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192 · Apr 2024
Silence
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2024
Silence is the final resting place of speech.
192 · Nov 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Nov 2021
Much of life is spent zigzagging through thoughts.
192 · Dec 2023
Poetry
Eshwara Prasad Dec 2023
Imagination's offspring.
192 · Dec 2023
Life is a quagmire..
Eshwara Prasad Dec 2023
Life is a quagmire within the grasp of a conundrum, but amidst contradictions.
191 · Jun 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2021
The sirens of ambulances carrying bombing victims lulled children to sleep. Mothers, many of whom were widows, were torn between mourning or thanking the deceased.
191 · May 2022
The burden of expectation
Eshwara Prasad May 2022
Help given with the expectation of something in return becomes a burden for both the donor and the receiver.
191 · Jun 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2022
The lines that were penned for you have melted away. The heart still remains hard..
191 · Apr 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Apr 2022
I told you exactly what I wanted to say.
Leave it to me to deal with it if you don't like it.
191 · Oct 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Oct 2021
All hail the eyes!

no strife has occured on account of misunderstanding caused by the feelings conveyed through the eyes.

Still more, Buddha's closed eyes radiate peace, even now.

Once more, all hail the eyes!
191 · Apr 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Apr 2022
Trance attuned.
Silence echoed.
Divinity restored.
191 · Mar 2024
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Eshwara Prasad Mar 2024
In silence, we write. 
Without feedback, words fall flat. 
Poetry is extinct.
190 · Apr 2023
Self Worth
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2023
Those who cling to others to live have sold their self-worth short.
190 · Apr 2021
Love needs a beating 💓
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2021
Our love was doomed to fail because your silent mechanical heart could never produce the kind of emotions necessary for love to blossom between us.
190 · Jan 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Jan 2023
I never take a position on anything since the earth is always spinning.
190 · Mar 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Mar 2022
Bees swindle the flower.
Violence robs peace.
190 · Jun 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2023
Who are you still waiting for?
Everybody came and left.
They abandoned you here.
190 · Apr 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Apr 2022
Those who leave us for no reason are also born without reason.
190 · Feb 2023
Fill the empty spaces
Eshwara Prasad Feb 2023
Let my words fill the empty spaces, fill the eyes that perceive light in the darkness, even if they don't shine or inspire.
190 · May 2021
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Eshwara Prasad May 2021
When your peaceful glow made them look like ordinary lamps, stars came down and began walking down the streets.
190 · Jun 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2022
Everyone had congregated.
Some performed.
Others were rewarded.
190 · Jun 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2022
A constellation of stars wilted under your lone gaze.
190 · Sep 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Sep 2022
Let my poetry reflect your tribulation. Let my tears trickle out through your eyes.
189 · May 2022
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Eshwara Prasad May 2022
The silver bolt etched nature's signature in the cloud by streaking a random course through it.
188 · Dec 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Dec 2023
Let not the praise of others sway your pure heart's might

Lest your sleep suffers a snag at midnight.
188 · May 2021
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Eshwara Prasad May 2021
I would fain believe that;
I am a two eyed observatory for the ever swelling web of creation.
188 · May 2023
Ghouls like thoughts
Eshwara Prasad May 2023
When thoughts invade your mind like ghouls on a dark night, how can you trust it?
188 · Apr 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Apr 2021
Your heart, though weak,
beats regularly arrythimacallly,
Not out of love for me,
but out of fear of its death.
188 · Jun 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2023
Belief is wealth.
188 · Jul 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Jul 2021
My brief friendship with you is akin to cooking my favorite dish; the flavor lingers long after it has been cooked.
188 · Dec 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Dec 2021
Is it okay if I use your chilli impulses in the flour I use to make my poetic pakodas?
187 · Jan 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Jan 2023
Writing a poem is not challenging, but writing something you appreciate is challenging.
187 · Aug 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Aug 2021
My heart is overflowing with grief since the dark clouds that arrived from your heart have poured torrents of sorrow into my heart.
187 · Jun 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Jun 2022
A thousand hugs are worth a single glance from you.
A thousand prayers are worth a single word from you.
187 · Feb 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Feb 2022
While I wait for your smile to blossom into a flower so I can pluck it from your face and place it on mine, it has remained a bud.
186 · Apr 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Apr 2022
Keep a glimmer of hope for tomorrow's snowfall.
186 · Oct 2021
Time
Eshwara Prasad Oct 2021
Time melts pain
186 · May 2021
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Eshwara Prasad May 2021
You came into my life as a cool breeze, but quickly turned into a headwind, halting my progress. I've now turned into a tailwind for you.
186 · Apr 2022
Glass Sky
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2022
The universe became a diamond speckled ocean of light when the sky turned into glass.
186 · Feb 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Feb 2021
There is a vacancy of intellect in me.
Can you fill it?
186 · Oct 2023
Free my soul
Eshwara Prasad Oct 2023
You stole my heart when I was in a daze.
Don't return it;  let it die in your tender arms.
Allow my soul to dwell in realms beyond reality.
186 · Apr 2021
Unflinching Love
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2021
A pet dog, abandoned
in a desolate place,
searches for its
heartless owner.
186 · Aug 2021
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Eshwara Prasad Aug 2021
The majority of us are trapped in the sediments of our memories and will never be able to escape from there for the rest of our lives.
186 · Mar 2022
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Eshwara Prasad Mar 2022
Dreams of hardened characters disrupt ritualised sleep.
Tough characters torment the inescapable life awake.
It's hard to live life without feeling it.
186 · Oct 2023
Life larger than ideal
Eshwara Prasad Oct 2023
When life becomes larger than the ideal for humans, human bonds and empathy break down, and degradation and destruction become his chosen destiny.
186 · Oct 2021
Devious Mind
Eshwara Prasad Oct 2021
The devious mind hides itself.
185 · Jul 2023
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Eshwara Prasad Jul 2023
An honour received after pleading is equivalent to slander received without pleading.
185 · Apr 2023
Flawed Choices
Eshwara Prasad Apr 2023
My decisions are broken stances.
185 · Oct 2023
Mind is universe
Eshwara Prasad Oct 2023
When the mind awakens, the world comes alive,
But when the mind falls asleep, so does the world,
So who makes the world, this star studded tapestry we see?
Is it not the world crafted by our minds?
The universe takes shape within our minds.
185 · Aug 2023
Furious Spirits
Eshwara Prasad Aug 2023
The time since taking in the breath of life has passed considerably.

To keep ourselves afloat in the abyss of dead experiences has been a difficult battle.

It's time to inject some life and jolts of action into our flagging spirits.

Shall we plunge into a brew of furious spirits that are waiting to devour us?
185 · May 2022
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Eshwara Prasad May 2022
Instead of worrying like a human all of the time, try being at peace like the trees for a while.
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