Wet Footpaths

I have waited for you
At the river banks-
I have stood amid the chaos,
Like algae on still water.

The chaos moved beneath me
While, on the surface-
It was still.
I stood there with my
Green ugly face-
My limbs stretching
Into the water-
Into the chaos.

I have waited for you
At the doorstep-
When rain poured
And all would be wet
Yet dry.

The water moved above me-
It filled the air
And the clouds
And my head-
We floated-
From beginning till the end-


Before a frog would croak
And I would get a hiccup.

I have seen the spring pass away.

I have seen the spring pass away.

I have stood under the trees-
I have heard the leaves whisper to the wind
Little green, yellow and orange secrets.
I have felt the branches wither in pain-
Pregnant with buds. 
I have seen the spring being born.

I have seen the trees grow heavy.
I have seen the green turn into a bright 
Crimson, red and orange.
I have seen the summer-
Dance naked in the fields,
Play in water with mermaids.
I have seen the spring grow young.

I have touched the labor of the spring.
I have dug my teeth into the love that spring bore for me-
I have felt the spring caress my soul-
Sit lightly upon my lap
Put its hand around my neck-
I have felt the spring kiss my lips.
I have been the spring's lover. 

I have heard the spring thump its feet
On the earth's chest-
I have seen it dance with the peacocks,
Fly around with little fairies under the mushrooms-
I have heard its giggles dissolve in water-
I have seen the spring dive and
Come out with wet hair-

I have seen spring pass away
Into the clouds.

Beyond Lies What? - I

The shore is the safest-
Remain there.
Don't touch the waters-
They will pull you in-
Who knows?
Beyond lies what?

The dark will manifest itself
In your mind-
Don't leave the light.
Who knows?
Beyond lies what?

Tread the path held
Within the confines of the light, they said-
The light of a bulb, candle;
Don't look into the dark.
Who knows?
Beyond lies what?

Come, hold my hand.
We will be safe.
No. Don't look at yourself in the mirror.
Who knows?
Beyond lies what?

The world ends on the shore we know-
Because we don't know-
Beyond lies what?

Poem- 10

Boxes of identities
Masks of pretenses
Painted smiles
Dew drop tears.

Shrouded existence
Under the cover of limitless fears-
Why is Sun not here yet?
Why has the rain not left the ground wet?

Lesbian, Gay, Straight-
Our little windowless boxes.
Man, woman-
Our dark alleys of existence.
You, me and They?
Can you find the answers?

Sit under the sky.
Let the wind erode your masks-
Identities, pretenses, smiles ad tears
Reside within the eye.
Cease to look
Begin to realize-
All that is here
Is YOU-
Nothing else. :)

Unleashing Jaws of Anger.

Your savage ego
Feeds upon our silence;
Your flared up nostrils
Breathe fire-
You want us to quiver and shiver
Under your hand-
You turn the crimson of the sun
In the black of the burnt leaf.


While you smile with benevolence
Impressing the gentlemen with your grace-
You turn towards us with red eyes
When you fumble with your words.
While your bloody jaws remain hidden
Under that veil of calmness-
Your hands reveal 
The beast-
I can see your dirty fingernails
Colored in my blood, tears and fears.


While you pull my hair
Exhibiting your power-
I resolve to never shed tears.
I recite Maya Angelou to myself-
I rise, I rise, I rise.
Your hands are now dyed in my blood
While my eyes mock your pride.


My head hurts
My spirit doesn't.
Your ego shall crumble one day-
I will rise:
And eclipse the sun of your power.

Succumbed.

Dilemmas are all that I have-

Within and beyond. 

No black or white-

Its all grey-

Dark and light:

Indistinguishable from the other.

Merging into each other-

The two colors;

Creating a hazy picture-

Of my past, present and future.

My journey must end here-

I must go.

I do not have much left in me-

Now stranded I stand,

On the island of my love.

Helpless.

There are cracks now
In the mirror of my faith-
Now, all shall end-
I do not wait for death.

My love now remains no more-
It is all chaos,
My being will now wither away-
Slowly. Like the death of a star.

I am dying-
A slow death.
Poisoned love-
Sweetened betrayal-
Perpetual decay.
Life sucked out-
The void consumes me now.
The dark reigns-
I just lost my light.