The ephemeral life

Lofty as a mountain
you stand,
looking down upon
others,

A rift has surfaced
between you
and us
and it grows further.

What you count
purposeful now,
will come down crumbling
as the Earth shudders.

The eternal journey !!

"Come!
It's time
you held my hands
and walked away with me,
Tread gracefully
to a world
that awaits you
for a new dawn,
of which you
know nothing,
Leave behind
your sorrows,
your joys,
your angst
for you
will start afresh."

When your voice wears those words ...

When your voice

wears those words,

sheer words come alive,

and metamorphose 

into poetry

so deep and profound.

A voice

as smooth as silk

strung in a melody

caresses me, 

so heart warming,

it bewitches me

to play that song.

My words escape,

evaporate,

they get scattered 

here and there when 

I want them to 

fall in place

to express that 

which overwhelms me

when I am cocooned

in your soulful voice.

Endeavours fail,

energies drain,

I try even harder

to put your aura

into words.

When nothing works

I decide to soak in your voice

by playing your song

over and over again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUec04_6gRs

Radiance of the Present

A flight
it takes
to the impervious
future,
meanders around
its contours,
ready to sneak
inside at
the sight of
any fissure.
Alas,
there is none.
despondent, it returns
to the radiance
of the Present.