A year gone by
Nothing ever the same
Not a day goes by
When your memory not recalled by
Legends leave a vacuum
Never can be filled
Routine helps  keep sanity
Your presence gave vanity
Pursuing ones goals
You are the playbook
Realising them wish
You lived longer to tell
Table tennis and life not the same
Your absence felt every second
Your presence in my feelings
And guiding my thoughts
Makes living a lot easy
Having seen you play for 7 years
Practice or match
First row seats to witness
God greatest  gift
Thank you for everything
Greatest player to play the game
If Kamlesh Mehta calls you King
What more praise is there to sing
Your presence i feel
Anywhere i be
I pay my respects to you
Everyday on the table
Before playing the first ball
Thank you for everything
Called me hour brother many times
Today my life is great
Not written in my fate
Your wishes have brought me here
You would have been most happy to hear
My new job which i hold dear
Good souls helping me out
Giving opportunities which makes me full
Will do justice every ball played
Isn't that what you thought me for a decade
Pray for your happiness
Wherever you are
May you find peace
Like you found fame

Attatched to machines
7 at a time
Each performing
Functions of an ***** in the body
Unconscious and clueless
Lying with eyes closed
Can't read their thoughts
Does one want this all
Is natural life being prolonged
A good thing after all
Are we fair or unfair
Taking decisions on behalf
Feeling Guilty are we
Showing to the world
Money doesn't matter
All we want is to be ratified by people
Lest any finger be pointed towards our chest
Who can tell wrong and right
Confused conscience is our own plight
If one cannot afford all this
Heart provides the seat
For clarity to be at ease

Choosing the right path
Morally also subjective
Each unique in thinking
Likewise their logic
Spiritually seeking answers
Philosophies in abundance
Works for one not for another
Religion and faith
Now a political debate
Ideology seperates and unifies
Even in unity there's ambiguity
Taste defined by lifestyle
Varies by a mile
Also depends on access
Seeks ratification in the process
Formula for success
Success defenition dicey
Parameters by society
Decided on parity
Doesn't give clarity

Woke up today
Thank God for that
Had a good night's sleep
Indebted for allowing that
Had my cup of coffee
More than contended

A roof over my head
How many can claim that
Eternally grateful for the kindness
Food on the table
Whenever the stomach requested
Provided in full
Obliged to you
Whatever has happened
Is the best outcome you have granted
Relationships in symphony
Synchrony you help validate
Deeply appreciative for ceding
Contended fulfilled clear
That's my life today
Humbled by the generosity
Nothing to ask
Everything given without any pre condition
There for me to experience
Live life the only expectation
The mind in between
Sows seeds of questions
Help me understand
That a gift is to be celebrated
And shared
Not taken with an attitude of i don't care
Noticed that the universe
Had performed its functions well
As the world outside
Was bustling with activity
Overwhelmed in the least
A big thank you
For giving me the life
With the best help to tend



A life to lead only awareness to
To be
Thank you Thank you Thank you

A subject that
Sent shivers down the spine
Not sure for others
But definitely mine

Tuition classes attended
Only goal intended
Extra hours in the table
Would make me able

Fabian Sebastian
A mathematician
Teacher by profession
Friendly disposition


Early morning
Started with the training
Sun on the Horizon
Subject mind bending


Step by step
Those days used to the best
Periodically weekly test
Taken with the zest

Classes higher
Subject tougher
Logical and Complex
Oxymoron in nature

Endless wait
Subject never ending phase
Cannot runaway from yourself
Same rule applied to Math

Addition and Subtraction
Problem till age seven
Multiplication and Division
Added to the problem

Numerator and Denominator
Only made it tougher
Profit and loss
Always at a loss

Theorem and Ryder
Too much to remember
Missed it in Class 5
Never catch up in life

Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry
Together in class 10
Complexities in it lay
Nightmare during the day

Weight of Math
Balances the other 9
Halfway through the well
Academic year living hell

Matrix and indices
Reconciling process
Analytical ability not for us
Looking for a chance
To jump off the bus

Already feeling inferior
Only brought laughter
Half the class aiming to master
Their only aim
Centum on this paper

Math like Karma
Finds your address
One of its arsenal
Manifests as an original

Survival to excellence
Math the very essence
Lacking in application
Devotion to the savior
Hopefully gets you ashore

Polarised political stances
Broadly as Right and Left
Conservatives and Liberals
Opposite ends of the Spectrum

Caste based divisions
And religious conversions
Causing widespread violence
All time low the tolerance

Earlier regimes blamed
Country loosing its identity
Voters manipulated with Currency
All in the name of democracy

Cultural Social and Political
Philosophies are merged
Organized Religon and Electoral decision
Also known as Right Wing Association

Social and Economic equality
Socialism and Communism given equity
Civil liberties and individual rights
Agendas of the Liberals known as the Left

Accused of burying tradition
Markets not deciding valuation
Governmental influence expansion
Religious tolerance and favor of immigration

Core value system
Ends of the swings of the pendulum
Right to birth or not
Another great dividing block

Economic Education Environmental
Taxation Weapons Immigration
Health  Abortion & Discrimination
Market and Government Religious tolerance

Every political issue
Divided to pursue
Agenda closest to heart
Best of both not a choice

Both the beliefs
Unifying or Divisive
Side of the fence
You are sitting depends

People influenced and passions triggered
Both playing a part demonising the other
People as divided as the ideology
Considering the middle road a travesty

Tiger and an Tusker
Facing of each other
Who wins the fight
Does it matter
That ship has sailed can't get  lower

End result evident
People Countries and the World divided
Neither willing for a peace deal
Meeting point points towards
A war field

Political agnostic
Branded an escapist
Being Apolitical not an option
Its never your decision

Take a side
Ride the Tide
Face the Tide
Halfway must collide

Avoid the tide branded a coward
Waiting for it to subside
Not going to happen
Everywhere there is a divide

