Parrot

A Parrot

When I talk of you

They say , a parrot !

How would they know,

Like the southern breeze

You have sent your message

Filling me to the core

With your divine melody.

I try to fathom

Known from the unknown

I try to put my words to your tune

And they laugh , a parrot !

Desperate , I try to bind your melody with

Music , orchestra, lyrics!

But they remain out of reach-

The fragrance, sweetness,

the heart wrenching pain

That was there when you hummed!

Throwing caution to the winds

I put my voice to your song!

Even from inside some cried

A parrot!

My last offering

The Lotus

The day you came to me a begging

I was drowned by joy and grief

I’d fill your bowl to the brim I vowed

But no pauper; you turned out to be a royal thief

Every thing that was mine you robbed

And yet I glowed like a bride in ecstasy

Holding the Salver on your own

When you called me out from your throne

I was still at choosing flowers

The best for you to adorn

The gales came rushing in

And oh my beloved king

They left barren, all my trees .

Please take me, whispered my heart

I am waiting for Him from the start

Bemused I looked in

And there oh my king

Bloomed a single lotus

My last offering!

Amigo Amigo

Amigo- Amigo

My friend, my dear mate!

You help me take a step or two,

With you I share a few words,

Right out of my soul

At times when the world appears to be a mist,

When there is no one around

I think of you, and oh my friend,

You come to me right away!

Putting your serene touch on my heavy heart.

A divine melody, you are out of this world.

I cannot get at you in a crowd

Nor even when I am all alone.

But , you always know the day

I am down with deep sorrow.

Deeper despair still;

And you touch me with your song

Soft and tenderly;

They take away the dark shadows clouding my heart,

And flood me with light and happiness.

My amigo!On the dark wintry nights,

You bring with you my sunny days,

And then you go.

Awakening the love and desire;

For the unknown, unheard of,

For you my ever elusive friend