The Absurd Life

You  do see
The Absurdity of All
Things we call Life
Unlike other Animals
We are Slaves
Of our own Mind
Morality
And Freedom
Often Collide
Thought is Limited
Nothing is Limitless

The Poet in You

The Blue of Your Dress
Reflects in Your Eyes
Your Smile
Lightens up
The Grey Day
I Want to
Sit with You
And
Talk Poetry
Talk Love
Till the End of Time

This Life

When does a Reason For Living
Become a Reason for Dying
A Reason for Killing
Obviously We Took a Wrong Turn
And Nobody Stopped
And Now with Blood on Our Hands
We are Struggling to Justify
This Life.

Look Of Love

I Will Always Adore
Everything About You
The Color of Your Eyes
The Soft Flow of Your Hair
The Curve of Your Lips
Your Long Neck
The Gracious Flow
Of Your Legs
As You Walk Towards Me
The Warm Smile
The Look Of Love

A Drunken Night

It was a Dark Night
Wait
Darkness Means Depression
Let Me make it a Bright
Moonlit Night
The Leafless Tree
Stood Still
Contrasted Against the Sky
With the Moon
Hanging Awkwardly
Amongst the Barren Branches
We were out for a walk
And I said
Every Life on this Earth
Has a Purpose
So what is Yours
Is it Peace
or War
Or Maybe
The Opera
Or a Party
In Either Case
Make Sure
That Your Life
is not a Wasted Life
And Remember that
True Love
Always Wins.

Paris The Massacre

Blood T
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Down
From The Bodies
Some Dead and others Dying
Your Red Shot Eyes
Remind Me Of the Massacre

Buddha's Secret

And this is What Buddha Said
Suffering is Every Where
You cannot Escape From It
But in Death
So You Might As Well As
Embrace It
And With Years of Meditation
And then Enlightenment
This Is All he Could Come up With
So I Bought His Statue
And Stuck it Under A Tree
And He Sits There
Cross Legged
In Rain, Sun or Snow
Does not Take a Vacation
No Beach
No Party
No Concert
Just a Smile on his Face
He and His Secret.

Black Holes

Every now and then
I Run into this Writer's Block
Where My Mind is Empty
Devoid of Thought
Emotions and Desires
But I still want to Write Something
So I do Introspection
And Extrospection
Hoping to Find
The Cure
Words Beyond
The Wall of Silence
But All I find is
Emptiness
Vast Amounts of Dark Energy
The Black Holes that Consume the Universe
Also Exist Inside.

The Pendulum Swings

The Pendulum Swings

Up and Down
Much Like The Moods of the Skies
With Every Swing
Time Keeps Marching
Like A Soldier
Looking To Kill
Looking For Glory
And Me
Like a Coward
I Close My Eyes
For If I don't See
Or Feel
The Swing of the Pendulum
Time Has Then Stood Still
And Death has Not Marched On.

The Race is On

When things come to a Head
And I can't think Straight
I sit down to write a Poem
It is not that Poetry helps Me
To Think Straight
Or Eases my Mind
It is that  Poetry Helps
To see the World as it is
Crooked Lines
Curves at High Speed
Potholes and All
The Race is Always On.

The Hands Of Time

Tonight
We Turn Back
The Hands of Time
And I Wish
I could move the Clock
Back Decades
To the Age Of Innocence
When Life was Love
And I was Prepared
To Live
Or Die for It
But
Time Changed Me
As much as It Changed You

Autumn

Summers Gone
And the Leaves Have
All but Fallen Off
Leaving Behind
Bare Limbs
And Barren Trunks
Sticking Out
Stiff in the Wind
No Flowers
Or Butterflies
And the Trees
This Autumn
They Turned So Vibrant
Before Shedding it All

Expectations

Even before I saw You
I smelled your Presence
The wind carried
Whiffs of your Scent
Eager to catch Your Glimpse
I was filled with Expectations
Then I realized
It's my Imagination
Playing Tricks
We Desire
What we Dream
And
We Seek
What We Desire

