A Page in My Life By DHOOMIL

To Escape the Storm Outside
I Found Shelter under a Roof
I called You
You were relieved.
To Escape the Storm Inside
I found Shelter in a Loving Heart
I let the Truth Out
You were Furious.
Shelter
for Me is neither Black nor White
It is You who Values Me different now.

(Translated from Hindi )

GANDHI( The world does not need violence)

A Sea of Humanity
Dressed in White
Awaits You.
You knew Freedom comes at a Price

Bathed in Your own Blood
You closed your Eyes for the Last Time.

And We woke up to Find ourselves Free
Walking the land with our Head held High
Then we got drunk and turned our backs on You
Now that freedom is ours we Don't need you Old Man
Non Violence is for Cowards
We know how to take what is rightfully Ours
Red(Blood) is more appealing than White.

My Mahatama
I want to take your hand and Walk with You.
I will become Old and Bent like You.

Memories

On a cool Fall evening
Sitting by a campfire on the Beach
I catch the Look on Your Face
Waiting for the Flames to die down
The Red Glow of the Embers.
It seems so Natural.
The Fire will turn to Ashes
We will get up and go Inside.
A high Tide will sweep everything back to the Sea.
And only Memories will remain

Love

I Look Deep in Your Eyes
I see the Pain
Behind that Veil of Happiness
I know that You are done Crying
You have taken what You got
and turned it into an Inner Glow
You keep the Fire Burning
Your hands are Warm
Your touch Comforting
And when You put your head on My shoulder
I feel the Hurt.

Dreaming

In the Silence of the Night
The Tick-Tock of a Clock
is Punctuated by Your  Breathing.
I close my Eyes and drift into a Black Hole
Everything is Trapped in here.
The Image of Your Beautiful Face is Twisted.
It Strikes me Deeply.
I want to reach out to You
but You are being Pulled away from Me.
I want to wake up
But I cannot.

Waiting (Part-2)

You have built this Pyramid
Brick by Brick
And Deep Inside it somewhere
You lost your Soul.
Little did you realise
You were getting Trapped in it
Layer by Layer.
Now to Break Free
You have to Demolish the Walls
Painful as it may be
Do it.
I am Waiting outside.

A New Journey

When I close my Eyes
I can still see it.
A Dark Horizon
and a White Bird
with Wings Spread apart
Gliding in.
There is no Sun and there is no Moon
No stars
The white color is a Blinding Glow
And yet Peaceful
I am ready for it.
I want you beside me.
A New Journey.

Don't come Undone

I know it is Difficult
Pick up all the pieces of your Heart
and Glue them all together
Things get Tough
when they Boil down to the Very Existence
The What and the Why
But like someone addicted to Pain
You go and do it all over Again
But this time
This time you should take Care
Don't hand it out on a Platter
Because when you do
It is only Human to take it, use it
and Smash It.

Tears

I remember when You said
The Best time to Cry
is when you are out Walking in the Rain
Tears could be Streaming down your Face
and No One will know.
But tell me
Tears are supposed to
Cleanse your Heart
and Purify your soul
Why dilute them with Rain
You Laughed and Said
All of Us are Born Pure

Oscoda

Loud Waves Crashing into the Shore
Shake my very Being
The Wind Howls and Screams
An Ominous Dark Evening
to Take a Walk by the Lake
No Don't come out.
These Sounds will Torment you through the Night
Tossing and Turning, Churning like the Waves.
No Don't
And Yet
There comes a Pair of Sea Gulls
Wings Spread
Riding the Storm
Up and Down
Like the Waves
I sit down on a Rock Bemused

Blue

Blue is my Favorite Color
I was out Walking
A Bright Sunny Day
The Blueness of the Sky Descended into Me.
Now even on Cloudy Days
It Shines Through
Like a Blue Angel
with Love in her Eyes.
Dressed in Blue
You come out for a walk with me
We are under the Open Sky
Summers Warm Breeze
Gently blowing Love Around

Word Play

Close your Eyes
and Imagine Bliss
Let your Mind Trick you into
A Sense of Well Being
The Chip that was planted in your Brain
Has Failed to Deliver
You still Act the Same.
All Quest for Pleasure leads to Pain
Staring at the Stars will not make them Fall
Go Sleep in the Valley
If I were a rock I would roll down this Hill.

Iris-Everything is made to be Broken (Listening to Goo Goo Dolls)

I can see You walking towards Me.
I Choose to run into You
How Long will my Heart and my Head
Keep doing This.
The Sands of Time
move Slowly but Surely
Everything gets covered.
The Whites become Blacks.
Walls Crack and Crumble
Every Monument Standing Falls.
I could be close to Heaven
But even Heavens come Crashing Down.

Wanting

I am All Dressed up
Ready to Go
This Stranger Walks up to Me
and Quietly Whispers:
Slow Down, Let it Go
Don't you know
We all are going to Die Someday
Achievers and Failures
We all Die.
He follows Me everywhere
At the Mall pick an Expensive Thing
And he Smiles and Shakes his Head
He is at Every Corner
Laughing at You and Me
I want to give him a Break
I want to tell Him That
I Get It.
I will be Satisfied
I will Not Want More

Freedom

I want to Break Free
Like a Butterfly
Stopping at all Flowers
Or that Black Bird
Swaying in the Wind
Or that Still Duck
Riding the Waves
Or that Stream
Flowing around all Obstacles
I am a Feather
Blowing in the Wind
Don't Pick Me
I have been Fighting for this Freedom all my Life

Waiting

I have spent an Eternity
Waiting for you
I can hear the Soft Music
Playing Inside
Smell the Sweat off those swaying Bodies
But I am not opening the door
and Going in.
I will still wait for you.
And even if you never come
I will be outside
I stand here because I choose to.
In Defense of a Principle.
A Man must be True to His Love
It has never been about you or How you feel.
It has Always been about Me.

Sand

Do you remember the Smell of Sand
After it is drenched in Rain
Sand that was Dry and Thirsty
Waiting
Waiting for the Downpour
It permeates your whole Body
Stays with you Forever
I may be a Thousand Mile away
But it stills comes to me
Like a whiff of Fresh Air
And Carries me Back
to that Arid Land.

Religion

What will it be Like
When We have achieved
Everything on this Earth
Will we all be satisfied
Turn off our lights and
Go to Bed with a Content Heart
Or will there be a Preacher
Who comes along
A new Messiah
Who will tell us that we have been fighting for the wrong Cause
He will invent a New God
He will take Followers
and Convince us that more needs to be done.
We will get Divided again.
I am done Following and
I never wanted to Lead
Where do I go from here.