Idol

Idol

Shining like the stars, she

Yodels upon my heart, and

Lend me a hope which

Vanishes all the scruples

Instantly out of my mind

Adding so much anew.

Pale was I as a withered lily.

Little did I know about her.

Above me, she stood,

To give a ray of light.

Hold me tightly in your arms.

                                              27, October 2010.

Flickering lights

I ran towards the window

To keep the latch

As it should be.

I could feel the chill

And hear the wind

Blowing hard crushing through the trees.

The sound of the creaking branches

Sent a chill down my s

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I could hear them hitting hard on the roof

Like a fast galloping horse in a race.

As silence descends

I crept through the window

to catch a glimpse of the nights.

My eyes kept flickering

as I saw the flickering lights

in the moonless night.

                                          26,October 2010.

Ember

They think I am dead.

No, I am not.

I am just sleeping and dreaming.

I can wake up at any time and

Burn them to ashes.

They can see that I’m still glowing.

But, wouldn’t care a bit for I’m only a spark.

But, that is all it needs.

I need only the spark, my soul

To make a flame

And  then a blaze.

                                   31, October 2010

Drops

Just like four bats

hanging on a strong and rough leafless branch

without moving a muscle,

 two pairs of socks

hung there on the clothesline;

water still dripping drop by drop,

making a soft plop sound.

It fell on the broad flat leaf below

It Slides again until it reaches

the short fresh green grass covering the whole lot area.

unknown city

Crush the voice into million pieces,

Swinging crows ,

Nerves of the trees ,

Non-stop running film,

Parted by the tracks,

Shimmering images of the buildings and stones,

Numbed muscles,

Sewage river  smells bad.

                         2^nd May 2011.

Blossom

One early morning,

I went for a walk

along the side of a lake.

My feet stopped moving near a tree.

There I glanced up

and saw the flower blossom

through the flattering leaves.

Its bright yellow colour

blinded me for

a moment.

What a charmed!

I could feel the freshness

when the wind spread its

sweet      smell     into

the air                   around

               me.

In the evening,

I went there again.

I glanced up as earlier but could see only

the flying, withered and dried

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gliding softly along the wind.

I watched them as they flew beyond

my view and vanished

one

by

one

above the glassy lake

as the moon rises from the east,

bright and round.

                                                                                            Tthoibey

                                                              25^th October,2010.

white dwarf

Stars sink one by one

Pulled down by an invisible hand.

Again they emerge out of the blue out of the purple sky

as if snatching away the day

just like a laikhutsangbi.

She lays there without moving a muscle

Grabbing her oath with a tight grip and enough faith,

While those grotesque figures remain in oblivion.

The fluid gushes down the track,

Only the fluid and nothing else.

 And nothing else.

I just wish all these are just the flickering scenes of a movie

I’d watch during a cold winter night,

Snug under thick layers of blankets inside a nice cozy room,

Sipping a cup of coffee savouring the aroma of every sip every second