the mountain peaks are where they were greenery on the slopes has changed they don’t speak to me the same way have I changed, or the peaks re-arranged? with dreamy eyes and a buzzing mind I saw these from the crowded train now, I look for a sense of peace as I drive across … Continue reading Homecoming
I spilt oil on art paper yesterday You made it look like a map dry twigs pencilled on stains -an artistic twist on a talent I never had You sold it with due credits to me -originator of the art Mentor, where would I be without you? I’m eternally grateful -but the hollowness sings … Continue reading I see but don’t like
What am I made of? This question blows the hell out of me. I’ve been through some past life regression sessions, and saw a few scenes stored like pages in the memory of the soul. Belief in reincarnation is a very personal matter, but if true, it raises so many questions. Am I made up … Continue reading Never-ending
potential-the word gives so much of hope is scary at the same time with its uncertainty -what if expectations are misplaced -what if blame is led at my door for possible failure and disappointment knocks unexpectedly fear keeps me awake hope keeps me half-alive optimism is a mindset pessimism appears closer home Life in … Continue reading Potential
This is about three women from the epic Ramayan - Sita who has to walk through fire to prove her purity. Yet, she is banished to the forest a few years later with her sons, for an aspersion cast on her character by a washerman. Valmiki's Ramayan is written during her anonymous stay in the … Continue reading What happened to Shupnakha
For those not familiar with the story Draupadi was a princess married to five brothers (the personality of each symbolized a certain value), because their mother uttered the words “Share whatever you’ve got today.” She was humiliated in court with a stripping attempt, and where her husbands did not come to her rescue. The incident … Continue reading Draupadi
Heaven-circling desiresdefying map-backed wisdomrise above precincts of humanityattempt to attain moon-blown divinity.Enter the Sundarting out million tongues of firevelvet dreams juxtaposedagainst regality of truth-giving new dimensionsredefining ambitionrewriting dreamsriding on whispering windsfalling on rain-soaked dampnessRe-emergenceof desires closer to earth-a seed becomes a treemobility-challengedbut nurturing all that fallsin its radiusa shade that nurtures-fire-purifiedwith an expanded sense of … Continue reading Rooting