One End to the Other

There Flows a Stream
Behind the  House
Twisting and Turning
Tortuous like a Rope
Ends in a River
(Which) Becomes a Waterfall
From a Gentle Trickle
To a Loud Torrent
Crashing  the Rocks
Plundering Everything
Collects Back into a River
(Which) Branches
Into Streams Again
And So the Story Goes
From One End to the Other

Sitting in the Park

It was the Blue of the Sky
Wrapped Around
The Red Trees
In the Park
That Made Me Think of You
The Color of Your Eyes
The Soft Smile.
And though Years have Passed
Yet on a Lonely Evening
When I sit on the Park Bench
I Hear Soft Music
I am at Peace
Long after We are Gone
Our Love Will Survive
And Every Leaf That Springs
Turns Red and Falls
Shall be the Testament

This Time

This Time
When I have You in My Grip
I Will not Let You Slip Through
I have all My Ducks in a Row
It  has Always been Me
That Faltered
Did the Wrong Things
At the Right Time
When the Opportune Moment Arose
I Always Found a Reason Not To
But This Time
I have Made up My Mind

For You

For a  While
It was Gone
But now it's back
This Pain
And all the Anxiety that it packs with it
But
Having gone through it before
Or Rather It having gone through me before
I must say I look forward to it
I kinda missed the Head Rush

Addicted to You

When I look in Your Eyes
I see Pure Love
No Pretense
Nothing Inhibited
And That is the Reason
I come Back
Again and Again

Wisdom

Sitting Down
I am Reading
Analytic Science and Whatever
Evolving My Brain
But
The More I Analyze
The More I Rationalize
The More Tangled it Gets
I Guess
When the Buddha Sat Down
For Umpteen Years
Under the Tree
He Stopped Thinking
Untangled His Brain
And Saw the Light

Bonded Together

I Want it All Back
The Sun and The Moon
Clear Skies and The Clouds
Still Want to Look up
In Amazement at the Milky Way
I Remember the Night
We sat out Together
Counting Stars
Till We Fell Asleep
And Woke up to the Sounds of
Waves Lapping the Shoreline
Bonded together
In Carefree Love

My Rhythm

The River Flows
Down the Hills
Through the Valley
And Into My Heart
I sit there Watching
A Soothing Feeling
I want to Be Calm
Gentle as the River
The Winds
The Storms
May Shake Me
But When the Skies are Clear
And the Stars are Shining
I will Always find My Rhythm

A Crime was Committed

I came to You
Off my Own Free Will
Bared My Heart
My Darkest Secrets
And My Desires
You Took
All of That
As a Sign of Weakness
And Shrugged Your Shoulders
Not Knowing
That it took
A Lot of Courage to Lay it All Out
Now
That the Tables have Turned
I see You Hesitate
Step Forth and Back
For You Know
That a Crime was Committed
And You have to Own up to It.

When Time Stood Still

What is It that Drives Me
To Write About You
It must be the Idealism
That Defines Our Relationship
The Love
In Your Eyes
The Soft Curls of Your Hair
The Grace in Your Strides
The Memory of those Fleeting Moments
When Time Stood Still.

Don't Look Back

It is a Long and Winding Road
To Nowhere
That's What Life Is
You can Discover Yourself
Or You Can Forget Yourself
Achievements
Desires
Fall by The Way Side
Don't Search for Anything
For Everything is a Moving Target
If Something Finds You
Enjoy the Ride Together
And Move On
If You Look Back
You will not Find
Anybody Waiting .

The End of it All

Out on this Dark
Lonely  Road
Travelling at Breakneck Speed
I am leaving Everything Behind
Fame, Money, Love
God and his Holiness
Even You and I
There will come a Point
On This Highway,
Where Everything is Blurred
Crashing through the Horizon
This Thing called I
Shall Merge into Nothing
And Become Nothing.

