Wednesday, February 24, 2010

empty cup

waking up ...
for coffee ...
for checking e-mails ...
and sometimes for reading books

food ...
food for thought ...
and then ...
only thoughts


nice music ...
good friends ...
nice conversations ...
but thoughts remain

hot tea ...
tempting smell ...
but this cup is already full
... of coffee

the music is nice ...
but too loud ...
coffee is good ...
but tea would have been better

tired ...
after swimming ...
and hungry again ...
for good food

tomato-basil soup ...
looks delicious ...
but i wanted chicken-noodle soup ...
not available today

its ok ...

- raghav

Monday, February 15, 2010

unheard melodies

out of tune ...
out of words ...

beats refuse ...
to obey the order

meaningless attempts ...
to execute ...
the masterplan ...

of creating ...
sweet melodies ...

melodies that were ...
neither heard before ...
nor will ever be ...

bitterness ...
cacophony ...

that is all that emerges ...
and the stubbornness ...
of infinite hopes

futile struggle ...
futile hopes ...
futile suffering ...

the musician ...
is insane ...

refuses to give up ...
the struggle ...

for those sweet melodies
unheard by the world ...

but he can not escape ...
the bitterness of their sweetness

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

light as a feather

light as a feather ...
smoothly surfing ...
surfing on the breeze ...
breeze full of scent ...
scent of the roses ...

every single rose ...
full of beauty ...
beauty to behold ...
the moment of satisfaction ...
the moment of peace ...

the moment ... ...
passes inevitably ...
the next moment presents ...
a surprise ...
full of thorns ...
full of pain ...

pain that worsens ...
by the memories ...
of that last moment ...
the present moment ...
seems endless torture ...

a heavy stone ...
on a tender heart ...
light as a feather ...
crushed by its own weakness ...
maybe forever ... ...

but in the end ...
my greatest weakness ...
turns into greatest strength ...

breeze ...
as soothing as ever ...
and me ...
as light as a feather ...

surfing continues ...
miraculously.

best,
raghav