POEMS

AURORALIS

Our journey begins in an enchanted place

Where dwelled magical creatures in open space

Gripped in a neverending night

The creatures were overcome by fright

However in this crowd haunted by fear

A young, confident soldier appears

He resolved in his heart to end the wretched night

And so they called him the warrior of light.

The warrior of light of set out on the quest

Said he “till I don’t find the light I wouldn’t rest”

So he went up to the wise old soothsayer

Who told him that he’d have his fair share

“of hardships and troubles that would make him dizzy,

That this journey wouldn’t be as easy

Said the warrior of light to the soothsayer

“of all the risks I am aware,

The robe of fear, I have shed

It’s a dangerous path I have to tread.”

“Then may luck be with you in that fight that you’ll begin

Go deep in the sea to meet the octopus king

Leave before the break of another day,

He will guide you and tell you the way.”

So the warrior of light with his adrenaline pumped in

Swam all night and met the octopus king

“it’s a long way dear son through five realms of the universe

With five pardons granted then your destiny will reverse.”

“Forgive me sir but could provide me with an explanation?”

“the trick isn’t in answering but asking the right question”

That said the king started to look a little amused

And the warrior of light stood speechless and confused.

“there is only and only one place that exists,

To get the sun rising from and that’s the land

Of auroralis!

MATERIAL LOVE

You’ve waited for your Rahul

all your life

to romance and love

and be his his wife

now pyar toh hona hi tha

and you know its true

that someone somewhere

is made for you!

You begin to fall

In love with yourself

The haldi and chandan

Will now come to help

To give you that sparkle

When you come in his sight

And glow like the moon

On a full moon night.

Get hitched get married because

Pyar shadi hai they say

So solidify your love before

Your changa munda runs away!

There will be singing and dancing

And joy from the start

Phirnis and kheer and band baja barat.

All you need

is not just love

but a car, a house

and whole other stuff

gold bangles and diamond necklace

silk brocades and zari laces

as you revel in your marital bliss

seal your with a material kiss.

IMPETUOUS

I have often thought

Of life inverted

And reflected in moving stillness

Drowning logic and making it fuzzy

With a lyrical absurdity

I have often seen life

Glaring back at me and

Piercing through the sheets

Of my mind

Moments become memories

Even as you casually

Let them pass you by

An idleness takes over me

In its softness there is such

Comfort

That even as boundaries

Blur

My speech becomes a slur

In reasoned abstraction

Erroneous perception

Right before my eyes

I have looked but not seen.

SCREAM

Wail and shout

But no one will hear

Run away it will hold you near

Fear that the sun is rising

For it marks only the beginning

of a morbid life

conflict and strife

and from there, there is no turning back

with each stride

swallowing your pride

through burnt up bodies and

ashes tonight

the wretched ghosts of your past appear

wail and shout

but now one will hear.