TWILIGHT CITY

 

Earth spins ceaseless brittle beauty,

Dazzles a populace bright capital city,

A couple of centuries ago, hopes of the race,

Language, literature, commerce trace,

Millennia roll back earth spin, wonder,

The river, lifeline of land export splendor,

The city on the bank of a river, a harbor,

Boats sail far off in the ocean, spices flavor,

Nine-yard cotton cloth superfine, exotic,

Fit well in bamboo core space, majestic,

Forest cover, treasure, rich in mineral,

Dense forest animal, products, herbal,

Island people enamored exotic goods,

The great land of the race, towns to woods,

Rich in gold, jewels, architect, temple,

Unique rock carvings, threadworks assemble,

A month after Dussehra, boat festival,

Celebrations of voyages immemorial,

The city observes past glories of sailors,

Once the capital of the land n race valor,

The fort in ruins stands reminds well,

Invasion n surrender of the city, tragedy dwell,

People under invaders looted blindfold,

Alien culture fractured race multifold,

Illiteracy, poverty, hunger, illness,

Twilight city wailed mercy in distress,

Colonial rule, city capital, influence,

Rose in colonial education, business,

Region of a people proud of language,

United again, culture, the city had an image,

Earth spins to centuries, city prosper,

River transit, transport of good better,

Boats in the riverbank, cartload goods,

City accumulate crops, colony moods,

Loot through the river to ship in sea most,

The spine of a people broke, self-respect lost,

The city called through fiery poet ignite,

O’ skeletal of race unite n stand upright,

Break the chain of bondage for freedom,

Remember valiant past, richest kingdom,

The city turned fountainhead, resurrection,

Leaders grew in city, affected lava molten,

Inspired the city, born a state for a race,

One language, a dance, host tribal face,

Earth spins further on-axis, a lost capital,

Ruling machinery missing, decline gradual,

River transport vanishes, river sand bed,

Traffic turns to roadways, vehicles thread,

Twilight of a citizen in years, in warm tears,

Missed celebration of the voyage, boats this year,

The city is losing again glories, miss fiery leaders,

Twilight city witness, darkness rises in the ladder,

The prime pace of education, culture, business,

Twilight city laments, everything slow loses,

No theater, poets, writers, singers, doctors,

No more the city boasts on motion pictures,

No more center of business, commerce, export,

Arteries of dark lanes, two rivers dry bed adopt,

Fear spinning globe atlas spin further shiver,

The twilight city calls to a halt, vanishing forever.

 

IMMANENCE

 

Rare a moonless clear sky in the night,

Gazes on roof millions of stars bright,

Luminous milky way, galaxy only visible,

Countless galactic stars evolve incredibly,

Eons birth and vanish to oblivion enact,

Silent sky, night simmers, twinkles tact,

Lost in thought with a deep sigh, ah creator,

How controls phenomenal cycles, wonder,

Thought of blazing light of midday sun,

Blistering heat sunlight, dry earth burn,

Infinite energy, a space universe in control,

Benevolent or destroyer, timeless actor,

Green earth reflects glories n presence,

At dawn, dusk enchanting luminescence,

Millennium human alert mind sings,

Deep prayers in desert, greens rings,

Share fathomless sorrows, the joy of heart,

Absolute trust creator listens, cure first,

Thousands of years Kashi, ancient city love,

 The sacred river flows, purify ash dissolve,

Ghat dragged population timeless prayer,

Offering holy water, cleanse sins to pure,

River of life from Himalayan height move,

Immerse in the river, holy dip, salvation solve,

The city searched realization to bondage,

The cycle of birth n death break, freedom craze,

The linked human soul in the essence of creator,

Deathless, beyond express, timeless pure,

Passionately search, divine wish, in essence,

Amazing world, the saga of humanity immanence,

Subtle His presence in every living, inert,

World escapes to the oblivion of past, ever lost,

New realm discover unmanifest mysteries,

Every moment, dark unconsciousness dies,

Divine gesture, luminous conscious arrives,

Pandemic divine prosecution new millennium,

Human hopes, dreams of world peace dawn,

Nature accommodative existence, new creation,

Infinitely surpassing, our most wild imagination,

Wrath of alert divine, elements force devastate,

Nature’s wrath a microbe virulent quick predate,

Long immersed in His splendor, alone in silence,

Heaved a sigh, a star vanish like, the sun loses presence,

Creation, to oblivion divine plans to cycle in essence,

Sacred waters of river flows serene sing eloquence

Corona erased, New Year joy thrills hope confluence,

The new world, new creation, realize His immanence.

 

EQUANIMITY

 

