ABODE
rather than her adventure..

The beauty of a woman lies IN HER OFFSPRING
rather than herself..

My mother groand! my father wept.
Into the dangerous world I leapt:
Helpless, naked, piping loud;
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.

Struggling in my fathers hands:
Striving against my swaddling bands:
Bound and weary I thought best
To sulk upon my mothers breast.

In the other gardens
And all up the vale,
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!

Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers,
The red fire blazes,
The grey smoke towers.

Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer,
Fires in the fall!

I wish I could do everything
to please everybody
I wish I could play all the roles
To fulfill everybody's needs..
the domestic chores
the career demands
the perfect angelic mom
the adorable lover
the friedly neighbour
and the loyal friend..
I wish I could do them all
even if it means
I have no time to breathe
but i only have two hands
But I only have 24 hours
but I only have two feet
but If only I could do them all
I would break myself apart
I would never be the same again..
For I care too much for others
than I should...
I cant do them all..
I'd die..

So you are forty-two and I'm only twenty-one,
Age is just a number and you're my number one.
I can give you what no other can,
Trust me baby, I am twenty-one ..
But I am ready to be your man.. YOUR MAN..

I am your man, don’t care if I am twenty one
Try to understand you are what I want..
You were put on Earth for me.
It was written before I was even born ..

You were meant for me.. only for me..
Ohh sweet lady of forty-two.. you are mine
Only mine….
My fate is in your hand.. my heart in yours
Don’t ask me about my body and soul..
When you know it's with you all along..
Even before I was born…I am your man..

Ohh my gorgeous lady of forty-two
I am so crazy for you…
I fell in love with your photo that appeared upon your screen,
I know you want no other, I am your lifelong dream
I see you in my dreams,
In my every waking hour,
Come with me, my darling, let's seek our wedding bower
Age is just a number, distance is in the mind..
Just believe it; I am your man, and you are my woman..
Dont care how old you are!!!!!

Age, does it matter?
Distance, does it matter?

Oceans and so many miles apart
Two souls meet
Their hearts....
REACH
Feeling each and every beat
Doesn't matter what others say
Nothing
And
Nobody
Can tear them away
It's already written
It's already done
The two souls
In-love
Are now ONE
REACH
Run
Climb
Fly
Once together
They will say goodbye.....
NEVER!!!
Love is borderless..........

broke it
wrecked it
ignored it
abandoned it
this old scar bleeds..
once again...
it cuts so deep
my bleeding love
my unhealed wound...

The petal of roses
dropped one by one each day
They were all gone..
Dispersed..
Blown by the angry autumn wind...

Strange feelings
As I walked in the field..
No sounds of the crickets singing
No sounds of the birds chirping
Only the sound of the cold breeze...
Slapping fiercely on my face..

Today as I sat by the window
I witnessed the last leaf of autumn
fell on the ground...
and my heart began to sink...
Just a few more days...
Just a few more days...
I would be gone...
Gone with the cruel autumn winds...

How easy it is with words
Lovers can be strangers
Friends can be enemies
Families torn apart
Words can be the sweetest
Words can be the most disastrous
a dangerous weapon
against those
whom you  love ..
those whom you care..
careful with the choice of words...
never underestimate the power...

Mummy! Mummy! I saw a ghost
Right here in my bedroom, in our own house
I've never been afraid of any ghosts
But before my eyes , there a scary looking ghost!

I shivered as I opened my eyes again
Prayed It didnt see me and would simply disappear
From the closet, I tiptoed to the door..
Felt a cold, scabby hand rubbed against me.. cold and mushy..
and the door was shut, I failed to flee...

There I was with this ghostly creature
Hissss, it hissed at me so close ..
An ugly face, a real monster!!!
Too afraid to cry, too afraid to scream,
I couldn't even breathe, I was choking,
I was going to die...
Oh my god please forgive all my sins...

Tonight is a tormenting night..
Why should I face this traumatic night?
Why must this lost soul landed in my room so late at night?
To befriend me? Oh please go back to your grave.. That's my plight.
Tell me will I last? to go through this scariest and eerie night?

I see pieces of me
everywhere I go
like a missing puzzle
incomplete...
imperfect...
its you... only you
will complete me...

I am scared of the day
I don't remember much
about you anymore
I think the day is coming...
getting closer each minutes...

when I woke up this morning
your face was blurry
your voice an echo
I remembered something else
I was doing something different...
I didn't call your name...

I am scared if that day is today...
Weird I don't miss your arms
when I am lying on that sofa
watching our favourite show...

if things should fall apart
between you and me...
I hope I will lose my memory
I won't feel the pain...

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He stole my heart
I stole his name
The name we shared
The love we cared
Made us  one
a lifetime connection
by a simple change in the name
Who is the better thief?
Me or him?

the stars that shine on a midnight sky ...
reflections of the sun that warmed the day
the owl blinks to clear the way
for a fox who is stalking his prey..
the Midnight howls
calls for party among the beasts
predators cheer hooray!
upon the fall of a prey....

Should I trust your hands
When you are mad
they keep pushing me away
Should I trust your hands
When you are sad
They keep hugging me close
Should I trust your hands
When you are happy
They keep holding me
Should I trust your hands
When you are loving me
They keep cuddling me
Should I trust my hands instead?
When you are sleeping
They keep writing poetry....

What are we?
Who are we?
Aren't we all travelers?
Given a specific time frame of life
Since the day we were born?
Time to be toddlers
crying, begging for love and attention
Time to grow up
to venture the journey of life
Time to develop capabilities
To experience failures and success
Time to mature with life
To meet the right people
and the wrong ones too
Time to be old and sickly
To reminisce the good times and the bad
Having to cared for again..
Sometimes craving for greater attention..
when traveled in time...
Some will stay and travel together
Some left and travel their own time...
Its our time and ours alone
Its our own road we're walking in
No one can travel for us..
except for us...
Till our time expires...
and our journey ends...

