the tree of life
with its roots entrenched in ego
incessantly watered by
the fountain of desire
flowers lofty expectations,
which when unfulfilled
crumble like dry leaves
from flames of disappointment
and the smoke of anger,
poisoning mind and intellect
till humans are human no more

© 2019

meet me
neither in this city of inconstancy
where your stress levels
have reached stratospheric proportions,
nor
on the rolling hills of sotogrande
where new devotees flock
to catch a glimpse of thy beauty

but in zen-like thlllai
where we once started
our cosmic dance duel
in shameless duality

this time retracting the universe
and fulfilling sesha’s wish,
where
the one that eventually became many
now becomes one again

© 2019