In life sorrows grip tight heart,

Neither heart sinks nor heals fast,

The deep wound invisible lurks within,

Bleeds with tears quietude prime,

Silence in mind, thoughts rewind,

Painful a moment in life rekindles,

Never heals a heart, pain, sadness,

Incredible curvy life, rich, poor faces,

A compassionate touch, tight hug,

Often helps assuage, pacify cool sob,

Equanimity in life, in balance mood,

Life sustains thorns cruel erase brood,

Shared me most often wavy realm,

Ecstasy misses quick, hurt lacks balm,

Teenage has seen results well or worse,

Twinkles turned tears, speechless verse,

Young heart aspiring, mad for skies,

Average family sight kite snatched flies,

Infinite sweet dreams prey young heart,

Broken heart after effort goes vain intact,

Depressive mind a curse, life gets aimless,

Cheerful world, bright days rot in distress,

No medicine, care can recover the heart well,

Few in life close friend, life partner swell,

Soothing whispers, touch, caress smother,

Tight hugs patient, hot tears empty sooner,

The pain for moths, year’s occasional visit,

Spirit failed to self console, fake smiles deceit,

The wound heals as a miracle a touch, few words,

Intimate listener for pathos few words inroad,

The mind accepts positive magic these whispers,

Equanimity erases pain, past forgotten clear,

No more fake smiles lie mind acts,

Hiding self from the world fails to distract,

Gradual heart searches hope pink,

Forgotten tears, solitude, never it, sink,

Laughter plays wonder with friends close,

Hands clasped tight couple embraced rose,

Nature’s cryptic message a rock balance,

Down one side rolls hundred feet relevance,

Equanimity is the balance of life mimic nature,

Assures progress of human, sad, in pleasure,

The best medicine for the cure is love pure,

Friendship true critical aspect, assure,

Friendship means for couple mutual trust,

Love n respect, care, brings equanimity most,

Such a family has seen stable men or wife,

Leaders console, heal broken home fight,

It safeguards student sees the future with hope,

Jobless calm, testing time fight, rare elope,

Ripe age couple, single with a friend knows,

Depressing time closeness, balance owes,

Widow, young, woman with kids single,

The pathos of female life, humiliations mingle,

No one to console, hug tight, caring touch,

Hats off to brave women, never to cry vouch,

Looking for struggle in harsh world fight,

Equanimity O’ man learn from her, a sight,

Seen physically handicapped smiles profuse,

Equanimity in mind, self-effort succeed muse,

 

Equanimity of mind is a clue for mediation,

Mind distracts often, slow breath in motion,

Composed state, silent, mind as thoughtless,

Equanimity brings breath slowly, focus matchless,

Enables quality of human as realized, thinker,

Poet, writer, intellect, scientist, singer, painter,

Doctor, sculpture, architect, musician, leader,

The essence of equanimity, the mind evolves in wonder. 

 

 

 

 

DAYDREAMS

 

Butterflies décor mind’s garden,

Colors in spray, flowers gladden,

Thoughts as gentle breeze blow,

Sunlight in cool shade mind slow,

Eyes lost in unknown city bright,

Wide roads clean busy life in, sight,

Glass towers kiss blue sky high,

Homes of dwellers dazzle parks lie,

Thoughts as spider web grew more,

Train whistles speeding far allure,

Village life, quietude afternoon hour,

Young life, result success, idle sour,

Nice flats gleaming floor furniture,

Service life in city prime career,

Simple and serene village cottage,

Thatched roof, childhood craze,

Friends with wings high on air,

Early marriage few missing n rare,

Village gossip, moonlit night distant,

A noisy evening with cake friends want,

Time has swallowed teenage, quick,

Village girl life behind door sick,

Education in school, college hostel,

Over in time smooth in urban taste,

Cinema, bazaars, nightlife recall,

Shimmers daydream, window small,

No more village is beautiful, no job,

City life in scope, great future throb,

Mind misses among people strange,

Well dressed, with busy time craze,

Dreams in crowded trains, bus quick,

Rushing office time looks evasive,

Mind swings joyful, office glamour,

Surprises in works tours often favor,

Few steps out of college life travel,

Metros, overseas trip, wonder unravel,

Colleague handsome friendly officer,

Dreamer dreams amorous life partner,

Mind a spider captures imaginations,

A residence flat, furniture, cushions,

Daydream move ahead of a baby,

Lonely girl mid-afternoon dreams savvy,

Good career, husband, baby n home,

Amazing city life, family own awesome,

A knock on the door loud call disturb,

Daydreams fade soon heart perturb,

Opened front door, a postman with mail,

Anxious girl search, interview call detail,

Invitation as school teacher vacant,

Modest salary, quarter, city as distant,

Mother queries daughter on a letter,

Marriage looms near, fate test greater.

 

 

SUAVITY

 

Sweet charms in look attractive,

Soft-spoken voice warm impassive,

Polite, decency smells veil absent,

Smiles suave assurance friendly,

Behind curtain his world knowingly,

Surging emotions, pain private,

Personal love, aspirations intimate,

Flavors of life behind wall beautiful,

Society mesmerizes greetings cool,

Name and fame spread among all,

Admiring image serves media recall,

The presence among people message tall,

Applause resounds long sign, enthrall,

Not fiction, fact of life, fabulous reign,

Not unique, in multitude suavity gain,

 

Look charms mind, fair n handsome,

The mind never search, suspect worrisome,

Deceptive infectious smiles conquer,

Soft words swallow askance to cover,

The bubble of questions burst in silence,

Interaction polite demeanor elegance,

Crowd gets mad at pearls of wisdom,

Long address angelic portrays vision,

Within four walls, male spirit bruised,

None to apply lotion, lone pale buried,

Male vanity lifelong ran n ran for the oasis,

Dreary desert quicksand swallow wish,

Wishes are simple family life, wife, kids,

Busy life work alcoholic, addiction bleeds,

Addiction for a name, known by people,

Unknown in his life forgot kid’s dimple,

Family ruined never alone for single,

Suavity cast myriad puzzles as simple,

Magnificent mansion family bond fizzle,

Decorations precious awards, gifts sizzle

Male aspiration unlimited wealth in tow,

The fame of suavity, pretense ashamed bow,

 

Never dare suave manner shock awaits,

Never bare suavity revenge rude predates,

Never question suavity where he does earn,

Never probe suavity how many his mourn,

Never inquire suavity where is his love,

Never tell suavity straight he will dissolve,

Never ask suavity which sight he burns,

Never highlight suavity destitute he born,

Never spy suavity his life behind the wall,

Careful O’ mind his anger force frugal,

 

Divine perplex on dual life of creation,

In public saintly suavity solitary emotion,

Emotion is frustration normal life lost,

Pretension plunder privacy query worst,

Affluence glamour in a day, night in tear,

Glittering function, event, solitude sheer,

Wakeful nights mourn quiet time own blood,

Peace, happiness, love root, future at odd!