cups of warm tea
shared together
over dog eared pages
on a cemented bench
covered with leaves
raindrops singing in tandem
to a rhythm known only to frogs
and here we sit
staring into the mist
wrapped in the warm blanket of silence

- Vijayalakshmi Harish
27.12.2012
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trio
of
smiles,
perfect
decorations
for
the
season’s
festivities -
brightly
lighting
virtual
streets

- Vijayalakshmi Harish
   26.12.2012
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if some day, i did forget
my name
my place
and everything that I did
would I still remember
how to write?
is it like cycling- a skill once learnt
that is never forgotten
or is it a gift
once lost, never to be found?
would I recognize these words I’ve penned
with passion and pain mingled-
would I feel the joyful comfort I’ve felt
in their expression?

- Vijayalakshmi Harish
25.12.2012
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lost
in
your
mind
maze
i
find -
                   this
                   here
                    is
                   where
                    my
                   happiness
                     ( hides ) !
- Vijayalakshmi Harish
26.12.2012
Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish

nimble
footed
reminiscences
skip
away
from
me    
           i
                          run
                                 ­               after
  and
get
hopelessly
                       ­                                                                 ­                                                

               ­                                                                 ­                                                                 ­                                         lost!

-Vijayalakshmi Harish
26.12.2012
Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish

in this nearly empty train
i sit by the window thinking of you
every minute that passes
takes me farther away
and yet
I’m joyous
for i can feel
the waves of your love
washing over me.
You, my love,
are the smile that refuses to leave my lips
others look, wondering why
only I know .
you are the strumming within my chest
that never ceases
yours is the memory
that never leaves.
i smile
even as a solitary teardrop
rolls down my cheek
and falls on the cool surface
a compound of pain with pleasure.
i’m conflicted
yet at peace
sorrowful
yet happy.
and isn’t this
what love is about,
what it has always been.
- Vijayalakshmi Harish
   25.12.2012
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Merry                Christmas              to                    you!
Christmas          cheer                bringing         happiness
To                      bringing            goodness          incarnate
You!                  Happiness         incarnate         being!

- Vijayalakshmi Harish
    25.12.2012
Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish