God and I converse

God asked me- What do you want?
I said I wanted space all around;
God gladly agreed and gave me the sky
I found no wings, I could not fly.

God asked again- What do you want?
I said I wanted smiles all year round;
God smiled and agreed and gave me the Sun
From its blazing heat I wanted to run.

God asked again- What do you want?
I said I wanted a solid bond;
God readily acquiesed and gave me Earth
I pushed all out and took the whole berth.

God in His wisdom asked- What do you want?
I said I wanted to float like a swan;
God smiled again and gave me the seas
I floundered, I sank, couldn't stand high breeze.

God asked with a sigh- What do you want?
I said I wanted the light of the morn;
God came and said "I give you Air"
And i saw i had nothing for which to care.

Now God's in heaven and I live on earth
But we find no reason to further converse.

Surround Me

Surround me with silence, not as in tombs
A throbbing silence speaks not of doom;
Sweet it is, as unheard melodies
Soothing silence like a passing breeze.

Surround me with darkness, not of failed quest
Snug as the womb where unborn babes rest;
A darkness that gathers in to embrace
That looks in, not out, with curious gaze.

Surround me with pain, not of desires that thwart
But the  pain of men and beasts and birds;
A pain that braodens my mind and my heart
That That gives me the strength to live not apart.

Surround me with dreams, not seen with closed eyes
That tell me to awake and to arise;
Dreams that guide my footsteps all day long
That move me to endlessly march on.

The call

Oh stay no more bound to Destiny’s shores

Into unknown waters of Fantasy set sail

No destination in mind, no direction ask

Like a new lover your future unfolds

Ever fresh, ever new, ever pristine

Tedium of labored living abhor

Fear not those crashing waves

Falter not at secret eddies

Steadily sail into receding horizons

Voyage on merrily till breath fails.

Story of Two Tracks

Two tracks converge at a junction

To run side by side in harmony

Camaraderie never to be broken:

Their destinations lay far apart

And they diverge

With tear-filled eyes, helpless hearts

They walk their separate paths-

As they travel, they see from a distance

Their separated tracks; held in their minds

Imprint of togetherness they find.

Their worlds of light and shade

Hold their hands, hearts ever attuned

To past, they live, to cry and laugh

To dream of another path

In some other existence

Where destinations converge

And they run along same lines.

Gypsy Girl

I've seen a Gypsy Girl 
I've seen her gypsy ways
Uncertain roads she walks
All day she laughs and plays;
Patched sachel on shoulder lugs
Filled with coloured beads
A floral skirt she wears
No more she says she needs
My little Gypsy Girl
Fleet footed as the breeze.

My little Gypsy Girl
Did you hear her gypsy lays?
They sang of unknown things
They sang of far off days;
She sang from morn to dusk
Shesang through all her tasks
And in her songs I heard
Ruth's homesick voice plead
My little Gypsy Girl
Fleet footed as the breeze.

A Mind Reborn

Sunlight gushed into corners
like golden paint splashed on black canvas
dispelling the dark, tearing cobwebs apart:
Mind stood naked, exposed to winds
tender and vulnerable as a new born babe
that enters screaming into unfamiliar world;
each moment a voyage of discovery
uncovering years old lies
revealing relentlessly garbage heaps
stored, forgotten, left to rot-
in one swift motion swept clean
with a splash of Golden Light

Freedom

I'll say what's in my heart
No more will I act a part
You may call me queer
Or say that I'm weird
That's nor here nor there
My world's a perfect sphere
There's comings and goings
While my river is flowing
I hear the sea's call
See the waves and winds stroll
Hand in hand; their dance
Of harmony my senses enhance.