Quest

Where do i seek you, my fragrance,
For you entice me,
Letting me feel your distant glare,
Evoking in me, an insatiable urge,
To merge into oneness, with the
Realization that hallowed my previous births.

In the magical touch of your fingertips,
My life finds expression, for which
I yearn, and yearn...
May not the longing kill my soul,
May not the fire of quest,
Burn away my strings, before
You've enlivened the music in me.
May not the rumbling melody in my depths
Fuse in the death knell of your silence,
Shrinking my reach, to
The nothingness of a speck of time,
Marking the end of my beginning.

In the blooming dawns, taking birth
Under the wetness of dripping snow,
And the soft young waves;
In the myriad shades of night,
And the slobby days, which
Rush past, refusing to be kept track of;
In the tear drops, emanating
From the flooding memories,
And the sharp twinkle of
Shattered glass, which outshines
The completeness of the whole pane,
But defies its power of reflection.

The beam of light, i wonder
Was it meant to be captured,
Only to get confined to
A thousand crushed pieces,
When it could have portrayed
The visible truth and the beauty therein.

I pray, let this not be
The divine intention.

Lakshmi Dinesh
(Translated by me from Malayalam)

Insomnia

The night moved on;
Thoughts preyed on my mind,
And my heart ached with longing.

The rusty screech conspired in my ears,
The ticklish swirl of hair against my neck;
The night air explored my senses,
While the yellow ochre gleamed at me.

My eyes bespoke a strained tale,
Like a cliched adage,
Glorified, silenced, frozen.
Seeking comfort in the darkness:
The darkness which clouded my vision;
Clinging hard to the lifeless pillow,
Which absorbed the trembles of my bosom;
I could feel my eyes getting moist,
As i gave in to the upsurge;
And the dry stillness that came over,
When the thoughts sank in.
Moments froze away, and
The turbulence subsided.

I fear myself, the emotional barbs
That prick me tough, in an impulse;
The undertone of evasion,
Everytime i let loose;
The love for non-committance,
That breaks any string attached;
The pangs of repentance and guilt
That dies, before my sanity comes alive;
The fickle and flighty air
That takes me on a ride;
The sinner that runs down
Any hurdle in the stride;
The pain of loneliness, in
The mirth of solitude.

UNCLAIMED
The treasures of my solitude,flow past my being

Into your realm, oh beloved;

Knowing nothing,but the exhilaration

Of being drawn to depths unknown.

For you are my sky, and here i dawn

In your longing blue arms,

Bathing you in my silver hue.

When the world slips into its dreams

Under the soft slumbers of sleep;

I see the stars, twinkling

In the glistening beauty of your blackness,

Singing to me in the secrecy of our love;

Enlivening my only dream to life.

And now the throb of separation,i know not

For i'm secure, in your unending peace.

The glory of dawn,the mirth of yellow,

Whispers in my ears, mild and mellow:

The music untuned and charms undone,

As you gently kiss my lowered eyes.

The heat of passion,i feel as your

Sensuous breath sweeps past me,

Assuring my senses against the prick of cold.

But for the tormenting truth,bare and hard upon me:

The clouds look deep into my face,

Fluffy and sorrowfully white;

Floating in your pale blood,

Traversing miles between us.

Is it your overflowing fantasy

That blocks my view,

Or the killing silence of your anonymity?

Flashing through my thoughts

Like the self-healing drop of rain;

The tear of sanctity, yours and mine;

Weaving an enrapturing bond between us.

RYSHA HAMZA

Struggle

She tossed in the black waters,
As the skies reckoned, slow and steady;
The oceans devoured her cries,
At the mute observance of distant shores.

The raging waves tore in, seizing her,
Crippling her sail, cracking her frame;
Sending shudders down the spines,
Leaning hard against breaking panes.

Solitude

Buzzing its hard-earned mirth,
Swarmed in, the bumble bees;
Cooing from the ringed depths,
Fluttered high, girlie the birdie.

Flapping hard the gentle wings,
That dreamt of soaring heavens,
Many a time did she raise storms,
As the dusty earth snapped at her.

Alas! she rose in beaming glee,
As the merciful skies blew her free,
And every breath sang afresh,
Tinkling her soul with spirits anew.

Warmed by the honeyed-heat,
Ridden on a creamy-fluff seat,
She touched the white velvet,
And the ripples of shiny floss.

Starry twinkles caught her eye,
But no friend nor foe could be spot,
Over whose shoulder she could pry
To grab the visual treat lighting the sky.

No peer to marvel at the mystery
Of the vast blue subtly drinking black,
Not a finger-touch that eased slick
A floundering fold, in plumes delicate.

A whining frown, a wistful gaze
Flashed her eye, pricking a tear;
A sweetening smile blossomed,and
Drooped, all so open, yet unseen.

In the dreamy flight, unrestrained,
A heartening call she did cherish,
A call familiar, mighty in its right,
Emerging from the realm of thought.

A Peep Into Her...

The veil is drawn,
Blurring the moment passed by;
A hiss, a cry, a thought unwound,
All utterances, strained or suppressed
Rendered languid in the world within:

Exalted to the hilt divine,
Self surrendering to its completion,
Cleansed by the purity of a tear,
Evolved from entwined minds,
A being so opaque, comes alive.

Love found life in silences sweet,
And merged into one, in the silver strings,
Whispered by the crescent-lit nights,
How can love be despised,the lover crucified,
If life is still serene in its sanctity?

Knowledge encaptured,happiness defined,
Rules stamped,and morals bottled;
Sway all in the smoke of life,
Flushed out by beings,busy and lost;
Far,wide,vivid,obscure.
Racing minds,outshine the pace of time,
And still i am, enrapt;
Transcending into the boundless.
The bounties of the unbound i swam,
Like the light white puffs,
Floating in the blue,as the
Waves emanating from your eyes
Embraced me,lifting me from my skins.
And for once,i felt the world,
Numb;as good as dead.