Worth of the words
Uttered to convey
Carrying the information
Interpretation not the speakers jurisdiction

Adding a perception
Weakness of communication
Silent about a portion⁸
Alters the narration

Irony lies in the fact
Truth is cheaper than a lie
Cost of truth is nothing
Lying costs everything

Truth precedes the person
Mapping out is reputation
Lies follow the person
Disembarks in the right station

Memory not a necessity
If truth conveyed sincerely
Body mind and soul
Never in more synchrony

Never is there
A good liar
Simple see through affair
Others know it fair and square

Straight as an Arrow
Never easy to follow
Blood Sweat and Tears
Not what this ethic requires

Weighing scale balanced
Esteem on one
Balanced by Truth
Tilting the scale provides proof

Evading the question
Thought as intelligent action
Reputation damaged forever
A trustworthy man never

Seeds sown
Class clown
Pleasing others
Self respect
Doesn't matter



Laughing stock
Everyone flocks
Buffoon of the class
All others laugh

Teacher leads
From the front
Joined by the priests
In making fun

Call the parent
Tell him his son
Is a juvenile delinquent
Threaten him detension

Father static
Son called lunatic
Muted reaction
Forced into submission

Like wild fire
Spread teachers ire
No more a secret
For life never forget

Sense of guilt
Deeply built
Awareness present
Reaction absent

Let down the father
By the behavior
Forced to be a loner
To self a stranger

Already a disaster
Life out of order
Spoilt by father
A new moniker

Unaware of the pressure
Doing it out of pleasure
Bullying akin to torture
Personality blown by behavior

Nowhere to turn
Soul deeply burn
No answer from father
Problem persisted longer

Spoilt by father
Erratic behavior
Another cross to carry
Add another worry

Told by many
Friends and family
A lesson to be taught
Many which father forgot

Untrue interpretation
Clueless of situation
Non stop perpetuation
Based on wrong conclusion

Up until today
Not been a day
When not reminded
That I was not reprimanded



Ignoring an option
Compared to reaction
Unable to continue
Time to implement
Jeet Kune Do
The philosophy founded
By Bruce Lee
Who was the epitome
Of Anti Bully

No more knee high to a grasshopper
Way past being a spring chicken
Default one foot into the grave
Not yet reached the ripe old age

Hanging in there
In between all of this
Easy to place myself between  numbers
Nothing gives more clarity

What about the rest of it
How do I value my life
By the deeds i have done
Good and bad balances just fine


Was the last growth in my mother's womb
What's the latest count
From the time the umbilical chord was cut
Till midnight  added one more round

Maturity and Wisdom
Can never be innate
Life promotes me in accordance
With how  i led mine

Success and failure
The world brands daily
Where do I find myself
Am i in the race or are the grapes too sour

How do I value others
By their heart or
Whether they hit the mark
How far does indifference play its part

Do i bring cheer
Have i helped the near and dear
And the not so near and dear
Embellished over the years

Did i learn my lessons well
Opportunities lost can i recall
Nothing is lost if there's a lesson in it
Am i atleast grateful for it

Fear Anger Frustration and comparison
Friends from adolescence
Are they still the guests i invited
Or have they been cremated

Content and Peace
Been inviting them daily
Have they accepted my invitation
If my heart  has opened they don't need one

A temple of tranquility
I know I'm.not
Not yet i tell myself
Will be there before I'm dead

Been there done it
World weary seen it all
Faith still missing from my thoughts
Halfway mark i. Hope i have crossed

Am i moving daily
A person better than i used to be
Gratitude Compassion and empathy
I will strive to make these my innate quality

I know its all inside
Outer just a mirror
A life worth remembering
Is the key to immortality

Not about creating a legacy
Others perception no control over
How do I value myself
I rank myself true to myself

What do you do
When there's nothing to do
Ask yourself the question
Is it because of you

It always is
True to yourself
Interrogate the self
It reveals itself

Next on the tick box
Choices as answers
You know the answer
You still need s choice to make you ponder

Are you alone
Are you lonely
Alone and lonely
Alone not lonely
None of the above

Data Analysis question
All seem alike
Know it at the source
Or you are playing the wrong course

Unlike during the test
Time unlimited
Test to prove to the outside
This has everything to do on the inside

Option available need not be the answer
That option is there in the question
Tick the last box
Then this whole enquiry needless

If answer in the paper
An honest truth seeker
Answer will present itself
You just have to be present

Alone a Philosophers abode
Lonely a humans inferior quality
Alone not lonely a Saints pedestal
Alone and lonely have a lot of work to do on yourself

Is it just a feeling
Or reality presenting for you to see
Dream like Mirage can mislead
Playing for the wrong side in the field

Enquiry answers the query
A one man jury sees things in totality
Purity the quality the jurors inquiry
Judgement delivered with equanimity and honesty

Playing this game compulsory
For spiritual advancement answers necessary
Question and Answer everything secondary
Actualizing yourself and not the your image is Primary

Actualized once the question ceases
Along with it the choices
Judge and jury are the same the mind realizes
Knowledge of this after the search started
Start and end the same when realized you are a Zen Master

Rushed to the ward
To see my as a new born
14 years older than i
Till today my closest Ally
Admission to Kindergarten
To finding me an occupation
Bullets had to get past him
When they were aimed at me
As tough as they come
Had to be to protect an aimlessly drifting ***
Friend Philosopher Guide
Took the role with pride
Father and Mother
Put together
Your figure stood taller
The light during darkness
The shade offering solace
The open window when doors were closed
Bet on my future with all chips down
Music and movies
Taste defined by yours
Grew up in the 70 s
My taste makes people I did too
Thank you limits the gratitude
Thank you anyway
Till another word comes my way
By then I'll have more to thank by the way

When the heart skips a beat
On seeing the smile
The coalesce strikes a rhythm
To which the soul dances at random

Beauty is the expression
Of the inner person
Without apology or attention
To make an impression

