Rise Above!

What seems on the surface is not always true,

The shadows beneath are Black, Grey and Blue

Darkness deceives the strength of your fear,

Light receives the appearance of it mere

What you believe as your truth is always someone's lie

At times you feel like a catcher in the rye

The sounds of the night betray the colors of the day

In the dark they often lurk for their prey

For I have few fears and tis’ the scariest one

I have strength which will hold it to none

As belief and love are two unknown selves

Deception and lies go deeper than you delve

Still you believe, still you care

And your diffidence leaves you bare

Oh, dear Lord show me the way

I am your child left in a fray

A battle of minds, a feud of hearts

A tiny little hope torn apart

For I do want to believe, I do want to love

From this fear I want to rise above

Ghost

In those old glass stains, I used to imagine

A buddha, a tortoise and a little bit of magic

That ghost of the old mango tree where I used to live

The shadow of it still percolates through the window sill

Just above the stairs, in that hidden little corner

I had imagined a life, just like a dreamer

The world around used to be different

With smiles, love and everything vibrant

The colors have changed, so have the people

The love has changed, so has the seeker

This no longer is the home to me

My childhood ghost has been set free

Someday if I return with the ashes of thee

Maybe they'll see the real me

Till then let it burn, the fragments of hope

The swing, the tree and the hanging rope

No one Sees, No one Knows

No one sees
No one knows
Love in the morning, is my midnight foe
The color of the dreams that come
The ambers, the ashes and the dying sun
The stars are bleak and don't twinkle,
The sounds of the morning are like a paper crinkle
Of words, of thoughts are umpteen
I need a jar of paper and blue beans.
Oh how I wish my hand stays steady,
For the canvas my thoughts are mixed and ready
In the box of colors is the hidden me
No one knows
No one sees
The rhyme of the chime is the sound of my heart,
It beats in the rhythm, a tune apart
In many faces of what I have
This is the one nobody has
So, its true when I say
I live in shadows, in the wind I lay

You!

From the prism of my eyes,

I see you in bits and pieces.

The tiny fragments of you,

Needle through me like an invisible thread.

I always think, No one knows you better than the way I do!

No one sees you in the dark

The way I do!

But then you change your form.

From light to matter,

From ice to heat!

I see you in the somber rain,

From beneath the window pane

Images dear to me come to my eyes,

Embraces me beyond all the lies.

Yes I am a dreamer,

That's what I have always been!

I know you are not real,

Nor you'll ever be

But then you are there, Somewhere

Or only here in my heart.

Someday, May be, one day

Maybe you'll be true!

Randomness

And so back to my canvas as expected

Alone this time again as always

It’s the choices you make that determines which way life goes

They are never right or wrong

They are either left alone or followed

It’s the pain in you that makes you strong

And it’s your strength that breaks your own heart

Like the glass in your hand broken into small little shards

Life is not as colourless as at times we feel

For some black and grey are the epitomes of zeal

No one wants to be alone

But for some this loneliness is less tedious than the clutter of life

The books on your table talk to you

The colours of your drawing book listen to you

The cat in the neighbourhood is as lonely as one can

Still every day comes purring for the bread in my hand

If you see your life is what is within you

The sea of thoughts and the emotional blues

You know you are on your own for a long time to come or may be forever

Still you long for a caring hand and some words

Words with empty promises may be but words

And you cuddle and sleep with them with a hope

Hope for a better tomorrow

Tomorrow filled with love and may be not alone