Showing posts with label poems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poems. Show all posts

Thursday, 15 March 2012


One usual evening,
Sun not yet set.
lit up windows,
floating in the air.

Trees reaching out their arms,
To grip the sky.
To pull over the blanket,
From horizon to up high.

Lying on such a floating,
But unlit window,
I found a key.
The key to the closet of my thoughts.

I thought of all that scattered,
On the floor of time,
And all that well stacked,
On the memory shelves.

The lamp of wisdom,
That flickered more often than not.
Bottles of smiles, loaf of pranks.
And the book of stupidity.

The chair of serene peace,
the couch of warm friends.
Tea poi of promises,
With cups of everlasting trust.

Wardrobe of warm happy suits,
A few thrown lonely socks.
T-shirts of jokes and quotes,
The ever growing pants.

The drawer filled,
With fragrance of love.
A small kerchief of tears,
An album of colourful moments.

A pen missing,
The pen of present.
Tucked in my pocket,
Use it to fill the closet.

I smiled, and placed the key back,
On the unlit floating window.
The trees rested their stretched arms,
They had pulled the blanket over.

                                                         …Shiv.





Monday, 7 February 2011

I dont know....


Why do I ask from life,
When it submits with no wish?
How do I live it all,
If I wander as a fish?

Why am I lost all the time?
Seldom do I see.
Does life mean just live,
Or is it for myself to know?

Is life nectar for a bee?
Or wood for its pecker?
Should it be the comb for it?
Or a room for the hatcher?

Is the life bound by love?
Or love you need to live?
Does anxiety lead you through life?
Or life makes you struggle to know?

I don’t know how to live,
I am just being through it.
Am I making all of my life,
Or am I not paying a bit?

                                           ...Shiv.

Born again....


Warm toe jerked rolling chair smirked.
Dead brown veins pleading the wicked cornea.
Crisp weeds, prick the soles.
That winter there had never felt,
Warmth of a pounding heart.

Silhouettes with wine glasses,
Clattering along carpals.
Staring askance at me.
Clattering to the tunes,
of the hotel of eagles’

chill whispering grievously,
with a venomous breath.
One finger finding other in vain,
For a moment of warmth.

Whizzed past, a grim faced cart.
Towing a carriage of shrieking shadows.
Feet Stumbled faster,
For a bite of sun, a prick of meadows

Ducked head in the hollow,
hollow void of beats.
Ran with a belching spine,
Reaching for a carnal home.

After miles of silent chase,
Felt crimson shine on a toe.
Climbed the edge of hill,
And dove into the valley so mellow.

Stretched my shoulders in rejoice,
Felt red filling in veins.
Heart yelped out of chest,
I am being born again.

                                      ...Shiv

I want to sing....


I don’t want to cry,
Coz my heart burns out.
Its better to lie,
As the soul walks out.

I don’t want to live,
When my love does depart.
I wish I could die,
Than living in parts.

She has walked down the way,
And left me all alone.
I wanted to sing her a song,
In her melodious tone.

I could not sing her the song,
She had already left.
I sit here by her side,
And sing to console my heart.

Who would make beautiful,
The silly songs I wrote for her.
The best of the melodies if I get,
Would I ever sing for her.

She showered all praises,
For silly words I wrote.
Deep within our hearts we knew,
Its love that makes it a song.

I promise not to write anything silly,
I promise to write good verse.
Please come back to tune my song,
I can’t bear on the curse.

If you cant come back forever,
Please come back for a while.
Listen to a last song of mine,
I would sing longer than a while.

Even if that is not to happen,
Tell the mighty god there.
Lift me up to his court,
and I will sing for you there.

                                            ...Shiv