As night descends
On waning day
The little lamps burn,
Keep darkness at bay

So let us decide
This diwali night
To emulate the lamps..
"Let there be light..!"

Here's an earlier one...

Let the lamps light
Up your life
And you
Of those around you

And in that light
May you find
Joy and Prosperity
Of every kind..

Shubh Deepawali...!!

An old piece...07 Jun 05

Muted words
On a cell phone screen
Mark moments
Unheard Unseen

A careless moment
Is to blame
For disregard
And a reaction lame

Tis true that
Apologies cant
Wrest back time
However much we want.

Another year passeth by,
We grow older
You and I

I betray it
Stray wrinkles
And wisps of grey

You hide it
Maturity
On ponderous display...

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The Me is me
The You is too
Two sides of a coin
Or just a different view...
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Among the multitude of questions
That tested our ignorance
Were few that sneered
And scorned at our existence

There were few
Who stood by us smiling
Cloaked in their guile
Silently misleading

And then a band
Of those elite few
That led us seductively
To explore our imagination
And stretch the envelope

Of knowledge and perception.
Helping us unveil
Through reason and application
Joyous paths drawing out that ephemeral realisation
"Ah.. that's how the damn thing works..."

Well, today I took a trip down memory lane...

So to say I didnt really wander down trails that have grown misty, while lying lost in my mind, but I decided to visit a different set of memories... those of others. Those that lay trapped on pages such as these in the bits and bytes of the cyber world... I followed the links on my own blog page... links to people and thoughts that I liked, loved, found interseting or intriguing... and I often ended up on blind alleys.. found that the memories I was trying to refresh had disappeared....

Will that be the fate of these lines as well?... who knows...

30 May 04 

(unfinished)

 

Glistening gold

On sparkling white

Unblinking eyes

Erect, upright.

 

The absence of movement may

Mislead us to say

In a moment of unguarded delight

‘Grand statuettes in morning light.’

 

Though they seem to stand

Frozen in stone

Leaden faces

Emotions unknown;

Under seemingly impenetrable shell

Of order and discipline dwell

Hearts that feel the ache

Of lost love and heart break.

Suppositions and propositions

But how did we unlearn

Understanding

Each other's decisions...

Isnt marriage a meeting

Dear R.....,

Welcome to my world...