To all my friends

have I ever told you how much you mean to me?
Your silent presence steadies my steps
Your loving gaze helps me face the world and smile?
My hand in yours makes my path charming and dear?.

Ever since you walked into my life my life has changed
Now I look at life with hope and expectations
A feeling I never thought that I will own so firmly
only a heart as pure as yours can cast such a spell..

Did I ever told you I love the way you laugh
on my clumsy jokes, and silly pranks
the way you always take out some time
to see what I have been doing all day?

To never let go a chance to make me smile
Never let go a chance to praise and adore?
I always believed God acts through her children
after meeting you that thought has become a belief..

just wanted to know you now and here
that you all have made my world lovely and dear
who has seen tomorrow, don’t know whats there
so I want to say it to you while we all are here.

“You all created a heaven in this world for me,
there are more thirsty souls waiting out there
to be blessed by friends like you, so don’t wait
shower them with the love you showered on me.”

little ones

Who are you, you tiny, invisible beings
who hover around me in invisible frenzy
flying around with eyes full of mischief
whenever I leave something and relax
you pounce on that and mess all up?
as if a teacher has left a room full of kids.

The moment she walks out all start jumping
the entire room is full of the pitter patter
of their tiny feet hitting the floor while running
the entire corridoor fills up the chattering
of those invisible little beings, without being seen.
When the teacher returns every thing has changed.

Just like her when I return to my plans after a while
I see that you have stolen my paintbrush and colors
and have dabbed color all over my beautiful sketch
some times I laugh, sometimes I curse and cry
but you are oblivious of all this pain just like children.
staying forever invisible yet I know that you are here.

Swirling around my peaceful world in your childish frenzy!!

never be jealous

Don’t be jealous at the smiling flower
It is glowing with beauty divine I know
Look closely all over that pretty being
You will see lines of sun and wind.

The lines created when she battled
With the fire poured by ruthless sun
Or when the winds tried to tear her
Clawing at her with their furious rage.

Never be fooled by the smiling face
Thinking that they are unduly blessed
Study a little deeper in their life
And you will know that it’s the other way.

Their smile is stable and sweetest
That’s not because they live in heaven
That’s because they have created that bliss
After paying its full price in tears and pain.

dazzlers

Walking alone like a cloud sails in sky
in the early morning sunshine
a cool breeze was blowing softly
teasing my hair with its gentle sway.

In the distance I saw a golden spread
as if some one has scattered sun on earth
tiny yellow bright pieces of sunshine
reaching near I saw a gaggle of sunflowers.

Shining merrily, greeting the morning sun
sprung out on their own in the wilderness
did not bothered for a gardener or carer
all they knew that they were to be.

To be on the earth to add some golden glow
to its green carpet of luscious grass
to greet the morning sun with a dazzling smile
when it comes to nurture the earth with warmth.

river of golden love

Walking alone in search of life, love
I crossed hundreds mountains
and passed hundreds of forests
could not see a single heart full of love.

Standing in a dark forest lost and lonely
I saw golden light streaming through
eagerly I followed it hoping a treasure
treasure it was indeed, treasure of love.

I saw a fountain of golden light
shining like molten gold, gliding down
as I went near hungrily I saw a fairy
dressed in gold glowing like gold.

She smiled at me and called near
as I reached her she gently embraced
filled my heart and soul with the water
collected from that gold and nectar fall.

Softly smiled, and told me, “Go home,
the love which you have been looking
for outside yourself, I have filled you up
with it, go and spread it around and see..”

graceful flower

Beautiful, pretty and graceful flower
So much do you have to teach us
How to light up your world with glory
No matter where life places you.

You brave deserts, violent ocean breeze
Yet you pop up and laugh with ease
As if that is where you were meant to be
So you laugh, play with sun and breeze.

You sway your head to soft breeze
Shake your head to rough ones
But it hardly matters what they are
Your smile never leaves your face.

