Sunday, January 7, 2024

Susegado

 An afternoon

On a Sunday


I am watching the sunlight outside

There is some impending sleepiness 


The mopping machine is working in the background

Tulika telling me something to give my voice for


I decide to sleep

The place I was sitting


The problem was that the legs could not be extended

As there was blanket kept on the bed 


Tulika was telling me to do something 

And in the middle of this 


I slept

Trusting the world will keep spinning on it’s axis when I wake up 


The work will be taken care of 


One good sleep in the middle of everything

Like stealing one good moment from the hustle of life

Without thinking much


And somehow felt so good when I wake up 


And to write this into a poem is almost a sin 

No great moments, no great story, nothing great


Yet, simple has won my heart forever 

And this is one hug to that experience of simple in our lives

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Hurt , Hurt , Hurt

 I have been hurt

Many times


Once when I was playing 

It was painful

Yet , playing was too much fun


Once when I loved

It was painful

Yet, loving is my essence


Once in friendship

It was painful

Yet, friendships makes me trust in humanity


Every time

There is hurt


Something changes


Sometimes the play changes

Other times the player


Sometimes, the people you love changes 

Other times, the way you love


Sometimes, the people that are your friends

Other times, the way you choose a friend


Hurt is life’s way 

To pause and look

In and out 


To see life as it is

 Into the corners of our hearts 

Which we have chosen to ignore 


Monday, January 1, 2024

A loving gaze

 My son


Watches me 

Without blinking his eyes


With an unconditional love

When his eyes become smaller

With a half baked smile 


It is the showering 

Of the blessings of God


He doesn’t know who I am

As if the God is looking at me


Saying that I don’t need to know

Who you are 


Life is cruel

At some levels 


Yet 

In some moments 

It simply makes sense