we

gazing out the window
of my moving train
a scene filled me with wonder
made my heart ponder.

Another train far away
Was crossing a bridge
on A mighty waterfall
crashing down from hills.

The train looked like a toy
Inching under that cascade
Cascade of pure beauty, power
it looked like so puny and small.

my heart reminded me there
How feeble and weak we are
Against this majestic power
which we call the universe.



Sharmishtha basu
8.05.10

Light in darkness

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Why be so miserly
In sparing a smile
In saying a sweet word
In holding a hand
Oh our stay is so short
Who knows when we shall part!
Why not leave a patch of warmth
In every heart that comes across.

These small sparks of light
Spread their light and heat
When the night is spreading
Its dark cloak on existence
We see them twinkling
Unfazed spec of light
Decorating the darkness
Spreading their light.

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Do you know?
One smile from you
Can brighten up
My darkest day?

Do you know?
One hello from you
Can bring smile to my lips
When my eyes are brimming with tear?

Do you know?
I count your friendship
As the sweetest thing
Which God has given me?

I thought you better should
For may be my feelings are hidden
And you don’t even know
How much precious you are to me.

Sharmishtha basu
22.08.10

See you sleeping

It’s such a joy
To see you sleeping
Relaxed and peaceful
No worry about any thing.

Your tiny body stretched
Or sometimes curled up
A deep peace hovering
On your baby like face.

While you softly snooze
Without any worry for tomorrow
I watch you and feel the bliss
Bliss of enjoying your peace.

Sometimes you dream
You quiver and shake
Then peace returns
You snooze again.

I Sit and watch you
It’s a joy beyond words
A feeling to be felt
Only those who can feel it.


Sharmishtha basu
11.02.2010

Handling grief

They say
Different people
Have different ways
Of handling grief.

Some keep shedding tears
Till that day
When last drop of tear
Has left their eyes.

They share their pain
With everyone
Talk about it repeatedly
Until it’s absolutely gone.

Some become mum
Don’t utter a word
Wait for the day
When the turmoil stops.

They share their pain
With none.
They keep it away from mind
And wait for it to fly away.

Did any one of them loved less?
Or was anyone’s pain lesser than other?
I guess not, I think not,
It’s just their own ways to douse the pain.

Be careful

Child when you are in love
Keep a few things in mind
Love is too tempting
But it’s a test to our soul.

When you are smiling in love
Be careful that it’s not snatched
Dishonestly from someone’s lips
Who deserved that smile.

When you are building your nest
Don’t build it on the ruins
By ruining another lover’s nest
Unless it’s deserted, love is gone.

Don’t decorate your vase
With the flowers from grave
Grave of someone else’s love
Which you digged by your own hand.

You may not get your prince of dreams
But your soul will be always clean
And a happy soul is the greatest bliss
Sometimes it surpasses love’s bliss.

Trap

In a world of predators
she was the ideal prey
a young girl full of love
that too of the best type.
Love that only hopes for love
In return of her loving
yet stuck in a situation so bad
all her friends wanted to help her.

One of them was a man of power
who wanted to help her desperately.
But she always turned down his offers
saying all she needs is love and time.
His desperation got to the extreme
and he sought out some local friends.
Who lived in the same place with her.
and asked them to help her, he will pay.

He paid dearly for his noble nature,
His so called friends encashed it.
They sucked him dry showing him a girl
telling him that its her, his unseen friend.
Who has changed all of a sudden, got wise
and now she desperately needs some help.
Who else can she turn to, but him…..
her one and only friend in this wild world.

All the while they desperately tried
to track his real friend and kill her.
But somehow fate had some other plans
and their lie did not lasted that long.
Soon their friend uncovered their mask
and realized that he has been duped.
Bitterly he repented for his choice of mates
and mistaking a false bead for true pearl.