Memory melts

Memory melts

Like the heart entangled in nostalgia,

Lke the mind entangled in Alzheimer's,

Like the hands entangled in planting seeds,

Like the feet entangled in a lonely furrow,

Like the stars spangled in the void. 

Baisakhi comes close

 

Gurugyan on guruwaar:

There will never be a time,

When everything will be fine,

But, Baisakhi comes close.

Happy Baisakhi!

My soul is a loose kind

My heart is loose,

The soul, a loose kind. 

So, I lose my head,

I lose my mind.

Using love and courage interchanageably

Some folks use love and courage

Interchangeably,

But my love grows beyond

My courage,

And that's made all the difference

To reach you. 

Did you forget my birthday?

 

There was always a rush of good wishes

In the morning,

But today the wishes had clogged

All her devices,

For it was her birthday today.

Per her morning ritual,

She marked all messages as read

En bloc.

Buried in that mountain of wishes,

Was his wish too.

And, it got read without reading.

Still, he waited with thin hope,

And turned in just before midnight.

Till an unknown number rang and said,

'Did you forget my birthday?'

And then his crying wouldn't stop.

The promise of the road

 

She has been waiting for him,

At this turn for so long

That the grass that was drenched

With her tears

Has turned blue in pain.

She perhaps doesn't know

That he took the other turn,

Many light years back.

It was perhaps a turn of no return.

It is not the promise of the road

To make her meet him.

The road knows not what turns

Fork out from its elbows.

It knows not what heartbreaks

Visit the travellers.

Teacher's message to 12th Graders

 

A teacher's message to 12th Graders on their Graduation:

Touch a heart, wherever you go,

Let your heartfelt touch go viral,

You are the wavelet of new thoughts and deeds,

Let the waves go tidal.

If your eyes mist a bit,

For the good times at school,

Take a deep breath, but, believe us, do:

Just this once when you're leaving school,

It's cool to be a sentimental fool.