SHRINE

 

Indians roam merrily, visit all shrine,

Monumental creations to pray divine,

Length and breadth, submerged in time,

Mountain top, at height flutter flag fine,

Saints, peers, fakirs, freedom fighters,

Eminent, writer, poet, visionary, thinker,

Social reformer, national leader no more,

Read most of the shrines on mortal remains,

Immortal works for the nation, impact immense,

Century’s people from slumber got awake,

Sheer presence, doctrine, messages break,

Ignorance, blind custom, social vice, faith,

Millennium darkness, lighten poverty shake,

Hunger, illness, social practice demonic,

Beacon of light on truth cleansed, magnetic,

Yesteryear’s human in cloth, barefoot, hut,

Bullock cart was travel, palm leaf taught,

Oil lamp in the night to the lantern, bare feet,

Defecation open, disease erases neat,

School kids few, study on the moral lesion,

Vedantic, mythology, language awesome,

Current human incomparable, assets,

Gadgets like magic, futuristic aspects,

Gratitude is missing for citizen, respect,

Taj marvels, the shrine of a queen final rest,

Foreign rulers graves, palaces in splendor,

Shrines in crowd sing nation’s surrender,

 

Greats changed the face of the nation most modern,

Their abode of final rest as shrines reborn,

Call for national honor to amazing shrines,

Tribute to the statue of unity, the memorial shines,

The gratitude of the nation, shrines of spirits past,

Not for rulers, conquerors, invaders last,

Netaji’s shrine of the birthplace, many more,

Citizen of the future, today’s child learn, favor,

Sacred bank of river Sabarmati, the abode,

Greatest shrine of the nation, ashrama record,

Shrine in honor of the father of the nation, relics,

Bhajans, messages of Bapu, symbol pricks,

Millions throng to shrines of divine abode,

Pray in trust, practice faith, local n abroad,

Sabarmati waits for a great crowd, learn to practice,

Peace, love, serving humanity, erase injustice,

Non-violence, fasting for rightful freedom,

Freedom from overseas products awesome,

Sabarmati ashram, the shrine of Charkha,

A million women use solar power Charkha,

A message of Bapu on self-dependence,

Khadi is messages of time, prime credence,

Thousands of temples, a national architecture,

Shrines only sing golden past, never recover,

Shrine at the bank of Sabarmati inspire,

Do or die for nation’s cloth, salt require.

 

 

ENVY

 

Destiny, opportunity in life differ

Height of person, size of all fingers,

Skin, complexion, hair, brown, black,

Fair skin, golden hair, green eyes stark,

Disparity distances people in just, look,

Envy stalks admiring mind, well hook,

Wise, ignorant, rich or poor suffers a lot,

Envy captures the imagination, irks to boast,

A phenomenon common in life is caustic,

Tortures heart with pain, life is tragic,

 

Envy entraps the weakest mind for all,

Male or female, all ages, big or small,

The reaction in mind tear, lips pressed,

Eyes glance evade, silent depressed.

Self-effort, vision, practice, life alter,

Poorest can be richest, proud leader,

Flair, imagination with girl ordinary,

Captures a nation, success exemplary,

Envy fails the human mind dreaming big,

Often impracticable to equate, only dig,

 

Equating immature young, visionary, age,

Equating a disciple to teacher envisages,

Equating a renowned poet with singer,

Equating a painter with a famous writer,

Equating a musician with a voice in fame,

Equating a scientist, doctor, life in, game,

Naïve to envy as others cater in life expert,

People will laugh at foolishness, wise alert,

Village pig wades in dirt and family cow,

Cuckoo in branches sings, never a crow,

Boast to fight with elephant showing chest,

Eyeball to match lion’s eyes, fright is best,

Destiny separates life as with unique gift,

Pretentious in boasting, envy ruins swiftness,

 

A poor girl missing ankle chain envy hook,

Never realizes a girl without a leg with the look,

One burn with envy fails to behold beauty,

Never imagine a blind only hear, little thirsty,

 Onlooker thirst with envy, the lifestyle of wealthy,

 Fail to imagine their worries service worthy,

A tribal in serene nature lacks all gadgets,

Onlooker check smiles can never percept,

Schoolkid envy, the new boot of class friend,

Rare to imagine a child without leg stands,

The parent  envy of a brilliant neighbor kid,

Orphan and an adopt, unlucky succeed,

Green-eyed woman look fabulous baggage,

Middle-aged female dressed in her passage,

Envy with goods, husband brings awesome,

Little she knows, a widow with kids home.

Envy inhabits natural in mind n savor,

Nature balances conspicuous, do a favor. 

 

THEATER

 

Neither anyone stay here long,

Nor present on stage, for the song,

The world is a colorful stage down earth,

All will finish their own acts, worth,

Time will erase the drama of life, mirth,

Earth spines fast rounds the sun,

A year passes soon, drama in motion,

A witness is a sun and moon, wind,

Rain, winter, summer, spring kind,

The actor is a child, male, female, old,

Character, climax, tragedy gold,

Replicate real-life, turbulent placid,

Reflection on actor sweet or acid,

Spectators moved in tear, ecstasy,

Turn of story sudden, hook fantasy,

Immature, innocent, mature, wise,

Long-suffering, scintillates paradise,

Make or break a home story details,

Hero, villain, female comedy prevails,

Human mind tense, pain within, love,

Friend, relative, family amuse n solve,

Theater, drama, dance sequence, reel,

Spread messages of virtue, pretense evil,

Decades hunt in memories lane a story,

Actor immortal in heart, imprint history,

Dreary sand desert hot, cool oasis lure,

Troubles in life, the shadow, theater cure,

 

Theater message subtle, reel life n real,

The actor laughs on stage, in life pain recalls,

The affluent, noble, comedian, kind depict,

Personal life opposite poor, hunger inflict,

Villain, a cruel killer, cheat, plunderer,

Character impact mind most of the viewer,

A face to people hateful in mind to look,

Real-life character a jewel, caringly hook,

Name in a drama, film, dance inflame,

The curtain goes down with a character name,

Actor name glitter in box office, glamour,

Pseudo name amazing one world clamor,

Silver screen paint, costume or theater,

Vanishes soon, real name at home shear,

Theater metaphor cycle of birth and death,

Real name dies actor name last as wealth,

Spirit in several births several names exist,

World a stage to act as a father, brother, son,

Female a daughter, mother, wife, sister won,

Face hangs in a frame on the wall always in love,

Nameless a soul returns to void self dissolve.

