Red chillies on a rooftop garden . Some of them face the endless sky while some the moving world beneath.In life too,you need some spice.Otherwise ,just like the consequences of having a super saturated sweet which 'arrests' your mouth,life too becomes boring,only with sweet things.So sometimes I(and maybe many others) feel the need to spice up life a bit.So spend warm days and take up challenges .Set up life just as fiery as these chillies,for at the end, you're gonna have somethin' sweet!Contrast brings flavor which are but made to burst in the mouth,jist like the highs and lows,challenges and victories,sweet and pungent things of life.In many households, people start their meal with something bitter.Even they know! There's just so much between flavors and life! Enjoy them!

A cactus asked a rajanigandha
Both were together
In one of those
Floral shows
O people say
You are so beautiful
How do you maintain it?
The bragging rajani replied
O my tale is
No less than a rich
Young maiden's
She applies make up
I put on fragrance
I have pristine white buds
Planted with care I was
O I deserve to be
Called the queen
You grow
In the sandy places
Under great heat
You are green
Only in your stems
Otherwise
What show do you have
????????
The cactus had a flair
Started
O I may not have
Your beauty,O rajani
But I do have flowers
Colorful
They grow
Amongst perks
You don't
Don't forget
O dear
We all come
From the same
Gifts
Of harmony
Of this earth
Beautiful creations
Do have
An unseen
Foundation stone
Hidden indeed!

Tujhe chhoone par hai lagta
Tu jalti jwala re!
Tujhe niharne par lagta
Tu chaand ka tukda re!
Aisa Kya jadoo Kiya
Aisa Kya jadoo Kiya
Ore Priya re!
Tere sang Tere sang ishq hua re!
Bana Dene jaisa lagti ** tum
Ek chitra!
Are munh tumhara ek
Paan ka patta
Bana Dee gayi lagti ** tum
Ek moorti!
Sach jaisi
Konark ki kala kirti
Tujhe padhne se lagti hai tu
Sach mein  ek kahani re
Tujhe gaane see lagta
Tu ek geet re!
Aisa Kya jadoo Kiya tune
Aisa Kya jadoo Kiya toone
Ore Priya re!
**** bhar Teri
Rajnigandha ki khushboo
Teri chaal mein
Raj hansini ka chhand!
Barasne jaisa pyar tumhara
Madhu ki varsha!
Sabhi or hoti hai
Bas teri hi charcha
Tujhe tolne par
Tu lagti
Ek phool re!
Tujhe dhaalne par lagti
Tu kuchh rang re!
Aisa Kya jadoo Kiya
Aisa Kya jadoo Kiya toone
Ore Priya re!

Tere sang Tere sang ishq hua re!

O that day
When both of us
Had swung
On that swing
Entangled with
Garlands of flowers
O those memories
Sometimes
In some moments
Are relived in my mind
O don't forget!
O that day in the air was there
O my mind's confession
Mixed perfectly!
O in the skies
Was scattered
The comparison
Of your smiles!
While going
On the path
In the night
Of the full moon
The moon had risen
In the skies
O I had met you
You had me
Who knows
In which great moment?
No more is it
My time
Will I so

Bear the load of longing
Solely!
O the rakhi(string of affection around the wrist)
Which I had tied
In the depths of your soul
Don't open it
Oh no,no no.....

I was a dream written in stone
I was a bundle to be delivered
A happy treat which scriptures Revere
I was the cream of my mom's imagination
But found the wring canvas
On my father stone
I was the daughter of a 21st century elite
But before birth do they delete
Such worthless creations of God
A knife ran
My growing soul freed
From the mortal body
Which this world
Would see
But despise not glee
I wonder do I thank god
Or curse him
As I see my mother crushed
By none other than a misogynist
He laughs
She cries
As the elite
Prepare to speak
On girls' day
O father
Dont you feel shame
At being called as father
Or is my sense wrong
terming a part
Of my genes my father's
I am a soul
Of a woman after freedom
I decide I am happy
I thank Almighty
For freeing me
From sufferings
Of a life
Which I
Would never see....

He dances
O his locks of hair
Disheveled in glory
Spread in all directions
O this universe
Is  its extent!
And it's expanding.
He is Sundareshwara
The enchanting householder
As Vishnu holds his hand
As he takes life's vows
With Parvati
He's also
The enchanting mendicant
He resides in his abode
Of tapa
Isolation, purity
Mount Kailasa
O he's but Shiva!

