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Jun 2014 · 553
Sands of time
VENUS62 Jun 2014
On the walls hang, mirrors that mime

The grainy images of shifting time

The past depicts a picture old
Of strokes unsteady and light
Life viewed in plain black or white
One of immense immaturities
and  inane oddities

Three quarters of the body made up of tears
Emptied over some thirty odd years
At times like a trickle or at times like a flood
Salt and water depleted from blood

The heart pulsed erratic
Thoughts turned eccentric

Soon I learned to find solutions
To life’s cryptic equations
An addition here, a subtraction there
Little adjustments everywhere

The future saw  life unfold
painted with strokes steady and bold
Life showcasing many a crease
The portrait though is very much at ease

There are no fears and no salty tears
Knowing that life is on a short lease
With the world, now I am at peace
Jun 2014 · 4.9k
Untitled
VENUS62 Jun 2014
Ek din ki hai, ye, dastaan
Bichad gaye, do dil, yahan- wahan

Karvate,  badal rahi thi, dharti
Angdaiyan, le raha tha, aasman

Idhar  ** gayee thi shaam
Udhar ** gaya tha savera

Idhar  jal raha tha diya
Udhar buj gayi thi baati

Idhar ro raha tha dil mera
Udhar nagin se mil raha tha sapera!
Just written for fun, wanted to use words like angdayian and karvate
Jun 2014 · 4.2k
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VENUS62 Jun 2014
Mai ki garmee
Layee, thodi si, besharmee

Utra, chehre se, naqaab
Khul gaya, bas, dil ka kitaab

Mai ki garmee
Layee, thodi si, besharmee

Daaman se, phisla,  du-patta
Dard hua, kuch khatta, kuch meetha,

Mai ki garmee
Layee, thodi si, besharmee

Labon se saaf, hui jo laali
Dil mein, machi, bas khal bali

Mai ki garmee
Layee, thodi si, besharmee
Jun 2014 · 4.3k
Talaash
VENUS62 Jun 2014
Shiddat se jise manga hai
Kya tum wohi **?


Jiski Shayaari mein **
ek meetha sa junoon
Kya tum wohi **?

Fitrat jiski ** Farishton si
Kya tum wohi **?

Innayat ** jisme ittar sa
Kya tum wohi **?


Nazron mein jiske **
sab bande  khuda ke
Kya tum wohi **?

Tarranum mein
talaasha jise
Kya tum wohi **?

Rooh mein bas jaaye jo
Kya tum wohi **?

Shiddat se jise manga hai
Kya tum wohi **?
, translated to English as In Search.
VENUS62 Jun 2014
Zindagi ne, is kaddar, kiya hai,  bas vaar
Bina koi,  churee,  ya koi,  talwaar

Ghaayal; dil ye hua,  baar, baar
Zindagi ne, di,  chotain hazaar

Gaye thay,  hum,  is tarah se,  bikhar
jooda na, paye thay phirse ye jigar

khaamoshi se, milta tha,  bas, karaar
tanhayeeon se , karte thay, iqraar

Jhanke, hum jab, dil ke, jo andar
Sach nikala, gehrayion se, baahar

Shikayat hai, ab na, koi takraar
karne lage hai, hum, khudse jo pyaar!



Translation in English

Self Love


Life has waged on me many a war
Without even a sword or a dagger so far

The heart was wounded time and again
Life hurt and caused me so much pain

My life was but thrown helter skelter
I could not piece my heart together

Silence was but my solace
Solitude was my only grace

When I dug deep within me
The truth I could clearly see

I have no grievances or complaints now
Having realized the importance of self-love
Jun 2014 · 3.6k
Thank you
VENUS62 Jun 2014
To all those who my poems read

I wish to thank you

For you are the muse

that inspire me to say,

all that I hold in my heart everyday

I also wish to thank  all those fine poets

Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Rumi to name a few

And many many others too.



