Untitled 'me'

Anything that I think
Emanates from the deep sink
Anything that I read
Gives me a royal brainy feed

Anything that I speak
Classifies me as a geek
Anything that I see
Squeezes soul out of me

Anything that I hear
Sometimes makes me shiver
Anything that I need
Reaches in effortless ease

Anything that I want
I end up only with a taunt
Anything that I write
Comes straight from the heart

Anything that I know
Pushes me only to bow
Anything that I do
Becomes my life of undo

Anything that I ask
Has no selfishness to accuse
Anything that I demand
Keeps me not in the forefront

That’s why
Anything that I pray
Fructifies soon in the day

Happy Diwali

I buy plenty of dresses
But the excitement is missing
I make a lot of sweets
But my mother’s touch is missing
I see crackers on the television
But my father’s mischievous smile is missing
I don’t fight for my share any more
But my brother & sisters are missing
I want to hug Mothi when he shivers for every cracker sound
But his loving presence is missing
Where are those innocent days gone
I am searching and searching
Never to return to them

Still my only wish is………..
Let there be only light everywhere

Tamaso Maa Jyotirgamaya

Happy Diwali!

A chat between Mind and Heart

[A solitary writer sits near the window gazing at the sky. As he watches the birds flying high, he could hear a dialogue between his mind and heart. Come, let us hear what they talk]


Hey, Heart! How are you?
Going on

I wanted to meet you for a long time
Is it so? Why?

About a question that eats me
Go ahead

Why do you want to write? For glittering name?
No

For ever lasting fame?
No

To accumulate money?
No

To walk with pride?
No

To rule the stage?
No

To cheat others that you are too good?
NEVER

To impress others posing you are great?
No

To imitate other poets & writers?
Not necessary for me

To quench your literary thirst?
It was before, not now

To improve your language skills?
Not interested any more

To expand your knowledge?
I don’t understand this question

To develop thinking power?
Not my cup of tea 

To attempt creativity?
Don’t joke around please

To oblige requests?
May be

To etch out pains & pleasures?
May be

To express your love & concern?
May be

To pour open your feelings & emotions?
May be

To record your life?
Is my life really worth?

To play with words?
Sometimes

So do you derive intellectual pleasure?
I can’t say

To expose others?
Why should I? It is not my concern

To preach others?
Me ??????? Never

To be a role model?
I am not one

To compensate your silence?
To a certain extent

To improve your personality?
Yes, but this alone won’t help

What do you want actually?
Nothing

How can you be satisfied?
I am always full

Do you have any demands?
No

Do you like to command?
No

Are you too docile and polite?
Ask others


Do you mar other lives?
Why do you ask me about your job?

Hahaha! Shall I teach you something?
No need

You will look like a clown
Never mind

People will trample on your feelings
I know

They will think and look cheap about you
Let them think

You want to treasure your works
Not very particular

Shall we become friends?
I have no problems

I may influence you
Let me see

I may ruin your life
How can a friend do that?

I am impressed with you
Thanks

Shall we become man and wife?
Hahaha! How can that be?

Why not? I like you very much now
You are fickle and may throw me out

Are you scared of me?
No, I am not smart enough to match you

What if I become so naïve like you?
Fine, I have no problems then

Oh God! You can’t be like this?
Why?

You will be taken for a ride
Let it be. I can’t change

Sorry. I withdraw my proposal. I can’t live with you
Thanks

You are a gone case
I told you earlier itself

You are not sad about this
Thanks for your sentiments

What if I backtalk about you?
What else can I do?

I am in love with you really now
Why do you change stands?

I don’t know why
Think and let me know

Till such time what will you do?
I shall wait patiently

Will you write about me too?
I am suspending all works for sometime

Why?
Please don’t ask me

Is it painful?
Yes, very much

When will you resume?
I don’t know

OK. Take care and I shall be back soon
Sure. You too take care

Bye
Bye

How I wish

The blue sky and ocean waters
Unite at a distance
Their rendezvous seems so real
How I wish so it should be!

The moon and blinking stars
Stand as one big family
Their intimacy seems so real
How I wish so it should be!

The sun’s crimson rays
Beam twice a day in shyness
Its globe trotting adventure seems so real
How I wish so it should be!

The faceless shadows of man
Stay with him always
Their sizzling relationship seems so real
How I wish so it should be!

The biology and chemistry
Induces kiss and miss
Concluding this fancy as real
How I wish so it should be!

Temptations and tensions
Dissipate in my physiology
My love is long lasting and real
How I wish it is understood as it should be!

A prayer

I wish to see only Thee in the scars
Also in the arched sky and stars
In the human bonding of faces
That heralds the emotions in phases

I know Thee to be very close to me
Dancing to Thy tunes in glee
But my opened eyes foolishly look
Only out caught by the worldly hook

Happy am I for my wrongs of many hue
For they prick me to think only of You
Take this child in Thy hand I request
As she longs for one to guide in her quest

Today's thought

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

- Swami Vivekananda

The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

When I tried to pour down my feelings as a six-year old girl in my write-up 'Where is my papa?', I found how difficult it is to write children's books. Years back, when a 'special child' (autistic child) visited our house, I wondered how could their world, feelings and thoughts be, as I had never had a close watch of them. I could not get into their inside world howmuchever I tried to read about their behavioural patterns. But loads of love reserved always.

This story, 'The curious incident of the dog in the night-time' by Mark Haddon has blown me totally. Whatever you name it - creative, interesting, moving, informative etc, it is worth treasuring it and giving it as a gift for the adolescents and adults alike. Winner of the 'Whitbread Book of the Year', this book has amazed and influenced me of the creative style, the usage of 'and', the mathematical equations, the smileys and the approach of the author.

Oh, God! There are many Christophers out there who could not understand the oscillating behaviours of the normal people and who could not be understood as well. Can anyone write soooooo simply and yet touch the roots of your heart? Yes, here is the answer.

A must to read and adorn your book-shelf.