What he does who plants a tree!
O he plants
The seeds of
A better Earth
A peaceful abode
For sweet arial
Creatures
The best place
To nurture
The mother Melody
Of Mother Nature
From these creatures!
He who plants a tree
Infuses a cylinder
Of unending supply
Of life to this planet!
He plants cool shade
And tender rain
Soulful Melody
And sweet grain;
He who plants a tree
Not only with goodness
But also loyalty
Doesn't just add someone
To his family
But beyond it
Does Civic good
Under hood!
In the hollows of that
Mighty being
Lies the blessing hand
Of Him
He who plants a tree
Does so much
Do you see!

I saw someone special
Today morning
OK they are daily guests
Whom I do
Love to welcome!
But they create that
Joyful music
Take away that stagnancy
Engulfing me
Create moments of
Guilty lightness
During the long hours
Of sitting in the exam hall!
The Vedas see in them
The manifestations
Of our inner self
The body ,a bird
And the inner,another
Watching the other
Enjoy fruits of life
OK let's come back
As a boy,whom
I do love to chase
And catch
O they're but
Lovely birds!

That day
As we walked
In that enchanted garden
We plucked
A rose each
As we stole
Silent glances
As you put
The rose
To your face
I knew
The invisible bees
Carrying arrows
Of flowery
Feelings
Had departed
From a heart
To another one!
Would the fragile
Rose be
Gear enough?
Well ,rose
Surrenders itself to
People easily
It signifies
Something special
So, the heavens
Had this
Surrender
Of joy
Ecstasy
Glowing with
A pretty
Emotion
In someone's fate
Who was it?
I knew.......

I'm a flower
That blooms everyday
And goes to dust
I'm beautiful on
The tree
Where I was
Born
But people pluck me
I think
Plucked by people
Am I fortunate!
Or mixing in dust,
Am I fortunate?
Now these
Questions go to dust
For I realize
My ultimate home
Lies in the
Dust!
Oh I face the Sun
I adorn the lawn
On the bushes
At its sides
I talk with other flowers,
Ask them
Are you happy
Some say no
Pessimists
Call them the others
Who say
They are lucky
God's given them
Bright colors
To attract
Creatures
That will
Let them live
In their
Sons
And daughters!
Some are but
Dull  like the
Maize flower
But it has its own joys
Swayed by the wind
It flies to its destiny
In joy
As others watch
Bulky bright
With parched eyes!
Oh I realize
Flowers have joys
Aplenty
Serving others
They lead
Their lives
For maybe
Hours or days
Just twenty
O God
Make me a flower
Again
I bow gently!

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O the sky has filled me with light
I will fill the sky with songs
O the colours of notes
Will I cut through
The winds!
O the colours of dance
Cut through the air!
O palash,o palash
O the peaks of
The coloured colours
O you spread fire
In directions
All that are there
O the raga raginis
Of my heart
Are colored
With colorful tunes!
O in the southerly winds
The shivering flower
Forests don't stop!
O in the golden radiance
In the blue skies
The nupur of young leaves
Is heard!
O shirish,o shirish!
In the interval of gentle smiles!
You fill the airs
With your scent!
O your scent in my words
My heart pulls me there!

O on the blue horizon
Today the fire of flowers flares!
O the flame of the
Scent of spring rises!
O the sky is is flaring
The sun rays are bound!
O do I understand
Asked for itself
It did
To the Earth!
Thus rose
As the blossom
In the field of mustard!
O in the blue horizons
My streak of sorrow
Shows itself
O the words of heart
Of long times
Arise!
O comes the wind
That gets lost
O the wind of which phaguna?
O I understand
It asks for itself
From that phaguna!
Thus rises as a wave
In the fields of mustard
O on the blue horizons!

I love you
For being you
For stirring me
For never letting me down
Even in the darkest times
I can just imagine
Lying down in
Your arms
Looking at my future
In your eyes
You stir me
You like the taste
Of the raw honey
You get
Having undressed me
My soul
To the deepest cores
Of existential truths
In my heart
This is what I
Love bout you
The mornings
When I find
Myself chipped
Ashes flying
All round me
You see a loving
Patient of dermatitis in me.
My love is beyond
Just testosterone
It's adrenaline rush
Which makes me immerse
In you
My dear!!

