Birth is like being shipwrecked to earth,
Learn to sing and be happy in the island of life,
Till the Angel of Death comes to rescue you.
1/7/2020

I never understood  poetry,
And had no time to write a line of it,
But, Your betrayal darkened my soul,
And threw me into the realms of poets.
1/7/2020

When you departed for paradise my love you left an ache lodged in my heart,
An ache full of memories mostly sweet, some sour and a few bitter,
An ache that will only leave my soul when I meet you again.
30/6/2020

As salty tears tumble from your eyes,
Like the silver drops that fall from the skies,
Let me be your cup of sunshine,
To dry them and change into a
lovely,sunny smile.
And when you rest at night
Let me hold you tight,
My arms your pillow,
And with your sighs my chest will billow,
Hiding your worries beneath it
Still, as we cuddle closer my beautiful woman,
Let me be your parachute to open,
To wings of freedom and happiness.
29/6/2020

Yesterday the rain cried with me because you left,
Then the moon came from behind the clouds and gave me solace,
Whilst the stars tried to bring a twinkle to my eyes.
29/6/2020

Let's meditate and quench the thirst of enlightenment.

I learned I should have loved myself first and foremost.
28/6/2020

Girls simply refuse to go out with men who live with their mothers
But, have no problem going out with men who live with their wives.
28/6/2020

You are my red and white rose full of passion and purity,
Let not the wind kiss you nor the butterflies feed on you.
I will still love you when you have a petal or two on you,
For you will always be my rose.
27/6/2020

My anguished, depressive thoughts are thieves,
Stealing the joy and happiness in my life.
27/6/2020

No one is immortal,
Everybody has to die.
I am not afraid of dying,
But,I fear how I die,
Alone,
At home fallen,
Murdered and thrown
My body rotten,
Days passing before they find me,
My body sent for post mortem,
My inner organs messed,
Before I get a decent burial.
I prefer to pass away on a deathbed,
Sick and in pain till my last breath.
At least, I will have my family and friends around me,
Praying for me,
Caring for me.
The priest will be called to say the last rites,
Surrounded by Angels,
Death by natural cause.
26/6/2020

Don't laugh at everyone,
But laugh with everyone.
26/6/2020

when love fizzles out
there is anger and remorse
there are memories.
25/6/2020

I love to travel to collect awesome moments
Found in the beauty of nature,
As it changes its gowns every season,
A bride in winter veiled in white,
Or a colourful bride from India bejewelled in gold in Autumn,
Or with its amazing landscapes,
All captured in my memories and photographs,

25/6/2020

"I miss you,"
And my heart will come searching for you.
25/6/2020

Please go away,
Two metres distance is still there,
I want to hug my friends,
Roll on the grass with them,
Squabble with them,
Give cuddles,
Sit close and giggle,
Share secrets,
Swipe each other's  food,
Oh!how I miss my old life and school.
Mum still has fear,
You might be lurking near,
Dear Covid,"Please go away."
Disappear if you may.
24/6/2020

A cupful of your love and hot, creamy coffee in life.
23/6/2020

The beach was inviting,
A balm to my stressed soul.
The salty ocean air was impish today,
It hugged me and caressed my dishevelled hair,
It even tried to lift my skirt above my knees but I held onto it tightly.
The young white waves came running towards me,
Giggling and splashing sea water over my toes and above my
ankles,
One large swell rolled me over and shouldered me under,
Drenched I played with the waves.
Soon I swam over to the bobbing boats to rest,
A seagull hovered over me before flying away.
Before the tide could recede I swam back to the shore,
I walked along the beach collecting shells which took my fancy ,
The warm sand was delighted to feel my bare feet. And as the sun went down the sky was splashed in peach and orange and purple colours,
The sun's warmth still lingered on me,
I decided to head home.
23/6/2020

Every pain teaches you a lesson,
Every lesson brings changes in you,
To have some pain in life is necessay,
To make you realize the importance of being alive,
To live and not just exist.
23/6/2020

On my birthday my wife and I took my mum to see a movie,
Then we went to the restaurant she loved to go when I was a child,
We ordered all her favourite dishes,
She always loved the sea so we went for a long drive along the bay,
Lastly we had icecream and  betel leaf  sweet paan which she relished in glee,
I have never seen mum so happy and glow.
It was the day I was born and that day was very special for her too,
As we grow older we forget the sacrifices our mum makes for us,
Thanks to my understanding wife I made my mum so happy.
22/6/2020

Her sepulchre past knocked at my door many times,
But,I loved her too much to uproot her past and make our present tense,
Let bygones be bygones and build a perfect future.
22/6/2020

