You Envy Me When I Smile

Can you take a Journey to Nile

To go the Extra Mile

......................

I Shiver when you pass by

But You Keep Grinning why?

So much shy in your sky

..................

But I am Curious

Curious to know why you're so Serious

In a bit I feel you are a Genius


You hide that Language so well

Your body speaks in words I can tell

You different moves rings a bell

Like an Ocean fell into a Well

As I try to muster the verbs or nouns or adjectives and pronouns to construct a simple verbal thought:
I'm at a loss for
wor(l)ds-
You are the
Atlas
To my lost
Wor(l)ds.

For Nat Lipstadt

In response to Nat's deeply moving poem that included me, I now dedicate this 2007 poem to Nat, who I am sure, knows exactly what it means.

               
She smiled as she
set her lips into
most agreeable motion -
her larynx flexing to
modulate the passing air.

The sequenced air waves
shook my auric drums
and journeyed to my soul.

Out of my reservoir
of ritual response
my lower face
turned a congenial curve.

Two puffs of air
pulsed my vocal folds,
were filtered
by my tongue and lips
and formed a sonic pattern
she was sure to know,

“Thank you.”

December, 2007

1.माय जिगाब होन्ना बुंब्ला
फिथाइ गास्रि जानाय माय बिफांखौ बुजियो
2. माय जिगाबखौ जोँ गोदानै मोनो
गोजां बोथोर समहालागै
3. माय जिगाबखौ जोँ गोबां खामानियाव बाहायनो हागौ
मख'जायो थारुन गायनाय
हायजेँ गायनाय
आलु गायनाय आरो गोबां खामानियाव
5. माय जिगाबखौ जोँ
मायहुं हुंना दोन्नानै
गोबां समसिम मोसौनि थाखाय आदार हिसाबै लाखिनो हागौ
6. गोजां बोथोराव जोँ जिगाबाव दुंबुर उन्दुनो हागौ
7. गोदोनि समाव जिगाबजोँ बुन्था सानानै
थाम्फै अरनायनिफ्राय रैखा मोननो हागौमोन।

जेखाय आरो खबाया बर'फोरनि जरासे आयजेँ
बर'फोरा बेखौ औवाजोँ बानायो
जेखाया खुगा गुवार महरनि
आरो लानजाइ बादि देन्था गोनां
बे देन्थायावनो आखायखौ हमगोन
ना गुरनाय समाव जेखायजोँ लोगोसे
दिरुं दोँसे थाफायो
ना गुरनायाव बर' आयजोफोरा
जेखायजोँ लोगोआव लाफायो खबाय
बिसोर ना गुरनाय समाव
गावसोरनि जानजियाव खाना लायो
आरो जेखायजोँ ना हायखांना मोन्नायखौ
खबायाव सोना लायो
जोङो जेखाय होनना बुंब्ला
खबायनि मुंखौनो थाब गोसो खांफायो
अदेबानि बेयो थारदि
जेखायनि मुंखौल' गोसोखांनानै
खबायखौ गोसो खाङा लाबानो थानो हाया
बर'फोरहा जेसेबां संसार जानायाव
मुंख'नो गोनां आयजेँफोर दं
बैफोरनि गेजेराव जेखाय आरो खबायनि मुंआबो मख' गोनां
आथिखालाव जेखाय खबायजोँ ना गुरनाया
खम जालांबाय
जानो हागौ बिनि जाहोना
1. होँगो-दोँगो नानि अनजिमाया सेंलांनाय
2. दैमा-दैसानि दैया मेसेँआव थाब थाब रानलांनाय
3. गोबां नाखौ खेबसेनो मोन्नो हास्थायना मुलि होनाय
4. इलेकट्रिक मोब्लिबनि गेजेरजोँ ना हमनाय
5. सोदोमस्रि गुस्लायनाय लोगो लोगोनो
बर' हिनजावफोरनि गोरबोआव लाजिनाय फैबाय
मानोना ना गुरग्रा मानसिखौ आथिखालाव गोरिब थाखोआव दोननो लुबैयो

दिनै बर'फोरा हारिमुनि आयजेँ महरै
मोसानाय एबा मेलाफोराव
जेखाय आरो खबायखौ दिन्थियो
मानोना बर'फोरा गावनि असे सोदोमस्रि हारिमु दं।
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i'll keep speaking
even if it's a whisper too soft
like screaming my thoughts
when i'm alone

and i'll keep writing
even if no one reads my poetry
and nobody likes it
because it's honest and ugly

and i'll keep thinking
even if i can't form words
out of my head
except in the dark

Heart beats irregular,
Figurative physical figments
Of our emotional imaginations.
Thrumming like humming birds.

Speaking so sluggish,
Moaning.
We shouldn't have to try so hard.

i don't know why everybody buys
the lies they devise to defy our eyes
we've lost sight of a final prize
it's time we rise and fight our demise

we have a right to speak our minds
our spines draw the line that defines
it's about time to pull back the blinds
light a light and see where it shines

I'm too quiet I know,
    to you I'm a closed door.
        you're looking to see me open
you're looking for something you're supposed to listen for.