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

Rebirth is repaying
Karma the currency
God the banker
When will it end we wonder

Self Realization the answer
Know yourself to ponder
Nothing else to wonder
Become one with the creator

Good and bad
Two sides of the same coin
They never meet
Until entered in the balance sheet

Discard the veil
Fake gives way
Real becomes clear
That nothing is real

The gods will answer
Only one prayer
Seeking relief from Rebirth
This however will be granted
To those who only desire
Is to keep away from other desires

Debt to the Creator
Law of Nature
Unlock the seeker
Rebirth automatically surrenders

Gratitude the first step
Forgiveness towards the other self
Compassion universal
Takes you one step closer

Removal of desires
Searching greener pastures
Momentary and transient
Pleasure seeking impermanent

Sense of doing
Achieving or failure
Taken very personal
Steps taken backward

Life teaches lessons
Answers lie in life
Learning outside life
Come back to live life

Woman of my dreams
Never knew existed
Until one day she visited
Dream or real I suspected

Eyes saw multiple images
Thrown off my turf with a smile
Worth a hundred million bucks
Skin smooth as silk my thoughts ran amock

Got to know her better
Honest and straight in her manner
Loving and caring in her demeanor
Proves nothing wrong in being a dreamer

Women like this
Never really exist
Said Woody Allen
Believed him blindly
Till I stumbled upon her inadvertently

Admire from afar
Or express the feelings felt for
Sleepless nights the price to pay for
Having met a person I lifelong yearned for

Subliminal her conversations
Varied interests and observations
Hours whistle past like seconds
Every second seems like an hour

Grateful for the chance to know
Fearful of what I might get to know
Allowing her inside my head
I wish I'd rather be dead

Distance a factor
Keep balance in order
Forget her sooner
My life a lot better

Painting with my tears
Strokes with my heart for years
Aches and pains it depicts
Still remains incomplete
Ray of sunshine
A place in the canvas
Comes and goes
Bereaving the darkness
Not to be sold
My life story told
Unfinished it will remain
Soul unfit to sketch
Now of the body bereft
How much more to go
Who will sign
At last at peace
After i cease
If i want a movie made
From my birth which brings death along
How will one write a screenplay
The story remains the same

Quality placed above
Generosity and Empathy
Ourselves and Others
Live with Honesty

Happy within your skin
Mind body and Deed
On a straight line
Benefits accrued in time

In order to please
Words with ease
Spoken in contradiction
Giving wrong Impression

Wide of the mark
Enunciate and Articulate
Birthed by imagination
Creating a situation
Contrary to reality

Fear of the other
Facing their anger
An important trigger
To give an answer
In tune with their tenet
In course of time forget

Not told in full
Continue to fool
Creativity in flow
Half as happened
The other imagined
Conveyed with contradiction

Thoughts jumbled
Words bungled
Events rambled
Honesty lost enroute
Tracing backwards
To the root
Impossible to find the truth

Consistenty in dishonesty
Oneness in Activity
Untruth to everybody
End result a split personality

Memory a necessity
Covering up possibility
Impossible with accuracy
To recreate activity

Feeling right in a wrong
Duality cemented strong
Medicine not discovered
For the truth to be uncovered

Silence as Answer
Given much better
Not required to remember
Better off than a liar

Discovered at last
Others new first
The lie never worked
Price paid lost trust

Web of deceit
Spun around
The Souls Seat
Most ignoble feat
Act and repeat

Instinct or imbibed
Unhappy with self
Escape from the Actual
Becomes habitual
Without realizing
Second nature Conning

Catches up sooner
For self not the rest
Lie fooled no one
Liar fooled the liar
Truth be told
Suicide of Character
Life not lived
Only acted in front
Of a mirror
Actor and Audience
Both the same
Fooling each other
Forever and ever

On a bike Ignition on
Fitted with a sidecar
God seated there
Guiding us thereof
Spiritual force right next
We've got the best
Navigating the path
Wrong turn of thoughts
He tells us to stop
Forgiving us every sin apart
Throws light when darkness falls
Provides shade when the Sun hits Noon
In case of an accident
Falling down we  still turn up again
Hostile terrain
Rides from within
House made of Marbles
Holds your hand
So that you don't slip
Trust and faith
Used as investments
Makes sure you don't get lost
Whatever is right for you at any cost
Without his presence
Your bike wouldn't have come this far

Birth of a new day
Erase yesterday
Gratitude prayer
Feel and Deliver
Nature will Answer
Looking into Future
Not in our radar
Be Present in the now
Thankful and bow
Hope the foundation
Law of Attraction
Will handle the Situation
All be well
For one and All
Purity of heart
Reflects thought
Vibrations and Energy
Positive with clarity
New born dawn
Bring with along
Joy and content
Peace and quiet
Regrets none
Dusted and done
Sunny days
Here to stay
God bless humanity
Growth and positivity
Dreams become reality
Make you happy
Pay it forward
Not for the reward
Best foot forward
Our calling card
Sympathy and empathy
A matter of choice
Thought word action soul
Straight line act divine
Hope is good
Glass half full
Fill the half
God has a plan
All in time
Live the day
Harmony with it
Sun sets, reset
Dusk will reboot
Shelter Clothing food
Lucky we are
Live by the truth
Or Seek it.

