The midsummer tin-roofed alphabet-schoolBurst with thirsty crows and earthen potsLong-gowned smoky-eyed phantom-teachersGuided tiny fingers along chalked lettersThe water glistened telltale in the bottomWaiting for the crows to bend and breatheDeeply over their gently moving reflectionsThe pebbles would take long time to dropIn the meantime a squeezed citrus leafMingled its delicious smell perfectly withThe lazy crow’s [...]
Archive for June, 2005
13 Jun
The Resolution
That time the script was promptly made And sealed, waiting to be enacted and, later,In the marshy outreaches of my somnolenceThere arose several original questionsOf ethical propriety and logical integrityThe bit players seemed to evolve differentlyWhen awareness took an abrupt turnThe leading up to and the denouement got lostAs always, I have to start [...]
6 Jun
Questions
I go back in pearl-white consciousnessWhere lies my own future possibilityThousands of grey existence questionsRemain to be answered in the finite spaceFilled with tiny snow-flakes of fallible logicWhen I finally go knowledge shall arriveIn luminous trails and gusts of wind bringingAutumn-leaves of answered questions.
4 Jun
Laughter
Meanings do not accrueThey happen on the sideAway from the world’s centreThere is no fear of uncertainty,Of not being able to cope.The metaphors sound clichédIn the world’s understoodSomething much deeperComes out of the tranquil eyesThat brimmed with meaningWe laugh all the time, here,In the parks, under the treesWe do not understand the worldOur talk comes [...]
1 Jun
The white screen of death
I can visualize that happeningThe power of death is palpableAmidst disbelief, impossible reasonUnthinking brain-alivenessI can see the yellowed feetJutting out of the white sheetFleeting flies gratuitously sharingFickle aliveness with the deadExistence logic is devoid and whiteLike the all-enveloping sheet.
1 Jun
The white screen of death
I can visualize that happeningThe power of death is palpableAmidst disbelief, impossible reasonUnthinking brain-alivenessI can see the yellowed feetJutting out of the white sheetFleeting flies gratuitously sharingFickle aliveness with the deadExistence logic is devoid and whiteLike the all-enveloping sheet.