Your body is your temple
Oh those curls hang down
Like those layered
Sculptures
Gazing down
Upon you
From the top
Of the temple!
Now your special
One lies within you
Isn't that needless to say
Without more doodlywoodlydoo!

She wrote
Not words
But let out
My bleeding heart!
She plays
With what
You know,what?
O they're but
The very innocent
Smiling thoughts!
She touches
Men
And makes their day
She lets people
Let their hair down
And serves as an outlet
For broken hearts
O she's poetry!

Take off the mask
It hinders your task
Show yourself
For that's what
Are you!
Ok!
Your mask has just
Illusions
That will die with you
Why to have complexity?
When you can endure
Essential worldly simplicity!
O people!

As I get on my feet
To lead the day
Let me not
Forget the say
'past is a guide to
Future'
Yeah there was a yesterday
And there's a today
Just for me!
Let me be happy
And spend each moment
Of this day
With joy
Filled with the
Bright hope
Of a grander
Tomorrow!

Main Hoon Kahan?
Are kitni kaatil hai yeh duniya
Iski adayein anginat samajh na aate!
Phir bhi duniya
** tum Mera pehla ishq
Hai tujhe salaam!

It takes
Just a tumble
Of fresh water
Mind you inverted
To freshen me
Fills me with energy
Charges the pulsating
Blood in my veins
Soothes me
OK in winters
As the drops of water
Flow down my body
Oh oh.......
From the hair
To the forehead
Back and in front
Of the neck
Oh what a shiver
It arouses me
Down the collarbone
Stimulating
My chest
Running
Like mountain streams
Down my heaps
Of body tissue!
To the navel
Now wait:-) :-) :-) :-)
Down and down it goes
Waist
To the thighs
O what joy it is
O guys
OK to the
Knees
Lower legs
Foot
Oh nothing is left
Water has so less
Cohesive force
It ascends with the sap
Up the plants
Abounds in our body
Keeps me alive!
Oh I forgot
Such is its dance
I love water
And with summer
I'll do pitter patter
Just with my friend
Water
In pools
My sweating body
Running out of it
And in the
Bathrooms!

Now she's a wild one
Whom I can't hunt!
Just makes you chase her
Like mirage
In a desert
She's real
But becomes
Unreal
Very soon
She'll make you
Run Run and run
To chase her
                            Ufffff.
She's beautiful
Attractive
Has a hide
Of real gold
Body of thoughts
Untold
Hooves
Of beauty
That do but
Touch the ground
Very rarely
Ok now she'll make you
Kneel down
Surrender to her
Oh she wants to enjoy
You and your attention
She's a whimsical
Attention seeker
Ok you close your eyes
And when you open them!......….
She's not there
Disappeared into
A land unknown
I know she'll
Come again
But when
And will she stay?
Now one really knows!
Ok you need for her
Some gunnery of
Real words!
She's poetry!

I have something to say
Like the shell
That finds its destiny
As a conch
From the depths of the sea
The fisherman
Collects it
It reaches the coast
Lifeless but
Thankful to him
To put its mortal
Remains to
Sacred use
It is polished
Processed
Put through acid and
Hot oil
It gains some
Precious value
Now it reaches
The hands
Of the skillful
Carver
Who decorates
It with
Strands of valued
Sacred imagination
Such are its designs
Now
A dealer is his
Next destination
He sees it
And purchases
And puts it
In a place of pride
In his shop
On display!
Now if
Some desirous
Eyes fall
On it
Its sure to be
Taken to
A shrine
Temple or home
And find
The joyous blowing
In the air which
Rushing, passes
Vibrating
With the
Joyous energy
Of its devoted blower!
It is considered
To purify the
Surroundings!
Its so valuable!
So the conch
Feels thankful
To each one
Who helped it
To reach here
In its
Journey!
So do I
Say
A thank you
To all those
Whom I
Do forget to say!