Pretty is to be born
Beauty is to be cultivated
Endowed with purity
Where it reflects the other's face

Ability to see
It in others
Is the greatest quality
Of the effervescent  

The artistry of the walk
The delicate way it comes across
The grace that carries it all
Charm that captures the heart

The face reflects the heart
Elegance is the visiting card
Style is what you are
Alluring mystically to all

Not in the vision of other
Their judgement never mattered
Carrying the self with class
Engulfs every heart

Glamour is with flaws
Attractive inspite it all
The flaws carry symmetry
Unfortunately misses the eye

Pleasing to the eye
Aesthetic to the heart
Locking with the soul
Beauty and behold

Cannot be defined
Timeless and divine
Always a ray of sunshine
Everyone wants to say
Its Mine

Adds power to the woman
Every woman has it in them
Some are not seen by those blinded
Not appreciated but beauty never goes wasted

Beauty is being
Talks through silence
If silence is understood
Every woman is beautiful

How can one be
And the other not
Inherent quality of women
Their very existence is a boon to creation

Beauty is woman
Woman is beauty
Cause of our existence
Carrying ours to future generations

Today the day
My father passed away
11 years to the date
Who can fight fate

Crosses my thoughts
Day after day
Lives in my heart
Night and Day

Your love for me
Till you feel hungry
Don't fool yourself
He used to tell me

Man of great talents
Communication almost absent
Man of few words
Heart the size of the universe

Very highly educated
Accounting and Taxation he meditated
Glorious corporate career
Used his skills till his end got near

Epitome of integrity
Naturally helping tendency
Value systems consistency
Known for his decency

Truth and God
His mates in his path
Never slipped once
Haven't met any since

Talent to invest
When to divest
Master in his own class
Shared his knowledge with all

Terrific strike rate
Would make fund managers irate
Percentage of growth in top gear
Beat the index year on year

Watched 4 movies a week
No other pleasure did he seek
Matinee idols on the screen
Watching them his only dream

Knew about the movies
Matching his subjects of study
Encyclopedia of cinema
An ocean to learn from

Investment banker or Movie critique
Easily shined in them too as a career
Not because he' was my father
His actions speak loud and clear

Calm disposition his personality
Empathy greatest quality
Loosing temper waste of energy
Long walks his tool to gain clarity

Never a negative word spoken
Nothing good to say don't say it
Conduct and Class predominant
Never expressed much emotion

House buzzing with family
Joint and extended
Treated all equally
Showed them Hollywood fares regularly

Alone or a Group
Fledging career or Rock Bottom
In the midst Calm or Chaos
Balance proved the man he was

Was he a Saint i often wonder
Or carried away because he's my father
A saint is a different dimension
But he was an excellent human being

His negatives i recall
Stored in my memory wall
Waves that leave behind salt water
Even in that we wet our feet with fun and laughter
Greatest strength not in these
Ray of light and a gentle cool breeze
They added to his inner core
Meaning of life and ways  of the world
Intuition and experience he optimally combined both

He loved Paul Newman
His birthday God chose as his death day
How else will you say
When the last movie he watched was HOMBRE

Laggard at going halfway
A step to be square with
Hostility obviating the course
In stew on a swing refusing to halt

Out with the old and
In with the new
Belligerence has done its miles
Time to discard it in favor of
Tying the laces towards reconciliation

Amour propre in a golden cage
Selfdom ruling its own kingdom
Clean as a hounds tooth
Besserwesser doesn't want to hear

Bugle sounds echoing
Hurt egos loaded their six
Faster at the draw doesn't matter
This goes on till you empty the calibre

Enemy without form
A wounded sense of pride
Cover up by operation on
Faceless warriors battle rages on

Only flaw in creation
Greatest nemesis created
Hubris in humans unexpected
Recall operations initiated

Nothing as certain as death and taxes
He made death certain
His way of recall
Made a warped one after all

Unable to finish
Task in hand
Perfectly fine
Got dealt a bad hand
Others do it better
Really doesn't matter
Unable to earn respect
Don't feel upset
Its the others perspect
Let them be the
Masters of the subject
Getting snubbed for nothing
By the people who know everything
Ignore the insult
Do not confront
Asked to apologise
For what don't realise
Do it naturally
Move away gradually
Image of a clown
To others tunes dancing around
Image built in concrete
Passed onto others indiscreet
Never take it to heart
Be the circus act
Do not worry about the impact
Reason lacking guile and tact
Lowest in a percentile graph
Laugh along as others laugh
Not worthy to be remembered
Oblivion is not a bad word
Create your own world
Insulated from abuse hurled
Shooed away lacking personality
Try not to take it personally
All these qualities are enviable
Society might find it expendable
Let go and move on
Take pride in being what you are
The others must change
You stay who you are
Take the name of Misfits
Wear this on your shoulder
Express yourself better
Not in sync with society
No need to be filled with anxiety
Let the world behave
By the definition it creates
You just be
Don't try to change
To go to the other side of the fence
A total misfit
Fine with it
Bruce Lee calls himself one
Leading from the front
Part of a group
Bruce Lee authorised troup
What more do you want
Misfits together you belong

At your wits end
Just dodged a bullet
Gates remain closed
Catch 22 situation

Grasping at the straws
Last resort exhausted
In dire straits cought in a vicious cycle
Misconstrued and
Misconceived

Fumbled regularly already
Darkness in the alley
Gave it your all
It wasn't meant to be that's all

Adds more misery
When others are doing it easily
What you cannot do once
People repeating it habitually

Do not waste
A thought on the other
They knew how to conquer
You don't and it don't matter

Until you see them
Their existence not aware
If you do see them
Socially be decent

Dice with death
Coming out of this strech
Sailing close to the wind
Reaching ashore is by itself a win

Beware the way
You want to react
To anything that
Takes your dreams away

Any reaction or perception
Is alright given the circumstances
Only one should be avoided
The one that can get most easily addicted

