sands of time

Sands of time,

The impeccable, beautiful grains of it,

Slithered

through my fingers,

even before I could see,

and clutch them,

firmly in my palm,
as mine…

Blown away,

by the winds of destiny,

I can see the divine glory of it,

through a drop of tear,

on another shore,

where I can't seem to know

how to go.

In pure devotion I seek,

Winds of destiny,

bring back what’s mine, to me.

river of joy

Flowing,

like a song;

River of joy,

Oh, how I yearn to submerge in thee!

Deep,

Through

the pristine layers

of elixir-

washing away my anguishes,

let me seep

in thy

pureness.

River of joy,

Take me with thee

To the valley

Of serenity.

un-flapping

Torn

by the

ice cold winds,

the wings,

scarred;

colours,

bleeding

into lifeless white,

flapped, frantically

and folded itself;

into

safety,

into the comforting darkness

of its empty cocoon.

acid

Sometimes,

It’s not worth it.

If all it does
is burn you from within.

teardrop

Drop of tear,

Don’t trickle down.

Don’t let the pain melt

into tepid, salty streams.

Be in me,

freeze in my heart;

You will one day

be a shining memory,

crystallized; and cold.

let me fly

Hidden behind translucent layers of the sky,

I see it,

Floating,

Like a lost kite…

A vague glimpse,

A sharp gleam,

It seemed so familiar,

Was it my reflection?

It seeped into me,

Like liquid light,

Illuminating me, from within,

as sparkle in my eye.

My dream it was, 

a dream that drifted away one lonely night

silently,

without shedding a tear...

Wings of desire,

Take me to it!

Let me hold it,

Let me live it…

flood

Words,

throng my brain,

seeking a logical order.

One synonym,

challenging the other

to express

every sense of the thought

in all its depth and power.

And sentences,

in an impatient queue,

jostling, raucously,

to be read first.