I learned genetics from my mother,
You have stronger chromosomes of your father than mine,
You are like your father.
21/6/2020

kind and loveable
guiding light to show the way
i my dad's daughter.
21/6/2020

I don't love you,
I live for you,
I fall in love with you everyday,
My love for you crawls from my soul from different places,
Just as the sun rises to bring in a new day,
So does my love for you sprouts new strength and freshness.
21/6/2020

Her ornate feelings for me gave me misgivings.
21/6/2020

You can be alone in a noisy room full of people
20/6/2020

get rid of trash thoughts
dust the cobwebs from your eyes
keep your dreams alive.
19/6/2020

I followed the clouds and they led me to you,
Then, they drizzled their silvery drops on you to say you were the one for me,
I opened my umbrella of my love to let you in my heart.
19/6/2020

conceived in autumn
winter,spring...delivery
bundle of sunshine.
18/6/2020

Is more stressful than marriage,
At least after marriage you stop pretending.
17/6/2020

I loved him deeply when common sense left my mind,
And I heard church bells ringing in my heart.
17/6/2020

For me crying is an art,
And I have mastered it,
Mostly men fall for it.
17/6/2020

One last slash on the wrist,
Silence,
No more noises in the head.
17/6/2020

In old age your wealth is when your home is with your children,
When your children come home after work and ask," Mum how was your day?
Did you take your medicine?"
Wealth is when you hear the pitter patter of small feet playing while you doze,
Sometimes demanding to be told stories,
Sometimes insisting on going for walks or to an icecream parlour.
Wealth is when you share a kitchen with your daughter -in-law cooking for the family,
When you gossip over a cup of tea.
Wealth is when your granddaughter or grandson seeks your advice,
Shares their secrets with you and come to your room to talk.
And lastly wealth is when a family is united spending quality time together.
17/6/2020

before settling
on my tangy fruit salad
wipe your feet.
16/6/2020

I want to be an autograph in your book of life.
15/6/2020

Call me rain darling,
For I am falling for you,
And let me keep on raining,
Till I drench you in my love,
And the petrichor of our love fills every corner of our soul.
15/6/2020

in front of the T.V
happy, laughing family
bonding together.
15/6/2020

I had two trees in my garden,
A boy and a girl,
I nurtured them,
I cared for them,
I gave them the best of everything.
They bore the ripest fruits of knowledge,
Then came the storm,
And in the tempest both my trees were uprooted by their spouses across the ocean,
Never to come back.
The only thing left were two big holes in the garden of my heart,
Which I am still trying to fill.
Two things I learned in life,
Never have expectations,
Never toil for others.
14/6/2020

My only regret is I didn't take the chances I was given.
14/6/2020.

was enough to drown my soul in an ocean of love under the moonlit starry sky.
14/6/2020

gives much happiness,
a rainbow in a clear sky
grandchildren love it.

they creep from behind
climb on my lap and tickle
see my toothless smile.
13/6/2020

shanty is our home
no running water or light
five hungry children.

let's go to the dump
search for some discarded food,
pizza or noodles.
12/6/2020

They come to fade in a numbered ward,
Stowed away from family conscience as extra baggage.
Strong and vital in their hey-day,
Once toiling to give and find a comfortable life,
Now, sent here with some kind of damage.
Some are abled and can dress themselves,
Adroit with a stick,
Happy to read and play a game of chess,
And if the hands permit sewing and knitting,
Bored,sometimes wondering why they are grumpy.
Some come in wheel chairs,
Dependant  on therapists,
Unwilling, but still pass their time in front of the T.V,
The abled may join them for a deck of cards,
Building friendships as days pass by.
Others are the loners or with dementia,
Muttering to themselves,
Unaware what they are about.
Lastly are the terminally incompetent,
Trees once tall and flourishing,
Now, withered and gnarled.
All come with one thing in common,
To wait for their end.
12/6/2020

let's write a haiku
five-seven-five syllables
show joy in three lines.
11/6/2020

My love! My love!,
I wish I was the gentle breeze,
To twirl and romance with your dark,silky hair,
Gently caress your soft lips,
And fan the fire burning inside you.
I wish I was the raging storm,
Passionate and unstoppable,
To sweep you through every squall and heavy desires,
And come out with a love so exquisite and true.
11/6/2020

A writer's thoughts are his photographs,
Bright, clear and well framed

Don't let your wife,or husband and children come between you and your siblings.
Stick together as one stick that nobody can break this unique bond.
Remember you have shared the parents,one roof and born from the same womb.

I lose myself in my thoughts,
My pen whilst writing poetry,
My cell phone in a friend's car,
But my WEIGHT
I can't
10/6/2020

magic inside you
everyone has some in them
yours is in full bloom.
9/6/2020