She knew why

He waited with throbbing heart ;
He waited with impatience ;
Counting the seconds..
And she came and passed him by ;
Not looking not giving a glance,
He did not know why..
She went from room to room
Chatting and laughing
People cheered her
Every move, gobbled her word like wine..
Unknown to him she kept her night aside for him
She waited for all to go
When she would be free ..
Free to hold his hand
Free to lend him a shoulder
Free to listen and to tell !
Atlast finished and famished
She stood before him expecting to see the
Familiar light in his kind eyes..
He sat in his chair hating himself.
Looking at the door that just let her pass
Without a kind word
Without a friendly glance..
A sharp nail pierced his heart
Thinking of her wounded soul ,
The hurt visibly hanging on her eyes..
The eyes that revealed more than
A thousand word..
But she knew why!!

My Angel

Her childlike smile enchanted me
She led me with ease on her little finger
I danced on her tune
And made a fool of myself..
I adored her for her angelic looks
Forgetting mine, that drove people away..
Infinitely thankful for being loved
Inspite of my ugliness…
Inspite of all my shortcomings
Years later on the thresh hold of death
I love her more for being with me
All through the dark days
Loving me, giving me strength
Showing me the path that leads to light
For being able to look inside and love myself
For being one with my angel
Living in my soul…..

Black Hole

The tall lanky girl with her awkward gait

Stood alone outside the circle that surrounded me
I wanted to catch her eyes that looked beyond
Eyes that concealed more than what anyone could say ;
Dark clouds gathered on the distant sky
And gusty winds started blowing…
People scattered like fallen leaves
Hurrying across the river bed
To their little huts
That they thought were safe..
I looked at those eyes
laughing dancing and lighting up
Like those flashes beyond the clouds..
Drawing me near with a fierce desire with certain knowledge
Lingering within that “touch her
And you are gone
Gone with the winds
Beyond the clouds
Into the black hole
An ocean of death……..”

Poor man"s wish list

I saw the moon shining like a golden platter
And how I wished that it was really so…
When we beg, gold dusts would drop like rain drops
Covering our earth, the green of which is vanishing fast
Behind smoke screens and skyscrapers.


When the sun rises in the morning it looks like a ball of fire;
And so it is; burning us with hunger and thirst
With so little to have, our children die of the fire burning
In their tummy which tap water cannot quell.
I sit in the street corner
Wishing for the gold dust to fall on earth
Passers by drop one or two – only coins they are
And for half a loaf our children fight like wolves…

At a distance I hear comrades cheering their leader
Who fought for the cause of poorest of the poor!
Result bringing in the shower of votes.
How I wish that it was a shower of gold dust covering our path…