I went away but I never left you
I was absent but I was always there
My body was a thousand miles away
Distance divided us in two
Though far a part
My heart was always there
Reluctant to make an absence
Refused to leave the trails of love
The paths that we both took
If you leave my thoughts will be with you
Out hearts will always be joined
In mind, in souls we are always one
The thoughts in our heads will still mingle
I am yours,
and you will always be mine

Missing you
Dont know how much its worth
Till I shiver in your arms again

Missing you..
For I dont know what price
Valuables are the times
When i breathe i breathe with you

Missing you...
For as long as I live
Forever and always...

You...
not needing me
was the beginning
of me...
needing myself..

You..
ignoring me
was the beginning
of me...
focussing on myself...

Thank You....

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turn the cover of my book and read
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my wish before i fall to sleep
and rest my pen
if i do not wake up again
to breathe another poetry
I wish... I just wish
that you would read our daughter's poetry
and forgive me
for teaching her what i love best
the art of writing.....

Wrapped in a series of tangled twines;

How many of us see the knots;

Which protect us from the thorns;

How many of us cherish the thorns;

For that which they do for us?


You see a thorn and you say;

Oh my; oh God; such dismay!

A beautiful flower shunned;

But the thorn gives the flower protection;


How many of you see it this way?

We are all here but once and not everyday;

You cherish not what you can keep,

Yet you look for that which you do not seek!

Met him by accident in November 5 years ago
Had a a couple of drinks...
some stupid conversations
laughed and we left each other

In summer we met by chance
he started to ask a little bit more...
What was the color I like?
Did I believe in Outerspace?
Thought he was funny
We started sharing jokes
but... Summer came to an end....
and we left once again

Started to think about the guy I met
He was not somebody I like
Crazy then... why I had to worry
Whether he had eaten , slept or gone to work already...

I remembered during the brief encounter
He sang this song which sounded so familiar
Came December he disappeared forever
Haven't heard a single news
Yea I forgot to ask for his number

I came to listen to his favourite song again and again..
Hoping that one day I might find him again
Regretted of the least of things I knew about him
Am Thinking....
at least we should have had  a deeper conversation

Searching
high
Searching
low
No show
No plane
No dead bodies
No debris
No news...
Only..
Bad News...
Only
sad news
Uncertainties
Still searching
Still missing
MH370 is mysteriously
MISSING IN ACTION....

watch the activities of this lttle furry thing
in the space between its grace
that invite me to think
of all the spaces in a car for a ride
why the driver's neck?
Ride after ride,
Deep thoughts,
Thorough observations
came to a conclusion which is obviously true
first the neck, then the shoulder
a platform for Harry's window to the outside
world!!

Pain, pain, please go away
I have a lot to deliver today
And the next few days too
Oh Oh pain please please
Pain, pain, go away
This time around I can't afford to declare mayday!

Will someone like you
Love someone like me?
I am laughing like a fool
Will someone like you
Leaving someone like me?
Again I am laughing like a fool.
Will someone like me
loving someone like you?
Unsure whether to laugh or cry
Will someone like me
Leaving someone like you?
Perhaps I am...
LAUGHING LIKE A FOOL
Thinking of how foolish I am..
To ever ever think..
of loving someone like you..
just a foolish thought....

9 to 5
Meetings
Lectures
Writings
Reports
Briefings
Presentations
Even­ts
Functions
Exams
Evaluations
Reports again...
Lost my laughing lines
Poetries my escapism...

Hurt
In your eyes
On your face
In your smile
In your gaze
Body language
Never good at lies
False pretences
Deep down
your
Hurt is severe
Tell me
I am so so wrong
Tell me
I am so so right...
Talk to me
Heal your pain...

Evening
When the sun goes down
Just a little while
The day is coming to an end..
Birds flying to their nest..
People walking on the streets
heading homes..
Tired faces on their wheels
Endless Traffic jams till late night
The day is fading away...
Lethargic body and mind
Screaming for a hot bath
Super nice dinner
with loved ones
and a cozy bed with
the hottest sleeping partner...
Good night.. Good exercise..
The next hectic day
the daily routine starts again...

A diamond ring
A four-wheeled drive
A  bungalow
to woo my love
Desperately dedicated
working even on store closing days.

Noon when I started
Feeling dizzy
Strong waves hit the walls
in the stomach
exploding in any minute
I ran to the bathroom
Threw up everything
My tummy empty
Cool myself in shower
The water ran all over me
I could open my eyes
Shivering ... I couldn't see a thing
I crawled in the dark
Helplessly lying on the floor
staring at the ceiling fan
how fast it spins
How fast my world moves
I can't even think,
I can't even move
there's a fog in my mind
clouding  my brain
invisible hands choking my throat
My whole body is trapped
I am numbed
I am paralysed...

Frozen,
I am trapped
In this desert of snow
The thought of you
keeps me going
I drag my feet
searching for direction
I fall on my feet
I weep in frustration...
A sudden movement I feel
underneath..
in the thickest snow...
I can't believe
I feel you move...
under my feet
I hear you whisper
words of love
I stop and listen
True... You are breathing my name...
telling me to be strong..
pleading me to move on...
instantly I stand
to brave the crazy snow storm
a gush of icy cold wind slaps softly
on my cheeks..
Yes I will brave myself..
Cause I know at the end of this
tunnel of hardship
there is you..
standing with an open arm...

a dark side of you
could it ever be white?
the color of purity....