Pleasant past
Rewarded Appropriately
Karma knocked
Lessons learnt
Wisdom gained
Nothing outside
Acceptance inside
Happy with your own hide

Today in the now
Challenges in a row
Chaotic in nature
Wear it on your heart
Listen to its beat
Illuminates the path
Weans away the Sour Note
Remains the Note
Synchronize and Harmonize
Freedom the instrument

Future only in thought
In time a mere fallacy
Instrument you tuned
Worthy to succeed
Ambition to Reality
Converted in the Symphony
The instrument you tuned to harmony

Now becomes past
Play the record sans
Rewind or forward or pause
Listen to your song
Answers within all along

Why is that
Every fear
That  i fear
A feeling of threat
Danger and harm
Has a funny way
Of coming true
Anticipation of unpleasant
Situations
Due to valid reason
Or a gut triggered emotion
Never escaped even one
Hunted me down every time

Lacking the guts
To face the fuss
A coward i was
Step aside because
Timid and weak
In my heart

Brought it forward
I was the same
As long as i remember
First few years didn't help either

Waves of anxiety
Top gear to my heart beating faster
Trembling of the legs
Stuttering of the mouth


Anger deep inside
Inability to express
Buckling in distress
Act of cowardice

Everything under the sun
Being hurt physically
Mind played with psychologically
Made fun of publicly
Bullied with savagery

Feared these forever
How they existed
I  am not sure
Spent my life looking for a cure

Wanted to be popular
Dug myself a grave 6 feet under
Trying to please everybody
Could see through me easily

A major school event
Had a problem with a fellow student
Boycotted the event
Realised nobody missed even my name

Bullied by the Vice Principal
Was also a table tennis coach
I too was a player
He treated me like a joker

Jokes at my expense
Was a daily occurence
School sport or neighborhood
Played by others like a fool

Feared a teacher
Hoping she not be my tutor
Murphy law at play
She made me regret everyday

Wanted to change
My so far image
Tried hard in college
Only to minimal effect


Studying in America
A childhood dream
Feared the visa interview
Greeted a lady officer as " Sir " out of pure fear

Rejected time and again
Angst never could contain
Wrong impression given
Get ready to face rejection

Feared of not having friends
Was ok on that end
Still struggling on that front
A good friend yet to gain

Fear of loneliness
Covering my heart with darkness
Almost reached there
Fear has taken aim at that

Wanted to avoid
Lead a life devoid
Of Bullying  and despair
One. Thing to be proud I'm rare

Afraid that I'd be.
Without a family
So it was to be
Alone and lonely

Wanted to be on par
With family and friends.
Whenever with them
Can feel the difference

Working in the markets
Got blamed for an error i did not falter
Took a year to.
Come out in the clear

The divorce proceedings
In an ugly hearing
Esteem all time low
Can't go further below

Why did i fear
What was the trigger
The mess between my ears
Took   decades to recover

This is a recall
Of events in the past
Following Bruce Lee and his philosophy
Given me the courage to face fear face to face

For the good
For the bad
No one knows
Philosophers say could have been worse
Rationalists use staircase wisdom
To tie the knots
Those in between
Lacking faith of lack of
Hoping to find the answer
That never was
Was the right question asked

Living through events
Interaction with people
Leaving an impression
Facts and events internalised

One of its kind
Unlike anything before
Daily occorunce in the universe
Similar to none

Experience to handle Uniqueness
Bottle doesn't fit the cap
How to handle events
That are one of a kind

Deja Vu is an
Anomaly of a memory
Sense of recollection
No place in the bandwagon

On the lines of
The best one can make use of
Nearest thing to experience
Needs to explored with extrapolation

Use of machines
Driving a vehicle
Playing a Sport
Handling a portfolio

Same thing different day
Closest one can get
Repair Accident and loss
Reject this theory across

Deal it day by day
Treat it as the first day
One  day till another day
Only day on that day

Keeps you aware
Handle with care
No baggage carried
Situation handled by merit

Predicting the consequence
Consequence other end of action
Action debuted today
Consequence predicting far away

First time for everything
Only time for everything
First time is the only time
Second time makes time static

Handling any affair
Answer in the question
Awareness the key
Emptiness the procedure

Is there a path
Do we need a path
Is path part of the way
Where does the way lead
Should we follow the path
Is there  only one path or many
Does way connect the paths
Does the way lead to the destination
Is there a destination
Should it be reached
Is the way the journey
Is destination also the journey
Does journey lead to destination
Can we travel alone
Do we need a guiding light
How do we know that the light is right
Is the way the only way
If there are many
Is the truth the same
Can there be many truths
If not is it a lie
What differentiates both
What is the search
Is search required
Are there fixed answers
Open ended guidelines
Left for interpretation
Is perception a prescription
Where is the search
In an illusion
Is the search the illusion .
Is illusion the journey
Is it an illusion
What is reality
Is reality an illusion
Is illusion a reality
Is there an answer
Is it a valid question
Is it what it is
Is birth the beginning
Does it make Death the ending
Is the search for meaning
Is it for a solution
Does solution lie in the meaning
Are answers already there
Is the search necessary
In order to realize that
The search is not necessary
Then are the beginning and end the same

Did time exist
Is time man made
Why is it calculated in years
Who determines the years
Did time exist before man
Does the answer solve the problem
What Is the problem
Is there a beginning
Is there an end
Who is asking these questions
Who is is being asked to
If both are the same
Does the answer lie in the question
Is the question required
If you find the answers
How are you better off
Is it to gain
Is it to get rid off
Why are we born
What happens after death
Is the gap called life
Live to seek
Seek to live
No questions asked
No answers got
Is this an option
Remove the question
Does the Answer remain
Within or without

May the better win
Heard in Mythology
Told in a different Context
Good vs Evil

Talent and Skill
Strength and Will when
Identified with Ignoble
Faced defeat
At Battle

Competition by definition
Existence of an Opponent
Worth measured
Only Tool used
Win and Victorious
Loose and Defeated

Folly of Participants
Performance in Tournaments
Victory won in Practice
Lack of it the Opposite
Championship only Confirms First Place
In the Race

Winner and Loser
Not Against each other
One half of another
Complementary Nature
Compete to make it Whole

Hard Work and Discipline
Rhetoric for Inspiration
Chance to Participate
In the dance
Only one will Suffice
Complete Sacrifice

Crossing the finish line
First not a must
Nature is aware
Trouble you endure
Commitment for a day lacking
Opponent sends packing

Passion for the Game
Not just in Name
Submission to the Coach
Most neccessary Approach
Respect for the Rival
No means Trivial
Reverence for equipment
First sign of development

Optimum Potential
All Aspirants equal
Formidable or Despicable
Never decide
What is in Store
Who is tuned for Glory
Time tells us the Story

