Monday 27 June 2011

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.
                         2nd 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
P     e    t    a   l     s
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
                                                              25th 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