Ultra vires
I have a LADY in my mind
of course, it is a one-way love
she is married and has children
shameful.....passion for her has not been weakened
sincerely, it is not out of LUST
as she has no striking breasts
nor her postures are of sex-bomb like
oh.....her countenance and its mystic smiles
Is this a case of TRUE LOVE?
my conscience has tried this in all its courts
'Judgment is reserved' - and I am in pain
Love is deep. Clear and pure - up to the core it can ruin.
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On and On and On and On
Disappointments all around
still I keep living on
illusions from within
yet, I keep smiling on
Problems crop up in every front
still I keep marching on
failures strike me off and on
yet, I keep surging on
Boredom stops me midway jam
still I keep floating on
just as - machine switched auto on
yet, I keep silently rolling on
No applause or recognition, meri pyari jan
still I keep working on
with only hopes, you will take me on
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Lazyman's Wise Prayer
LAZYMAN'S WISE PRAYER
If to that extent RICH indeed
I need not have to toil hard instead
If to that extent SHREWD indeed
I would have skipped some years instead
If to that extent BRAVE indeed
I could'nt have lost on more counts instead
If to that extent READY indeed
I should'nt have to repent now instead
If to that extent FOUGHT indeed
I ought to have won fast instead
If to that extent all B A D indeed
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Catch Up Or Disappear
CATCH UP OR DISAPPEAR
YOU cannot just grudge
the way the world so flies
You cannot just try
the speed so high, you cry
You cannot just shy
away from the rules that so fry
You cannot just lie
blind to the needs that are so sly
You cannot just say nay
To the changes that may leave you so dry
You cannot just stop and pry
as no one wants you here so naïve
If, you cannot thus survive
CLEAR OUT - the world is so,
NOT YOURS OR MINE.
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Sorry To Say
‘Sorry' is the easiest excuse
sometimes, deliberately misused
comes very handy, for unmindful lapses
saving both from an angry course, often.
there seems to be a misconception, that
seeking ‘sorry' has some limitations
as it is seldom heard or used
among family members, as hardly, I have seen.
All are respectable individuals
no bars, immunities, exclusions, age-division
upon commission or omission, we are bound to say sorry
with a genuine air of repentance, care and reverence
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Boarding A Bus
on boarding a bus
we scramble for a seat
luckiest and strongest ones
are the first to wrest
rest of the defeated crowd
pooh-poohs
and continues as standees
……reverting back to their
never ending worries
with which they do
this to and fro shuttles
sometimes, we get
ourselves seated first - but
with an air of arrogance
we move our faces outside
only to avoid hearing any requests
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Dream Scheme
DREAM SCHEME
Beware of your bad dreams
They may have a message scheme
And they enact slowly but surely
To pull you over to the net of its own theme
very distant futures
are sometimes, foretold
not as a secret, but
to warn in the correct sense
How should I believe
such informal snap-shots,
unless I have some
substance to rely on
I have now found a new friend
Who defy and ridicules the above belief
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U P S
UPS
A cup of
Horlics is getting cold
The foldable study lamp
is on; and running hot
My regular table is strewn
With books and notes, untouched.
The open windows
Blowing in speed air.
Sudden black-out - power goes off
No need to reach for candles or matches
I feel light and brightness
in the powers of darkness
Within the corners of my
Unclean heart
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The cable news - PEACE
some unbelievable love story
is running on the screens
of our home cable
all the members of all the ages
postponing their regular routines
are nailed to the actions
and are absorbed so deeply
for two and half hours
while the cinema was on
our home was so lovingly calm
free of murmurs and argument
echoing complaints and undercurrents
except, the noisy sound tracks
of the false story sequences
dreamily uniting the warring home groups
I thank that producer for his excellent piece
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Farm House
FARM HOUSE
Far from the madding crowd
one looks for a peaceful bound
simple living has more real meanings
than jailed under a high-rise housing
with trees, flowers, fruits and little flies
they are the unfading true friends of mine
from the thankless, greedy, corrupt bad masses
I would keep myself aloof, resting on grasses
Life is beautiful, if only you can choose and live
away in a farm house under the Nature's naked care
for you are sure to love a new lease of life
Come and discover the promise that is pure & clean.
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