Attitude to Outcome
Whatever is Welcome
Not Thinking yet
Not Dreaming yet
Ready for whatever may come

Compete against the world
Impossible task to behold
Easiest way to judge yourself
Are you better than your
Yesterday self

Anticipate Result
Faulty Method
Engage in Process
Rest will happen
For the best

Process not a Ritual
Expression of self Spiritual
Relationship Mutual
Effort Result Equation
No better demonstration

Spiritual insight
Brings to light
Opponent an Illusion
Reality definition
outside competition
Mirage in Inner Vision
One with the engagement
Is final enlightenment

Fifty years to the day
22nd March 1972
Premiered the movie
In Hongkong theatres
The second film of Bruce'Lee

Fist of Fury
Same team at the helm
The real test to his career
One film wonder or a full fledged career

The immortal story
Of Chen Zhen
And his quest for revenge
Huo Yuanjia his teacher

Poisoned by the Japanese
A legend in his lifetime and a legend after
Founder of the Jhinwoo school
Taught many westerners the truth

Turn of the century
Set in Shanghai City
Under Japanese occupation
I'll treatment of Chinese the narration

Taking revenge his mission
One by one the murderers his victim
Japanese Karate school behind the intrigue
The school in its entirety single handedly pursued

Raymond Chow of Golden Harvest
Placing his bets
Putting this genre to test
Do or die for him and the rest

Lo Wei again at the helm
Million dollar director his middle name
Joseph Koo s wonderful score
I use hands the song a chart topper

Chen Zhen real or mythical
No one knows for sure
Many versions of this tale
Have come before and after this film was made

Fortunately a success
All involved continued to progress
Bigger budgets were allotted
Artistic and financial freedom rewarded

Wishes to the team
On making this theme
Hopefully will continue to grow
If the new generations taste bestows

Stemming from Flemming
Created by Connery
Lasted barely Lazenby
Made it his own by Moore
Dejected with Dalton
Six year sojourn
Booted with Brosnan
Craig for the decade
Now hangs Its fate
On how the fans rate
Exist or perish state
With No Time to Die

You reap what you sow
Has been told to us before
Show the other cheek
The very foundation of Christianity

Do unto others
What you want others to do unto you
Heard it a million times
What did you do

Rudeness is easy
Pointing out how the others life is messy
Showing of Sympathy
Is to the battered soul a Symphony

Give a helping hand
Make the weaker stand
Share your strength
Your heart will automatically cleanse

Open the doors
Of life's that are dark
Guide them towards the light
Forever improve their plight

Wear his shoes
Know his woes
Let the balm be your words
Take his life forward

Refusing a help
Using logic as a step
Make him stand at your doorstep
Point out his missteps

They serve as a lesson
When you see them become Desperate and unwelcome
Even to their funeral no one will come


Empathy to the lacking
Feel your heart crying
Real living is
Living for others

Be generous in thought
Follow it up with deed
Help the needy
That's the top priority


Nothing to discern
Show only concern
May not be returned
Lesson to be learnt

Where there is darkness
Be the light
Where there is Sunlight
Be the shadow
Be beside when surrounded by enmity on all sides
Never deride it's not for you to decide

Ask the question
In it lies the answer
If you were the meek
Won't the mighty that you'd seek


Won't you wish
When you're in a ditch
Someone pulls you out
He could have done without

Be the miracle
That you want to happen to you
Give it your all
Why are we born after all

Heart in the right place
Invites God's grace
Gratuitous he decides
That's where he wants to reside

Who wants to be
The joker in the pack
Contrary to what the name suggests
It actually fits everywhere
Can play the role assigned
Without any fanfare
What's in a name
If you can adapt
And be useful to yourself and others
Internalise the essence
Basic common sense
Let go of the tools
After they've been put to use
Bend and give way
Be the most powerful one in the fray
Easiest way is to integrate
Without any struggle
My not pushing the opposition
In the opposite direction
But by welcoming it and giving way
Making it rudderless
Take away the power from it
Use it to your cause
Don't worry about the branding at all

Birth and Death
Death a constant
Is birth a variable
The soul never dies
Often told to us
Reborn in another form
Is that the norm?
Mystery lies in the inbetween
The movie genre signifies
As the protagonist identifies
The audience verifies
In life we are our audience
Viewership from within
Have we solved the missing piece
In order to find the elusive peace
Is there going to be sequel
are we already in the sequel
Is the Almighty planning a trilogy
Another opportunity to solve the ambuiguity
Soul entering the body
A matter of faith
Rational mind seeks proof
Loopholes in logic doesn't make an Athiest
The simply lack  the connect using Science as a fail safe route
If the entire play out is a fantasy
Is fantasy the reality
Or the realisation that it is a fantasy
Throw light on the real reality

Tool to talk
Convey and Stop
Tone tells the emotion
Words mirror Class

Speak your heart
Censor the part
That will drive you apart
Because of your talk

Words spoken
Forever remain
Kind and compassionate
You win over hearts

Out of fear
Talking order
What the other
Wants to hear
Fakeness of thought
Others easily tell apart

Socially decent
Self made commitment
Worthy aim to pursue
Words give the Preview

Tone of Speech
Modulated to reach
Message conveyed
Loud and Clear

Only when asked
Arising out of need
Fulfilling a deed
Required to speak

Talk Slow
Talk Low
Dont say much
A sense of style
Sets apart by a mile

Loud and clear
Not to adhere
Soft and friendly
Already won
People over
Single handedly

Ability to convey
Clarity what to say
Goes a long way
Words at play

Anger dominating thoughts
Control over words lost
Think twice before you speak
Or put the other I'll at ease

Harsh and blunt
Liked by none
Words from lexicon
Quality decided upon

Profanity espouses mediocrity
Sans signals simplicity
Used before women
Embarrassing situation
Severe Association

Indicates character
Others remember
Reveals nature
Judged forever

Soft spoken
Words chosen
Any situation
Gentleman with acumen
Hard earned reputation

