Dreamland City

I look beyond the window frame

And the one that binds my mind...

Into a world unearthed

Like the ones fairy tales assure...

No white horses though,

Or princes in armor...

Just the same old sun

In a childlike avatar

Hiding its face

Behind unsuspecting ravines

Enticing me into a story

That many leave untold...

Of the life beneath,

The rubble and the poor

A tale that I wish

Was never ignored....

Man plays his dirty games

Yet this is one land,

He failed to foil....

Where crows too

Have a song of their own...

And the golden grains of life

Are willing to brave the world...

This generous giving of nature

I take in, and as I see

I'd like to call this

My Dreamland city...

[Dedicated to the scenic ravines of 

Madhya Pradesh,which many condemn...

And the random signboard

that rightly said "Dreamland City"]

Consummation....

As the night shamelessly bares
The naked moon...
Blushing in all her virginity
At the promiscuous stars...
I stare into the wall....
Peeling away at its paint
To look at the shade inside,
And see what you are made of....
You take no time,
To feel my insides....
But I want you slow....slower still....
I want you to hush
Your craving whispers....
And listen to that distant music.....
Which grips my chords
And renders me speechless.....
You pause to look at me...
I drench you in my gaze...
You touch my lips with a sigh...
And I place them soft
On your moonlit smile....
While eternity holds her breath
To rejoice our consummation.......

Connoisseur...

A different music

Enchants my threadbare mind

Today, the drops of sunlight

Seem to drench my bones

A life I sought to own...

Is given away

And a last glance

No significance bore....

I torched you with my passion....

The pain in my heart still sore

Fell I at your behest

In the waters of depths untold...

And now I beat around

Endlessly in choppy waves....

While you hide from my silent whispers....

Playing tricks of the deceptive rays.....

Its only those handful of words

Craving an outward release.......

That are faithful to their connoisseur

Relieving me from a listless bait.....

Only theirs is an attempt

To weave a tale 

That heals a wish bound soul......

That tenders an arduous wait.....



The Fallen Star...

Life is ticking away

As I await your summon,

To draw me back in time

When you held me close

To the music of your heart beats....

As for now, I'm stuck

Staring at the clock

Wishing life would levitate

To some celestial form of love....

Where you wouldn't seek reasons

To hide me in your arms......

When I'd seem more to you

Than a cause of forgotten calm.....

Silence takes me back,

To the cruel reality

Of being an untouchable,

In the riches of emotions.....

Where fortune glitters

For those who come with success....

You have turned your back

Evidently, I'm not special.......

And yet, I, the scorned fool

Look at the skies with hope......

Seeking refuge

In their warm expanse.....

When I'm just

 A fallen star.....

A brush of the past...

Its a dark night

And love seems

Like an unlikely refuge....

The stars seem to be lost

In baseless comprehension,

Of why clouds seek

The brighter skies.....

The potholes of her heart

Seem to trip

Many an innocent soul.....

While her gloom flows

An endless turbulant stream....

She knows those thoughts,

Woven in shimmering guilt

Embalming her emotion,

Were never born

To rise at a pure horizon....

But she knows

Somewhere in the blindness...

She must not look back

To steal a glimpse that wont last....

She must not seek more,

Than a brush of her past.....

The Forsaken One...

As I draw close
To those empty tears....
In a smothered attempt
To shelter your shadows....
Your heart shuts away
My stealthy approach.....
In the misconstrued arches
Of a timeless wait....


As my eyes search yours
To seep into your thoughts...
The wafts of cold
A bittersweet familiarity
Freeze my emotions
To an invisible standstill....


And as I seek the curtains
Of nonchalant cowardice....
Staging a break free
From self imposed chains....
You look at me through the mirror
Emanating pinches of pity.....
Leaving me behind
As the forsaken one....

Refuge...

A soul unredeemed

In an aimless flight,

Seeks empty solace

In the echoing night....

And the sly skies
Play twinkling tricks
As the mind is absorbed
By countless drenched sighs.....
The thundering wanderers
With unbridled passions
Reflect the musings
Of this vacant moment.....
While I whisper questions,
Into the darkness,
That are stuck in the web
Of a wan isolation.....
Seamless though,
The horizon may seem
The winds have a way
Of holding one close.....
There may not be answers
To the 'whys' of my life
But the uncanny peace
Penetrates my soul.......
While the calm that engulfs,
The chaos of humankind
Heaves the burden
Of listless craving......
I take from the passing hours
A lesson of letting go.....
And dream into the hope
Of cherishable tomorrows......
Where life may bloom
Into well colored realities.....
Where desire heaped hearts
Find a sublime refuge.....