Excellence

  Excellence

Humming, singing

Spinning wheel

Creating earthen pots

That earns her enough

For her to call it good.

She felt calm, content.

Love spilling to show

On the pots she made.

“Excellent. These are best in town,

Strong & well shaped”

Said a customer to another

Visiting her hut.

Smile passed her face.

Where is the beginning 

of 

Excellence?    

OSI Promt : Beginning

Within

Within

Lines being added

Colors splashed,

Perception of what is it

Changing with passage of time,

A connoisseur is in awe

Wondering who the painter is!

Prompt-128-connoisseur          

Connection

Connection 

Training,

Experience,

Dedication,

Knowledge

And opportunity create a

Connoisseur

A piece of art

A loving heart often comes across,

Makes her smile,

laugh,

Feel sad or

shed tears….

Her soul feels connected.

No expert she is.

Wonder who will artist want to hug?

OSI Prompt: Connoisseur

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). 

Encounter

Encounter

Sparks ignited as eyes met

Lightning strikes

It is over in moments.

Image from :  www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-pictures/Lightning/

Note : This is my first attempted Haiku.

Secret

Secret

Petals open and bud blossoms

Without efforts,

Let life unfold…..

Flow with life

Be part of the existence,

No need to have your personal goals

Existence has it for all.

Goals lead to efforts,

Feel effortlessness.

Surrender to Her,

Let go…

Save your tears.

To have personal goals is to command

Life to follow your pattern,

Just follow pattern of life,

Let go…. Don’t struggle.

For once,

Let go off all goals.

Let bud blossom,

Let life unfold,

Enjoy!

Play!

For you are an angel sent on the earth

To play.

Image from :  http://www.chartingnature.com/img\botanicals\7505-Childern-Playing.jpg

A reason to live...

A reason to live...

Preponderance of rain drops

On windowpane,

It’s a rainy season again.

Child in me runs out…..

Let drops from heaven drench me

And

Seep deep into my soul,

Bringing to me

Nectar

This life offers…..

It is so easy to see reason

To live

Years after years……

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Anxiety

Anxiety

Mid night

A jungle trail

Gentle light, just enough

From

Moon above,

Heart praising

Cool…

Beautiful….

From nowhere a thick cloud drifts in

Covering moon,

Vulgar darkness is consuming.

Will I last

Till

Clouds pass??

Image from: http://rondayvous.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Clouds-Moon.jpg

Candid (OSI prompt : Overt)

Candid

Candid

I wear costumes

Creams, fragrances

Ornaments…….

For I don’t adore

True

Look, feel & odor of

My body.

Overt candid revelation

Of self

Is dreaded

So I Wear

Lies

Lies

Lies. &

Lies.

A voice

 in space within me arise :

“This body too is a lie.

I am wearing it

For a play.”

Image :  http://www.feelmypain.net/truth_and_lies_t.gif

Deastination

Destination   (OSI Prompt : Roads)

Roads are never ending

Take round and round,

Lives pass travelling

Yet not reach.

Destination eludes.

Till one finds a road

That lead to lots of love,

To Him.

  

Image from : http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=56412

 onesingleimpression Prompt : Roads

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