Spewing venom
Rude and impolite
Quality of upbringing
Reflects on family
Relationships ending
Even before starting
Jargons hostile
Efforts futile

Visiting card
Given In advance
Anatomy of personality
Percieved immediately
Stamped permanently
Decided correctly
Place in Society
Choice of Vocabulary
Wise choose wisely

Favorite movie star
Very civil all at par
Invisible ego plays below par
From the pages of an Elmore Leonard novel an all out war

Reason for conflict
Where none benefit
Cannot be confined in logic
Relationships broken very tragic

Discernment of the thought
Refinement in taste
Both questioned in haste
Scabbards thrown in all consuming rage

The first 3 moves of a Shindy
Mimics that of a Shogi
Predicted and stolen a march
Bruised esteem hanging for dear life

Below the belt attacks
No more fair or unfair
Trading insults at random
Depths delved never could fathom

Keeping the powder dry
Packing heat twisting the knife
Ace in the hole to go nuclear
Going for the jugular

Fallacy in desecrating the individual
Pulling out all stops and irrevenrential
No more his position or stance
Knees knocking together heart rate faster than horses at a race

Wanting someone eat out of you hand
Spilling your water only to slip on it
Freudian slip overshooting the mark
Hitting the target but missing the point

Movie Music or Sports
Political ideology or its flag bearer
Keep it in your heart else
Lifelong  bonds go on parole

Shouting at the top
Against something
That you would spend
A lifetime defending
If cause not so deep to
Die with your boots on
Hear the other opinion and simply Walk On

Appeal and Magical
Womans Lure
Curriculum at School
Values at home
Seldom include

Happens to all
Age no bar
Objectified at first
Finds its place
On a to do list

Neighbor Is a start
Teacher is not far
Set high the bar
Silver Screen
Provides it all

Neighbor Teacher Actor
All from afar
Emotions mixed
Guilt adds a twist

Category in a Sport
Age defined emotion
Heart demands action
With its brain a friction

Mystery and Mystique
Adds to the Allure
To know if true
One has to mature

Lucky if beautiful
Unlucky if not
Qualified by looks
Quantified by wealth
Strategy in play as well

Eyes of the beholder
Never more truer
Beauty skin deep
Philosophy to seek

Art to master
Good with women


THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS

Feelings not at play
Skill  paves way

Question the source
All in natural course
Clarity absent
Emotion present

Fantasy  or Reality
****** or nobility
Purity a necessity
Turmoil insanity

Quotes and Idioms
Dime a Dozen
Marriages made in heaven
Peace in fusion
Entire human race
Gods grace

Emotion Divine
Feelings Sublime
Process Spiritual
Lucky the individual

Logic and reasoning
Passion and desire
Absence of Harmony
Melancholy in Sanctity

Foundation laid
At tender age
Seeking Intimacy
Fulfilled or frustrated
Cheerful or Crestfallen
The Heart wants
What it Wants

A Zen monk
Popular in his town
Sits with his disciples
Gives talks and was renown

A student of another master
Came to visit the teacher
Was not impressed with the manner
Convinced he knew no further

Confronted the teacher
And told him about the Greatness of his master
Recounting his powers
He gave many examples

My master can stand
On one side of the banks
Look at some one standing
Across the river in the other bank
Pull out a leaf from a tree
And with just his fingers
Draw the person on the leaf
Would be so accurate
You can't find any mistake

What such powers
Do you possess
Why do so many
People converge in your presence

The teacher answered
I have no such skill
I know only two things in life
When I'm hungry i eat
When I'm thirsty i drink

One sided relationship
Between the maker and us
Feel obligated to oblige him
Doing everything to please him
We visit him
We obey his laws
We never fault him
We dare to even raise our tone
We use only prayer
As our tool
And devotion as a vehicle
Hoping to catch his attention
In this one way transaction
Guilty made to feel
If we skip any of the above
Got it backwards we're told
He always does his best
As he is epitome of love and trust
Be grateful to where you are
It's his will afterall
Can never go wrong
Scorecard in his hands
Decided by your thoughts and acts
He only totalled them
Your marks a  reflection of your good and flaws
Which is true
I don't know
Will the truth answer my questions
Or is the truth in the question
Why is his presence relevant
If I'm creating my own destiny
If he is destiny
What's the point in worry
Answers not required
Knowing it won't change any

Trying to possess
To buy more on the clock
Missing piece of the puzzle
Found to make it complete

Hang on to it
For dear life
Life depended on it
Manipulated for this

Time left here
Not for sale
No discount either
Can't take another

In the hunt
To earn the bucks
Lifestyle lead determine
Success or Failure
Deep pockets come in handy
Nothing wrong in being wealthy
Would be better
If the silver can buy time
Realise that we are spending
To buy time
Which is rationed to us
But the illusion we live
Makes us believe
That time gets extended
More the greenbacks on the table
Time is money
For those interested in returns
Money is time for those interested in staying back
Time cannot be earned  
Or spent
It passes away either way
Rich or poor not determined
By the years in hand
Years less plain unlucky
Given to the highest bidder
Humans  greatest delusion

Yet to read a book
One up on Clocks time
No one knows the game
Double bluffing nature
Not quoted on the exchange
Futures not traded

Even Organs have a price
Humans willing to sell
Put a tag on everything
Mankind's own speciality
Ironically for time
Unable to fix the price
Exchange rate not available
Search on for the seller
Price doesn't matter
Man s strength is his wil
Unfortunately God doesn't Sell

Rubbernecking at the mirror
All jazzed up to step out
New clothes in place and sunglasses to add
Trying to look better in my own eyes

Images from my childhood
Emotions sticking and slipping
Like the wheels of a train
Move on their tracks

Squealing past in sequence
Reminded me of the indications
Horns Whistles Bells that were warning signs
Played loud clear i didn't listen

A surface for reflecting
Our images back to us
Owing fealty to me
Loyal in its depiction

Facet i did not know
Into my soul it could go
Cloning it to perfection
All my imperfections

