My Friend

 Wrinkles on her face

Reveal her age

Not how lively is she

Know her well and

Get inspired to live

Again and again

--

OSI Prompt : Wrinkles

Not Fragile

Not Fragile

It has seen

My swinging moods

Her brazen ways

Ups and downs of life

Yet strengthen as we grow old,

For it is friendship

Not just relationship!

--

OSI Prompt : Fragile

Myth

In love life after life

Myth to others

Story of past life

Fact seen in sky

As a bright twin star

Called Arundhati & Vasistha

In love life after life

Myth it may be

Arise feeling real

Testimonial precious 

--

In certain Hindu tradition a couple after wedding is shown a twin star in sky by the priest. Couple is asked to see it once daily. The star is called Arundhati & Vasistha.

It is actually two stars revolving around each other, seen from earth as one.

Husband and wife should be like Vasishta and Arundhati – an ideal couple in Hindu mythology. No one is supposed to go around the other. Both go around each other and move together.

--

OSI Prompt: Myth

Stone

Stone

Some see me

Some see in me

Value poles apart

--

Written for Haiku Heights

Weak?

Driven to edge

By her hope

To be held in love

No complaint against those who pushed

Just sad, they are the ones

She yearned to be held by

Who else could?

With others she is careful

Not candid

--

OSO prompt : Weak

Flow

Words often fail to flow

Feelings not carried

Silence hardly fails
--
OSI Promt : Flow
http://onesingleimpression.blogspot.in/

Rekindle

A song in car stereo

Lighted my mind and heart

Wanting to share with her, I park

I know she will understand

And we will be together

In that love for few moments

Before I reach for my mobile

It rings, she is on other side and

I hear same song in background!

--

OSI Prompt : Rekindle

Meaning of Life

Meaning of life

It is a blank canvas gifted to you

Fill it with colors you want, colors you like,

It is an open sky

Create your own rainbows,

It is a fertile land

Grow garden of your choice,

An album of pictures you choose to take,

It is a poetry you compose,

Story you write

And song you sing

Meaning of life is created by you, for you.

By design or by default!

Void

She is known for her managing skills

Things are well under her control

Be it at work, at home, in party, in picnic

All well managed

Yet she often feels sad

Especially at the end

Be it end of a working day or

When party is over

There is a void at every end

And

She is yet to master art of managing void

--

OSI Prompt : Feelings

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?

--

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!

--

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?

--

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?’

**

“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

--

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.

--

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

--

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

--

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.....

--

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

--

OSI Prompt :  Embroidery 

Strength

Heart bleeds red

Yet smile on face

Hiding pain

Love not just a reason

It is strength

Holds both, smile and pain

--

OSI Prompt: Heart

Haiku Heights Prompt: RED

Just a walk

I am here to walk some distance

To spot and enjoy beauty around

In places, in people,

In tales, in talks

In gardens, in jungle

In rain, in bathroom showers

In city roads and mountain tracks,

Magic I seek

To put smile on my lips

A song of love in my heart

Dance in my deeds and

Fragrance of friendship in air

For some distance I walk here

I am here to walk some distance

--

Charisma

 Charisma

Those eyes

Lock with mine for a few moments

A spark is ignited

Spellbound, I look back

Till she turns around the corner

This happened when I was in teens

Yet

Captivated I feel now

As glimpse of those eyes pass through mind

And I relive 

Those moments a little

--

OSI Prompt : Charisma

OSI Prompt : 2013

OSI Prompt : 2013

It comes, it pass

So do you, so do I.

Call it time.

When it is

Feel it.

When not,

Empty –useless fill.

Call it time-pass.

What is left of me

Is balance of yet to come

As much, as such.

--

OSI Prompt : 2013

Retirement

Retirement

Now, just a tourist

Spotting and enjoying beauty

Whatever, Wherever, Whenever

 Interested in seeing, not seen

Not on the stage but in the audience

Enjoying, not entertaining

……retired from efforts

Of controlling world outside

An attitude not a stage in life 

--

OSI Prompt : Retirement

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

--

OSI Prompt : Naked

Beautiful Emptiness

Felt like indulging in gossip

Just about to ring up a friend,

I halted….

A moment of awareness

Looked at

That emptiness, I was

Seeking to fill with useless gossip

Closer look revealed....

She is so beautiful,
this emptiness!

I looked at her closely

Dwelled in her for some time

And

She filled me!

There was no need to gossip!

No need to raid fridge!

No surfing TV aimlessly!

Enthusiasm for my new project took over!

--

OSI Prompt : Peace

Moving on

 Watching world same way

Life a repetitions

Moving in circle

Looking within cleaned

Mist on Eyes

Granting new vision

Now seeing better

I move on

Not stuck anywhere

--

OSI Prompt : Watching

Haiku Heights Prompt : New

Pray for me

Just late evening, not yet deep into night

Returning home with a friend,

Offered empty seats in a passing private bus

And we felt lucky!

For public transport is a painful wait

Oh, it was a trap!

Doors of the bus locked

And objection to lewd remarks by goons

Met with third degree violence

My friend beaten unconscious

And me?

