Masqueraders

Among the masqueraders  saw you standing sad,

Thought you were one of them so I wasn’t glad,

But times unfolded and proved  much wrong,

Happy to see you unmasked now for so  long,

Childishly you peek from behind the bough,

Exuding brilliant colours like a rainbow…..

To

To watch the morning sun arise,

To watch the buds coyly mesmerise,

To watch the squirrels play gleefully,

To watch the myna sing melodiously,

Oh! My heart so longs for such time..

Is this the life I dreamt of to be mine?

Voice

Heard it in the distant land,

With a voice oh so grand,

Compelling to keep going,

As if the travail all knowing,

I may lose hope and succumb,

But the voice never goes mum….

Wish-2

I wish not for the entire ocean

But for the little drop that was mine,

I wish not for the blossoming garden

But for the demure flower that was mine,

I wish not for the absolute symphony

But for the single note that was mine,

I wish not for the integral life

But for the endearing moment that was mine,

I wish not for the congregation

Only you who were mine…..

Just when...

Just when she was lowest on confidence,

Just when she had lost all sense,

Just when everything looked doomed,

Just when life had zoomed….

Just when the land had parched

Just when the good times had marched,

Just when the grass refused to go green,

Just when the moon had lost its sheen…..

Came clouds of rain and gaiety,

As if presence of some deity,

To wipe all tears and bring smile,

Like a Circus Clown in colourful guile,

But is it all illusion?

But is it all confusion?

If so then why is it so real?

With terms and conditions in a deal?

Only time will raise the curtain….

To show if the change is for certain…..

Gulmohar

Two sturdy Gulmohars, stand separately,

Withstanding storms on their own entirely,

To the human eye they barely seem to touch,

But underneath their roots are intertwined as much…….

But

Dreaming but frozen that dreams may come true,

Thinking but trembling that it may convert into action,

Speaking but cant bear to hear the truth spoken by others,

Certainly not doubting  but petrified to trust……