Thank you, Shukriya, Gracias, Danke Shun.
Jun 2014 · 848
Divine Grace
VENUS62 Jun 2014
A new dawn bathed in dew
I have possessions few
As I walk towards You

Awe in my eyes and a prayer in my heart,
I have a song in my soul
As I walk towards You

I feel light as a feather
That floats in all weather
As I walk towards You

I see how the vast open space
Holds the earth in it's embrace
As I walk towards You

I savor the serene silence
And fathom the reason for our existence
As I walk towards You

I feel your divine grace
Comfort and solace
As I walk towards You

A new dawn bathed in dew
I have possessions few
As I walk towards You
Jun 2014 · 6.0k
Muhabbat_love
VENUS62 Jun 2014
Rus wa na ** tum hamse, meri jaan
Murjha na jaye kahin dil ka ye gulistaan

Juda hai sabse andaaz ye hamara
Saason se  humney cheda hai
dil ka saaz ye tumhara

Khwahish hai tum mein; ** jaye hum fanaa
Karte hai tumse toh
hum muhabbat  bepannah

Mil bhi lo aake hamse is tarah
Noor mil jaaye
Jahaalat se jis tarah

Khuda Ko paane ka;  yeh hai raasta nirala
Muhabbat bhi  hai bas
kudrat ka hi toh karishma

Rus wa na ** tum hamse, meri jaan
Murjha na jaye kahi dil ka ye gulistan
Jun 2014 · 2.4k
Rat Race
VENUS62 Jun 2014
I refuse to participate
In this race
so corporate

Where nothing but competition rules
Where competitors
get thrown to hungry wolves

They call it survival of the fittest
And elimination
of the weakest


Competition they say breeds innovation
As if a creative soul
needs any confrontation!

They corrupt you with conviction
Of wealth, riches, fame and
instant gratification

They put a noose round your neck
With a cabin
enclosing your desk

You toil night and day
To keep
the wolves at bay

You die a little every day
Dreaming of things
to do your way

Only you can these fetters break
By doing what you love
Even if it is  for a smaller cheque

In the extra time that you have
Gaze at the world  
with wonder and awe

Go paint on a canvas, or weave a web of words
Or simply go watch
wild animals and birds

For when you finally go up for review
He will treat us all
with the same view

He
for sure
will ask

Did you laugh, did you cry
Did you
Your precious life enjoy?

I refuse to participate
In this race
so corporate
Jun 2014 · 751
In Search
VENUS62 Jun 2014
That for whom I with fervor prayed
Are you that someone?

That whose poems are possessed of passions sweet
Are you that some one?

That whose nature like angels is
Are you that someone?

That whose eyes
view all as children of  God
Are you that someone?

That whose grace is like fragrance
Are you that someone?

That who in rhymes and rhythm I searched
Are you that someone?

That who can repose deep in my soul
Are you that someone?

That for whom I with fervor prayed
Are you that someone?
Jun 2014 · 500
Vast expanse of blue
VENUS62 Jun 2014
The ocean is but a liquid sky
The sky is but an ocean dry!

Dare I then
Fly in the ocean
And swim in the sky?
Jun 2014 · 887
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VENUS62 Jun 2014
My  ego and I
are always
in a battle
For supremacy

My ego say's it's confidence
I call it arrogance

My ego says it's desirability
I label  it  "sheer vanity"

My ego say's it's wisdom personified
I know it as knowledge glorified

My ego says It's healthy pride
I say it's yet to be verified

Some time my ego wins
Many a time I let him lose

Who is to say
who is right?

My ego and I
are always
in a battle
For supremacy
Jun 2014 · 407
Dimensions two
VENUS62 Jun 2014
Life and death are
but one
In dimensions two

In the very beginning of time
there was fear of life
and a desire for death

Until one day
fear and desire
places changed

Now
Life is desired
And death feared

Life and death are but one
In dimensions two
Jun 2014 · 1.9k
Intense Love
VENUS62 Jun 2014
If I could I would
Course through your veins
Stream into your consciousness
And bask in the warmth of your beating heart!
Jun 2014 · 1.0k
Delusion
VENUS62 Jun 2014
Eyes

Ice-Lolly

Melting
Jun 2014 · 1.9k
Spectral Grandeur
VENUS62 Jun 2014
bolt of white light meets
billion droplets dancing in sunny wet skies
A garland for the Gods
Jun 2014 · 1.1k
Blessings for the baby boy!
VENUS62 Jun 2014
An infant is born
An infant is born
It is a baby boy!