Sex hungry wolves

Raped and tore me apart

Like a piece of rag

Was taken for a ride to hell

Though hell I was thrown in

By few goons, mercifully

Goons do not make the world

World is made by millions, like those

Who pray for me,

Some even facing batons of police!

Life is fighting against evil

Life is caring for virtuous

Life is beautiful

I want to live Ma!

I want to live!

Pray for me.

--

Mind grieves

Heart in anguish

I father of two daughters

Join millions of my countryman

in prayers for her recovery

yet

cannot but wonder

what has become of us?

When will this dark era come to end?

When will sun rise

And we see civilized world?

-

Imagine

With minds so calm

And hearts so tender,

My soul touches yours

And they merge,

Eyes light up

In knowledge that

This is all it is

This love expand to include

One and all

All countries, all people, all religions

Included in this love

Feel one

This is possible.

Just close your eyes

And imagine

As you close your eyes

And float in sea of love

I see smile on your face

And

We are not the only ones smiling!

-

OSI Prompt : Imagine

Oh Mind!

Oh Mind!

Wishing what is far

Ignoring what is in hand

Always on run

-

Haiku Heights Prompt : Wish

Insecurity

Always ahead

And away

Rarely with me

What is so big hurry?

Chasing what is away

Ignoring what is in hand

Efforts endless

What is it you want?

Always on run

Searching unknown

Leaving me alone

Why this anxiety?

I bring you back, but can’t keep

You slip away

Even before I know

Why can’t you settle for awhile?

When you are with me

I connect so well, feel so cool,

But you do not care to stay

Why don’t you relax a bit?

What is it you want?

What are you chasing?

Please sit here, let me know,

Why this hurry?

You are mine

Yet not with me

Oh, my mind

Why always in hurry?  

--

OSI Prompt : Insecure

Mind & Heart

Even pain of yearning is sweet

How will it be to dissolve

And be one with you?

Yet

Scared of unknown

Mind do not let go

Pray for me

--

OSI Prompt : Yearn

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

*
(Picture credit: FreeFoto.com)

OSI Prompt : Tree
        

One single Impression : Nest

Now

They have wings

And have flown away

Yet

Their memory vibrates in air here

Striking note in my heart

To becomes a song

I murmur often

A place that not just offers

Shelter, security and address

But brings from within a song

--

OSI Prompt : Nest 

Marriage

Two hearts

Happy alone

Create and spread love together

AND

Two hearts

Seeking love,

Soon, are lonely together!

-

OSI  Prompt :  Marraige

Creativity

A Loving heart struggle

To bring out

Beauty felt within

In infinite

Different ways

In her

Elating work

It is her answer to the call

I call it creativity.

(Image Credit : http://kristinagrant.blogspot.in)

--

True Nature

A Bud

Opens up to nature

Revealing its true nature

Just let it be

It will attain.

--

OSI Prompt : Nature

Amity

Amity within

Brings friends around

Witch spell ends 

-

Haiku Heights Prompt : Witch

OSI Prompt : Amity

HIS Kindness

I see you in pain

And it pains my heart

You see it on my face

And nod silently

Many earthly pleasures sink but

Love floats in sea of pain!

--

OSI Prompt : Kind

celebration

Each heartbeat

Each breath

One with the whole

Nothing special has to happen

Nothing else wanted

Each moment,

Linked with another

Yet complete and

Free

Free

To Love

To create

To share

--
OSI Prompt : Free

Scarecrow

A scarecrow is
Mocking at me

All I want is beyond it

I am on the edge

Since many lives

Waiting for it to pass

Life is slipping away

--

OSI Prompt: Scarecrow 

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

--

OSI Prompt: Absent

Childhood again!

Childhood again!

Playing with time

Capturing moments

In words, in pictures

Like butterflies in a jar!

To be shown off to friends

On  FB and  G+!

Halcyon days of life!!

--

OSI Prompt:   Halcyon

Grass

Grass

Greener on other side?

Look well

At your Ground.

--

Haiku Heights Prompt: Grass

Constant

'Change' is Your rule
Your grace
an exception to the rule

OSI Prompt : Constant

Echo

Echo

Love receive in

Only love

Your being is enough

Everything else is returned

Name, title, claims….

Even sound,

As it violates

Be it ego

Be it echo

It repeats
till its death

--

OSI Prompt : Echo                   

Colors

Colors

Blues of past

Violate Pink of heart

Colors of life

--

Haiku Height Prompt: Color

OSI Prompt: Violate

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

--

OSI Prompt : Violate

Soak no more!

Boss fuming?

Show your teeth

Soak no more!

Nagging spouse?

Put earphones on

Soak no more!

Bus crowded?

Get a lift

Soak no more!

Friend not talking?

Share with your doggy

Soak no more!

Work boring?

Start blogging!

Soak no more!

Lost a game?

Try again

Soak no more!

Problems in Life?

Find a Guru

Soak no more!

Stubborn stains?

Get new Surf Excel Matic

Soak no more!

--

This is written for “Soak no More” contest.

Dt: 28.8.12

Unseen

Changed glasses

For better vision

Yet

What is meant for

Sensitive mind & Loving heart

Remained unseen

Eyes see what is revealed

So less! So trivial!

--

OSI Prompt : Spectacles