Could see the image
Not the entity
Projecting my likeliness
Shadow cast over my darkness

Images of events
Edited with a beginning middle and end
There was no end
Retrospective introspection waiting for the Curtain

No more about appearances
And all false pretenses
Cleaning process conducted
No lens no filter made it simpler

Broken mirror brings
It seven years of bad luck
It means a broken soul
Reflecting your future told

Mirror intact no bad luck
Soul searching triggered
Coming of age begun
Never too late to begin


The mirror reflects within
Cleansing process to begin
God comes without an invitation
Why did he leave ask him the question

Subject and Object
Mirror as a witness to mirror
Jury convened judgement delivered
Playing all the roles await Gods answer

Meek and Weak
Fearful of everything
That I see
Afraid of People Events and even Ghosts
Never lived my life
Frightening self carried myself
Deep at the core
Stuck in a dead end
Nowhere to turn
Met my saviour in Jeet Kune do
The philosophy founded by Bruce Lee

The movies that he acted
Only more and more reenforced
That the God of Anti Bullying
Was standing on the silver screen
Right before my eyes
His Fighting Skills His Philosophies and his Quotes
Made living of increased quality
Quantum of fear doubled down i guess
Faced eye to eye
Ready to die

Down and out
Ready to play relay
With cowardice in my thought and heart
Come to terms with mediocrity
Pushed around daily

Drowning in this
Self pity the worst
Saved me Bruce Lee
His Teachings now lead
The way i see life
Upside down he did
Made my life a lot smoother

Life's blur was becoming clearer
Therapeutic and Zen like
Very few remanants   of my former self
All i surrender to the great Saviour Bruce Lee

Interpersonal interactions
Immediate impressions
Inbuilt intelligence
Imminent incongrunce

Intellect influence
Instant interpretation
Ideological indifference
Ironic intolerance

Imaginary identification
Illustrates impatience
Illusionary intentions
Impulsive indictment

Inevitable injury
Innocence inserted
Inflated I
Initiated impasse

Iternary investigated
Interrupted invaded
Initial interest
Internally incarcerated

Illwill instigated
Insulted irritated
Ignored individual
Improperly interpreted

Nox in full splendour
Her beauty transforming
From being slender to the other
Boire n coup without a drop

No stoner neccasary
To admire her beauty
Seductress at work
Femme fatale misleading the ordinary folk

The Sun chose her
To radiate the light
Who observes the world
Drunken on her smile

Stars blazing the sky
Drowning under the moonlight
Asks the night to spread its darkness
Stars can be embraced adding taste

Gliding by night
Growing in stature
Missing for a day
Astronomers don't have a say

Flirting with all
She's seen it all
Man hoping to ask her out
Over the moon about the moon


Sign of secrecy
Brings with her majestically
Time to dine and dance
Will she join

Seeing her from the terrace
Dreaming a copyright she's bestowed upon us
The nights owe her big-time to shine bright
Making it on time time and time

Insomnia a tool
Used to fool others to bed
Exotic moments collected
To be recalled with the other



I seldom sleep
At night hoping
Tonight's my night
Push comes to shove
I don't have the guts

Tilt of the head
Can see her glamour
Half the universe she spreads
Her time to leave one dreads

12 hour wait
To see her again
Does she know my name
Unfortunately It is Daytime

Jack Nicholson as lead
You don't cast him
His name even rumoured
Sells a few times its budget in every territory internationally

No one  directs him
You don't micro manage
Pablo Picasso
Give him suggestions on color

You can't hire him
You don't buy a Rolls Royce
And check its mileage
There is no quoted price
He takes what he wants

You don't give him awards
To ratify his talent
Fish don't need the Olympics
To prove their ability in water

You don't teach him class
Mozart need not hear other compositions for inspiration
The cars the wardrobe the partners the shades and the islands
Are for him simply common
His current habits are fashion statements
Doesn't even make them
But people follow them

You don't advice him on films to choose
Rejected The Godfather and the The Sting
To do The Last Detail and The King of Marvin Gardens
Small films till he is attatched
Won best actor at the CANNES
Film festival
Made 5 times its budget
Box office register ringing or awards accumulating
There's only one place this happens
The independent republic of Jack Nicholson

Highest paid actor per film
World's most recognised face
Worlds most identified voice
Sexiest man alive
Most girls in the world wanting to marry
Best dressed man on the planet
Every conquest scaled
Topped every poll
Without even participating
The crowns knows the head
That's worthy of wearing it
Adds value to the crown
Not the king
For he's already ruling the hearts of his fans

Cover of the TIME magazine
Newsweek and Life
Face sells everything
Doesn't make a fuss
Hears from others
Stays balanced forever

Living in the Past
Memory of it last
Time passing fast
Perception often Contrast

No man an island
Entire life Spanned
Ego so grand
Easily misunderstand

Midst of misery
Alone we Stand
Helping hand
God's Hand

Memory Of Act
Return it back
Pay it forward
Expect no Reward

Neglect the gesture
Lack of character
Come back later
Haunt you further

Gratitude forgotten
Objectivity Justification
Soul Sold
In future History hold

Conscience Corrupted
Actions Equated
Known included
Unknown excluded

Attained Mission
Value none
Biggest loser
Forgot Giver

Not Against law
Character flaw
No judge
To judge
Both arguments
From same side

Eye to eye
With the lie
Haunt you
Till you die

Worth measured
Indebtedness valued
Reflects Price
Of your life

Lacking obligation
Guidance not requited
Badge of shame
Hangs in your frame

Character on the line
Thankfulness the Mettle
Forego and forget
Make a date to
Dance with the Devil

Sun signed out of the West
Buckling down for the East
Burning candles both sides
Presence and Absence
World decides its routine

Not even a breather
Putting its feet up
Never still
Shifts position
Intensity equation

Darkest before Dawn
Sheds light in the Sky
Signals a new day
Heralds hope with its Ray

A new day today
Rise and Shine
Ray of hope
New beginning
Bright and Fun
Allegories of the Sun

