Three drinks down and a lousy movie later I am about to get into a deep slumber. My cell phone rings. The time 01 41 am. An unrecognizable number. A deep voice at the other end reminds me of G, my first love. It’s the voice of an old school friend returning from a music concert. He tells me the music reminded him of me. Memories flood up my eyes and run down smiling. G. I say a silent prayer for her well being and realize how fortunate it is to love. I thank God for G. And thank Him for the music.
A good love story has no ending.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
A FAVOR
What is there to gain? What is there to lose?
When the only way to heaven is through hell
Be warned! Whichever path you choose
Everyone have the same story to tell
We find our very own reasons to cry
When we have every reason to smile
Give yourself a chance; give yourself a try
Life is just a step not a tiring mile
We all live like a man with two women
One in the head and one in the heart
And the journey has just begun
At every bend make a fresh start
Lesser the baggage more comfort
You got to give up to enjoy
Every breath you take is a resort
So feel the road ; embrace your joy
Do this favor to yourself ; you are on your own
And be grateful to the strangers you meet on your way
For when after the dark nights you step into the dawn
You will realize that they too were made of clay.
When the only way to heaven is through hell
Be warned! Whichever path you choose
Everyone have the same story to tell
We find our very own reasons to cry
When we have every reason to smile
Give yourself a chance; give yourself a try
Life is just a step not a tiring mile
We all live like a man with two women
One in the head and one in the heart
And the journey has just begun
At every bend make a fresh start
Lesser the baggage more comfort
You got to give up to enjoy
Every breath you take is a resort
So feel the road ; embrace your joy
Do this favor to yourself ; you are on your own
And be grateful to the strangers you meet on your way
For when after the dark nights you step into the dawn
You will realize that they too were made of clay.
Valentine Musings[To S]
When are you ever away from me?
Your heartbeats touch me through the rays of the sun
And I meet you every night when I look up at the moon
I can smell your tresses as the winds sway
And feel your smile whenever I smile
When are you ever away from me?
Your heartbeats touch me through the rays of the sun
And I meet you every night when I look up at the moon
I can smell your tresses as the winds sway
And feel your smile whenever I smile
When are you ever away from me?
To S [on Valentine's day]
How do I get to u?
How can I hold myself back from going astray in the maze of tranquil memories?
Before your phantom captures my soul
& makes a home there
Show me a sign so that I can reach out to u
Do me a favor
Please give me the privilege to love u
For the moon has to reach out to the sun
Allow me too
To just reflect
In the illumination of your never ending love
Let me b your faithful shadow
Let me b that piece of burning wood that will keep u warm in your winter nights.
I ask nothing in return.
Not even a momentary gaze
Just let me be
Please let me lie around in some
Unwanted corner of your life
Like a silent forsaken dog.
I need to reach out to u to reach me.
Please help me to re discover myself.
Do me this favor.
And I promise to fall silent.
Forever.
How can I hold myself back from going astray in the maze of tranquil memories?
Before your phantom captures my soul
& makes a home there
Show me a sign so that I can reach out to u
Do me a favor
Please give me the privilege to love u
For the moon has to reach out to the sun
Allow me too
To just reflect
In the illumination of your never ending love
Let me b your faithful shadow
Let me b that piece of burning wood that will keep u warm in your winter nights.
I ask nothing in return.
Not even a momentary gaze
Just let me be
Please let me lie around in some
Unwanted corner of your life
Like a silent forsaken dog.
I need to reach out to u to reach me.
Please help me to re discover myself.
Do me this favor.
And I promise to fall silent.
Forever.
SOHNI
I sit sipping my cup of hot tea. Listening to raag “Sohni”. As I drown deeper and deeper-
She emerges like a goddess from the oceans of love.
I sit. My eyes closed.
Eyes obstruct vision. Just as words veil eloquence.
I drown deeper and deeper. At the bottom I find that the first note of music is not “sa”.
Just a “hmmm” that reverberates from the bottom of ones own soul.
She smiles. She always does. Like the sun that never sets.
Only that her smile is like a bouquet of a million smiling suns!
That reveals the universe
In all its abundance.
Somewhere between the intervals between two breaths a heartbeat of mine does an “aadaab”. Her eyes return the favor with warmth.
Our breaths meet. And burn like the eternal fire that sanctifies the profanity of desires.
Two lovers. And they love without desiring each other.
Like the two banks of a river that holds the river together.
I get up. My tea cup is empty. And slowly the song fades out.
I emerge with my eyes open and drown within me.
She emerges like a goddess from the oceans of love.
I sit. My eyes closed.
Eyes obstruct vision. Just as words veil eloquence.
I drown deeper and deeper. At the bottom I find that the first note of music is not “sa”.
Just a “hmmm” that reverberates from the bottom of ones own soul.
She smiles. She always does. Like the sun that never sets.
Only that her smile is like a bouquet of a million smiling suns!
That reveals the universe
In all its abundance.
Somewhere between the intervals between two breaths a heartbeat of mine does an “aadaab”. Her eyes return the favor with warmth.
Our breaths meet. And burn like the eternal fire that sanctifies the profanity of desires.
Two lovers. And they love without desiring each other.
Like the two banks of a river that holds the river together.
I get up. My tea cup is empty. And slowly the song fades out.
I emerge with my eyes open and drown within me.
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