Tuesday, 30 June 2020

IT’S ALL THE SAME: PART - 2


I’ve done many things in life
from washing soda bottles
and surviving all the strife
to fighting corporate battles.
I’ve slept on wet street pavements
and hosted royal banquets
Tried every kinda high; from single malt
to  crude hooch with many a fault;
from grass to coke and speed
and downers and uppers indeed.
I did even sing in a bar for a living
Until God was so forgiving
Have served in many sectors
rubbed shoulders with many victors
Don’t like to talk much about it
For I find it sick to trumpet it
Cause I find it all the same
The rich man and the pauper
The draper and the barber
From the millionaire, the billionaire
to many a spoilt heiress or heir
From the so called saint to the sinner
to the poet, the dancer and the painter
They are all the same; just the same
All are the same; indeed a shame
The same flesh, skin and bones
but at each other, throwing stones
All the same until they find his name
The name of he who is above any name
and at his feet forgiveness seek
as egos with humility turn meek
to see the light that does shine bright
and teaches them what is right
Until then they are all same
same as everyone in name and game


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Friday, 26 June 2020

IT’S ALL THE SAME: PART - 1


I’ve slept on dirty pavements
in the cold downpour of acid rain
I’ve slept on goose down on gold plated beds
in luxury and comfort without pain
But the sleep that I had
was always refreshingly the same
Yes, the sleep that I had
was always refreshingly the same

I’ve eaten from roadside joints
next to overflowing garbage bins
I've dined in regal splendour at rich haunts
which were worthy of many kings
But the hunger that I had
and the food that I tasted was the same
Yes, the hunger that I had
and the food which I tasted was the same

I’ve travelled in horse and bullock carts
that my body did sway and rock
I’ve travelled as well in Rolls Royce jets
that made me feel no shock
While the journey may have been longer
the destination remained the same
and though the travel may have been slower
Yet, the destination always remained the same

I’ve bathed in stagnant ponds
and fast flowing rivers
I’ve bathed in gold plated bathrooms
with golden faucets and showers
but the bath that I had was always refreshing
and the location to my cleanliness did not add
Yes, the cleanliness so refreshing
Yes, the cleanliness was the same that I had

So the poor who hanker to be rich
and the rich who ill-treat the poor
need not worry that life is a bitch
and nothing is taken for granted or sure
Life is not just about being poor one day
and rich the next day thereafter.
It is about being comfortable either way
and at home though poor or rich ever after.

Written on 28th April 2020

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Friday, 24 April 2020

DUM SPIRO SPERO



As long as I breathe
There is hope
While I breathe in hope
there is breath to breathe
with hope.
Breath is indeed a rope;
the rope of hope
with which we cling
on to dear life
dangling on a string
awaiting better days.
Yes, hope is a rope of reality
that helps us in many ways
to cling onto sanity
for it is our hope
that things and people
which may be dope
will change and barriers topple
to raise love and peace
It is also sincerely hoped
That we live without disease
And in good health enveloped
We hope and pray
That those who with us
games doth play
are turned to dust
and their cunning and deceit
will soon be proved
as that which is counterfeit
and that the world may be moved
by love to together live
in rapturous harmony
and to each other freely give
without any acrimony
As long as I breathe
There is still hope.
While I breathe in hope
there is breath to breathe
with anticipation and hope
until I am so buried beneath

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RIDING THE CHARIOT OF MY MIND



My steeds breathing fire unbridled
Did cause many a commotion
Until my desires were slowly killed
To blinker and ride them in slow motion.
So to my chariot constructed with thoughts of desire
I did yoke my steeds from my stable.
I then did learn to control the horses breathing fire
And ride them until I was able
To witness the wonders within me, Sire.
I learnt the mechanics of my chariot of thought
With reeling thoughts like wings on fire
Did make my life better as my horses did trot
And send away all my desire.
I learnt the natures of my steeds
Which one to pull to turn which way
I understood their needs
And how they united to carry me away
The steed yoked to my right
Was always hot and bright
It made me victorious in every fight
As he carried me at the speed of light.
The steed thus yoked to my left
Was always cool for to me it femininely cleft
and helped me create the warp and weft
of this poem of meaning bereft.
My steeds breathing fire now bridled
Did attract another steed so magnificent
The third when yoked and bridled
Made me experience bliss so omniscient

Sunday, 29 March 2020

ASKING GOD IN PRAYER



 I've stopped asking
God for anything
for I asked him to help me
avoid crowds
and prayed for peaceful driving
on my city's roads.
I prayed that he reduce pollution
and mankind to lead simple lives
without any confusion.
My prayers God answered
Soon my fellow men suffered
at the hands of a deadly virus
and their wails arose              
everywhere in chorus.
Now the roads are empty
and there are no crowds anywhere
There is no pollution
nor resultant suffocation
but I'm unable to go out
and in my room I stay put.
Yes, I've stopped asking God
to answer my prayers
and now pray that his will be done
always and forever...



EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING


Soon deserts will turn into green jungles
While jungles and cities will turn into deserts
ice caps will melt as mankind fumbles
and to the primeval the universe reverts
But from this man will never learn anything
He believes nature has betrayed him
His egoistic greed is the cause of everything
but he feels great injustice was done towards him
Man Oh Man! Oh stupid and foolish Man
Open your eyes and try to understand and learn
To your logic and rationality you must enforce a ban
Science, engineering and technology you must spurn
burn all superstition and put its ashes in an urn
and towards the Truth you must inward turn
Oh! The logic and Science within is so much fun
yes, true logic and Science is within the loved one...

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

JUST ANOTHER TRAVELLER

I’m just another traveller
who travels deep within
Just another wanderer
wandering on paths within

I’m just another seeker
seeking to rid me of sin
Just another soldier
fighting wars within

In silence may I be here
and rend the veil so thin
That in Glory I dwell forever
in Truth and peace thus livin’

So come join me in my travels
come witness the world within
and as the illusion unravels
rejoice in the Godhead within