O house dweller!
Open the doors...o open the doors
Waters ,lands the vast woods
Are swayed by spring
Open the doors!
O house dweller
O the coloured smiles
In amounts so paramount
In the ashoka ,palasha(flowers)
O the colorful addiction
Mixed in the clouds
In the dawn sky!
O in the new leaves
Reigns a new swing!
Open the doors
O house dweller!
O the flute is heard
In the jungles
Gently swaying to the
Southerly winds!
O the butterfly
Swings on the grasses!
O honeybees go about
Taking flowers gifts!
O in its wings
It plays
A beggar's veena(lute)
O in the jungles
Of the madhavi flowers
The air is heavy
With such scent
Open the doors...
O house dweller!

Sunflowers bloom
They shine
Like faces
After a honeymoon!
O the shine
Moon gets
From his Sun
So does it
Blooms when the
Sun rises
Faces away when it sets
Doesn't ask for anything
From the Sun
Except for sunshine
Is it that
The sunflower calls
O dear Sun
Rise,awake
I need to rise
And when the Sun sets,
She says
O bye,dear
I need to bear
Another night
Of facing away
O the moonlight
Does not suit me
He is like me
He gets his glow
From you
You are,so
His cause as you're mine
So why should I leave you
And set a saga with him
He waxes and wanes
And is very'light'
Unlike you
Vigorous and radiant
Why shouldn't I be you?
What would the Sun reply
Does he shy
Does he act Herculistic
What do you say
Do you find someone
In this scene?

Fingerprints of two
Don't match
O no one has the
Same genes
O quizzing
Is in his blood line
Not mine
Feeling bizarre?
O in this world
You find many similar ones
If not equal
Just like similar triangles
Not all of them
Are congruent
Similarity is in
Abundance
Let us all come together
To make this world
A better place
Every cloud has a silver lining,
You know
But every person also does
Let's combine
All of these precious things
The best of each one of us
To create a perfect
Harmonic equation
O if you can't find them
You are probably
Veiled disillusioned
But try at least
At least
We won't need
The Kalinga war
To change you
From chandasoka
To dhammasoka
O let all the bherighosa(sound of war drums)
Become dhammaghosa(sound of peace)
O peace has a sound?
Yes ,it does
Telling us
O you are the beloved of the gods
Devanampiya Piyadassi!

O mother
Give me the moon toy
Drink will not I
Dhauri cow's milk
Nor will I
Plait my hair!
Now will I
Roll up on the ground
I will not come
To your lap!
Neither will I
Take the pearl necklace
Nor the jhanguli one
Will I be called
Nanda's son
But not yours!
O Jasoda takes him
By his ears!
And says softly
Oh baby don't tell your brother
More beautiful than the moon
Will be the bride
I'll bring you
Hearing this he spake
Oh then,ma Get me
Wed just now,not late
Soor friends all will be
The groom's companions
And thus sing
Auspicious strains
Without suspicions!

Friction between those glances
When produces a spark
Fair speechless messages
Are secretly passed
Ok if you don't feel bored
You enjoy
Getting lost
In those eyes
In those black curls
Love to graze in that
Land
O you are special!

Tere husn ki khushboo
Ne Kiya mujhe fanaa
Are yeh ishq hai
Beparwaah
Tere libaas nahin
Tera **** aankhein
Hee Hain Tere
Dhakne
Ki wajah
Teri rooh hi hai
Meri pannah
Are mohabbat
Aaja mere
Karib
Toohi hai
Meri ishq
Ham Hain
Ishqzaade

Aaj Krishna khelat hori
Aaj krisna!
Dekho gopikaon ki chaal
Phenkat nandlal
Pe gulaal!
Gori radhika ke gaal
Aur balkrishna ka kapaal
Donon hi to range Hain
Laal prem ka gulaal
Aaja balika
Khelein hum daar daar pe
Phuloon ki bahaar
Rang sabke dwaar
Aanand ki bauchhar!
Aaj bajti hai
Rangon ki malhar
Are Holi hai
Mere dwaar!

Give me shore
Of thoughts and love
The rivers of imagination
Where flow galore
Where a self like me
Doesn't bore
This will be the
Shore
How I wish
The winds of expression
Making me fetish
Would carry me in their arms
The sails of the boat
Of this body
In all their charms
Oh but no alarms
And no mighty
Waters
That tumble these
Argosies
Will be to hard
Oh like those
Rams seeing
Tendrils and branches
Gave eanlings
Streaked and pied
My imagination's streams
Would overflow
The branches
Of this tree
Would break
All barriers
And be warriors
On the cheek
Of the turbulence of
Times immemorial!