Self Pity and Self loathing
Focused on the  replaying syndrome
Fantasy and Reality juxtaposing
Feeling bad about the situation

Self pity a drug
Addictive with no respite
Absorbed in the rejection
Feeling sorry for self the concern

Focus only on yourself
Will marginalise you
Hoping things could have been better off
Future and past will be the same

Self pity is destruction
Of the Soul
Nothing more worse
Than feeling sorry for yourself

Tend to ignore
Others and their problems
Selfishness interludes till
It engulfs you

Alienated from others
So absorbed in oneself
Failing to  try
Or even for a recess

Ingratitude and Apathy
Denial playing victim
Expecting only Sympathy
If not received delving further deep

No one noticed
You are hurting
Obstacle to yourself
Negativity inflicted overflowing

Best way out
Treat it as a blessing
That nothing is happening
Blessed don't feel sorry

Use it to grow
Now you know
What not to do
Greatest lesson rejection can teach

It is the easy way out
Easy never got anyone anywhere
Take the hard road
Face it face to face and say Thank you

Withdrawal effect will
Last many years
Teetoatteler to self pity
Is by not taking yourself seriously

Time already spent
On the universe
Antecedent only purpose
Can be traced for value
Clubbed together called
Experience
Comes in handy if used with sense
Let it remain
As a cluster
Fills the void called ignorance
Filter and balance it
It merges the subconscious with
The field from which we pick our daily  drill
Becomes a poison
If permanently retained
Biggest casuality the Present
Will go unnoticed can't be regained
Mixes with thoughts and feelings
Colored vision at everything
Anger and frustration integrated
Like the remains of a fortress
That used to be a fortress
Even nostalgia which brings with it
Only the pleasant of the past
Wanting us to relive it
Unable to forget it
Is a path that the mind travels fast
A small trigger enough
Like the bullet out of a barrel
Towards its target
Nostalgia too is an obstacle
For being in the present
Let it remain in the sub conscious
Recline  on that as an intermission
Past is Poison
If the filter is broken
Lessons to learnt
Is why that happened
Lessons missed because the teacher was not equipped
Does not make the subject invalid
Throw the book Learn the lesson Store the crux
Forget the teacher Move on to the next
Repeat the process

Living trying to satisfy
Other people's needs
Is a life well spent
Weaker than us
In all walks of life
Only if God had intended otherwise
Priority to their well being
Over our own safekeeping
Thoughts and Feelings
Empathetic towards the needs
Compassion sows the seeds
Grateful that the opportunity
To help the needy
Was given to us by the Almighty
Your number is up
Staring at death's alley
That you held someone's hand
God is holding your other hand

The safe deposit locker
That you take with you
As baggage to be calculated
The only currency that has value

The good that you
Did to others
Selfless service to mankind
Is the only thing gauged
Granting glory and immortality

No words accurate
To describe the death rate
Human lives at stake
Even breathing a grave mistake

Quarantine the patient
14 day isolation
Only available Solution
Even if jab taken

Rules dont apply
To Doctors on duty
They too have a family
For them now secondary


The Nurses on call
Give it their all
Service to humanity
Epitome of sanctity

Frontline worker
Knocking on deaths door
Care their very core
Clarity in every pore

Nameless and faceless
Sacrifice their bonafide
Price of their servitude
Mankind not big enough to measure its magnitude

Worship and Celebrate
Their quality innate
Put themselves behind all
To treat a Pandemic on front of all

Work done by them
Expecting nothing in return
Environment of calamity
Doing their calling calmly

Immortal status achieved
For only one reason
Future generations must know of their contribution
By Example they showed
Stopping death at its door

Spouse and children
Of no relevance
Safety of fellow humans
Engulfs their hearts and minds

Fear and uncertainty
Existing universally
Balancing it wonderfully
Rest living peacefully

Bow our heads
Heart soul and rest
Words or actions
Cannot define our indebtedness


The study of theology
Questions solved permanently
Fictional or reality
He bows his head willingly
In you he sees Divinity

The phrase God Willing
A defence mechanism working
A result awaited eagerly
Burden shifted expediently



Roll of the dice
Results never precise
Twice or Thrice same devise
Required result odds provide

Outcome a combination
Of actions and emotions
Gestures derive the values
Logical equations put to use

Need not be that
That is where God sells
Unmeasurable actively engaging
Want God to do the counting




Can't be bribed
Cent be threatened
Pleading to no avail
Writes the verdict to be signed by the judge in  tow

Your tasks not his problem
He already has taken care
You just do the rest
And leave him alone

Success is a shifting goal post
Adversity is trying to fix it
Success trying to score
Failure leaves the ego sore

Bruised ego can be played
Which side of your balance sheet its displayed
Debited to your memory
A big burden to carry
Credited to your heart
You start to tell things apart

Success failure doesn't matter
Should neither feel better or bitter
Percentile basis used to measure
Triggers an unwanted competitive nature

Failure is a state of mind
Unless you give  it a reality
Said the great Bruce Lee
Its true for all of us to see

A relationship at its core
Combative situation for both
Choiceless awareness the approach
For maintaining the growth

Impartial and non judgemental
Flexible adaptable and pliable
What is is Changing and moving
Requires thought and action which is  flowing

Awareness halts projection
Dying to yesterday's thoughts the solution
What should be and would be  is wasted emotion
Awareness requires permanance and endurance

Fluidity of thought and action
Requires choiceless awareness
In harmony with the outcome
Nothing to worry or fathom

Pain and loss
Matters of the heart
Feeling of intimacy
Attachment wrapping itself strongly
Creating a bond life long
Trips to the heart
Pilgrimage for those who sought
Open and large with a place for all
Barren and Forlorn
Woefully at the wrong end
Pilgrims galloping away
Like a race horse
Even betting on them wouldn't stop
Hit the pitstop where Pelagic birds stop
Moana drowns our tears
Which saved us from
Drowning from sorrow
Anchoring by fastening
Our feelings
Haywire and intertwined
Can't find the Origin
Not even a delusional one
So scarce it has become
Black cat in a coal cellar
Seem dime a Dozen

