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The Saga of June: A journey in Snippets





He alone makes this happen
Between strangers
He alone makes this heart
ache
He alone makes this mind
restless

This longing

Only He, He alone
disturbs our beings
To guide us to magnanimous peace

He alone gives us questions
He alone gives us answers

Indeed, He is then Exalted
Indeed He is then All-Knowing
Indeed He is then End-Less
Indeed then, He IS.!

...



We are all bearers of light

Let darkness know this
Let darkness discover us
Let us discover darkness
To discover ourselves!

...


When times are difficult and trying
Beauty is--the only consolation
Faith is--the only way out

Everyday when the sun sets
It leaves you with the promise
That tomorrow
Will be more beautiful than today.
And faith--
Helps you live through the night
No matter how long, no matter how dark

All I can do now
Is pray for beauty
Today
And have faith
In a tomorrow which I hope will be

Ameen!
...

I need you perhaps
So that I can
Write
A poem on You
Why
Must you then
Also exist
Outside my words?
!!!

...


And some days are beautiful
Because they are sad
And because there are tears
And moments so bleak
That even a speck of light
no matter how small
Will warm you
and light up
just that hint of smile
to set things things right
again
But remember
It is okay to be sad sometimes
Or else happy days
would feel alone
And love would
never last


...


Poetry and People
are so similar
essence of each lies
in its meaning
A meaning
born of our own construct
meaning-a different one each day
yet
Poetry and People
are so dis-similar
our interpretation of poetry
always enlightens
our interpretation of people
always disappoints
some meanings are then
not destined to be discovered at all

...

Yet another Sunday
A wet sun
hiding behind clouds
Heavy
Heavy with-
last night's mourning
A sun burdened with-
drops of forgotten little diamonds of dew
a Sunday heavy
with crumbling memories
of me and you!

...

be grounded
be of the earth
believe me
it is a great place to be
only stars and eyes lined with love
only magic is what you see
be of the ground
and the sky?
what of the sky?
when you look below
what do you see
the stasis of destiny
of heartbreak and falsity
of young love accursed to wane
be content my love
be grounded
trust me
it is a great place to be
and when you look up
there will be only stars to see
and maybe me
and maybe we

...


And maybe
I will forget you
Like the sun
forgets the sky

...


How magnificent this
This breaking of the heart
You know
You know that something
Something
Is going to mend it soon
Soon

...


There is no poetry in Love
In love everything is poetry
In love all poets are jobless
In love, everyone is a Poet

...


1 comments:

Madhuprana Goswami said...

mesmerizing...........so so beautiful....love to read your poems over and over and again and again,,,,

23 July 2012

The Saga of June: A journey in Snippets





He alone makes this happen
Between strangers
He alone makes this heart
ache
He alone makes this mind
restless

This longing

Only He, He alone
disturbs our beings
To guide us to magnanimous peace

He alone gives us questions
He alone gives us answers

Indeed, He is then Exalted
Indeed He is then All-Knowing
Indeed He is then End-Less
Indeed then, He IS.!

...



We are all bearers of light

Let darkness know this
Let darkness discover us
Let us discover darkness
To discover ourselves!

...


When times are difficult and trying
Beauty is--the only consolation
Faith is--the only way out

Everyday when the sun sets
It leaves you with the promise
That tomorrow
Will be more beautiful than today.
And faith--
Helps you live through the night
No matter how long, no matter how dark

All I can do now
Is pray for beauty
Today
And have faith
In a tomorrow which I hope will be

Ameen!
...

I need you perhaps
So that I can
Write
A poem on You
Why
Must you then
Also exist
Outside my words?
!!!

...


And some days are beautiful
Because they are sad
And because there are tears
And moments so bleak
That even a speck of light
no matter how small
Will warm you
and light up
just that hint of smile
to set things things right
again
But remember
It is okay to be sad sometimes
Or else happy days
would feel alone
And love would
never last


...


Poetry and People
are so similar
essence of each lies
in its meaning
A meaning
born of our own construct
meaning-a different one each day
yet
Poetry and People
are so dis-similar
our interpretation of poetry
always enlightens
our interpretation of people
always disappoints
some meanings are then
not destined to be discovered at all

...

Yet another Sunday
A wet sun
hiding behind clouds
Heavy
Heavy with-
last night's mourning
A sun burdened with-
drops of forgotten little diamonds of dew
a Sunday heavy
with crumbling memories
of me and you!

...

be grounded
be of the earth
believe me
it is a great place to be
only stars and eyes lined with love
only magic is what you see
be of the ground
and the sky?
what of the sky?
when you look below
what do you see
the stasis of destiny
of heartbreak and falsity
of young love accursed to wane
be content my love
be grounded
trust me
it is a great place to be
and when you look up
there will be only stars to see
and maybe me
and maybe we

...


And maybe
I will forget you
Like the sun
forgets the sky

...


How magnificent this
This breaking of the heart
You know
You know that something
Something
Is going to mend it soon
Soon

...


There is no poetry in Love
In love everything is poetry
In love all poets are jobless
In love, everyone is a Poet

...


1 comment:

Madhuprana Goswami said...

mesmerizing...........so so beautiful....love to read your poems over and over and again and again,,,,