Wheels are Turning

The wheels are turning
All 24 spokes with them
I realize it is no use Fighting
I must agree in my heart to give up
So there is no struggle
Inward peace
Leads to healing
I have heard
Wise Men Proclaim this
All of them must have Grappled
To arrive at this Conclusion

September Day

Sitting outside
On a  quiet September Day
I take in
The Sights and Sounds
A chime
Dancing with the wind carefree
Flowers biding their time
Birds Chirping
The Rays of Sun
Hazy and Warm
The Smell of Fall
In the Air
Soon
Leaves will turn Red
The Color of Love

Zen Living

Walking in the Woods
I Take 
The Less Taken Path
Moss covered Tree Trunks
Wet leaves
They all are there
Like they have Been
Forever
I pick up a rock
And underneath is a spider
With legs squirming
No I don't want to kill It
The little Creature
I cover it gently
Its all very quiet after the Rain
Me the Birds
Trees Spider and the Rock
We are all one in that Vastness
Made from the same Elements
Different Mix
Alive or not
We all become Dirt with Time

Love Stands Tall

Love Stands Tall
Among all the Ruins
Catches My Eye
And Stirs up Emotions
Why is it That I Seek You
In My Moments of Despair
Look for Strength
In Times of Weakness
My Emotions Stretched to the Limits
Give Rise to Illusions

Summer's Gone

The Grey Sky
Is Filled with Patches of Dark Clouds
Not moving
Stuck Like Dirty Rags on Hooks
There is no Wind
But Its Cold out
Driving Home
Windows Up
I miss the Sunshine
And the Warm Wind

My Little Secret

With You by my Side
 My Little Secret
I am so Blessed.
When the World is Dark
And I need some light
I turn to Your Smile
When the Nights are Cloudy
Your Eyes are the Shining Stars
When The Way seems Lost
Your Love is the Guiding Light
When it is Cold Outside
Your Touch Warms my Soul
Tucked away Deep in my Heart
You are All I ever Need.

Night

The Sky Turns from Red to Pink
With the Setting Sun
Stars start to Peek
Birds are Home
A Plane Streaks Across
Leaving a Jet Stream
The Day is Winding Down
And I am out
Waiting for the Fireflies
The Quiet Bearers of Light
Flashes of Hope in the Darkness

Illusions

It is what it is
And I know that
But is there not a chance
A slight chance
To undo what has been done
And if it is all an illusion
Then break the Illusion
And be Free
Of all the Desires
Wants and longings

Looking for Solace

Bright Blue Sky
White Sands
Sounds of Waves
Are All Memories
Of Time spent doing nothing
I am suspended
Like an Animated Character
Between Summer days
And Winter Nights
Spring and Fall
Looking for Solace
Looking for You

Hearts

All I want is Your Heart
Pure and Simple
And the Stillness in It
Everything Else that is
Between Us
Happens to Be
Means Towards End
And I am Content
To Wait
Till You and Me
We come to That
When Nothing Else Matters
But Our Hearts

Walking on the Beach

A Shooting Star
Streaks across the Sky
Dying in Blazing Glory
Fiery End
Lights up the Night.
Walking on the Beach
I lift up a Twig
And toss it Carelessly
Into the Waves
There at the Horizon
Where Fire and Water Met
A New Love is Born.

Buddha

Looking thru the shopping window
I see Buddha statues
In different shapes and sizes
Serene Expression
Sitting Cross Legged.

The Buddha is on sale
But not his Wisdom

And in the reflection of the Glass
I see people Rushing
From here to there
In pursuit of some Pleasure

While the Buddha Sits
Doing Nothing.

City Life

On a Sunny Morning
The Lake Shimmers
Waves carrying
Little Diamonds to the Shore
A lone Boat in the Distance
Drifts Aimlessly
The Horizon is Warm and Fuzzy
Seagulls go about like they do everyday
But I have to give up all of this
And return to my City Life
Shiny Cars
Bright Lights
And Fancy People

Promises

I looked for You at the Foot of the Rainbow
Only to Find  Footprints
There was a Sweet Smell Of Love in the Air
Nostalgia Every Where
Standing Still
I heard my Heartbeat
And felt Yours
My Eyes Scoured the Horizon
Not a trace
Only Memories
And the Promise of a Tryst.

