Liquid

All she wants is to be treated as

One of them, part of them,

Adjusting with

Husband and in-laws,

Their ways, tastes, values,

Like liquid taking shape of the vessel

Alas she lost her own identity

Often she is made to wonder

If she is a part of them

Or like liquid that can be emptied

.....And replaced?

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OSI Prompt : Liquid

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

God- sent

In gleam of Broadways

All faces bright and smiling

Difficult to say a friend from a foe

Many want to walk along

Share success and

Say what please ears

It takes times in shady back streets

To bring in light

Ones who really care

Shall we say times God sent?

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OSI Prompt :  Broadway

Curtain

If I reveal it,

Seen by you is only a side facing you

Other sides remain unknown

If I say it,

Heard is only that reach you

Silent cry of my heart remains unheard

Is it not better to just let it be

Behind the curtain?

Curtain doesn’t curtail, it

Alleviates love, for

On its both sides is God,

In reasons as well in passion

Question is

‘Is HE in my heart?’

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“Since you are a breath in God’s sphere

And a leaf in God’s forest,

You too should rest in reason and

Move in passion”

--Kahlil Gibran

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OSI Prompt : Curtain

A leaf falls

A leaf falls.

Was it blown away by wind?

Or was tired of the tree?

Or tired of holding on?

Or was tree tired of it?

Or was wind and earth more alluring?

Does it matter?

A leaf falls.

A moment passed.

Live with new one.

Account of each leaf is kept

By time

And presented when existence demand,

Not for you & me to worry.

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OSI Prompt : Moment

What hurts?

Right and wrong

Game mind plays

Argues for one or another as it suits

Casualty is Truth

Truth hurts no one

It includes
voice of mind

Beats of heart

Cravings and desires

Fragrance in air

Fear of running deer

Instinct of chasing tiger

Poison of cobra

Honey in womb of flowers

Dry desert

Swelling rivers

You and me and her and all

What hurts is not truth.

Truth heals

Truth understands

Hell with laws and rules

Logic and arguments

Drop that clutter

Listen to the song of your heart

Dance to that tune

Be closer to truth

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OSI Prompt : Clandestine 

Clandestine?

She inquires

I deviate, uneasily.

She doesn’t know

I will not tell her

Intention is not to hurt her

For I love her

Still why it happens?

I wonder, lost in the world away

I do not have all answers

For who can claim to know the whole truth?

‘Don’t bother, take it easy’

Her casual remark, stroking my hair,

Brings me back to present

It takes us both closer to God

Closer to Truth

She certainly loves me more

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OSI Prompt : Clandestine

Rainbow Happens

Transformation is a need

Nature goes through it

Warm to rainy to cold, warm again

So do man

Within and without

Transformation within connects to

Source of bliss

Peace fills

Joy overflows

Dance happens

Rainbow is seen

Till connected.

Warm to rainy to cold, warm again.....

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OSI Prompt: Unlimited

Merging

You are with me

All the time

Your presence is felt

Be it sunset or sunrise

Be it cool or warm

Be it raining or sunshine

When alone or with others

Even in the moments of deep silence

When there is nothing

I feel your silence

Merging

Mine

You are with me

All the time

Embroidery

Gift of a Knitted heart

Helped stitch her

Wounded love

Yet scars remind painful past

Lost, at standstill

Moments pass

With a heavy sigh

Getting on with chores

She smiles at pain

Pinks, greens and blues

Splash of philosophical white

Embroidery of life

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OSI Prompt :  Embroidery