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.

The unscripted Life

"You cannot script everything",
she had written,
"coz it is Life after all."
these words in black and white,
in the tranquility of morning
incites the 'wondering chord'
in my head.
I live everyday without a script
and yet I am awed
by the idea of Life, unscripted.

The dark orange ball of fire
decides to take some rest
after having toiled hard through the day
burning at its best.
The blue sky then covers itself
with a velvety black sheet
sometimes accompanied by the Moon,
where scores of stars greet.
I lay down on the green carpet of grass
counting the twinkling stars,
one after the other, I now lose count
when the gentle breezes pass.
Soft and balmy,
they wrap me in their arms
carrying me along to
a world of wonders and charms.

The Tempting Territory of Unknown...

I swim on the surface
close to the shore
As far as sight goes
everything's blue and nothing more.

Deepness of the sea,
invites me
to uncover the mysteries,
eager to be seen.

Charmed I am,
as it would open a door,
a door into another world,
the unknown it stores.

My mind races forth
as fast as sound,
what if I embrace completely
the new world and never be aground.

Do I leave behind
what I already own,
and head towards the Tempting
Territory of Unknown ?