Oh!! This Night...

Summer moon...

Lying on the cold sheets

Gazing at the stars

I would often fall asleep 

Forgetting you

O summer moon 

You still shone

At the window

And spread over

My threshold 

Your sequined smile

Autumnal wind...

Did you take away

My dear friend 

I had carried her back home

On chariots of chrome

She had winked at me

And promised to be mine

Forever 

Where does she hide now?

Beneath the caper of the clouds

Darkening deeper my nights

Oh! That frozen smile

I guess winter has arrived

You have lost your sheen a little 

Your shine sends chill down my spine

Your bleak visage soothe

My fluttering heart no longer

O ice maiden

Where are the nights warmer ?

Aah spring...

You bring back intoxicating dreams

Your breeze sprays fragrances

Of delight...your blooms are 

Ever so bright 

The days are sunny and cheerful 

The nights have that devilish charm

I know you are no longer mine

Yet I crave for your beatific smile

O spring moon 

You have always been my muse

And shall forever remain mine

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Far But Near

I know they will never be that close

We shall never cross orbits

They will cluster in their constellation

I in my obscurity will await epochs

To let them know my real self

I am a lone roamer and shall remain so

Neither gravitating towards them

Not letting them encroach my domain

Each to his own ...never mind the invites

I shall never make that inter-gallactic travel

Nor will they bridge the light years of separation

We shall remain content in our axes tilted 

But not transgressing that fine zone of "my own"

And some nights when the moon behaves like a stranger

We shall look for each other amidst a nexus of twinkling stars

And call out each other's names through the Silences of the music filtering through the universe

We shall confine our togetherness to distances

unerasable 

You in "your own" I in "my own"

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What's Not Done

in the womb of the night

i let myself count

what's left undone

in the wink of a moment

they call a lifetime

to grasp the whispered

tales of the wind

to swim away with the

gracious clouds

to playfully whack

the peaks so high

just to startle them out 

of their yogic stance

to snooze on the 

top most branch

of that tree

so near to my window

yet left  unseen

hugging the shimmers 

of a chuckling sun

pirrouette amidst the stars

forlorn 

humming the tune

oh so bygone

resting my head against the

crystal arch of the

crescent moon  🌙

and let the goons

wear out their wars

unbind the width of 

the azure sky with a

a measuring tape of 

sartorial delight

and wrap it around

like a chiffon dress

creases saved

and wrinkles unpressed

to wisk away to a

a god forsaken land

where no-one knows 

who i am

throughout this birth

i wasted time in 

 weighing my bags

 leaving much undone

will i get a wisp 

of a chance

to shirk away

what i ought not done

before the clock's

overwhelming sigh

to swipe away the debris

and say goodbye 

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The Patchwork Quilt

Note : The concrete image version is for laptop readers

this moonless night

casting all shadows away

a shaft of light

d 

  e

    s

      c

        e

          n

            d

              s

I raise a toast to 

                         f

                        r

                      e

                    e

                  d

                o

             m  

if you ask me

she is really adept at layering                   the parlour girl

eye_____________________liner

m      a       s      k      a     r      a

blue       eye      shadow

                                             deepening the darker circles

underneath my dreams

yet                    i                   am                    swathed                    in                       light

         blinded          till                  i                                 fancy              a                cesspool

                        pulling                          me                                                     in

dark                                 dark                darker                                               lightest

                                                                      

          light              light                                   lighter                      darkest 

              

                     dark                                                         darker

darling

                the patchwork quilt

                                                 i fold myself in

                                                                             past

                                                                                     p  r  i  c  k  i  n  g

                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                     present

                                                                                     p a g i n g 

                                                                            past

tell me                            where is the light i bathe in ?

tell me                                                                            where is the darkness i creep in ?

PS: I realized from Jim's comment that smartphone readers will find it difficult to read this poem where I have tried to create concrete images of patchwork with words. So for those who read on smartphone, here it is a "normal" version

this moonless night

casting all shadows away

a shaft of light

descends

I raise a toast to 

freedom                                           

if you ask me

she is really adept at layering                   the parlour girl

eyeliner

maskara     

blue eye shadow

deepening the darker circles

underneath my dreams

yet i  am  swathed in  light

blinded  till  i  fancy  a  cesspool

pulling me in

dark...... light ......dark........light                               

darker......lighter.........darker.........lighter

darkest.........lightest.............

darling                    the patchwork quilt

i fold myself in                    

past  pricking present paging past

tell me                            where is the light i bathe in ?

tell me                            where is the darkness i creep in ?

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Night Cape

In the womb of night

We whisper soft lies

To our beloved ones

To make them believe

In this make believe world

Of stars sequined on Earth

And moon's conquest of the sky

A Cinderella tale of fairies and wands

As fickle as the seasons 

As free-willed as dunes of sand

Breezes that blow of wants and angst

Shall whip away in no time

The princess of no-land

Then whom shall we whisper

Those unabashed lies

Of stars spreadeagled on Earth

And skyless moon maligned

Let It Be!!

"Let it be....."
I said tossing a lock
In cold air
Stomping a foot
In dust
Pouting like a
Pampered brat
"Let it be......."
I repeated haughtily
As though I never cared
"If dreams break
Let it be
If words dry up
Let it be
If heart loses
The only chance
Let it be
If the world
Turns its back
What do I care
And what do they care
If I lose my way
In dreary desert
Without leaving
My footprints behind
What do they care
Let it be....
Let it be....
Let it be ...."




The mad moon
Looked down
And laughed heartily
Deriding my clumsy
Act.........of not caring
The night air stung


While I swallowed
A lump of ice
Battling a rage


Defeat is not easy
Neither is winning
So...


Let it be....na?

Celebration

Sky afar
Stars glitter
Moon smiles
The night is young
Visions emerge
Dancing waves
Reaches and recedes
Evening song
Croons the breeze
Warming my heart
Melody divine
Destiny adorns
A nebulous haze
Labyrinthine maze
In vain I seek
The path beyond
But will l stall?
Or hesitate?
To surge ahead
In quest forlorn?
Not till my soul
Satiated rests
In bliss sublime
In bond ever strong
Hope is my torch
I lift ablaze
Grit is my arm
Wrapped along
Hold my hand
Despair I lest
Hold me tight
In embrace strong
Stars shall swoon and;
Fall at our feet
Moon shall glow
All day long
We shall then
March in tune
Hug in delight
The horizon beyond
Sun shine then shall
Never elope and
The nights shall
Stay forever young

Danced The Moon All Night

 

The moon danced all night

Shaking her plumpy bum

"Zoo-Be-Zoo-Be-Zoo-Traa-Laa"

Rap-A-Zap-A-Zap-Dum-Dum"

The sky shimmered a smile

Skimmed out of pain

The stars looked alarmed

Distressed, bored

A few snored

The meteors sighed and remarked

"Oh! She's kinda hyper y' know sometimes"

"Love happens to just a few you morone"

The "moony-eyed" cried unfazed

 

 

A little glazed in the eyes

A little dazed in the head

"Love just a Tweet away..."

She crooned

"I wondered whether t' was Britney's latest

"Oh my love  on FB page...." she sang

An octave higher than the mighty Big Bang

Whatttt! I gawked in utter dismay

Even she has an FB profile...?..my...my

What the world's coming to these days!!!!!

Wee hours fellas the party stretched

And would have carried on longer

But a shake and a raucous alarm later

Sob...sob... a hasty goodbye I bade