Monday 29 August 2022

Echoes from the Past


Whenever she was around

She was a happy song;

Sang she a lullaby.

Her memories persist

even after she's gone

like a sad song stuck

in my head- a lamentation.

Sometimes when I think of it

a melancholy of grief plays;

Yet, she was a sweet melody

like a song from long time ago.

It's rhythm fresh even now,

my heart still pulsates to it.

I don't know if she's, huh?

What do they call it? 

a soulmate? Nevermind!

She was but a songmate!

And that's something! 

Tell her when you pass by,

That I miss her

Like an old soul misses

his radio box;

Like a lonely sky misses 

it's nightingale,

Like a....


Sarva


Sunday 30 January 2022

Chrysanthemum


She walked all over his heart's carpet.

Upset, the love of her life wouldn't bloom.

He still blossomed everyday-alas!

Only to be crushed under her feet.


 By the thoughts of her moon, 

She was frozen all the time.

Ceased he not, to burn his soul

To keep her warm, to keep her warm.


He carried her prayers

to the gods, he knew not.

He summoned the stars

to keep her nights charmed.


Waiting for her Water Lily

She could see him smile- one day!

The cosmos cried with the rain,

the wild flowers though withered.


What she wished for 

was under her feet!

The Chrysanthemum went

To decorate the dead. 


Sarva