Random, Yet Certain

if my affection for you is real
do I slay an other hand
whose only dream is you?

in sheer boredom
have I entered here
seeking a spark of joy
now, a fire glows in me
how do I douse it
with tears of someone
whose dreams and desires

borders my own

withered and weary
are my thoughts, today

yet, as we trace a
shared destiny in a
borderless world,
this flame of mine
shall glow in silence
and be lifted up for you
in moments of
uncertainty – so certain
and peaceful
is my affection for you,
as absolute as your vision

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AN OLD POEM REVISITS

AN OLD POEM REVISITS

I have made up my mind
to live, forgetting them,
who went without a good bye,
and ignoring them, who pinch me
no end with their indifference
as with their fetid words…
only the sun and moon shall
now remain in my quiescent
skies, the endless stars and clouds,
may lend their charm, when I shall
visit you at day’s end, in your
unguarded moments, and leave

when the sound of rains
batter on your roofs…

remember that

happiness is not something

I seek or trade in but,

peace shall be…

not to many have I
closed my doors before,
but now my doors shall
remain closed until the white
hands of death shall knock…
when only the wily wind
shall enter to set my body
ablaze, and it shall be
a cold November….

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PS: This was written about 12 years ago… And I do not know, for some reason the lines came back to me last night... I have lost the book that I wrote it, hence words have been changed here and there… may be some lines have been added too…

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The Day Has Come

beneath the dormant sky
and a feral, burning sun
the city wilts,
the decrepit walls
wiped clear of all
flawed graffiti…

eyes filled
with anguish
the odious manipulators
now look within
to see their own faults,
to see that filth was within
and to see how their own
faithless factions
dupe them in all fronts
they shall now learn
to know that
the darkness in their eyes
shall not fill the fissures
and in the days light
no cracks remain
its only the
One Soul
that fills
you and me

and finally,

the day has come
when you and me shall
walk together into our
chosen destinies…and,
as the old white cross
sings its glory, freedom
shall be my gift
to you….

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PS: This is in a way a follow-up on:

http://devika-jyothi.blogspot.com/2008/12/day-may-come.html

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