 

 

CLEMENCY

 

To err is human, mind traps,

The most powerful one nicely wraps,

Wraps righteous path, a trickster,

Wrong deeds seem right n allure,

Mind spreads spider net of lust,

Thought gets caught acts most,

From seer to ignorant, all age,

Female or men fascinate n craze,

Envy, greed, dreams too big soon,

Life adopts the wrong root, a short boon,

Crime does happen rule-breaking,

Every second it occurs, nor shaken,

The rule follows in time most get caught,

Art to escape the law, in court well fought,

Clemency to admitting fault in time,

Few reconstruct life discipline fine,

Humanity is awake to a precious life,

Clemency is an award, scope to thrive,

Crime sees anger, greed, jealousy,

Hatred, blind notion, loot property,

Violent mind hurt, kill merciless,

Clemency in the block, crime senseless,

People in dark unaware do commit,

Crime once proved clemency permit,

 

Womanhood a curse time rewinding,

Child marriage, dowry, bride burning,

Kidnapping, domestic work, slavery,

Illiteracy, in the chain to home, treachery,

A crime of civilization for century cruel,

Clemency to girl education, skill swells,

The dark age of rule liquidated bride is pride,

Girl grows up as the leader in facets stride,

Social lift, finance, internet, health,

Clemency has seen social crime to death,

Clemency to cursed life early death,

A modern woman attracts plenty of wealth,

Wealth is not an asset, means of life most,

Experience, skill, bravery, vision trust,

 

Poorest teenage in dirt, savage, sick,

Centuries back, a cursed life, human tricks,

Deprived education, health, food, cloth,

The crime of mankind, slave, servant both,

Runaway, orphan, illicit kid begs pity,

Compassion brought clemency, beauty,

Shelter to the street child, free education,

Health care, nutritious food, the book often,

The child is the future of mankind alert in care,

Clemency to soft rule, caste, poor share,

 

Ancient myth, divine ran to golden deer,

Wife got kidnapped, no clemency to the seer,

The symbol of truth, the right path erred once,

Played a dice game blind, bet wife at once,

No clemency for an enlightened banished,

Clemency got opaque, the royal race vanished,

A murdered approached sage to kill, loot,

The sage told his sin, the family refused fruit,

An ignorant realized pleaded for clemency,

Advised to utter Divine name Rama ecstasy,

Years to a decade, killer rant name in reverse,

Continuous “Mara” changed to name indorse,

Great sage wrote Ramayana, the clemency of course,

Clemency denied kings of two ages discreet,

Turn a murder to sage to cleanse, complete.

 

 

ARROGANCE

 

Imagine a baby cries loud,

Angelic face anger clouds,

Mother’s milk satiates soon,

Worth watching smiles won,

The mind is pure innocent love,

Image of soul readily absorb,

Puzzles mind arrogance rule,

Growing age mind never cool,

Curios look inborn, iron dust,

Human nature magnet most,

The child learns to walk, talk all,

Anger, unhappy, brood recall,

Learn joy, fun, laughter, clap,

Teen disobeys naughty slap,

Time yet of ripe on arrogance,

In school, dress, look, fragrance,

Car, Tiffin box, chocolates, gift,

Teacher’s care extra widen the rift,

Arrogance germinates bud pink,

A simple look, a poor boy sink,

Arrogance grow faster in mind,

Humble, innocent, simple blind,

Wealth, glamour, success grows,

Ignore near, brood, mood shows,

Discipline, rule, obey, falters more,

Warning, penalty, unmindful clear,

Adulthood sees mind arrogant often,

Brooding, in mood, anger, depression,

A rich life, name, and fame, glamour,

Crowd applause like mad, clamor,

Asset grows fast, gold is a resource,

Path of progress, money outpours,

The mind is no more master to rule,

In citadel arrogance dictates cool,

Own world arrogant expects to cower,

A gesture, follower, mentors shower,

The profession is a rainbow of color,

Art, music, singer, actor, dancer,

Writer, painter, architect, doctor,

Scientist, intellect, pleader, leader,

Business, commerce, media, sport,

Beautiful men, women, legend most,

Wealth power, fame corrupts the mind,

Absolute status arrogance rekindles,

Arrogance leads to the ego, the self is blind,

Soul, conscience stranger fails to rewind,

Evil rules life ego controls the character,

Arrogance is flavor corrodes quicker,

Sadness, depression, tension, anger,

Life sinks in arrogance, none to hear.

 

Death, reclusion, aloof sad life story,

Erase arrogance, humble gets the glory,

Arrogance dissolves quickly in care,

Donate most wealth, simple share,

Serve poor, needy, kids or sick most,

Valuable in life purified, the ego is lost,

Wisdom character reborn within,

Arrogance melts gentleness shine,

 

Arrogance tricks mansion, asset,

Two yards brave, a pot of ash to rest,

Lifelong a bed, two yards in need,

Half of life rests lures greed indeed,

The human need for shelter, food small,

Greed triggers arrogance, soul crest fall.