PHOENIX

The night seems longer than the day....
It enfolds me and gives me respite....
All the cares and torments of the day
Recede and leave me in the lap of darkness.
I think……
I think and die a death…
Every night!
Every dark night I die to rise from my ashes….

My soul transforms and I wait eagerly for my death….
Every night!
Every dark night I die to rise from the ashes….
My self is a shadow of the self that had been ….
Before I learnt to die …..
I wait for the night to come
And help me redeem myself and purge my soul.
In the ears of darkness I whisper and forget,
Forgiving those who should not be forgiven.

Yet I choose to think….
And I think to die and once again
Rise and rise and rise from the ashes……

REDEMPTION

I wish I could love myself the way you do yourself
I wish my eyes could be as clear as the eyes of a prophet
I wish I could determine my future raising my finger….


But
I am saved…..


My love saves me from plunging into unknown gorges
My love saves me from losing myself in the strange alleys
You may or may not know it or acknowledge it
It’s you… you sustain and save me
I know not where you are or when you will arrive
But you live in my heart through ages…. And forever will do…!!

INTROSPECTION

The world seems to come to my arms
And suddenly like grains of sand
It crumbles and falls, slipping through my fingers
Why does it happen to me?

Life draws a rainbow in the sky
I stretch my hand to touch the colours
Suddenly it fades and disappears in the light of the day
Why do I fail to realize my dreams?

Love comes whispering to me
My heart flutters and wants to break free
Yet my reason ties my hands and I let it go
Why do I cry when it’s gone?

THE MEETING

It was destined that they should meet and part.
He was not the prince charming,
She was not the princess glorious,
Yet a story could have been told
If …… and only if……….

Thousand words were spoken,
Countless emotions were shared ….
Only to dissipate into nothing.
The story came to an end before it had begun!!