Twilight

It is felt

Fading lights

Fading form

Dissolving slowly

Into nothing, nowhere

Yet 

it is awesomely beautiful

Like a newborn baby!

Soon day will end

To begin again with

Awesome beauty of twilight!

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OSI Prompt : Twilight

Bare Naked

Bare Naked

On a cool quiet of night

Alone

Rested facing sky wide open

I lie for a while

Calm and vastness

Combined

Play its magic…..

Soon I feel my breath

and

Hear my heartbeats

Slowly

Trivial frills drop

and

Truth revealed

Bare

Naked

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OSI Prompt : Naked

I am Just a tree

Stationary & Silent

Observing & marveling

Feeling breeze & rain

Warmth of sun & coolness of moon

Receiving my food

And what it takes to LIVE

Right here

Enjoying all that nature has to offer,

That is why I am here

That is how I live &

That is how I pass away

Fruits, seeds, leaves & shadows

Are results of my being,

Not my anxiety

if they are useful

I am just a tree

I wonder about this man

Always on run!

Food, house, Relationships, Status…

So much to “maintain”

Run, run & run…..

Trying to earn his living

When will he realize it is a gift?

When will he evolve to know

There is no need to possess to enjoy?

When will he learn to be still?

When will it occur

What he runs for will find him

Once he is still?

When will he learn to be just a man?

I am just a tree

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(Picture credit: FreeFoto.com)

OSI Prompt : Tree
        

A call

A call

As usual, 

alone 

at regular place for evening walk

It is Twilight of evening

Cool breeze

Golden light

Couples strolling

Friends together talking, laughing, walking….

Birds chirping

I believe it is a call to return

So beautiful, I thought

My hand reaches for mobile

To call you

I want you to hear

Chirping

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OSI Prompt: Absent

Harmony

Ripples

Just on the surface

Violate nothing

You

My friend,

Add to stillness

I experience

Moon feels

More beautiful now

Image from :  http://www.public-domain-image.com

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OSI Prompt : Violate

My empty cup

Sitting on a sea shore I see
A pit dug by kids playing

Often filled by waves
As soon as waves recede
It gets empty again

Kids bring water by buckets trying to fill it
But it is soon drained
They try hard
Efforts are frustrating

Only sea can fill it

A smile passes my face

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OSI Prompt : Wanting

Honey Bee

Hopping from one flower to another

Being with one now

Another then,

To each one fullness of my heart  

True with everyone

Nature has created me as such

I am in harmony

True to my heart

True in my love

True with everyone

I don’t cheat

Never holding back a piece of myself

Pure and chaste

Close to God

In love with life

True with everyone

And they call me fickle hearted!

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OSI Prompt : Fickle

To Mother Nature

 To Mother Nature

Let me

Toast and drink to

Her Goodness

For I feel loved by her

No matter

How I destroy

And disturb the balance

Of her vital elements

For my small comforts

And

Yet pretend to be ignorant,

Both of my acts

And her love!

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OSI : Wassail

Weed

W e e d

Useless

Unwanted

To be thrown out

Yet

Your part

You may not care

Show concern

Still

Please let me be

Just let me be

With you.

You will find love in me

Soon

Just let me be

With you.

Just let me be 

With you.

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OSI Prompt : Weed

Quench

Quench

I long to go green,
bear plants and flowers,

Want hearts sing around me.

Please rain,

Don’t pass over me

Leaving me thirsty.

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Haiku Heights prompt : Quench

Invisible Source

Invisible source

 

Dark chilling nights of winter,

Harsh burning sun of May,

Dry spells and floods

Powerful wind, storms,

Come and go.

See endure and flourish

Ones who

Stay

D

E

E

P

Rooted.             

                                  

For all Seasons (Pi-Ku)

For all seasons (Pi-ku)

Care or not

Just

True Love blossom.

-

For OSI Pi-ku contest

Opening up.....

Opening up…..closed windows

Why? Why should I??

Why not?

Not in my interest….No, not at all…..

Tense, restless,

Suffocated…..

Feelings trapped…..

Not finding a way to deal with the situation,

Tired…

I go to sea shore nearby.

Seated under open sky,

Pensive,

……Watching sun set.

Slowly……

Cool breeze, sound of sea,

Colorful sky…….

Get into me.

Body loosens & feels relaxed.

Beauty of nature outside

Connect and awaken

Within me

Its formless counterpart -my true nature,

Opening up closed windows.

Fresh breeze flow in.

Now……

Concern for my rights and interests

Changes to compassion & consideration,

Wanting to control replaced by desire to serve.

Suddenly,

Situation looks different....

there are many ways to deal with.

Smile passes my face.

Image from :  splashvision.com 

Nature Unfolding

Nature Unfolding

A narrow path, seen passing by,

Hey, what is that, does it lead to that lake?

Turned around and ventured in

Rough, bouncy, barely motorable

But enthusiasm was driving hard.

And about two Km. off the highway

Revealed was

Beauty that filled heart & soul.

Virgin- no traffic, no people

No electric poles,

Peace, serenity, vastness

Cool…meditative.

Just raw nature

And

Us.

Entering that narrow path

Was entering a cocoon

Full of life

Unfolding.

Note: About three hours drive from Mumbai or Pune, a place that is so beautiful and yet so scarcely peopled is unbelievable. Attached are few pictures of that heaven we experienced yesterday.

My friend whispered after a long calm, money cannot get this! I agreed.

(Please don’t ask me exact location for I will like you to find it – life reveals itself to one who is eager).