Shiva

You are designed to destroy

You are designed to triumph

With the sheer strength

You can slain any defiance

You keep your calm

You watch the sins

You show your compassion

Till darkness fills up to the brim

You live in the land of the holy

You care for dear Nandi

The gleaming serpent is your ornate

The flowing water, a crown over your head

You gained the respect of the Meluhans

You changed the rules of generations

You challenged the path of Lord Rama

You even challenged light when it dimly shone

How do you manage

To balance imperfection

We mortals, chase perfections

Hmmm..Somewhere we all know it is just ambition

Day turns to night and night turns to day

We turn our leaves, everyday seems the same

Yesterday we fought, to seek perfection

And we are still in a motion of ambition

I see what I lost yesterday

Would not have lost if I had not thought of today

Why don’t you play your damru 

        and pace our heartbeat;

Let in our minds we dance – as we traverse 

        the peaceful path of life

Since you are designed to destroy

Let there be peace of mind

As I know there is no perfection

I at least want to enjoy this life

Embrace reality –

Embrace slow –

Embrace life –

Let there be, first, peace of mind

‘Om Namah Shivay’

Fish Bowl Life

Have been living here since long

Circling around a bamboo stalk

Am aware of the beautiful, limitless world outside

My fins tied - by this fragile glass

Look at the potential I have

My lovely golden scales, the red tint allures every eye

I radiate life – the light that falls on me

People admire - My potential limited; however by this fragile glass

A neighbor lives here with me

Circles life's chore daily

We don't talk about ambition and anguish

As we Live - in agreed Harmony

People sit in front of me whole day

Pleaasee just don't catch a glimpse of me today!

Your attention caught - by the sleek LED box

All these shows - sports, cuisines, ideologies, technologies - changing, redefined

A year old baby visited one day

Was surprised myself - someone more blissful than me

Her innocence left me spell bound

She played with me – but reality is – I played with her – overjoyed; circled around in the same glass bowl

Really wish I could grow out one day

Walk on my own feet someday

Take my stride and build my space

My dignity and self respect restored – and not just feel like an object stored

Once I even tried;

The water was fuller than normally is

I  took this huge leap and jumped beyond the walls

Fell on the ground – and it took its toll

Gasped out of breath - I felt like I was dead

In the treacherous world outside

No sympathy and no feelings - Evil impersonated

Just showing me back – my ‘Place’

My father once told

Child – go out and fight

Never give up – rise every time and fight

One day will come – the world will see – your dues at your feet

So I am determined

To live by it

Whatever it takes

And so shall be  –  just a Common Man...

Oh My Gosh

It seems so long since we last spoke
was it yesterday or the day before
A hundred conversations ran through my mind
Made moments so long - feels like years gone by

It made me older
I think I know you already
Deep within, I feel we belong
I comprehend - my own conceptions, my own visions

Don't know if we meet again
but there is a hope we will
When it would really happen
Fear I would be fatigued - oh these inceptions

May you not lose this 'unspoken' Trust
Guess we need to strike a balance
So much easier to succumb
So tough to hold - the gates that give away

Dont know what best I can give
Can I do you any justice...
So I run for my life
and to stabilize

Out of sight - Out of mind

What is the choice we have
guess there never was
Still eyes meet and sparks arise
back to square one - thoughts reorganize

May be this wouldn't happen
if i was much stronger...
Is it really your persuasion
or my deviation, my sense of evasion

I dont expect, you to understand
when i cannot convince myself
Do I commit the sin or run away
Oh - what is my own conviction

I tried my best
to keep you at bay
But when we meet
it all drains away

What is the choice we have
guess there never was
Out of sight
Out of mind

Time once froze
Immersed in thought
OMG!!

EtheReal

Surrender to the sublime
To a world that is not mine
Fathom the power of the unbound

Opportunities embrace
And the choice is yours
The maze of the mice and chance at their slice - differ

The moment that flashes in the eye - could be decieving
But its you who needs to decide
If it is EtheReal

29 Hours in a day
Look at the cars on the sway
Light of ideas to inspire

It is really complex
Everything operates simpler
Unbelievable - Life is more efficient when dumber

Surrender to the sublime
To a world that is not mine
Fathom the power of the unbound

Confident attitudes speak their mind
Lonely man on the aisle
Cars still faster, lights still brighter, ideas still inspire - life just slower, lonlier - fading away...

Like a mutation
Radioactive thoughts and speech - the catalyst
You got what you dreamt and you feel you did

And you look back - destiny did act
Everything still operates simpler
Unbelievable - Life is now just a slumber

When I look to re-Orient
Simple things were complex
In the rat race - the pace the catalyst; energies mutated

Lonely man with too many people
Simple thoughts still a bit complex
Could not comprehend - faded away

In this messh of steps - take your flight
Fathom the power of the unbound
Make It Real - EtheReal