The hues found

 

 

The mingled blue tinge of sky

Into the ocean at the horizon

Blends  that the eye knows not

Where the sky falls into waters

But for a blurred line at infinite

That cannot be reached ever .

The asleep butterfly is lost

In myriad dreams in his mind

With hues that fade the vivacity

Of the ever vibrant rainbow in sky

As if the skies would lift colors

From the butterfly in slumber

If it ever  left the wings open  .

My dreams are full of life

And life is full of dreams

These worlds collide somewhere

In the blurred line of mind

The belief into  the impossible

That fails to remain impossible

To the one who truly believes.

 

Delhi

02.08 hrs

2163

30.6.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The droplets

 

 

A small pebble agitates the placid

The focal tip of his dive is a trough

It weaves concentric ripples around

The turbulence that appears to fade

Actually tugs deep deep within

Some droplets fall to water my feet

As I stand still in some deep furrows

And germinate from my buried seeds

Showered often by the ravine clouds

The essence of life often drizzles down

From her wet, long and dense tress

For she rushes to bloom in my palms

Fresh dew dipped petals gripped by sepals

Her hair flows down to drip on my feet

And I freeze to behold the resplendence

Absorbing the  eternity of this instant

And the mortality of what is timeless .

 

Delhi

22.54 hrs

2162

26.6 .24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The note of a note

 

I happen to be a currency note , slightly high valued so that everyone holds me with a high esteem. If ever I fall on the ground there are multiple hands to pick me up and eager to keep it sith themselves only rather than return me to my original master . Actually , I have no master. For one , I usually change people very frequently  . Morever, everyone appears to be my happy slave only.  So perhaps the idea of having a single master for long generally never comes into equation.

 However  , sometimes people hoard me and pray the currency is not demonetized . In such instances I have a single master for a long period but then I stay imprisoned with many more notes  of my flock in such situations , hidden underground,  beneath the mattresses , behind idols, inside camouflaged safe units, stashed within old garments etc. The probability of some financial mishap and the fear of not being able to earn more in future makes people imprison me . Strange that the owners who have many of my kind are more worried than those who have a few of us. The latter let me go free much earlier and often more gleefully than their more opulent brethren. 

People generally exchange me in lieu of goods or services they get. Soemtimes they buy life too using me by getting both dead and alive animals to their home.  However , in some cases money is not what money does. There is a confession I want to make now to clear my soul as I near my crumpled days. I have been a cause of lot of infighting , deceipt, disruption,  dispute , greed and negativity . Sometimes people offer me when they do not want to leave a trace of their presence or do not want to disclose  having bought something. I have often seen people mislead others or bargain with each other with an intention to keep me in their custody , only to fear rest of their lives that I would leave them. Surprisingly  , if they have two currency notes of same  value still they prefer to retain the shiny , newer one . Though it doesn’t matter value wise . Why they do it is best known to them . To me it doesn’t matter who my master is and what he plans to do with me . 

 I have been the cause of prayers and have heard there is a special faith and devotion towards even Gods who shower a lot of wealth  on devotees. On many an instance my presence in the closet brings more friends and relatives together till the time they believe I am present ininside. On a more positive note, I make people work hard and strive to excel beyond their normal capability in a quest to bring me their wallet. This continues till the time they forget I am not an end in itself but only a means towards an end . But many forget what their life means till the time it is about to end.Ironically , they started to ruin life to earn me so that they could enjoy life more ..whatever it means !  Then they feel probably they missed out appreciating the journey in a devoted frenzy to reach an infinite end. Probably it is not infinite but a cipher. Life exists when nothing else does . Rest all is only a distraction.  So am I.

The twinkle

 

The twinkle is nigh tonight

Just a little beyond my reach

Like a bubble on the beach 

Within the reach only to slip beyond

The flamboyant timidity of her beauty

The evening smiles only to entice 

And conjure up the rage in my tides 

But believes she smiles only for herself

Unmindful of the havoc created around her

Where the breath storms within the mind 

As the breathless world looks intently 

When she ignores the froth and wind 

While being engaged in her own world

Weaving her nectar within the bright petals

With jewels in her eyes after twilight

She shines and vanishes as I look intently

To entice and discourage together 

Such is the twinkle I can see in hee eye.

2161

Enroute Delhi

22.6.24

21.10 hrs

The ground raised to a lowered sky

 

The horizon is the closest today

For I have left a mirage behind 

The sun folds in my reddened grip

My sails blow to a sky bound voyage

Even when my feet spring off the ground

Their base is raised to support the leap

And the sky is lowered a but tonight

To allow the twinkle in my palms

And the silvery glow to miss my brow

Yes it is a strange world tonight 

A dream that comes alive in my slumber 

2160

20.53

22 6.24

Mumbai

The empty soul

 

 

As the drops breathe down the bark

Amidst drizzle of slithering rain

They enrich the roots when they fall

Though they fall to the fate of a nadir

They dissolve what comes with the slide

Eventually the sap thickens and ascends

The metamorphosis of dust into floral spendour

Blesses the one who digs deep with a hope

The hues of life are polished by a blank spectrum

When the mind is clear from smudges of doubt

An empty soul picks the most flavors in life

When it surrenders what is entangled in grip

Then the silence echoes and sight speaks

What is the true meaning of our being .

 

Lonavala

09.47 hrs

22.6.24

2159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The torrent

 

An untimely torrent leaks

Like a tip toe foe at night

It spoils an innocent slumber

A helpless flutter in the nest

When the dreams had basked

A hopeful eye on their hatching

Has woven many a happy chirp

Now these swarming grey clouds

The peril of thundering tempest

Eager to  capsize  the rocking  cradle

How to desert the impregnated dreams

And how to fly away in the storm

How to stay in  the vacillating nest

Only to await the demise of hope

This untimely torrent is an ambush

Of an overpowering adversary

An opportunity to prove the grit

When it is easier  to surrender

Enduring with no choice at disposal

 Till either the rain or we last.

 

On flight to Mumbai

13.24 hrs

20.6.24

2158

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The transplantation

 

 

Where the soil is familiar to the sap

The sun moves on known walls in the day

And breeze blows similar tunes to the dangling ear

The bark stands tall and overpowering

With lush arms spread in resplendence

The dexterity to bend in ambushing tempest

And stoutness to deflect the slipping hail

 For he has built this shelter from the seed

The convenience to the young sapling

Beneath the shield of the able branch

Stunts , limits, corrodes and stifles

Dispersion is the seed of all strength

The vehement knock on the laboring walls

When the land is adverse and unknown

Opens not just doors but it sprouts new horizons.

 

Delhi

2157

20.17 hrs

12.6.24