An open letter

You are on my mind night and day.

Obsessive of your presence one way or another.

Thoughts keep reverting to you in sickness or in health.

In joy or in pain, in happiness or in sadness.

In company or when alone.

Don't want to lose you, ever.

Dear HOPE, 

Not just I but we all need you, want you.

Do make your presence felt, 

Whether in the form of a little vial or 

The immunity developing in our bodies.

Do stay with us forever, never abandon us.

Drench us in the sunshine of positivity.

Give us the courage to feel for others.

The strength to be selfless and empathetic.

Let us transition smoothly from one year to another,

Happily.

Please let us all have a very Healthy new year.

Regards, 

Us.

Farewell

Once again it's that time of the year, 

when you wonder amidst the festivities,

how the year just passed us by.

Creating global history, 

slithering away with precious souls of loved ones,

adding some priceless lives to give the much needed hope.

Knots of some relationships loosened, 

bonds of some strengthened,

some friendships lost and forgotten in the haze of neglect.

Dreams shattering into countless pieces, 

hope sinking like a drowning wreckage,

hunger, abuse, racism lifting its head to the surface.

But life goes on, we the ones, survived to say goodbye, 

we can hold on a little bit longer,

only if we  see ourselves in others.

Protect and preserve humanity,

rise up to the occasion,

live and let live.

Farewell to the year that taught us,

nothing is more important than health,

happiness, family & friends.

Be yourself

Who do you wish to be?

If not yourself.

Who could you possibly be?

But yourself.

Where do you wish to be?

If not within yourself.

No one and nothing can fill the void,

When you aren't  yourself.

Alive

Grateful to be alive,
glad to have seen the dawn of another day,
it's the journey of life that matters,
Isn't  everyone dying to live  well everyday?

Monsoon -11

In the midst of  beautiful paddy fields on the periphery of a serene village. Monsoon displaying itself at its best.

Transfixed.

When the sky bows down to caress the waves,
the audience stands still.
Mesmerized, transfixed for eternity,
transforming into rocks at the shore.
As if cursed for witnessing the union of Gods!
The Earth, the sky, air, water
and the fire they withhold.

Photo Credits Go  To Cdr. Rajesh Sinha

         

The good poet

A good poet writes poetry for everyone, still,
writes as if you are the one being talked to.
As if the words on the paper are meant  just for you.
As if the emotions are only for you to be felt.
The love,the longing, the pain the heartbreak all for you.

Who writes like you are being held in an embrace tightly.
As if you are safe inside the blanket of the woven poem.
As if the world spins around only for you.
The life, the lessons, the gratitude, the prayers all for you.

It's like magic! uplifting people, giving them hope.
Making them look forward to another day,
waiting for life to keep happening,
In a brand new way.