Potency and vigor
Qualifies time and hour
Ceaselessly moving
Rendezvous with the Ocean

Beams of   light
Does not discriminate
Like or hate
Value of time
It  knows best
Signs out east
Signals a day less

Justina folded eyes
Justice it holds the keys
Eyes closed black cloth
Without fear or favor
Scales in one hand
Sword in another

Justice impartial
Delivered separates
Duty by definition
Does with repetition

****** by justice
Sun does not prejudice
Equal to all
All are equal
Equanimity lies its beauty

Attachment or Abhorrence
Offering flowers or Pelting Stones
Equanimity is
Medicine for Calamity
Hallmark of Spirituality

Inherently qualified
Worship justified
Examples multiplied
Virtue in every way
Hope Faith Belief
Brings along it's way
Pushes darkness away

Far of Science says
Proves power of its Rays
Looks like a stones throw away
Far yet near
Benefits innate

Be like the Sun
Unfair to none
Beacon of Good
All you have to do
Is to look up

The movie plays
Actors become the characters they play
We remain we
Aware Its an illusion

Our reality doesn't change
But fictional reality inspires us
This emotion makes Superstars out of actors
The reason that the house gets sold out


We worship the hero
Knowing that Its acting
Nothing about it real
Acting the word says it all

The happy and sad events
We know is unique to this movie
Our problems remain the same
And do not change

Movie making is no secret
Universities and books teach you that talent
They've made it hoping you'd like it
Planned out move to circumvent reality

Identification with the star of the film
Is their objective from the beginning you took
It was an actor before he became a Superstar
Performance of unreal things
Makes him the superstar


The Mirage projected
We assimilate inside
Believe it for a period
Come out with an altered subconscious

Reality and fantasy
The brain acting selectively
Fantasy becomes reality
Reality not taken so seriously


Akin to having a drink
A high that happens
Everything seems better than what is
There's no hangover is the positive

Transported to places
Riding in a horse along in a western
Flying Wingman in a war picture
Falken for love with a beautiful woman in a Romance
Laughing hearts out in a comedy

Lights on Screen blank
Merged both realties
Wanting to see it again
Is exactly what the makers want it

Out of the cinemas
Feeling good about life
How long does the feeling last
Depends on how many drinks you've had

As a young girl
Made to do household work
Errands to run
Household to please
Told it was their duty
To make others lazy
Sent to school
For a few years
To read and write
Not for their use
But to be more useful
Married of in their teens
To a man never seen
Enter a family
Numbering many
Not even introduced properly
Start where they left off
Only the address differs
Work without pay
Continues till after hours
Servitude to the husband
His family in tow
One more joins the row
Told to assist in the chores
One dimension alone
Takes its toll
Period of time
Mother nature's indifference
Had children to raise
Not only theirs
But many in a joint family
New generation to serve
Third in a row
No reprieve offered
No task let go
Added on many more
Older members to serve
Husbands and family
To please
Children to nurture
Guests to be honoured
All treated in the same vein
Effort increased as did age
Born without time
But served it fine
Did not need a clock
As they had no agenda
Only time to look at the time
Was to ensure others were on time
Used as a ladder
All their life
All climbed and got off right
Everything for granted
Only life to focus
Nothing else mattered
How was everything in place and ready to take
Never asked the question once
Their fingerprints touched many lives
All for the better none worse
Older age nothing to celebrate
More to face
Doing it from birth
Burden never left a trace
When did they sleep
When did they rise
Are they well
Physical and Mental
Did they need help
One great lacking
Is their inability in asking
Second nature in giving
Did i learn nothing,?
Real living is living for others
Bruce Lee said
These women by example lead
Have seen two
How did they manage to do
What they do
One sided transaction
Only taken none given
None asked is their greatness
Did it even occur to me
To ask them the question
Did you have your meal
Food for hunger they provided
Food for thought
Their lives to be celebrated

Completes the theme
Pages to remember
Delivered proper
Audience understanding clear
One step near of becoming an Actor

Lessons at workshops
Drama schools and universities
Intern at Playhouses
Understudy for the Leads
Years in the wings
Waiting for the doors to open
In real time life ticks on
Food for the family
Purely on the ability
To do work of quality
In regularity
The probability
Known only by the Almighty

How the camera captures
Not in the hands of the actors
Cameras own decision making process
It disowns the player
then no use of acting prowess
One more layer
For a successful acting career

Self Realisation
Easier in comparison
Success in the show business
Holy grail with Christs grace
Easier to trace
Than the name and fame that begets an Actors face

I achieved overnight
Superstardom
After 30 years of struggle
To become an actor

One step sideways
All it takes
Difference between
A Hero and a Coward

Time of Action
Act together
Unmindful of Outcome
Reticence Overcome

Proxy represent
Windy about Presence
Besides oneself
Defenition of Cowardice

Now and then
Prediction futile
Awareness fictional
Results Notional

Ready for the Unknown
Till it becomes the known
Strength Within
Decides hearts Rhythm

Unknown remaining that
Runaway at the premise
Pinnacle of Cowardice
Throw the dice

Prediction brings confusion
Permutations and Combinations
Statistical formula
Yet to be invented
Numbers for letters
Shooting blanks for Answers

Inside or Outside
Acquired or Inborn
Physical or Mental
Not Mutually exclusive
Random to fathom
Every kind
Universe can find

From the heart
Not restricted to the tongue
All chips dow
Out of Comfort Zone

Courage not lack of fear
With Fear Full Throttle on top gear
Owning the act
Impact intact
Facing the heat
Collar tight
Might to fright
Takes flight

Emotion without an Address
Rendered Rudderless
Orphanage refuses Refuge
A hat with a feather
Fear is for  the Other

Jaundiced heart
Prejudiced mind
Subterfuge personality
No character
Life with Fear

Could not say
Goodbye to the day
Wishing good night an option
Only when you can get some shuteye
The day said Until Later
Didn't wait till i bid adieu
The shadow it left behind
We all call it the Night
Darkness its theme
Silence its voice
Nature' giving you consent
Rest and pleasure sanctioned
First thing in the morning
Used widely by everybody
First thing in the night
Haven't heard that till last night
Liberty to cross the line
Endorsement given by the Night
Brings with it tranquility
Triggers the minds loquacity
Aurora flashing Amber to the daylight returning
Coming in with all the chaos
Time to shut it out and start to focus
Daytime gives you identity
Invading your identity as the moon floats in
Man made rules or nature's gift
If its nature's rules means you don't have a clue
Different music played
One for the night and and changing the side
What if the same played
Either way?