The Evening shade casts it's gray
Shadows back in their place
Appearing and disappearing
Are they a part of me
Imitating my every act
On purpose do not react
Imitation is the best form of flattery
Is my shadow flattering me?
Irony of darkness
Birthed itself from light
Rise or Set
The Sun regrets

Afraid of his shadow
Tells a tale of wow
Light nearby creating this illusion
A mere scientific evidence
Illusion of darkness shines bright
Bright lights of the Sun seems
Lurid

Left us behind
Or did we decide to stay back
Why do we miss the dead
If they missed us too
Why would they depart
Sure enough that we will join them
Only the years are apart
As common as sunshine or
The glow of the moon
But death stands apart
As an unfair event
Occured to us all
Who is the judge
To judge God
For making ones depart
What is his right to exercise his might
That we give the Hangman too
Treating God as the Messenger
And decide not to shoot
Powerless our presence
Afraid to take him on
Aware that the result won't vary
If your hostile to him
When being devoted too doesn't make a difference
A shoulder to cry
When all is lost
He took it away
Never gave you a day
Always has his way
Stay till one day he takes you too away
Did not end the play
Ended  a character
Already in his Screenplay
Recurring we put a veil
Over our desires
Which never prevail
Some even had uncredited parts
The writer signalled to us all
Repeated viewing neccasary
To understand his plot
Still don't get it all
Yor days not too far off
First hand lesson on the cards

Educated and foolish
Illetterate and Wise
Need not be the case
Staring at life face to face
One must have insight
Ability to discriminate
Find his true place
Or else blame fate
Wisdom the ability
Understanding the reasons
Of past frailty
Merged within consciously
To be appropriately used when the past repeats itself repeatedly
Albeit not identical
Ability to handle
Far more rational
No left over
Start a clean slate
Ability to educate
Using the past as a template
Never fooled again
Nothing to do with the other
But next time he deals you better
Wisdom had the power
To send the message
That the learning has started
Lessons being learnt
Mistakes never repeated
Badly never treated

A feeling so deep
Has no logic to it
Expressing the affection
Sometimes without reason
Thought process has intelligence
Intellect weighs the pros and cons
Love has none
Only a  clean heart
That does no math
Sharing it with
Someone or something
Greatest pleasure of giving
Is actual real living
Must have it in us
To begin with
Can't share what we don't have
Like patience love is
A proactive act
Gets accumulated in us
As we filter out the negatives
We ourselves destroy the false image
Architects being our experiences
Honest expression of ourselves
Is what remains after
That is the garden of Eden
Where love overflows
Filling us of our share
Share the rest to show that we care
Gratitude and empathy
Sympathy in Symphony
Pressing the right chords
Hoping for the best
Happy that we are blessed
Naturally being a mirror
That the same is felt by the rest
Valuation of our lives
We do almost daily
But forget in that process
What we possess daily
The most precious treasure
Is not in being its sole proprietor
But  in being generous
Making it our equity
Even if it makes our hearts heavy
The lack of lacking
Makes love flow freely
The river of no return
But every droplet cleansing out soul

Superstar starring screening
Seconds seem slowing
Surround sound seating
Superlative scenes sustaining
Stagecraft  superior signifying
Spectators Startled  Staggering
Subsequent show seeing
Showstopping skill  showcasing
Suave sartorial  styling
Stunned silence signalling
Spirited  synchrony Soul stiring

Borders of a Country
Defined for its security
An individual s boundry
Respect it with integrity

Personal and Emotional
A wall built to protect
Entering into the space
Brings shame and disgrace

Keeping it private
The nature innate
Probing to debate
Friendship check mate

Mind your business
The best ever tag line
Will be just fine
If adhered to it everytime

Sharing of interest
Mirage of illusions
Most dangerous subject
Makes the other detest


On top of your radar
Remember the order
Not at all to enter
Either with question or answer

Survival of the fittest
Misunderstood as the strongest
Flexibility is the key
Says Master Lee
Optimism Positivity
Fuel for the heart
Past and Negativity
***** for the brain
Do not get stuck
Opines Chuck
Worry adds and remains
Curbs growth
Simplicity is brilliance
Feel the resonance
Transplant the sub conciousness
Gratitude Compassion Love
Required steroids
Kills Toxic Destructive Thought
Vibration and Energy
Honor and respectability
Channel and feel
Easiest Mantra to heal

Take me back to the era
the 70's the greatest of all
pure unadulterated nostalgia
living in its memory by the day by the hour

Time machine if existed
would ensure it is re looped
Live in that time
it always stays present


Denim Shirts and checked pants
long hair and sideburns
boots to match and tee shirts worn
before or after never done

Music blaring from windows
houses and hostel windows
Grateful Dead  playing live
Deep Purple  to jive


Cassettes replacing the gramophone
every house a whistling tone
The Doors playing in the background
4 streets away hearing the sound

Movie posters on Roads
life size images
of Charles Bronson in tow
Clint Eastwood Robert  Redford and others movies in the same row.

