Endless

An endless winter
Tragedy
Shrivelled trees
Chilly breeze
Weeping heart.

An endless spring
Agony
Dwindled tears
Irrational fears
Lonesome depart.

An endless summer
Melancholy
Faded letters
Unchained fetters
Cuore fall apart .

An endless monsoon
Catastrophe
Foggy forecast
Ashamed aghast
Arduous start. 

Avant la tempête

Beautiful silences
Deafening quietness
Pseudo peace
Calm before the storm.
Dreadful silences
Uncomfortable reticence
Fraudulent harmony
Calm before the calamity
Deceitful silences
Unusual quiescence
Fictitious quietude
Let's prepare for war.

Safe Haven

The hills have a halo today
A white sheen
Outline peeks.
The cuppa simmers
Early summer morn
Reminence days gone.

The cafe around the corner
A place quiet
Blue and white
Cocooned under canopies
Limited menu and people
Busiest cu de sac of the city.

The literary cafe down hill
A quaint house
Stacked with books
Unending food & drink
Rapidly recycling guests
Touristy turn of town.

The rocks by the bay
Shades of white & grey
Crowded couples scattered
Leap from stone to sleet
Waves gently lick our feet
Glorious sunset skyline

The cushion in the corner
Behind the bookshelf
By the balcony
Raindrops trickling in
A cup of coffee
My favourite story.

The suitcases at the door
A beautiful home to leave
Hoarded books, treasured tales
Everything placed with care
Warm awkward embrace
Universes' love encased. 

Lonely Hearts

Independent organ are you
Born alone, destined to be
Incomparable
World filled with
Lonely souls
Broken bowls
Haywire controls

Sovereign spirit are you
Born mighty, designed to be
Indomitable
Universe overflows with
Reclusive residents
Crippled repents
Chaotic laments

Insignificant

Don't you realise how insignificant we are?
Don't you see the wrath of nature?
Don't you see the walls crumbling down?
Don't you see the gravity of the situation?

Don't you realise how insignificant we are
In spite
Of all the monuments we've created
Of all the lands we've conquered
Of all that we supposedly invented?

Don't you realise how insignificant we are?
Don't you see the preposterous propagandas?
Don't you see the casuistic concoctions?
Don't you see the power of the nincompoops?

Dark Chaos

Dark Chaos
Unsilent uprise
Ignorant minds
Devious propagandist.

Debilitated hue
Clamorous cry
Asinine heads
Disastrous inculcators.

Dark Chaos
Boisterous bellows
Imbisilic mentums
Destructive promulgation

Sunset 222

Murmuration of cotton candy
Babbling of silly crows
Sinking of the setting sun
Auf Wiedersehen
To a beautiful day done 

Gyrus

Repdigited dates
Amorphous shapes.
Endless escapes
Inevitable escalates
Restless anticipates.
Repetitive gyrates.

An Evening by the River.

Curl in your toes 
Chilling soft stream 
Small waves on the surface 
Fishes adventurous.

Sprinkle your fingers 
Twinkle & gleam 
Small pebbles under water 
Moss covered totter.

Wipe away your sins 
Ripe sun beam
Small creatures dive about
Free, up & out. 

Forever Moments

A fraction of a min
Sky clear
Sun shines
River shimmers

A fractal of a second
Hands meet
Eyes seek
Hearts beat.

A slice of silence
Chunk of change
Portion of prophecies
Amalgamate
Tether these
Eternal entities. 

Glance

Gushing from one end 
To end
Brushing finger tips
One 'other 
Singular second 
Stolen stare 
Encompass all 
Unsaid.

Floating from here 
To there,
Twinkling bright eyes 
See 'other
Discrete dates
Pinched peeks 
Bellowed all 
Unspoken.

Darting left and 
Then right 
Smirking soft lips
Smile 'other 
Inaudible infatuation
Grazed glances 
Veiled all 
Cupidity

Old Town

Quaint places 
Smelly faces
Feet sore 
Eyes soar.
Saffron covers
Secret lovers 
Evening song 
Walk so long.
Small beings 
Sight seeings 
Never too old 
A tad too cold.
Dharamshalas 
Daisy malas 
Blind beggars 
Quiet eager.
Magnificent moon 
Imprudent baffoon 
Sun down
Old town.

Ramblings of a Writer 0202

Heart racing
Palm sweating
Numerous anxious reasons
Book in hand
Words flowing
Singing poetry of deodars
Birds and cicadas
Was I always like this
Did the air get me high
Or do Mr. Bond and I
Ail with the same
Mountain sickness?

Nimble fingers glide
Linking letter by letter
Drawing a photograph
Beauty that lay

Repetitive might be
Though different they are
Just as the misty fog
Swirls in my head

Heart aching
Goodbyes pending
Numerous wistful beings 

Intangible Powers

Let me attempt to give you
An amalgamation of words
To describe the gufhas and leopards.
Let me try to tell you of the ruffled head
Of the old vagabond with his bindle
Or the uniformed girls
Giving their morning offerings
To the temple at the footsteps of their home.