Art of living without living
No pre conceived notion
No baggage to carry
Be in the now
Grateful for that
Learn everyday from everyone
Whatever crux that has been learnt
Untie the boat Let the negatives flow away
Retain the learning
and Sway
Rocking the boat
Rocking it unnecessary
Get on board
The feet deaf to the sound of the footsteps
The silence inside manifests
As the discreet outside
Teaches you loud and clear
Only if you are willing to hear

The painter imagination
Would make mother nature jealous
The joy that inhibits her heart
Expresses itself as art
Nature will not steal her glory
By making this a reality

No past or future
How does one not have a past
If he treats everything as present
It ceases every moment
As present turns its hide from real
Which it is
To the unreal
Which it becomes
Under a another name
Such a person has conquered time
Or realised that time is only a concept of time
Gone by no longer existing
Yet to come not existing
Has an option to play
Need not come
Such a person is aware
And it does not matter
Something that does not exist
Cannot matter
Passed by or Awaited
Non existing reality
The acts done have a history
Not to be confused with the Actors repository
Can't write a review for his earlier roles
When he's performing one now
Role exists player doesn't
Roles written player undecided
Role now performing
Now no more
As quick as that
Aware of this
One leaves no trace
Of his time spent
Here on this universe
We call birth and death
Living playing a brief Interlude
To connect the two

Space and Time
Conceived by man
How to fill it
He hadn't planned
Artists created art
Immortal in its form
Composers created music
With nothing even to imagine
Artists and Musicians
Perform the role of God
By creating a form
From a non existent form
The artists strokes the space
The art form is performed
The conductor waves his hand
Tunes fill the room
Imagining a theme
Giving it a structure
On the stage to exhibit
A talent none can inherit
Nothing to refer
Has to be new to offer
Limited strings on instruments
Unlimited to instruct new variations
Coming together to create wizardry
Necromancy also a possibility
Such is the mastery
Over the craft of the art
By the artist
Who can originate
And the Maestro
Who can dictate
Themes and Notes
To fill up our space and clocks
The overflow of joy
Matter of pride for all
An action of pure divinity
Got to be blessed to be
The one who designs
Transcends the time we created
Will last long after
Even time ceases to exist

At home and alone
Dreamer inside forlorn
Dreams remain dreams
Dreamer still dreams
Unrealised dreams stinging
Newer ones replacing
The problem for the dreamer
Lies in the dreaming

Where are you from
I have no idea
Where are you going
To the grave
Do you plan your future
I don't look past the next bend of the road
What are your expectations in life
Serve my time and get out
How do you cope with life
It is what it is
One secret to remain contended
I know my limitations
Your philosophy in life
Don't think feel
How would you like to be remembered
He tried to be a Crackerjack in whatever he did
What do you get upset about
Rude people and i don't respond till they Ask Nicely
Advice to NextGen
Don't waste your talent
Not all can be as good
Did you rebel
Yes against everything they got
A value to pass on
Never snitch
Did you do it answer is no
Did X or Y did it
I don't know

I don't feel
Pangs of separation
We never said goodbye
Cause we ain't apart

I don't miss her
She lives in my heart
I don't talk to her
She is in my thoughts

She is in me
I know for sure
By the way she responds
Even for my glance

I will never
Make her mine
Destiny decided otherwise
Not in my hands


Destiny can win
Only if i forget
If my mind goes blank
She is the blank

Void in me
Her absence caused
Deserving i should be
How can I fight with god

A lesson learnt
Everything seems precious
Till the day
You own it

Letting go of her
I did not
Had to live life
Plans i was not part of

Precious she remains
Daily living travails
Her being here
One more miracle i expected

In love and in life
Not in sync with each other
Life is love
Only if you're living it

Talk slow  Talk Low
Walk slow Don't rush anything
Never say much
Never howl or shriek with laughter
Just a smile rarely
Becoming a clown .
Under the guise
Of sense of humour
Suspended forever
Never insult another
Express yourself honestly
Copying a personality
Confusion stalling confidence
Words that come
Should reflect the feelings
Refine yourself inside
Don't have to censor yourself outside
Opinions and judgements
Back to the gutter
Aware and in the moment
Merges your soul and class together

You stole my heart
Till death do us part
We had vowed at the altar
Never say goodbye cause we ain't apart
How could have you stolen my heart

Destiny set us apart
Made you to depart
God did his part
Hit me like a close range dart

Waiting for me
Up in the sky
No regret that I'm unable to fly
When will I learn how to die

Time our enemy
As I keep watching the clock
Every tick its tact
As you wait with your soul intact

Worry a feeling or a thought
Or just happens inspite off
Link between past and future
Has no role in the present for sure

Ambition and Fear in a relay
Picking up the baton a delay
Time takes its time to deliver
Vacuum of waiting filled with ponder

Immeasurable out their awaited
Worry the Scale used to get graded
Destiny the back up to call it Ill fated
Unabated feeling to feel elated makes worry never dated

Getting rid of worry
Mans biggest worry
Gods and Philosopher s querry
The ferry to put  man out of his greatest quandrary

Trying to become
A big star
In the movies
Not everyone is lucky
Aspiring actors many
Tried and failed plenty
Trying to earn a penny

No other choice
Still hear their inner voice
Seen ordinary guys turn into celebrities
Green room their only known territory
End up as movie extras
Known as background artist
Tough life waiting to be called
Every extra thinks he's the next superstar
Irony in the fact
Evidence in their favour