Wimbledon telecasts
Borg and Connors in the Final
Two gladiators with opposing personalities
Battling out for the elusive trophy and carve their name in history

Take me back
ill never come back
returned back
enjoy the decade back to back

Declared dead
Reference to life
Lived in this planet
No more to the rest
Burnt or Cremated
Six feet under or
Smokes of a fire
Burning the dead
For the first time
Since birth
Refered to as The Body
Name given Education learnt Position held Money saved
Etiquette used as prefix
In Relation to the family
All forgotten suddenly
Holds no value or sanctity
Body replaced by day
Recalled for remembrance
Reduced to that date
Out of sight
Out of mind
Human experience so far
Out of body
Burnt to ashes
Buried under concrete
Potrait decorates the walls
Lest we humans forget

Budget almost none
Shot in the Bangkok sun
Shadows seen
Second take a luxury
Not afforded produced in penury
Drug smuggling with a front
Ice factory workers bearing the brunt
Cousins killed and hero seeking revenge
Nothing new in the storyline
Plot twists seen time and again
Cantonese the language spoken
Which even half of China did not understand
Locations to a minimum
Ice factory and it's office
Workers quarters and the Boss palace
Claustrophobic environment
A river side only exception
A motion picture filmed in the conditions
A newcomer cast
Wanting his career to last
Wants to create a new genre
Lacking all the pomp and splendor
Hong Kong cinema
Costume dramas
Sword fights and flying above trees
The only fare that audience pay to see
A child artist
Done 20 films in the past
Now the god of martial arts
Trying to get his philosophy across
Breathtaking stunts
Done for real
No compromise
Even though it's for the reel
Faster than light a physical marvel
Fists and Legs
Kicks and jumps
Never seen before
Left the audience wanting more
Always wondered in my heart
What makes Bruce Lee stand apart
Half a century since he died
6 year old kids know of him first
Is it the Fights?
Is it the Philosophy?
Is it the speed?
Is it the innocence?
Many have come later
Classics by many a maker
Same or different genre
Never close to the appeal of this Seer
God of Anti Bullying
Fights for the underdog
Takes a stance for the weak
Gives enormous strength to the weak
Many of this
Many a hero has done
What makes him special
I don't have the exact answer
Key to immortality
Handed to Bruce Lee
Chosen to be
Remembered till the universe is to be

Vast lands of Emptiness
The sound of the winds
Given a tune heard before
Words made to fit like a pro
Lyricist and Composer at one go
The Ocean reflecting the sky
Illusions of blue everywhere
Silence makes you hear
Heart  providing the rhythm
Not yet acquired Sea Legs
Legs a slave to the brain wave
Unlike the heart which contemplates
Dancing to the beat
Of the waves kissing the Keel
Composer again without pressing any of the keys
Land and Water as it were
Their 9 to 5 under nature's care
Intrinsic qualities illustrated
Propitious to all
Putting the Ritz  equally
The Land and the Sea
Emptiness not in them
Reflection mirrored outside
At peace with yourself
Inside out mirrored inside
Waves and Dunes merging with each
Thoughts and feelings becoming their shadows
Honkytonk man picking his guitar
As slowly the Drifter ceases to be
At land or Sea
Empty

There's beggary in the love
That can be reckoned
Replied Anthony when asked by Cleopatra If it be love indeed tell me how much

Your eyes reflect the soul
Both yours and the mine
Most beautiful pair
Glad they are with her
Light up when she smiles
Light up when she cries
Small in size piercing light
Engulfing the heart
Looking at it gives me pride
Lucky enough to look at it

Forehead that of a Goddess
Of a dimension only you posses
Hairline plucked back
Raven haired charmer
Sends out the message
Your heart leads
Capturing others
A place where
People will willingly incarcerate

Pins her beautiful nose
That pinned my soul to her
Long and sharp
Musicians Harp
The Philtrum by defenition
Has no apparent function
You are an exception
The mole placed
Right in the centre
Sets a billion hearts on fire
A rarity that
Your beauty was meant
For glory

Smile that looks
Like a hundred million bucks
See her smile
Seems like a mile
Skips a heartbeat
When the lips part
Not to speak
Memory of her smile
Lasts a lifetime
With happiness
Goes hand in hand
Lips a
Magicians wand
Key that fits my  heart
Makes my day
Day after day
Bright as the Sun
Lights the Night
Is it Patented?

Mysteious and Alluring
Passion Artristry
Behaviour Refined
Passion Contagious
Charisma Elegant
Artistry in the
Way you carry
Elegance by your
Very presence
Embodiment of refinement

Women like you
Define  a Woman
If I'd taken a step
Every time my heart skipped
I'll be holding the stars
Do I gift the stars to you
Or you to the stars
Together you fill the Galaxy
What a sight it would be ?

You exist is the
Very Essence
Of my existence
You not a goal
To be attained by persistence
Get you like a man
Or let go like man
In letting go
Lies the greatest love
Grief and Sorrow
I'll withstand
Hoping you ll be mine tomorrow
Tomorrow never comes
So I still get to have the faith
That one day will be the day
I hoped will be tomorrow

Religon and caste
Conversations across
A refugee in our
Sub conscious mind
Finds itself a form of expression
Division of man
Made permanent
Lineage taking credence
When nothing should
Lucky are the pets
No division amongst them
Fortunately man has
Not been able to create one
In harmony with each
How many ever there may be
Birthed has no role
Neither a wardrobe
Names don't trigger
Thoughts about race or gender
Addressed to as such
They respond as much
Expressing themselves
Not made up for role play
Simple in their living
Thinking stops with being simple
Under the sky Under the heaven
We are but one family
Style seperate man
Don't believe in style
Universe tries to pretend
That as the major goal to tend
Animal kingdom evolution
Above humans in the podium
Willing they are to share the spot
But we humans want it all
By toppling them off
A game they don't understand
We presume from our grandstand
Laughing within themselves
Shallow human behaviour
Larger in Number
Divided by another
At war with each other
Over things that don't matter

Search for answers
From questions arising within
Questioning the given
Seeking its meaning
Feeling or recognising
A Cosmic divine
To impart wisdom
Personal contact with God
A path chosen by seeking
Not following a set pattern
Not denying any belief
Or accepting them for relief
The search is neccasary
To realise that the search is not necessary
Where do the answers lie
In the experience or in the devotion
In our pursuit of in the turmoil
Is it within or without
Inside or outside
does the answer lie in the question
Or is there no question at all
Vanishing the moment you ask it
Knowing the Answer
Triggers the questions
Where did we begin
That we are looking for the end
Did we begin at the end after all
How does the journey start
At the end

