Paranoia

Listen to the whistling songbirds lore

You feel nothing is wrong anymore

And yet on the whiteness of the snow

Can’t miss the signs of blood and gore

The quaintness in its blissful charm

Reassures there is no fear of harm

And yet comes floating with the wind

Voices wailing in frightened alarm

The sunshine sifting through the mist

Paints a picture of paramours’ tryst

And yet hidden in its alluring grace

Dark, deathly threats quietly exist

The stream flows into the wilderness

With a promise of a soothing caress

But within its sparkling water lies

A stealthy sinuous venomous mess

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Wanderer

Wailing wanderer without a clue

Wafting dreams long overdue

Wallowing in the morning dew

Whistling wistful melodies in rue

Magical moments lost in time

Memories do mournfully chime

Mirthful mystics talk sublime

Mulling over what must be true

Paths pondered, tread abreast

Passions partaken in all zest

Parables pruned in eternal quest

Piqued paramours bid adieu 

Slight of sight

Through the window pane

A dusty town to see

That enthrals the mundane

And drown in reverie

Tender memories fly

In a hesitant mood

Flooding grey skies

In desolation brood

Amazing Earth

Amazed, you amaze me O earth

I see a dismal world since birth

Amazed, we still yearn to be free

Amazed at the mounting wrath we see

Amazed, you amaze me lot more

Hunger pangs overwhelm evermore

Amazed, you amaze me again

All over I see the trades of bane

I see the balance sheets of life

Strewn with inane blood and strife

Pain is all this life is ever worth

I salute thee O’ amazing earth

Translation of "Obak Prithibi Obak Korle Tumi" by Sukanta Bhattacharya

O’ milady from distant shores

I know, I do know who you are
O’ milady from distant shores
You hail from beyond oceans, far
O’ milady from distant shores

You, I beheld, in autumn lights
You, I beheld, in moonlit nights
You, I hold, within my core
O’ milady from distant shores

I listened awestruck and spellbound
In the vast skies your songs resound
My soul is for yours to take unbound
O’ milady from distant shores

I have tread a thousand miles
To set foot in your native isles
I arrived alone at your doors
O’ milady from distant shores

(Translation of "Ami chini go chini tomarey ogo bideshini" by Tagore)

time to go...

When the world slowly turned a murky grey

And the old haggard folk just walked away

We all knew that it was now time for us to go

And let the fresh blossom welcome the new day

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sketches...

remember...

Sunset across the seven hills

Mindless whispers

Laughter and games

Simplicity personified

Times that are now lost

In worn yellow pages

Of a forgotten diary

Friendships grown and

Faded into oblivion

Faint colours on a painted canvas

Songs begotten

In a cherished silence

And then lost in chaos

The complexities that

Surround us make way

For more bitterness

Yet, truth still prevails

Among the lush green

Meadows of the Himachal hills

Among the ruins of

Rajput forts and the tales they tell

We only have to look once

With those awestruck eyes

That we were born with

And seen the world as

Infants those fine old days…

Quiet

A quiet quaintness surrounds

The single stone-walled

Mansion here

Hillocks rolling over

Into a wilderness that never

Forgets to remind you

All that lies beyond

And all that you will never know

A sudden solitude engulfs

The quaintness that vows to kill

All that is remembered

In the snow uphill

And the drops of red

On the whiteness glow

Whence the tale unfolds

The battle ensues

Wondering where to go…

the hills beckon

o’ blue mountains, here we come

to soak in your splendid placid lure

away from toil, away from qualms

amidst a splendour calm and pure

pining for the pines for long

pining for the fresh cool breeze

soul searching evenings throng

the depths of all my memories

let me lie in the meadows plush

let me see the blossoms bloom

see the rhododendrons blush

thwarting every sign of gloom

in the stillness of the night below

time stood still on the lofty peaks

where the shimmering moonlit glow

wandering souls in silence seeks

give me all your loveliness

all that grandeur you accrue

let me sleep a little less

and live a little longer too