Come one
Come all
To greet this baby doll

May his life be long
May his limbs grow strong
May his smiles prolong

May he have tons of fun
Out in the open sun
As he learns to walk and run

From a cherub to a tot
To a happy young colt
May his growth be a  happy trot

Let him wander everywhere
Let him stumble here and there
Let him learn to give and share

Teach him folklore
Tell him tales of yore
Of both valor and  of gore

Make him well grounded
Very well  rounded
but certainly not bounded

Fetter him not with ties
As he reaches for the skies
With his endless why's

Teach him to embrace
Every culture, every race
As you try and keep your pace

Keep him away from Apathy
And teach  him the art of empathy
And  the wisdom of sympathy

May his shoulders grow wide
With his every adult  stride
As you look on with pride

May your love shine in his eyes
May your blessings make him wise
May he always be very nice

May his life be of his choosing
May his deeds be outstanding
May his love be continuing


An infant is born
An infant is born
It is a baby boy!


The End!
Jun 2014 · 671
Love and Life
VENUS62 Jun 2014
Love and life
Take a walk together

Love asks life:
What will you be without  me?

Life smiles and says

Attached to none I am

Beauty or no beauty
Riches or no Riches
Purpose or no purpose
Pleasure or no pleasure
Hope or no hope

I stretch endless
I continue relentless
I was here before you came
I will be here after you are gone

But when you accompany me on my journey
Love,
You bring beauty
You bring riches
You bring purpose
You bring pleasure
You bring hope
For
You dear love
Are a true measure of me!
Jun 2014 · 19.0k
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VENUS62 Jun 2014
It is the monsoon season
My thoughts today wander
Like wayward clouds in the sky
Making me wonder

Will it rain wisdom?
Or will it rain hope?

Or will the dark clouds
lift?
Making my spirits blithe?
Jun 2014 · 792
Poem on peace and love
VENUS62 Jun 2014
There is no rhyme or reason

Xmas is the season

My hearth aglow with lights

My kitchen smells of sweet delights
I wish to share the joy

With kith and kin

And strangers, ahoy
In the midst of the faces

I adore

My thoughts are also

on those not ashore
May this season
Bring, A rose,
a ring,

For that Matter
anything

That warms  
my heart

And gives me wings
To fly

like a dove

spreading the
message

of peace and

of love
 
From Artic to Antartic

From Africa to America

From Russia to Asia

From Europe to Eurasia
Let us all join hands and pray

That God bless this planet Blue  

And bond our hearts with his

Special glue
So that we sing in unison

We are one, we are one!
Jun 2014 · 545
Blissful Union
VENUS62 Jun 2014
I envision
A mesmerizing meeting of our minds
I envision
A synchronous beating of our hearts
I envision
A torrid tempestuous teaming of torsos
I envision a symphony of our souls
I envision a
Love so potent, so profound
A paean perhaps to paradise found
Jun 2014 · 624
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VENUS62 Jun 2014
All that I ever wanted
Was to be by your side and to share
The sounds of the seas with you
The sea shells on the shores with you
The silences of the shining skies with you

All that I ever wanted
was to be by your side and to share
The solitude of your soul with you!
Jun 2014 · 1.3k
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
VENUS62 Jun 2014
This dichotomy of desires

To be one

Or to be one with someone

A seesaw dance of thoughts

In perpetual motion

Is the joy of balance

A mere notion?

Two thoughts

within the span of an ocean

Engulfing a storm of emotions

Demanding a resolution

— The End —