Monday, December 28, 2020

Of a boundless experience

 A connection 


Deeper than the sea

Wider than the sky


Exists in solitude


It’s unexplainable 

As it’s beyond logic


It cannot be passed on

As no language can ever do justice to it


Yet, 

Everyone knows that it exists


As,I sip my tea 

With the cosmos



Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Meet me and then treat me

Floating in the air

A night with silver sky


Sounds of festivities 

And crackers


Me writing this 

For nothing grand,

Like a child hiding behind a door

Or jumping in ecstasy 


Sometimes

Some souls

Join me on this trip

Of madness

Beauty

Joy

And calm


Sometimes

I dance alone

And smile alone


This part of my life seems more real


As if everything else 

Is simply a movie played in the theatre


And the ticket was not cheap

When I gave everything I had

And everything I could have


That the gates opened

















Friday, October 30, 2020

bold claims

Everyone
I believe

Wants to

Act silly with loved ones

Sit unburdened for hours

Make love passionately

Stand naked in a jungle 

Sit for hours in comforting silence of friends


The only tragedy is
when the noise of life
Is so deafening

That life passes
Unheard





Sunday, October 11, 2020

Magic

 is not

always obvious. Sometimes


you

me

her

him

it


all

is

magic






Saturday, October 3, 2020

the collective whole

Harmony

Once experienced

Allows a deep dive

Into the infinite
The whole

The trees wildly waving
The birds beautifully chirping
The clouds magically moving

The serious becomes the non serious

And the non serious
Serious

And it's tough 
To express it

As it was meant to 
Be experienced 





Thursday, October 1, 2020

the downpour

To cry
After a long time

Feels good

To feel the pain of things
That does affect

To not always be strong

And to know

That the tears 
Are no less precious
Than the spontaneous upheaval of joy and laughter




Thursday, August 6, 2020

Love and Peace

Living a moment
So deeply

With complete satisfaction

So that
one is ready
To live a million lives
And it's pain and pleasures

Just for that one moment

You know 
Existentially
The purpose of life




Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Bjork and woodstock

Today

I was going through the
Photos

I was glued to one

A naked young girl

Holding a big leaf
Smiling with joy

Holding out her tongue
In naughtiness which was other worldly

And I found out
she was Bjork
And the photo 
Was from Woodstock

My thoughts went to Woodstock
How lucky in this world 
You have to be 
To have visited woodstock

I sometimes imagine
What could change the world

My answer mostly comes down to
More people like
Dylan
Guruji ( Rabindranath Tagore)
Jimi Hendrix
Bukowski
Osho
Buddha

I was saying something
About that lovely photo




Wednesday, July 8, 2020

my heart sings a song

Noise gave a reason
thoughts wanted a space

Mind needed to chill
Heart didn't want to race

Trust is not easy
Bubbles weave illusion

Listening to oneself
The only redemption





Monday, July 6, 2020

my truth

The music
In my heart

Is my only
 asset

Be it 

sunshine
Or rains

Win
Or loss

Communion
Or separation












Tuesday, June 9, 2020

an antidote

Look at history

And tell me

Ok, don't tell me
But ponder on it

In all of human history
When was a government perfect

When was society 
Perfect

When was work environment
Perfect

Never Never Never

Whenever you are born
Wherever you are born

Live boldly
Live fearlessly
Live freely

Live Live Live

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

one against the vanity

Don't fall into the trap

Carefully crafted 

A handome man
Sometimes
A beautiful woman

Experiencing
A heavenly joy

After struggling hard for years
Crying in pain
Dissatisfied
Not giving up

And finally making it
With the world clapping

Psychological traps are all around
Coated with Nuttella

A smart guy
Knows it all
Has all ideas 

Everyone claps for him
Life is easy for him

Instead
If you can

Softly wash the dishes
Patiently looking at the colour of the foam
And lovingly rubbing it

Or maybe

Slowly stir the vegetables
With all the colours dancing around
And gradually loosening up

It can also mean
Holding your guitar
With a beginner's mind
Open for every small learning
Which may be the most magical moments of your life

Music in your heart means more than
The deafening noise of the clapping

Life is open to all
And every moment

Just Check In 



Thursday, April 30, 2020

special mornings

The eyes caught my attention

As I looked more intently
The sparkle in the eyes
The moustache and the beard

And a smile flowered on the face
There is something to it
That it spreads magic

And I asked myself this question
Why did I hate it at some point
Why it never felt perfect