Stone Faces

Water Falls of a Cliff
Crashing into Rocks Below
Everything is being Chiseled
The Shapes speak To Me
At Night
I close my Eyes
Hear the Water
See the Stone Faces
My Heart is Heavy
I Sleep Soundly

In the End

Lying down Flat
I look up to see
The Sky
Stretched Blue.
Clouds Floating By
Give an Illusion
I feel the Ground Move
From under Me
( Like Earnest Hemingway Wrote)
And Even though this Planet looks Flat
I know it is Round
But how does it Matter
We all Fall off the Face of the Earth
In the End

The Real Problem

I am not looking for an Answer
For That does not Solve It
I am Questioning the Problem itself
I am Beginning to Wonder
What would Life be
If there were no Problems.
From Now On
Everything is Acceptable
You and Me
And all the Love Lost Between Us

Desires

Sitting in Dying Sunlight
The Flames of the Campfire
Are Flickering
Much like our Desires
I want to reach out
And Touch You
But like Always
I keep it All In
Your Smile
And the Look in Eyes
Will have to do for Now

Fields of Flowers

Fields of Flowers
Glistening in Sunshine
You walking among them
Like a slow motion Movie
The Joy on your Face
Makes me smile
That is how I would have Spent
An Ideal Life
But between Work and more Work
I am struggling to find a Balance

What If

What if I were to say to You
That the Sun and Moon
Flowers and BirdsWind and Trees
And Me.

Everything
Is Meaningless
Without You

Again and Again

On Hot Summer Days
The Evenings never Cool down
The Scent of Flowers
Hangs in the Air
Their Fragrance
A reminder of
Our Innocent Love.
I want to be 
Care Free
And Relive those Moments
Of Youth with You
Again and Again

Dark Night

Tonight
The Stars are out in Force .

As I walk along the Dark Beach
I get a Feeling
I am being watched
By A Million  Pairs of Eyes.

The Moon
That's what is Missing.

Its Funny
How
Your State of Mind
Changes Everything.

Relativity

Stretched thin like Tissue Paper
Clouds float over the night sky.
The Moon
In all its Glory
Shines through
Stars are sprinkled all over.

Cosmic Dust
Is what started it All
A Big Bang
And Billions of Years Later
We are here
Trying to make sense of it All
You and Me
And God in between

WaterFall

A Forever Flow
Over the Rocks
Carving its Path
No End
And When was the Beginning?
I sit here
For Hours
And Contemplate Life's Meaning
It is Simple
Flow with it
You and Me
We become One
Drift Apart
And Come Together.

Faith

Walking along the Lake
I noticed
It is quiet
Except for the Gentle Lapping
At the Shore

It said to me
Have Faith in me
For in my Depth lies
All that you need
I felt refreshed
Energized

But when I Return
It's storming
And the Waves are restless
Possessed by a Devil
The Depths are Churning
Darkness and Fear are everywhere

Philosophy

Life should be a Brotherhood
Don't you think
All our Beliefs
Serve to Divide us
So do this
Throw all that out the Window
And start a New System
But lets not believe in it
Just Let it Flow
All around Us
You and Me
We will be
A Part of something Big
The Pulse of Time
Beating through Our Hearts

Fly with Me

On a Grey Rainy Day
Everything Cold and Wet
I don't know why
I was out for a Run
But then
The Wind took me in Her Arms
And swept me Away
Higher and Higher
I suddenly knew
What it means
To be Alive
I want to be
Like that Carefree Bird
Wings Outstretched
No Past
And No Future
Will You Fly with Me ?

Overwhelmed

It was a Trickle to begin with
But soon became a Torrent
That I could not stop
So I decided to Flow with it

The Moon

The Moon has a Smirk Tonight
All these Fire Works No Doubt
It Knows
When the Smoke Clears
And Everybody's Gone
There will be left
Only One Light
A Gentle Glow
Merging into Dawn
Fading away
Waiting  to Rise
Waiting for Darkness
To Start Creeping up Again.

Let it Be

In the Midst of Lively Gatherings
With Beautiful Women
Their Shiny Eyes
And Plunging Necklines
I get this Feeling of Sadness
The Longer I stay
The Harder it gets to Shake it off
Why can't I be
Like the rest of the Men
Kick my shoes off
And let the Night Flow.