O my night goes away
Writing about her
All the thoughts that flow through me
Find their way to her
Oh the white clouds of
Beautiful morning
Radiant in the sun rays
Thou reach her
Convey the unsaid
Pain and desires of my heart
O thou rain her
That smile
I saw
I fancy
I imagine
Would be my saviour
For the rest of
The play!

I'm a rose
You touch my
Body's beauty
I'm just so soft
Your thought gets
Entangled in me
I absorb you
We become one
But as you sink to
The realities
Of my bottom
Those
Prickly thorns
***** you
O baby!
Be careful
Sweet roses
Can take life
Out of you!

Love is something thrilling
That sets your soul shrilling
Unexpressed desires flow
Like shivers down the backbone blow
You're unnerved sometimes
But you do love it
You feel on the top of the world
You know
You're gonna be healed
Of every wound
Till you have your reaper
The redeemer of your soul
Beside you
Looking into the depths of your eyes
Wanting to get lost
Perhaps forever!!

O in the garden of my youth
A bird sings aloud
O darling,arise,arise.....arise!
Opening your eyes
Filled with the
Sleepiness of
Good love
O the love that
Becomes your sole guide!
O darling ,awake,o awake
O today
In this night
So playful!
Awake in the
Sweet songs
Which herald
The maniac beauty
Of phalguna(spring month)
O in that
Song ,that
Lovely strain
Of first love
O you
The doubter
Of the first flush
Of love
O in my garden
The sweet cuckoos
Call out
O darling awake,o awake!
Awake in a
New glory!
O in the fragrance
Of new bakula flowers
O in the germination
Of the seed
Of the sweet
Soothing wind!
O in unseen
Secrecy!

O today in the
Overflowing floral
Decor
Awake in sweet
Shivering shyness

O in the bed of my heart
In my sleep
O listen
The sweet flute
Plays
In the depths
Of my heart
Of my inner
Soul
O darling,awake,o awake!

A wildflower!
No one cares
'Bout him
Or her!
She blooms
In the realms
Of 'neglect'
Away from humans
And finds her
Final resort
There!
Oh but is she so unhappy?
Nature has her charms
Her guards
And above all
Her presence
For the wildflower!

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O today spring awakes
At my door!
O in your bounded
Hounded life
Don't let it
Stop o please!
O open the doors of heart
Today open!
O today forget mine and yours
O forget!
O in these
Song swayed skies!
O let the waves of your scent
Go up
O this outside world
Losing its direction
O unleash
Your sweetness
O unleash!
O this forested sorrow
In the midst of woods
O plays itself
Today
In every leaf
O looking in whose path
In the distant skies
O the southerly winds
Have touched my soul!
O they travel
To whose doors
Asking for what?
O this night
Overflowing with scent
O under whose feet
On the earth
Have they risen!
O beautiful appealing
Silent
You call out
In a deep voice
To whom?

O in the new joy of phagun
O am I weaving a song
In a tune!
O the forest path
He hears the sounds
The blessed beauty
Of the kokila!
O the forest filled
With the fragrance
Of the bakula!
O the honey filled spell
Of the madhavi blossoms
Fills the horizons
With varied colors!
O my words pick up
The buds of palash!
O I will tie them
Around your
Forehead!
O in the new joy of phaguna!

Today morning
As I was taking a bath
I rubbed my
Elbow
And removed the dirt
Accumulated over so many days
You know that!
If you can rub the
Walls of time
You can remove
The silt
Deposited throughout
A sad past!

Oh  she's a work of art herself
Her curves call upon you
In the gravest of times
To mix in her
Ok layered with veils
Of illusion
Unaware of her beauty
Manifold
Simple joyous
Twinkling bright
Shining
Just like those bangles
A woman
A girl
Always in light!