You bright up your surrounding
Absorbing all problems and pain
All you have for others is smile and honey
Gently you hide all pain, trubles, agony.

true companion

companion of lonely traveller
walking along with him
while he wearily trudges
through mountains and forests.

You calmly smile down at him
Forever telling him
God has given me the charge
To show you the way to home.

Sister of sun

Gentle, serene sister of sun
Playing alone in darkness
Knowing his light is with you
To guard you against harm.

You play with dark, night ocean
Which glitters back in stars
Night breeze whispers to sleepy earth
Sleep well, I am watching over you.

guiding light

When every light leaves earth for rest
you shine alone in heaven with love
sun and its rays go to bed tired, sleepy
you shine alone in the sky with glory.

The beautiful messanger of God
you remind us every second
one of Her angels is always there
to guide us home wherever we are.

Glorious goddess

Glorious goddess sailing dark ocean
the ocean of endless darkness
yet spreading your light for us
to show us path in wilderness.

You were born without own light
so you begged the sun for his
so you could do what he does
for the earth, in the day light.

You shine alone in love and grace
without any company but distant stars
you don’t bother who stays up with you
all you know is to spread your glow.

To show lost, lonely travellers their way
guide them through the maze of night
through the darkness, ups and downs
alone in your beautiful, charming glory.

Sun moon stars

So many splendours adorn this earth
they all live happily without rivalry
they admire each other’s beauty
knowing all the while they too are unique.

Stars know they cant be sun or moon
Sun n moon know they cant be stars
They each have their own share of light
With which they light up this lovely earth.

Rose knows she cant spread jasmine’s fragrance
Jasmine knows she will never have rose’s charm
Peacock knows she cant sing a nightingale’s strain
Nightingale knows she will never have dazzling charm.

They are so different, so much contrast is there
Yet they are happy because they trust their creator
Know that She has some defininte role for them
and she has built them precisely for only those....

black bird

Little girl, eyes immersed in fairy tales
dreamy eyes full of beautiful fairy queens
looking for valiant warriors on white steed
searching for glamour in everyone around.

Sitting on garden bench she heard a song
she thought one of her fairies are around
she started to search for that winged being
in every tree branch and bush but failed.

She ran to her mother in kitchen and dragged
her, by her hands to the garden, and made her
listen to her song, and asked her to search
for her fairy, who is playing hide and seek.

Her mother softly smiled and pointed out
A little black bird, the little girl was bewildered,
“How can such an ugly bird sing such sweet!”
Her mother hugged her close to her heart.

She took her to the zoo next day and showed
her all the birds and beasts and their ways
Then she taught her the golden, beautiful truth
Beauty is only skin deep, it rarely reflects the soul.

Fire and light

bright golden flame burning brightly
what do you want to convey silently?
Hands that can nurture can destroy?
Or misuse a boon to turn it in a curse?

When you are dancing in wild glory
You look like a beautiful fairy
Dancing in greatest ecstassy
To ward off fear and darkness away.

But when you are raging in wild fire
Your flames shooting high to sky
Your roar heard from miles away
You make people shiver with fear.

Do you want to tell us that you are
Friend’s friend and foe’s foe?
You are the giver not the play thing
So you demand that honour from us?

If we dare to forget to give you that
You show us your exact power
Make us shake in horror and fear
But once enraged you mercy no more.

Faith

Faith can bring down God to earth
suspicion can send him back
nothing is more nurturing than love
nothing is more toxic than mistrust.

A heart full of mistrust, hatred or
argument can push back a hand
full of love, warmth and peace,
held out with noblest intention.

The moment suspicion, mistrust lurks
love loses its glory, its sparkle..
peace loses its rhythm divine,
only the whirlwind of arguments swirl.

To live in peace think of peace
share it with every soul you know.
to live in love share love with all
you will meet God down below.

