Friday 27 September 2019

Promise of Love


Sweet heart, Oh Love!
The apple of my eye,
When are you taking me
To that blessed land
of togetherness?
Where there is no civilization
That bars us from being as one;
Only You and I, for all times to come.
Where there is no constitution
That intends to sever this tie.
Only You and I and our rainbow dreams!
Where there is no uncivil caste
That unbinds our sacred union;
Only You and I, and the Promise of Love!
Where there is no dogmatic faith
as brave as our companionship;
Only You and I, for all times to come.
Where no cultured body keeps
This desire in the closet of our selves
Only You and I, and our rainbow dreams!
Where there is no strong fate
That could ever set us apart.
Only You and I, and the Promise of Love!

Saravanan

Wednesday 25 September 2019

Shadow and Light




As days quietly go by,
Muted thoughts bespeak
A desire deep-seated.
The sweet and sour
Memories of the past
turn my sunshine morning
into shadows of the mortal.
Alas! Grief has no timeline.

As my heart bled to behold
this blooming love rest in peace.
The firmness of my earth cracked.
The calmness of my waters ceased.
The volcanoes of my world erupted.
Had I known the last time I saw you
was the last time I could see you!
Recompose the entire cosmos, I’d.

Would I not have stopped
this earth from spinning?
Would I not have stopped
the clock from ticking?
Would I not have stopped
the fate from twisting?
Who threw their jinx
upon this holy alliance?

Did you leave my love hanging
between despair and hope, my darling?
Did you leave my prayer dangle
over the pendulum of destiny?
When will this unholy mess end?
And when it does, oh dear!
Will you come to see me where
my dark night and your dawn meet?

Saravanan

Sunday 22 September 2019

Topsy-turvy Times: Drunk in Desires


What was yours yesterday
Isn't yours today.
Will what is yours now
still be yours tomorrow?

Sorcery of human life steals
The fantasy of what's yours.
In emptiness, serenity there is;
A primitive sense of peace.

A heart full of desires bring
A life full of passion spring
What you wish for, is you;
So, what are you but longing for?

The things you run after!
Are you worthy of them?
is a question lesser relevant.
Are they worthy of you after all?

Have you had a little talk
with the new Lilly that's bud?
Have you taken a little walk
with the buddy next door?

When is the last time
You danced your spirit out?
When is the last time you
tuned into your soul's hymn?

The masks we are forced to wear,
on the daily stage of life's theater
Had we to remove them, layer by layer
Would we still be proud of what remains?

Yes, time is a little trickster where
Ambitions slowly knits it's trap.
Success is but a sweet dream,
While worry is a slippery slope.

As you step out and catch a breath
Not only is the morning sunshine yours
but the evening twilight has a tale to tell
Abundance of life awaits it's little child.

Oh dear! are you still stuck!!
In the mirage of stocks and bonds?
Who sold you this velvet dream?
It's as trippy as the wine in our hands.

Drunk in desires
Aren't we puppets,
in the hands of the rich?
Such topsy-turvy times!

Saravanan


Friday 20 September 2019

Autumn of Life



Where can I dissolve the ashes of my love
Won't you take it home with you?
Scatter it all your way; plant a few saplings
May a thousand flowers blossom!

Where can I bury the dreams unfulfilled?
Would you carry it forward with you?
Pass it on to all young ones.
May a thousand minds sparkle!

Where can I hide the wounds of my heart?
Why don't you bury it with me!
Let the pains of my past perish.
May a thousand futures flourish!

Where can I pay back all my debts?
Would you pay it forward for me?
Tell my folks I owed them this.
May a thousand tears bid me farewell!

Saravanan



Tuesday 10 September 2019

If Love is a....


If Love is a crime,
Nail me onto a Cross
Won't I resurrect
Only to offer love again.

If Love is a sword
Slash it into my heart
Let me wear it
as a badge of honor.

If Love is a long walk
Give me a friend
How many hills to pass?
before we reach salvation..

If Love is an unknown destiny
Show me the road
That takes me to trust
Trust takes me to truth.

If Love is a tragedy
Give me another one!
I'll bring you peace!- for
disasters are but manmade.

Saravanan

Monday 9 September 2019

A Sacred Union- A Prayer!


                

With candid conversations
Never did I imagine
during our embryonic days,
I would fall for this.
Like a conceived mother
Did love sprout in me?
I felt impregnated.

To nurture
This beautiful affection
Is a daily affair;
A day to day devotion.
Like an expecting mother
Ain't I also waiting
for the infant to grow?

Two hearts from
different worlds
fond of each other,
stumble and struggle.
When would the angels
on this earth listen to the
symphony of these souls?

I miss her moon face!
Faded in reality, her face
appears vivid in my dreams.
She's somewhere between
Fact and fiction, to me.
An open book, She's
Although a mystery!

Words she spoke
caused healing wounds.
Scars but remained.
A Loving heart
bears all that.
How so fragile!
yet full of strength!

She's a soulmate,
So a soft spot!- yet
an undying spirit.
The brook of this bond
Suffered separation.
will the parted streams
merge together?

Oh Goddess of love,
My prayer to thee
Is this:
If given a chance,
I want to be her-
Nose ring!
Apart, yet a part.

Wasn't I just a nomadic bee?
Flying around in the garden of lust
Whose sweet nectar did I consume
to Intoxicate myself with love?
Where could I find you?
my foreign flower!
Did you not hear my cries of suffering?

Caged by customs, denied by circumstances
Parted by civilizations, delayed by destiny
Languishing are but the twin hearts.
When love is in the air- what're
barricades and borders for?
Won't mortal beings know?
Fences don't apply to fireflies?

Engulfed in sorrow, she's
Constrained and conflicted.
Oh demons of this world,
Spare my sweetheart!
She's not my temptation
Isn't she but my life's prayer!
A sincere constant meditation.

Prayers,
The Other Half