All the colloquy complied
Won't sufice to sketch
The color of the rocks
That disturb the river
The white effervescence.
Or tree that shades
The mighty mountain
Or the majestic queen of the snows
Having her morning sun bath
Over shadowing all around her.
You need to see this
With your own eyes
You need to stand
At the edge of the cliff
Be the centre of this universe
Surround sounds of
The Himalayan sparrows
The gushing rivulet
The rustle bustle
Of the snow laden leaves
Quiet pitter patter of the hilly folk.

Let me attempt to give you
An amalgamation of words
To describe the mandirs & wildcats.
Let me try to enunciate the names of places
I couldn't even dream of & yet
Here I am
In the middle of the waters
A temple on stilts
Gratitude to an intangible power
The life I am living. 

Ci vediamo

Three little sibs
Burrow near the stream
Youngest giving out
Animated orders
Queen mother looks below
Sunbath on the roof.
Shivering men share their
Surreptitious smoke
Watching burning fumes
Blend into the dusky sky.

Silhouette's studded tonight
A mirror to the starry sky
Embers blown back to life
Send cinders flying
Ash-flakes fall
Musty pyre odors
Inferno smolders.

Wave a silly goodbye
Company of the cat
Waddle back indoors
Snuggle the coverlets.
Goodbye oh snowy
Au revoir my darlings
Ci rivedremo presto! 

Paradise

A man stands still
Middle of a shallow gurgle
Watching the red flags
Of a 100 something BC temple
Rustling again the gushes
Transport prayers to the heavens.

The silhouette dotted
With ruffled heads
Of corniferous tree tops
Yellow darlings on terraces
Dancing to the tunes
Of mountain owls
Scarecrow shadows
Metamorphosing
Branched arms grab out
Through dusky darkness
Mere flicker to guide.

I stand still
Middle of a gorgeous gorge
Watching the snow tops
Glide in & out of the fluffs
Wondering yet again how
We never deserved this paradise. 

Follow

Follow those wisps
Soft & intangible.
Tangled amongst
The crevices.
Steady feet
Left, right then left
Onward march
Up & up
Towards zenith
Follow your desires
Quiet & powerful.
Unraveled inside
The precipice.

Effervescence

It's early morn
Pitch black, hearts torn
The ghosts whispering
Has it been so long?

The silent screeching
Leaves crunching
Toes curling, hair raising
White mist swirls.

Shadows shape shift.
Winds directionlessly swift
Tick tock, there goes another day
Flip flop, another year
Bang - clang, another decade. .

Time slips through
Sand in my hand
Grab what you can
The effervescence.

Lever les yeux

Light cuts the hills,
the mountain
Rims the rays.
The sky peeps through
the lush green
breaks the clouds.

Up is the world
Not to miss,
Down below
Feet affirm & stiff.
Slip & fall
You must.
Look up look up look up!

Darling, the universe is you
You are the cosmos.
Start from below you will
Don't stop the climb
All the way to the top. 

Fortune de Demain

Through the smoke and mirrors
Emerged a source of light
Beyond the horizon
So strong & so bright
The fog was lifted
The hills with sharp lines
Flowers saturated
Each curve of each dew
Spectacular in the luminance
Glowed with all it's glory
The fortunes of tomorrow.

Chaîne de mots

Window view
Weekend blues
Hot coffee brew
Pigeons sweet coo.
Window view
Winter flu
Kings' askew
Plan a coup
Window view
Sunday stew
Off with the shoe
Oh sing to me Babalu! 

Shifting Seconds

The hills adorned with green tree tops
Each curve shape shifting every second.
The river is dry , construction is on
Piles of sand mimicking the hills behind.
Like toddlers attempting to .. well toddle.
The girls are bickering, men are snickering
Street dogs shivering, camera's picturing.
Raindrops patter down on the glass window.
I love that deep dark smell of wet dug up soil.
The trees are slender, streets warned of wild
Heaps of devotees line up before the deity
Religion is beyond my scope of understanding.
Nature, poetry, psychology are my forte
Naivety, gullible, innocent some synonym.
The hills are crowned with a wisp of white
Each curve shape shifting every second. 

Irréfléchie

Strange windowless walls
Stand front and tall
Ignorant are they
Mindless all say.

Strange purposeless shawls
Shoulder broad and fall
Silly are they
Blindly obey.

Strange counterless stalls
Quietly in thrall
Visionless are they
Far from them stay. 

Dzogchen

Faithful, love you.
Blindly you love.
Truthful tell you
Blue sky above.

Graceful feel you
Quiet moment hove
Grateful are you
Right now life of
Peaceful are you
Sunset, White dove. 

Joyeux Anniversaire '19

The road is treacherous
Heart wrenching
View at the end of it
Breathless cold air
Swirls through the trees.

The cafe is bustling
Giggling girls
Music of an era gone by
Fresh ground coffee
Swirls through the door.

This life is all mine
A year older
Silence drowns out the noise
Ghost of birthday past
Swirls in to say hello.

I Spy

I spy a shooting star
For a fraction of a second
Zoom woosh zap!
It made no sound.

I spy a shooting star
In the wee hours of the morn.
Petit white streak
On a cerulean back drop.

I spy a shooting star
When the moon was her brightest
Wish upon it
Not anything I desired.
Wish upon it
Nothing I required

I spy a shooting star
A peek at Aurore
Wish upon her
Reasons to smile
Wish upon her
Good humour & laughter
Wish upon her
A life of contentment.