Unflickering light

Just like a moon shines in dark night
You fill up my mind and soul with light
No matter what happens I feel alright
Because deep inside my heart knows
Even if the world turns upside down
You will forever glow with your light.
Calm, serene, pure, lighting up the night
No matter how dark it was it becomes bright.


I don’t know what made that celestial light
Look down and smile at this small lamp
But I will forever cherish that love, beauty
It will remain in my heart, my soul, my breath
Time will come and time will slip away
Your presence in my life will forever stay.
Your silent presence is felt a million times
more than all the bustling crowd around me.

Before

before you say that, “I am too busy for you today”
I will let you know when I am a little free.” Stay!
Think! these might be the last words spoken to him,
You may never see him ever again aft today.

So many times we push away a hand that
Yearns for our touch, craves for our comfort
Thinking we will have enough time tomorrow
To deal with his anguish, pain and sorrow.

Then we become the grieving witness
The bearer of the tremendous shock
of knowing it was a weak, drowning soul
reaching out for a hand to pull him back to shore.

When deprived of that last straw
It slipped forever in the darkness
Leaving our souls scarred forever
For turning our back on a hapless.

No one drowns without a cry for help to people around
So lets be caring enough to hear that silent scream
strong enough to be the healer, the strong, calm,
loving hand reaching out from the steady land.

A lotus of light

A lotus of light is slowly opening its petals
A divine fragrance is enveloping my being
as if my whole existence is slowly changing
transforming itself and waiting for your touch.

Don’t make me wait any longer my dearest
just come down place your feet more beautiful
than this lotus waiting for you eagerly
touch this mortal flower and make it divine.

Day after day I have felt it unrevealing itself
right inside my soul I cherished that feeling
thinking that it was your loving touch
cleaning up, brushing up my mortal soul.

Then one day I closed my eyes and felt the change
as if a lotus of white light is enveloping my soul
and slowly unrevealing its beauty so pure, divine
preparing itself to lay itself down for your touch.

spring fairy

Every morning she walks alone.
Her eyes lost in distant hills,
her hands busy gathering
Wild red poppies burning like flame.

She picks up a huge bunch
of flaming red poppies
and golden sunflowers and
stiches them together as garland.

Or she gathers them together
in a bunch, wears them around
her head like a crown and pretends
she is the fairy of spring

Wears those rubies and nugget of gold
On her head full of golden, curly
tumbling locks, cascading all over
her body, her pretty rosy cheek.

She stands in the morning
sunshine, glowing like a
Greek goddess, oblivious of
the eyes full of love and smile.

That are cast toward that sight divine
a beautiful spirit, shining in morning sun
Immersed in own beauty and grace
reflecting the early morn spring sunshine.

blessed love

Blessed are those lovers by heaven above,
their love is true in every way,
who sit side by side and watch
the setting sun’s ray.. with white hair,
gnarled finger, blurred vision in eye.

Those who stayed together side by side,
watching youth’s glory pass by
relishing all the tastes of life holding hands.
Bringing forth their children, bringing them up.

Wishing them goodbye so they can go and face life
of their own, knowing that there are people
who care, who may live thousands of miles away
but their hearts hold their hearts and souls.

Passed by all the temptations
which life brought their way.
Brushed away all the weeds of lust,
greed or anger,cherishing the blessings
of having a friend, an anchor to their boat,
adoring their lover’s true love all the way.

Love knows no chain

Naïve is he who says love is slave of beauty
Ruby lips, ivory skin,doe eyes,golden locks
Love does not depends on fickle flashes
It’s an eternal bliss, uniting souls.

without boundary, chain,binding and rule
Its above all vain pleasures, beauty or wealth
It just washes away two souls as a waterfall
cleanses their souls from any thing but love.

It doesnot stops there, after rinsing
It flows within binding hearts & souls.
In a rhythm divine, which flows like
a tune from heaven above sweet and pure.

It forms a river of their separate lives
forever merging them,through up and down
they move together in love, without separation
Overcoming all anguish, disappointments.