Their dreams destroyed
Settled into their new avataar
Part of show biz
Last choice in their list

Part of  crowd scenes
Indistinguishable face no one noticed
A fellow extra the neighbour befriended
Who' also was rejected

Trying to become
A big star
In the movies
Not everyone is lucky
Aspiring actors many
Tried and failed plenty
Trying to earn a penny

No other choice
Still hear their inner voice
Seen ordinary guys turn into celebrities
Green room their only known territory
End up as movie extras
Known as background artist
Tough life waiting to be called
Every extra thinks he's the next superstar
Irony in the fact
Evidence in their favour

Their dreams destroyed
Settled into their new avataar
Part of show biz
Last choice in their list

Part of  crowd scenes
Indistinguishable face no one noticed
A fellow extra the neighbour befriended
Who' also was rejected

Weather and conditions
Not taken into consideration
In costume for entire call sheet
No choice but to make peace

Part of the scenery
They add the authenticity
Movie making efforts collaborative
They add to the narrative

No reason to be treated badly
Dreams did not come true
Written in their destiny
Statistically impossible must have chosen carefully

A profession with dignity
Uncredited or bit parts
Terms as these don't to justice
Things didn't work out as promised

Imagine a movie
Done away with them fully
Watching a movie makes you realise
That you are watching a movie

No greater blunder
Than to make the audience aware
To draw them into the story
Rests on the burden these extras carry

In front of the camera
Everyone is an actor
Behind the camera
Everyone is a crew member

Know their value
Added to keep it true
Name not in the titles
If not for them there is no Title

Origins in the french language
A words that fits into every subject
Difficult in its understanding
Ubiquitous in expressing

The word random
Etimology in randon
Usage not random
Meaning do we fathom ?

A subject on its own
A theory explored by many
Headlined under statistics
Also in Metaphysics


Statistical meaning
Makes it interesting
Equal chance for happening
Each one involving


Complex the data
Solution in Formula
Solved the data
Another requires another formula

Without rhyme or reason
Any events causation
Theres no correlation
Tying together causation and correlation mankinds biggest problem

Unfamiliar and unspecified
Person or deed
Arbitrary without a corollary A  method in its madness innate quality

Applicable to thoughts
Where it default belongs
Traveling without destination
Not governed by the power of the conscience decision

Random existing naturally
Probability man made theory
Anything undefinable makes man uneasy
Oxymoronic activity the theory of probability

Probability makes it easy
Vistas opened for the theory
Wars won on this capability
Predictability in the unpredictability

The structure of Universe
Answers so diverse
Einstein had his calculation
Philosophers call it revelation

Stay in the present
Mantra for great achievement
Thought process not defined
Isnt that path also refined ?

Value given to Self
Valued except by Ourselves
In the eyes of others
Is known as PRIDE

Success as defined
By our own cognition
Unable to attain
For whatever reason
Valuation based on Estimation
Otherwise known as
LOW SELF ESTEEM

Situation not Conducive
People not Receptive
Plans not bearing fruition
Leading to frustration
In the process loosing composure
Devil within known as ANGER

Lack of understanding
Uncomfortable with own being
Creating a non existent living
Mind and Heart detached
Inability to face reality
Living in a world of fantasy
Believing in make believe
Translation into words
Seldom fooling others
Only fooling the I
Meaning of LIE

Wanting to Possess
Wanting to only Possess
Not interested in the process
Focusing on end result
Always half empty
Termed as GREEDY

Inner peace
Destroyed by others Deeds
Focus on others
Lack of Maturity
Filled with Negativity
Knows as JEALOUSY

Resourceful absent
Lifestyle Persistent
Inability to balance
Creates imbalance
Calling on others
Fulfill your desires
Continuing the game
In one word SHAME

Clarity on Vacuum
Blurry on Blessing
Insensitive Cognition
Lacks Perception
Only Half Full
Call it UNGRATEFUL

Pray till you get
After Gotten Forget
Fulfill lifes needs
Through Money and Deeds
Goodwill monetized
Live life Kingsize
Memory for convenience
Lack of Conscience
Judas kiss
True self another layer
Unforgivable BETRAYAL

Overrating the I
Revolving around My
Sense of Doership
Give none their due
Ego fanned at Cue
None Equal
Illusionary Potrayal
Others Potential
Put down at Will
Quality Malignant
In one word ARROGANT

Always with make up
Behavior made up
Reflected Outside
Different Inside
Permanency of Potrayal
To self Disloyal
Not Self Worthy
UNTRUSTWORTHY

Personal Pleasure
Seeking Advantage
Own Welfare
Devil may care
Exclusive ever
Inclusive never
Disregard the other
Avoidable fetish
Characterized SELFISH

Body language Revolting
Words Wounding
Bad host
Offer not a Chair
Duty Beware
Bad upbringing
Overrated sense of due
Classified as RUDE

Call him a Clown
Break him down
Contradict his views
Laugh at his mannerisms
Part of a crowd
Make fun aloud
Make him look silly
The doer a BULLY

In Ambition Similar
Path unclear
Achieve at any Cost
Destroy career
Does not matter
Dual thought process
Not contend with progress
Feels secure when
The others Regress
Any lengths gone
I alone but None
Date fixed to
Dance with the Devil
Despicable and EVIL

Seen it in the movies
Action genres motif
Six shooters fired
At those who deserved

A quick draw
Fun to watch
Faster on the draw
Earned audience applause

Winchester 73 in the Westerns
Walther PPK in the James Bond Adventures
The 44 Magnum in the Eastwood actioners
Colt 45 part of Randolph Scott's attire

Gave me fun and entertainment
Knew it was not real
Still gave the excitement
Used artistically in posters

Smoke coming out of the barrels
Tag lines using the Bullets
Target through the telescope
Made you want to buy the tickets and go

One liners with pistols
Pointed at strangers
High point of the pictures
Never fails to make you feel better

Surround sound echoing the firing
Making it real and exciting
Methods of putting it back in the Holster
We can only imagine and wonder