Paradox

Why is it that my Strength
Is also my Weakness
That my Joy
Is also my Sorrow
That my Heights
Are also my Depths
And that the Deeper I go
The More Superficial
It all Seems.

Sweet Smell Of Love

Why do I  Love You So much?
Love
Sets me Free
Mortals we are
Love
An Immortal Emotion
And when we will be Gone
The Sweet Smell of Love
Will Still Linger On

Innocent Love

On a Sunny day
When Everything is Perfect
I Miss
The Innocence of Love.
Love that Sparkled
Bright
Glistening
In Your Eyes.

A Windmill

I am
A Windmill
Rooted in The Ground
Arms spread
Waiting for the Breeze
And when Darkness comes
I am still  there
Even though you don't see me
For it is better to be controlled
By an Outside force
Than an Inside One

Cactus Garden

Sitting amongst these Cacti
We admire The sharp Spines
Jutting out
Inviting Danger.
I get this urge
To pick a cactus up
With my bare hands
And You want to know Why
Because Love seemed so Sweet
Until I Tasted It.

Pain

I see You
All Curled up
Like a Furry Animal.
Pain
Does Leave Scars
After all the healing is over.
Reminders of the Battle
That you wear
Like a Badge .
So dig deep in
and pull Yourself up
I am making Time Wait
For You and Me.

Everything

Thoughts become Words

And Flow through my Hand

Onto Print

But there is a Lot Unsaid

I am keeping it Filed Away

Into a Safe corner of my Brain.

One of these Days

When I am done with all of this

I will sit down with You

And Say everything I want to Say.

Love is a Snake

Love is a Snake
All Wound up
Smooth and Shiny
Slithering
Across the Heart
It waits for the Opportune Moment
To Strike .




       

Lost Love

The Moon was an Orange Ball
And I couldn't Sleep
So I decided to Walk.
Moonlight Filled
The Cracks in  Darkness
Shadows Lurked
Like Strangers
I  took a turn
Around the Corner
Then I Remembered
The Love
That was Lost .

Words

I am becoming  Anemic
With my choice of Words
Thoughts still race in my Head
But I choose carefully
What to put in Print.
Trying to Express Myself
Precisely and Concisely
Is a difficult exercise.
All I can say is
That it is still
You and Me
and sometimes at Midnight
I do want to Fly Away.

Voodoo Doll

Some Where
Some One
Has a Voodoo Doll
That looks like Me.
And When the  Pin is Pushed In
Do You feel the Pain
As much as I do ?

Walking in the Rain

Rain Washes Everything Clean
Good or Bad
Rocks or Diamonds
Glistening.
Like a Madman
I'm out Walking
In the Rain
Drenched
Shining
Waiting
For the Miracle.

Next Move

The Earth is Round
And Life comes  Full Circle
I watch from a distance
This stage
Where You play the Part
Dancing at times
Lost in the moment.
You or Me
We did not script the Drama
I am waiting
For the Next Move.

Soul Mates

I am
What I think
And I think of You Often
I want
You to be Loved.
I am not You
And You are not Me
Yet You and Me
Share a Thread
That binds our Souls Together

Paranoia

I Dreamt
A mob
I was one of them
And  you pulled my mask off
Faceless I ran for cover
But the ugly truth was out.

Dichotomy

The more I Live
The More I am in this Dichotomy
Me getting up Every Morning
Leaving for Work
Coming back home
Expecting Warm food on the Table
And then there is the other Me
Longing to be Free
Like A Buddha, unattached
Out on a Journey
A Bowl for leftover food
The Break of Dawn
Always a New Beginning

Love's Arms

In Between Work
and Traffic
News and Facebook
Love Survives
It Hides
In Unexpected Places
We don't have Time to Look.
Struggling to Find
Time to Unburden
To Let Loose
In Love's Arms.

