Eclipsed with ecstasy

You were eclipsed with ecstasy,
Your eyes said so, you saw love
Probably lust,
While I looked at you with warmth,
And probably a bit of passion..!!

Not long ago, I lit a lamp on the a cave,
The one with the fountain,
I sat alone by the water...watching the lamp fade away,
Waiting for you to call me once...!!

I saw you taking the long walk,
Into the desert of snow,
Could you have not looked back?
Just for a moment before you went?

And today you sit by the moonlight,
Looking back at what you left,
All the letters you burnt
The days you escaped, the poems you tore,
You were eclipsed with ecstasy,
and probably,....crippled with lust.

Beyond all that was...

It is dusk, about the time the light should fade away,
Make way for the darkness, she has her own place as well,
It's that time when you should shut your eyes,
And just think....all that was the day, ....the year, .....the life

We have walked thus far, one step at a time,
Finding our way through the unstructured maze
The darkest alleys could not stop us, we lit our lamps of the way,
But now, the lights should go off....
Make way for the darkness, she has her own place in my heart,
And let me just think....all that was the journey, ...the life

Am I sounding like an old man .... one who has lost all faith?
Don't get me wrong, we are too afraid to fade away,
May be it's not all that bad to take a pause and look back..

Because beyond all that was... there was a beautiful dream,
The one which you dreamed as a child,
Where you stood in middle of nowhere, beneath a melancholy bougainvillea tree,
Waiting...and waiting...and waiting for bird to emerge,
From his newly build nest...so that you could jump with glee
At the first site of the newly born kid...!!

The dream has dried down today,
You had to run....could not wait,
And the storm came and the tree fell
And the nest was shattered into pieces,
You did not look back, not a tear from your eyes...
Beyond all that was..there was the dream, never lived, yet never forgotten.

We are Social

Sometimes you are just alone,
Within a sea of people,
Known, unknown, half-known...
As you caress the silver skin of smartphone,
Peeking into slices of someone's life,
Soaking in the half-truths they have to share.

You are alone, more alone than ever...
Trapped within the perimeters of your rooms,
Within the labyrinths of dead brain cells, networks cables and routers
You have forgotten to think....like a sane human being.

Right to the Left

And the twilight pours its wine to the empty glass of sky,
The song fades into nothingness,
The void overpowers the honks of the cars,
Makes me deaf, makes me blind,
As I stare and I stare into the lake,
Dull with the skeletons of withered leaves floating on it,
Numb with death and glowing with freedom....

Did you walk down past the pavement with shops around it,
Bright with the neon-glow?
An insipid lust engulfs your thoughts,
To jump into it, grab it all and YELL...
To yell at the top of your voice,
You have made it there to the top of the world
And celebrate with champagne, your victory....your defeat...

We have made it all,
We have lit up darkness with halogen lamps,
Conquered the nothingness with space-shuttles,
Compressed the distance with Skype....
But have we looked up to the sky with an empty glass,
Waiting for rain to fill it up...or maybe tears...??
Or a bit of smile to light up the dark faces in Africa...?

Have we, for God's sake got it all...or are we still toddlers waiting to run?
Are we the agents of fall or the demons of lust?
Answer me, I deserve one....
But I may wait for it forevermore,
And discover the mechanical clock running furiously to reach 12...
And my lung lose breath with the every cycle it makes.
As the twilight pours its wine to the empty glass of sky,
And the song fades into nothingness....

Turn

Now that you know you can't run away,
Now that tranquility has overpowered you,
And made you senile, can you still afford to turn away?
Do you think it is still worth throwing the tantrums you did when you were young,
Do you think it was right on your part to separate from my dream and senses,
Now that you know so much about life, and the challenges it present,
Can you still hide your face in the shadows of a leaf?

Remember the day you walked upto me,
Just to say, you had to leave,
That the time has come to an end
And between you and me, there is just a void,
Of anger, sacrifice and hatred,
Did you not think ever of the love that we shared,
And the dream we nourished together for a life beyond the sea?

We have walked the graveled path so many times,
Lost in the air heavy with the fragrance of Kamini,
A few days before the Puja,
Was it all just for a show, or for me to compose this adolescent poem at a ripe old age?

Today the wall has fallen apart,
And the stars have hidden themselves behind the cloudlines
Just as you did....those many years ago,
Leaving behind a void,
Of anger, sorrow and.........Love !!

Whatever...!!!!

I slept,
Dreamt,
Started walking in the dream,
And then I ran,
Fast....really fast,
My heart was on the verge of bursting,
My veins filled with stream of adrenaline,
And that is when,
I stumbled upon a leaf....

Surprised? I told you it was a dream,
A bit too far from reality, maybe,
But then again I command what I dream.
I can rise to the moon if I wish,
Stare at a girl with adolescent desire,
Or simply ignore them all and play with a squirrel.
Is there a point that I want to make here?
Not at all....just a flow of few thoughts,
Jotted down in hurry,
Keeping my mind shut !!!

A Gift

I have made these minor truce with life,
Having got a lot of what I wanted,
I seem to have lost the chance to ask for more,
And why should I?
Am I someone who is not liked or loved?

I sit back in agony,
Waiting for the moment to come...
And lift me from the ashes,
With my life in my hand,
I rejoice at every beam of light that falls on my face,
And yet does not blind me...
Thanks God, thank you for everything..