And today, even the scars 
Just add the right touch

Why does the mirror reflect joy today
When before
All it reflected was sorrow

May be,
First the heart blooms
And then the smile


Wednesday, April 1, 2020

thanks for the smile

Sitting in the balcony

The calm pool of water
A pleasant morning
Fresh mind
And body

The stillness of nature
It's freshness
And colours

There was an urge to contemplate
On what I was seeing

I chose to experience it
Simply

The trees started swaying
Every tree joined it
Some birds were flapping their wings
And one bird was singing 
Very melodiously

And me trying to count
How many times does the bird sing
The same sequence of notes

Suddenly, it was like a performance by nature
With singing and swaying
So many trees and plants 
With different colours and different dimensions

A heavenly performance I must say

I too felt like joining in with my guitar
Can I understand the rhythm of this 
I was not very confident

May be good guitarists have this ability
To join the mood and play along
May be
Like surfers on the waves

And I felt like breathing deeply
This desire to breathe deeply was a spontaneous one
And not the forced meditation techniques of breathing deeply

I must say
A good morning







Friday, March 27, 2020

Cordon Bleu

I know
I know

It's a terrible tragedy

Yet,
I wish to write about
My good time

I wonder
Sometimes walking in my house
As different rooms
Have different colours and character to it

One of the rooms
Lit by the evening light
With a balcony
And the trees

The other
My living room
Well lit
With an easel on which my wife paints
And a TV , a smart one

I wonder
When I have a good time, I let loose
Or
When I let loose, I have a good time

Well, who knows

I watched a movie
Julie & Julia

Cried with whisky 
And cheese
A genetic trait from my grandfather

A great man
In my eyes

Whenever I have a good time
I realise

I am lucky 
Extremely lucky

Having such 
Wonderful people in my life

All of you
Bring music to my life

In the movie
Was a blogger
Writing everyday
Like a disciplined person

I too have some readers
Who talk to me sometimes
And like what I write

I know 
I was wondering whether I could write 
In a routine
Every day, every week,every month
May be that is how you blog

I can't
I wait for that time to come
When I live without any constraints
Free what Albert Camus would want a man to be
Mad like Dali
Nihilistic like Bukowski
Or may be like me
Like a nobody
A happy one , but a nobody
Like you, like a
Nobody

Anyways
Good Night



Saturday, March 21, 2020

the puzzle

Give me my pain
Pleasure
I don't serve you

Losses have been my companion
Wins
You can't hold my attention

Let me dance
With the stars
And break my heart

Moments are ephemeral
So, is life

What will I do
With all the diamonds in my palms

I know the trick
The chains invisible
The burden unbearable
The slavery
Legitimised

Isn't it ?

Monday, January 13, 2020

IG-335

I travel 
Once in a while
On a plane

And there is always 
This strange feeling of me trusting
A stranger for my life

This feeling of playing in the sky
With wings turning at crazy angles
Brings me out
From the never ending
Noise
Monotony
Of life lived daily

Living amongst the skies
With clouds
Sun
Moon


And away you can see
Human existence appearing
Really small
Insignificant

Just push your chair back
And press a button

And if you are lucky
An airhostess
With a big smile on her face
Will ask you

What do you want ?

Nothing much
Just water

Saturday, January 11, 2020

my advise to people

Sometimes
I have such a good time
And for no reason

That I surprise myself

then laugh
And dance
Repeat

Infact, I have come to this conclusion
That you should also try this at home

To have a good time
For no good reason

And write a poem
For no good reason


Friday, January 10, 2020

only then it erupts

Hundred things on my mind
Not one that I care
Several emotions
Am aware

Years lost in conflict
Of heart and mind
Enough times

Desires ignored
Got controlled

I got it

Saturday, January 4, 2020

do you dream ?

What a great relief
It is to 
Forget oneself

One's needs
Sometimes, self deeds
Also, the inner greed

To dance
On the rhythm

And, to glance
On the demon

Rivers flow
And, the lights glow

Birds chirp
Couples love

There was a Rumi
And also a Bukowski

There were generals
And also jailors