This Life

Flowers Bloom in Spring
All that Vitality
Nurtured thru the Winter
Waiting to Burst
Into the Open Arms of the Sun
And this is Where
You and Me
Start
A Journey
Every Year

I Want

It is the Wanting
That does me in
If I were not to Want
What would I Be ?
Blowing with the Wind
No Direction
Or Every Direction.
This Thought
Of Not Wanting
Is itself A Want
And there in lies My Problem

Eternal

It is difficult
But not Impossible
To Grasp Emptiness
To have that Depth less Feeling
Everything Blends into Nothing
The Unity of all Thoughts
Leading to a Zero
And in There
A Space
Timeless
Eternal

A River

There is a River
Flowing inside
Don't know where it Starts
Or where it will End
I keep Hearing it
The sound of water
Carving Rocks
It Nurtures Me.
In an Ideal World
At the End of an Ideal Day
I will turn everything down
And just listen to it
Deep in Me
The River
Flowing
Taking me with it.

Same Old Story

Icicles Melting in the Bright Sun
Remind me of that Fleeting Love
When Time stood still
And Everything seemed to last Forever
I look forward to Summer
And the coming Winter Beyond
Year after Year
The Same old Story

Deja Vu

Late Summer
Evening
Blending into Early Fall
Nights starting to spread their long wings
Cool Air
Mixed with Warm currents
I've been here with you before
Sitting on the Patio
Fire Place
Drunk with Love
Moon shining in Your Eyes

The Truth

Feels like an eternity
This wait for Nirvana.
Beginning to think
It is all a Mirage
Concocted by the Mind
So Hope is not lost.
Everywhere I Look
Everything I shake down
Is Hollow from the Inside.
Appearances never tell the Whole story.

Nothing Left

On the Same Road Again
Every Curve
Every Turn
Familiar
The Path to Nowhere
I am on it
An Addict
I just want that Feeling
And then You tell Me
I must let Go
There is nothing Left to Hang on to.

Valentine

I remember
Walking up to You
With a Straight Face
And Wishing You
A Happy Valentine's Day
Did not Ask You to be My Valentine
Just wished You
Love
For I am a Firm Believer
That Love Is Eternal
We have to feel it
Sense it
Always Inside Us
The Essence of Life.

Never Give Up

I can feel it
A deep dull Rumbling Inside
Tectonic Plates Colliding
An Earthquake Within
Shakes Me
Calm on the Outside
I go about my Day
Smiling
Come Evening
I am home
Counting the Damage
Starting to Rebuild
You Know
I Never Give Up

Like a Mighty River

Like a Mighty River
Flowing from End to End
Is Your Love
Calm and Gentle
Spread between the Banks
Sheltering all the secrets
Nurturing everything in the Path
Benevolent
Yet ready to Roar
And meet any storm in the Eye
My Everything flows through You
I feel the power of Your Love
In my Heart

Self Analysis

I pull down the Shades
Light a Lavender Candle
And sit down in Buddha Position
Breath in Deep
Hold it and then Let it out
I look deep into My Consciousness
Find the Door
That leads to the Sub Conscious
Open the Flood Gates
and Turn on the Lights Inside
I want to  Know
Why am I dependent on You
Surely something there
Explains it All.

Toxic

Love Creeps over Me
And Tangles me Up
Like a Snake
I feel its Venomous Bite
Poison in my Veins
I am not Dead.
This Toxic me
Looking for the Anti Venom
Reaches for You
Are You there for Me
My Love

Bliss

When I look  Deep
In Your Eyes
I see
A Blissful Future
I don't need a Time Machine
Just Your Warm Hug.
This World can be
A Peaceful place
If we Learn to Love

This Journey

It isn't for a Lack of Trying
That I have not found the Way
It is where I started from You see
With my back against the Wall
Searching for a Tunnel
And the Light at the End
Interesting Voyage this Life
Like a Boat lost at Sea
Has it's Ups and Downs
Wish I was a Migratory Bird
Built in Compass
Knowing where to End this Journey

Love is an Aroma

Shoveling Snow
I miss the Sunny Days
When I look up
The Sky should be bright and blue
Around Me
A gentle breeze
Hint of Your favorite perfume.
Love is
An Aroma
That fills all my Senses
Grey Skies
Make me long for More

Our Love

This Flow of Love
My Love
Your Love
Is constant
Like a River
A strong current
Around the Bends
Across the Rocks
It forces through everything
No Dam shall stop it
Always find a way Through
It was meant to be
You and Me.