Friday, 30 January 2015

A pigeon in the window pane!

When I sit still by the window
Every morning writing to You
A pigeon comes and sits in the window pane
Take a quick look at me
Nods it head several times
And flew back to the next building
Where it’s friends are waiting and watching me
With delicate curiosity…

In these moths I have befriended this couple
And their several sets of children
That grew before my eyes.
A little trust, a little understanding-
That I am harmless to them.
Now they are quite comfortable with me
With the clicking of my phone camera
They no more fly away or freeze.

A relationship developed by years-
Pigeons and me…
Bought me an occasional curious ‘hello’
When one of them comes closer
And sit upon the window pane
I freeze in awe !
A friend from a different world has come to greet me
With ninety nine percent trust
and one percent mistrust mixed in it
makes the meeting sweet and touching
as I remind myself-
I have a long way to go before
The pigeon comes and sit upon my hand
And accept a pat from me.
   

Wednesday, 28 January 2015

-Antique Place-

-Antique Place-

He sat alone in his tiny office
In an apartment, high up in a building
Gone are those days...
And the picture of a post office
In a single storied building
With Jamun tree in the backyard
And Mango tree near the porch…
The Post Master sat alone in his office
No Post Peon or Orderly to accompany him.

He sat alone in deep meditation
As a symbol of silence
Before an opened computer and some upturned magazine
There is not a single bee buzzing …
No students come here to post applications
No elderly comes for money order
No one to post a letter…
It’s like the whole civilization has forgotten
Everything about the post office.
It’s like a wrong idea in the net-age.

He sat peacefully upon his huge desk
That contains stamps, inland letters, post cards and envelops
Very long back those have changed shapes and colours.
It’s like entering into another-world for me…
To greet the solitary Post Master
With a “Good Morning Sir”
And being greeted back with dignity.

He was still sitting alone looking at me
When I left him Saying –“Okay Sir!”
He uttered the same manners politely
But his startled eyes say more than that
A verse of gratitude flowing from them-
Telling me- “Thanks for coming to visit me
I don’t find any excuse to make you stay

And spend some time here in this no-man’s land..”

Ekaki?


Nila bistrut Nava par ekaki pakshi
Pankh bistaarke udta hi rahta
 koi sighrataa hai kahin jane ki
Ekaki ekaki...mai ekaki samjha jata
Fir v ye manushya nahi samjhta
Ya samjhne se darta hi rahta
Islie ghar me rahta hai
Samaj basati banata hai
Kuchh sambandh pahle se hote -janam se
Kuchh bana dia jata
Kuchh swayam banata hai
Fir v in gharon me
Sare sambandho k rahte hue v
Hota ye ekaki hai.
Ye dukh ki v baat nahi hai
Yehi Aatma-dharm hai..
Ushe ekaki chalna hai..
Path v sunya hai...
Sansaar ki dhage, uski chahal pahal
Ek kothri hai-Yatri Nivas jeise kuchh
Ye sada ke lie nahi.
Bas kuchh kshyan ke lie
Fir wo anant yatra
Fir wo ekaki path
Aur akhand nirjanata...
Isme ...eise path par
Tumhare swar ka sunai dena...
Tumhare jeevan naatika ki sparsh mere dhamani me
Aur Tumhare atma-spandan mere Anahat Chakra me
Ye kahta hai-
Tumse mili thi kavi
jane kitni yug pahle ya haal hi me...
Aur agae jakar v milte rahna hai jane kab aur keise
Baar baar mile hein, milenge aur kayi baar...
Thake hue paksh mere yehi gate rahte hein...
Tum Sathi ho is nisang, sunya path par!
Fir v Tum ekaki aur mai v ekaki
Ab apne apne paridhi me...

Sunday, 25 January 2015

The Familiar Sound Wave



Your voice is missed
The sound waves
that come from you to me
crossing thousands of mile are missed..
The trail of the sounds
that comes out of Your throat chakra and ring- resonate in the air,
climb to the cloud
then starts the sky ward journey towards me was missed yesterday!
Your voice that splits into several sweet sounds and words are missed
The familiar voice
that whisper in my ear is missed.

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

The Carrier

The Eastern Wind came and touched me
Caressed my nostril and breathing...
I asked -where from You are coming?
A long distance!
-It answered
I saw it has touched every pebbles of all the rivers
And every responding ripples..
It has the scent of the mountain herbs
And I hear the heart beats of thousands of civilization in it!
Wondering at it's magnanimity I bow to the wind-
No doubt people that have faith in Hinduism calls You as BayuDev and worships You!
You must have seen the One with butterfly-eyes?
Eastern Wind smiled consenting and said now listen...
And I heard Your smile rang echoing...
Right through my existence!
I knew I have entered the vast mysterious store house of VayuDev!
Chambers of our sound recordings-that have seen ages...
Footfalls that last centuries
And something unexplainable that surpass several creations
And
Scent of the One who stays billion light years away from me...
The Eastern Wind has it all.
It came-dropped a speck of Your existence in the gap of my folded hands
...long long back it has done something similar with Saint Anjana!
I knew it is a blessing!
~The Carrier

Saturday, 3 January 2015

Illuminated Lotus

The Soul is an Illuminated Lotus
with singing petals
& it's stem a musical instrument.
The sacred water sorrounding it
is santified with the ancient sound 'OM' where O is me and M is You,
Pranamay Mallhar!


OM is the creator and transmitter
of all sounds.
It carries soul-bird songs
from me to You & You to me!

Friday, 2 January 2015

Riyaaj

A rahe hein Tumhare awaj...
Jeise koi geet
Barson se riyaj pe ho...




Dohrai ja rahi ho Veena me
Jaltarang me
Taanpura kabhi bole
Kabhi saptsuraa ki baari ho...




Tum Geetkaar ho!
Shruti mere ho...
Barson se koi geet
Riyaj pe ho.


2nd Jan 2015
Evening