Myriad of religions.
Unique in its philosophy.
Man gets inducted at birth.
Misconception of which ,there's no dearth.
Devotees aplenty in search of divinity.
Possessing only of Sanctity.
Every criterion has an exclusion.
Creation is no exception.
Athiest is the name given
Believe he does not
Rational being his requirement.
Disproving becomes his disposition.
Agnost hangs in the middle.
Has no struggle, for he
Neither accepts or denies
Religion straddles between Ritual and Spiritual.
One says you are not dual.
Other says it's Mutual.
You are a sinner claims one.
Life of submission is the only path to Salvation.
Faith and Logic.
Foes as far as it goes.
Faith an emotion.
Driven by devotion.
Rational fuelled by denial.
Incompetent are the pursuant.
Interpretations are many.
Karma Destiny Belief.
Realised are those who know .
That truth can be One.
Paths many.
Discover your own.
Unique as it may be.
Search high and low.
Leave no stone unturned,
With a fine tooth comb.
The search is necessary, in order to realize that the search is not necessary.
Close to your heart
You have crossed in your path.
Unlock the mind.
Open your Soul.
Cleanse your heart.
Not thinking yet
Not Dreaming yet.
You ,Path and The Goal are not set apart.

Drunk in your thoughts
Your face in my heart
Withdrawal bring stone walled
Search for the next high
Not required at all
Till i take the missteps
That of a drunkard
The floor always ready
To take my fall
Lying on the floor
Not good for esteem
But i willingly seek it
Thinking about you is no sin
Loss of pride by the pavements side
But every thought filled with alcohol
Brewed by your existence
Ego takes comfort
That a poet on a later day
Might set to words
A composer set
It to tune
To be played
For time to come
Abstensnce needs the
Greatest antidote available
The will to forget
Which i do not have
But if the price of immortality
Is to bear the burden
Added to your existence
The title of a dipsomaniac
To be carved
On my Stone
Whoever said that Wounds
Do not hurt those who depart
Never had to feel the despair
Life spent in longing to possess and to have

Hair style till it adds
Beauty to oneself
Looking good in his own eye trying to look better in the mirror
At the saloon during a haircut
The same hair treated worse than dust
Treated with shampoo conditioner and gel
Now brushed away from the body the second it falls in us
An analogy to life none greater than the hair
If you are where you are supposed to be you get the respect even without asking
The second there is no need for use
Even your presence will be looked down upon and ignored forever
A fall from a position
Help find the true friend

Intelligence is celebrated
When life goes according to plan
Faith is celebrated when the man upstairs plays his hand
Creator is celebrated when the unexpected happens
Wisdom is celebrated when the  expected disheartens
Karma is Celebrated when Skill fails
When all that is celebrated suddenly seems worthless
You get to know yourself
When you know yourself
The God within you will be Celebrated

From Russia with Love
Came The Spy Who Loved Me
With A View to **** but The Man With The Golden Gun said Live and Let Die knowing You Only Live Twice while ******* escaped in the  Moonraker along with Dr No Meanwhile Goldfinger unleashed tye Thunderball Knowing that only Diamonds are Forever and kept them For Your Eyes Only

Traveling on the train
Window seat the only aim
The sound of the wheels on the tracks
Interrupted by the melody of the Horn fading in and out
Non existent echo echoing for a few seconds more
Concentration back to the background score
Of the wheels on the rails
Stations and buildings
Mountains and nothingness
Passing them just observing
Screeching halt or another train on par
Different notes in sink with the existing tune
Trip taken between troubles
One left at home
Another waiting alone
Interlude offering multitude
Solutions to problems unfold
Chimes of the station clock
Blaring of the buzzer
Whistle from the guard
Train begins its gallop
Wobbly in its travel
Meditative as it unravels
Untying the brains shackles
Fragile before travel
Now back on the saddle
Nothing has changed
Mystery don't bother to unravel
Deep turns as the tracks curve
Head stuck out to see the engine swerves
Quick count of the carriages follows
Images painted forever our minds become Picassos
Rails build ties
Every wanderer on his way
To its tune his body sways
The lullaby closing the eyes
Dreams ready to begin its play

If God was man made
Man was God made
This would end the debate
Or Creation and Created
Both get to perform
Both the roles
We call it a tie
None to vie
For the prize
Only problem lies
Who would be the jury
Has to be a mixture
Of man and gods glory
Adjourned sine die
To continue this case
Without which our
World would no more
Be an interesting place

It doesn't matter
What you wear
The money you earn
Never extended a life
Professional pride
Is your ego s ride
All depends on the tide
Takes you with it
Or takes you with it
What matters most
Is your thoughts rise high
The only place where
Mediocrity is a crime
Feel for the rest
Heart rate is manifest
By the compassion inate
Born into this world
The only way to evaluate
If human life were to bear a price
The highest bid
Will go to the man
Who at the plight of the rest
Alone in his company
None for an audience
Says a prayer and
Sheds a tear

All of us are kin
Color of the skin
First differences begin
Cancerous not benign


Nature of the act
Decides on the fact
Right and Wrong
Deeply entrenched and strong


Wrongful to society
Words of variety
Prefix added to amplify
Deeds done by everybody

Black market Black Mail
Black Day Blacklist
Prefix decides the fate
Any other other color  meaning wouldn't change


Country ' s policy
Color decides authority
Countries of prejudice
Have no sense of justice


Skin color
Nothing inferior
Judging based on color
Man made blunder


Ownership of another man
Price paid for possession of human
Slave trading an act of crime
Prevelant for a long time

Wars fought to establish
Skin color not to distinguish
Nobel won for trying to abolish
Humanity since stands embellished

White and Black
Not each others opposites
At harmony with each other
Together make a whole

Black and White signifies
Anything plain and simple
Used as an adage
Sends the wrong message

Learned man in quest
Met a Master with a request
Realization and Delusion
Games played by the mind
Giving and Recieving are figments of our thinking
Truth is Emptiness and Nothingness
Master listened with interest
Took out a Bamboo stick
Struck hard with intent
Man got up with rage
Calmly replied the stage
If nothing is the source
When met with force
From where did spring your anger and remorse

