ElusiveSilence

We Sit Together

We sit together My grief and I Stare into the flames Of how and why Stoke the fire With a stick of could haves Fan it some more With all the should haves – We sit together My maker and I My thirst unquenched My soul is dry He mends my cracks With love mixedContinue reading “We Sit Together”

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The last

The last rays of sun Kiss the gentle waves good night The last tears of love Make the silence feel all right

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Silence speaks

If silence is whole And complete in itself Why do I hear it Like the fires of hell If silence is still And forever unchanging Why does it feel Like the galaxies racing If silence is noble Like the wisdom of age Why does it fool me By showing its rage If silence is quietContinue reading “Silence speaks”

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Every time

Every single time the night falls A sun rises to show me the light Every time the heart grows weary A friend comes by and makes it right – Every time when I wander astray Someone brings me back with a whirl Every time I descend into darkness I seem to come back with anotherContinue reading “Every time”

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And I dance

The road to paradise Must pass through the abyss I dance with abandon Meet the colors I must kiss I whirl with the colors I am all that there is And if I get lost in the noise The silence holds a promise

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तू इश्क़ तो कर

जब आदत हो मैख़ाने कीगंगा घाट पे शक़ तो होगा ना जब आदत हो वीराने की महफ़िल में ज़ुल्म तो होगा ना यूँ ही थम जा और बैठ ज़रा हर आदत को बेग़ाना कर कुछ अपनी कह कुछ मेरी सुन बेहासिल ही सही…तू इश्क़ तो कर

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Good-bye

Someone please stop the falling of sand Through the cruel hourglass of time Hold the winds and silence the waves Make this pause only mine I have to remember so many People, places, smells and sights Taste of salt in the air I breathed All of my living and it’s many delights Remember my loveContinue reading “Good-bye”

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Nothing special and yet

The reds and golds on brilliant display The sky ablaze with little disdain The untiring whirling of the earth The sun lays down for the moon again – Fill my cup with old wine and silence Mark this day so I won’t ever forget Hopes and dreams and laughter No, today is nothing special, andContinue reading “Nothing special and yet”

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New and old

The day is new But the air is as old as time The ray is new But the sun is as old as time The loss is new But the grieving is as old as time The wish is new But the longing is as old as time

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Speak

You speak silence with such fervor I stand rooted….rendered speechless