More poems

Lonely Candle
I reach the grave
And light the candles
To mark the peace, for dead ones
Peace was everywhere
Spread like a blanket
Over the silent graves
As a gust of wind passes
All the flames were subdued
Except one….
It rose higher and higher
It rose the highest
As the wind passed on
The subdues flames rose up
Trying to touch the heaven
The lonely candle rose up
But came down soon
Marking its end
Its life is over
Man is the same
Like the lonely candle
He too rises up
And climbs the steps of success
He rises and falls
Through the way he goes
Like the lonely candle
His life also ends
He returns to the soil
From where he was a visitor
Like the lonely candle.


Fate Cannot Decide
When the going gets tough
The tough gets going
When your heart fails you
Just don’t blame fate
Do not fall to pieces
And let fate decide.
Fate cannot decide
That’s a wrong notion
Stand up to the world
Stand up with strength
I ain’ t afraid of my fate
Fate cannot decide
Trouble may come once in a while
Or they come in a line.
You don’t care, do you?
Your strength is with you
So next time you fear failure
Don’t sit idle and just wait
You can work wonders
Do exactly that.


Just Watch
I sat there
Doing nothing but watching
Watching what?
Oh! Nothing but the rubbles and remains of the house that housed me all these years
All is over
Loneliness is my companion
Along with a trillion spirits of the dead
You ask me, who am I?
I answer that
I am one of those trillions,
Who were helpless against the fury of nature
We could just watch
Watch the fury wrench off
Millions of homes and lives
Which were ours.
It has been long,
Since that fateful day.
But the wounds remain
Some believe that death alone can help them
While some live…
Trying to see the sun rise the next day
They want to live
And that’s the spirit.
Live through the memories
Memories of all that happened
On the fateful day of Jan 26th
When we were helpless against the fury of nature
We could just stand
Just watch.


No Longer
No longer do you seem
To like me, dear friend
No longer do I see
The white of peace
And the lover’s red

There were times
When we fought
The silence not long
Again we came together
For it was friendship we sought

There were times
When I cried
You cried along with me
You pacified with me
And along with me, you sighed

Circumstances changed
Changed are you too
Where did I go wrong?
For you to hate me
What did I do?


Gone, Not Forever
Those were times
Really good ones
When we got wet
Together in the rain
Dancing to the rhythm
Nature was playing for us
She was happy,
Not envious
Of our friendship
Those times were great
When we sat in the sun
Basking in the warmth
Of friendship so unique and pure
Sun was glad
Not jealous
Of the relationship we shared
God alone knows
When all this got over!
Did Nature become envious?
Or did the Sun loathe us?
When did it all go wrong?
These questions, I ask alone
My friend is gone
Not forever,
But yes, gone…


Behold the Beauty
Behold the beauty
Look through eyes of wonder
Our precious nature
How green, how bountiful!!

Behold the beauty
After she is all wet
When the heaven poured down
Blessing her and us,
The beholders

Behold the beauty
When she covers herself
With a blanket
As white as white could be
How she breathes
Cool vapor
Cooling our hearts
The beholders

Behold the beauty
When she is on fire
How she pouts and puffs
With vibrant hues and colors
When the bloody sun
Beats down on her
She’s hot!!
She warms our hearts,
And our souls.

The beholders,
Behold her beauty
Of nature
The mother of all life…


Truly Alive
Life- an extravagant affair
Got to play along
Got to please the world
Show off- the key word.
Smile, when does not want to
Cry, when one does not need to
Forget what you need.
Think of what others think
It could be so expensive
Gambling away….
Not caring about
What one loses on the way
Life- a losing game
Where you are the player
And you yourself are the victim
Rejoice and cry for yourself
‘You are the master of your fate’
Don’t believe that
You can’t decide your life
The world decides it for you
Have you woken up?
From the pleasant dream
Dream on freedom, peace, and happiness
Just don’t be sad
Because all that was just a dream


Beauty of Sorrow
Sorrow in the cloudy black skies
Sorrow in the wail of a sparrow
Sorrow in the colors I see
I’ve painted my world black
Now it’s hard to get it off
Addicted to life’s despair
There is nothing I can do
Shame and grief fill my soul
As I walk lone
Looking all around, I see joy
But it’s so hard
So hard to plant it in my soul
It’s a melancholy feeling
Surprises me because of
The beauty I get to see
The beauty of death
Bleeding and broken hearts,
Injury of betrayal,
Lost love and anger.
I’ve not lost faith
I plod on because life goes on
And so does the beauty of sorrow.


You Are…
My thoughts were sad
My heart was ill
Used to wish to the world
Need someone to fill the blank
Then you came along to answer my prayers
Like the blissful rainbow from the clouds
I saw a world with more beauty
Larger than life, my life became
You are the gift
You are the boon
You are the answer to my prayers
You are my love
I want to dance
To touch the stars
Wanted someone to hold my hands
And promise me “I‘ll be there”
Life goes a long way
You and I’ll stay
Close, till the end of the road
Till the end of our days.


I m in The Blues
Why is it, just why is it?
I feel the sun’s setting
My heart’s downing
Why is it wrong, so wrong?
Ever since I’ve come here,
To find no one near.
Its not that I m alone
Or lost something of my own
I’m in the blues
Colors are just passing by me
Changes have come in the rhythm and rhyme
But I just can’t adjust this time
Because I‘m in the blues
What is it, what do I want?
Do I want something to call as mine?
Or someone to ask me, if I m fine…
Could someone tell me why?
Time just goes dragging by
Why the night is so black?
And the world is underwater…