In the skies
Winds blowing
In the winds
Letters.....
O I am writing
On those letters
Only
Hey I wanna love you, love you
Hey I wanna love you, love you.
Just for once
O you, come
And say
You are my friend or not...
Hey I wanna love you, love you
Hey I wanna love you, love you
O in my heart
Do I love you so much
But I cannot tell you
O if you refuse
My heart will be shattered
O this chest wouldn't bear...
In the chest,the heart
In the heart resides the love
O I have fallen in love!
Hey I wanna love you love you
Hey I wanna love you love you
O sometimes I think
If I don't tell you
Someone else will
O golden girl, someone else
Would take her away
From my eyes
In these eyes, there is sleep
In sleep, dreams...
Hey I wanna love you love you
Hey I wanna love you love you...

My freedom will be in this light
In this light!
Freedom in these strands of grass
In this tiny particles of dust
Oh in this enchanting play
Of the mind and the body
I lose myself!
In the notes of this
Melody
And its Radiant songs
My freedom floats above
Oh my freedom
You are only in
The midst of the
Minds of everyone
In the difficult tasks
Where I do leave
All my sorrows
And worries of danger
Far behind
Oh does burn
The sacred sacrificial
Yajna fire
Rich with the
Eagerness of self sacrifice
In the heavenly abode
Of the one
Who holds this world!
O let me sacrifice this life
In the quest
Of this golden freedom
My freedom will be
In this light!

Now we will
Get into each other
We don't need anything else
But just words
Ok start
                     You ****** an arrow
Of enchanting
                     Thoughts into me
Make me intoxicated
                       With it's poison
I endure your efforts
                        As I look into your eyes
Filled with so much
                        Of that sweet poison!
When you become tired
And thirsty for something
Unknown
I satiate you
Now
I drive myself into you
As you shed tears of joy
Now you find you
Spirit
Embalmed
In my body
We become one
As I shoot that
Arrow
Of desire
To enjoy
Every moment
Of this encounter
With me!
I am.........

I am a banyan(vatavriksha)
Standing like
The guardian figure
At the gateway of the village
Oh you thought
The champakas,rajanigandhas
Were envious of me
No,no
I am an old one
Seen some hundred summers
And winters
Children and tots
Playing merrily
In my cool shade
On a hot summer afternoon
The river near me
I daily see
Carries timelessness
Just like me
Lovers passionate
Passing on boats
Even in floods of fury
Dreaming of being
Radha Krishna
And gopis
What not
Do I see
Oh pralaya(destruction)
Did see Krishna
Floating away
On one of my leaves!
A baby ******* his toe
Untouched by any worry
My leaves are heart shaped
I do touch hearts of men
Read their minds
Some robust like me
Some weak
I wish to stand here
Endlessly
For just like holy kadamba
Under which Krishna gave gopis
Aatmananda(joy of self-conscience)
Rich with its divine glory
I am but a mere banyan tree!

You
Are best in yourself
OK you are a stained
Glass
People have used which
And colored as they wanted!
OK
You are a silver ***
You have royal poison
And perfume!
OK you maybe a hand
Who is stained
With such blood
The smell of which
Even the choicest
Perfumes of Arabia won't
OK you are a bed of roses
Which witness
The honey nights
Of beings mortal
And the end
Of those same
Mortal beings
Maybe you wish
Let them rest in peace
OK even for a criminal
At the end
You give in to his
Right to be himself
And grant his soul
Peace!
You are but you!
You dispel fears
Take the lamp
Of light
Knowledge
Forward!
In this world
But have you removed that cloth
Let the truth be naked
That you are you
You'll be the same you
After you realize this
And with new vision
To turn your sorrows
Of being someone else
Into normalcy
Because
Inside you
Its only you who's you!

I wanna be in your arms
I wanna get lost in them
They are my sole respite
From the tyranny
Of the world
Which but
Appears cruel
The ocean of things unknown
Beneath your eyes
Echoes out to me
O honey
Come O come
Let the ship of my
Burning azure desires
Find its stormy way
To the shores of
Peace
Let my one half
Find its place
In the petty
Days of my life
Oh so happy is one
To get lost in this
Black hole
Oh but black is the
The one you find
When all other s
Get lost in each other
Loading their
Gravity
The profanity
Of their bonds
Breaks barriers
Physical and mental alike
To find a place
Better than anything else
Exchanging speechless messages
And precious glances
Of the determination
To get lost in a happy puzzle
Of life
In quest
Of each other's
Life's glory
Oh I happily
Dive into
This ocean!!