A great master
Teaching his disciples
Jealous of his fame
From afar a man came
Challenged him to a debate
Started off with haste
The Buddha's power
Could stand with a brush
On one side of the river
On the other bank the paper
He could still paint a picture
What is your power ?
Master quipped the only power I possess
I drink when I'm thirsty
I eat when I'm hungry

Keen on acquiring the skills
To be a great Martial Artist
A student asked the teacher
How long will it take to completely master
Ten years was the answer
Written on a paper
I want it earlier
I'm willing work harder
Now what's your answer
20 years he wrote on the paper

Flag fluttering in the blowing wind
2 observing men questioned
Wind is moving said one Its the Flag said the other
Walked by a Zen Master
Neither are moving and it doesn't matter
It's your mind that's moving causing the flutter

He lives your sorrows and Joys
Like it were it his own
He is the light of your life
And the light to your darkness
He's the might to your meekness
Shadow to your body
Echo to your mind
He inspires you to be what
You want to express yourself to be
He's the harmonica to your voice
The side car to your bike
Interchange positions as you like
With you for life

Mastery gained by learning
A philosophy or Ideology
To your understanding
Most in tune with your personality
Getting recognised by society

Read teachings and explanations
Or learnt it step by step
Hearing discourses
A lifetime commitment
To learning what lies within

Everyone had a conviction
They have adapted themselves to
Feel very strongly about the lessons

Has helped in their progression
The change it has
Caused in you
That you credit your doctrine
Is not decided by the opinion
Of anyone outside of self

How much has it altered
Is decided not by
Proving that your learning
Is better than the rest
Its popularity versus another
Comparing the Masters who espoused them

Catalyst of reform
Is judged by none of the above forms
There is no norm
Each has the right to a place to belong

Integrity to yourself
How much you implement
Areas you cannot help
Combination of action and faith

How honest you are
In your gains and flaws
The status quo's you wanted to change
But so far could not

Seeking ratification from
Others whoever it is
Will lead to heart aches
Something so dear but they may have another take


Best way to know
If there is a flow
Is not in giving back
Insults or wisecracks

Thrown of balance
How quickly you recover
Emotions played with
Anger replaced by composure


Clarity in the fact
It is not victory or defeat
It is honest expression
Without hurting any sentiment

When insulted or cornered
Untie the knot and release the boat
A fight to prove superiority
You have already lost the fight

No philosophy or master
Asks you to be a fool
People will throw darts
Be unapologetic about your chosen path

Hurt  and react
Emotions and Thoughts
How quickly you
Are able to move to the next task
Forgetting this happened at all

Walking on ahead
Leaving this behind
Not even aware of its source
You are flowing in the right course

Sunday evening
No good movie showing
Not heard of anything
At the theaters playing

Recognized a face
In a poster on the daily paper
Played a role years earlier
In a Martial arts rollercoaster

Name was synonyms
With the character he played
Bolo real and reel name
Now in a film with Van Damne

Bloodsport the film
Declared a huge hit
Tickets sold out
Black market no go

Not too interested
But still disappointed
Taken for granted
Full house never expected

Riding my bike
Friend seated Pillion
Bereft of any decision
Home bound only option

Crossed another theater
Saw the poster and decided
It was not worth it
A man with 2 tickets offered it


Dragged our feet inside
Saw the film's stills outside
2 names above the title
Mattered so very little

Strolled into our seats
Close our eyes and go to sleep
A sold out audience
Awaiting the films inception

Had seen the trailer
While watching another picture
One more in the action genre
Nothing new to offer
The film released as a one week filler
Between 2 other
Weekend over
No chance to recover
5 more days to endure
Tide turned over
Word of mouth the do'er
People flocked together
To watch this blockbuster
Never ending run in the theater
A pilgrimage for every moviegoer


Title card said Bruce Willis
Thought he was a novice
Only to be proved the opposite
Made me sit up in my Aisle seat

Aged nineteen
Influenced by his smoking
Flips his wrists
Doesn't pick it with his fist
Dangling between his lips
Zippo lighter added to the list
Held it between his thumb
Pulled it in from the edge of his mouth
Rings of smoke magical when he blew it out

Dialogue delivered new the way it sounded
Never heard before where every word was modulated
Riveting action film in front of my eyes unfolded
Greatest movie experience ever experienced

Never seen anyone with more style
Nuances added made him stand out by a mile
Entire film screen time by himself
Very difficult unless confidence in self

Definition of a man
Dictionary cannot define
Set the benchmark for generations before and after
Emulating him was the sole objective hereafter

Chain Smokin Binge Drinkin
Hard Swearin Wisecrackin
Self talkin and in times of extreme stress just laughin

International Superstar
Born before my eyes
Forever in the hearts
Magic of Die Hard

Balancing the equation
Villain with a great reputation
Veteran of the stage
In his debut he plays
Hans Gruber
The ruthless killer
Hired hands by the dozen
Each character important

Alan Rickman from London
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Vice Chairman
Playing a role of a person with German origin
Greatest villain of all time
Says the viewing audience

Matching in Style and Skill
The picture in my head still
German accent went for the ****
Anyone matching histrionic prowess, till today nil

The entire movie played
Hero and Villain interplay
Only a couple of scenes together
Made them memorable forever

Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman
Greatest on screen combination
Together made the movie a sensation
Yin and Yang provided the wholesome phenomenon

Watched the Magic
A born again film fanatic
Redifined every notion
Of motion picture appreciation

Changed my life
Became my lifestyle
Repeated viewing
Make it more appealing

Best Action movie
Best Action Superstar
Best Villain Star
Tops every list
Deserves every bit
Every frame a lesson
Watch closely and Listen

Unwittingly went in
Came out haloed within
40 Stories of sheer adventure
Admiration only increased 30 years after