DRIFT WOOD
One by one
All desires
Are stripped off
Plucked
Petal by petal
Time leaves the imposter hope
Deflowered, naked
Bleeding on the ground
Where are you?
I am lost in wishes
I am lost in wishes
Soft
And neutral self
Drifting
Apart
And neutral self
Drifting
Apart
A SOUL AROUND MINE
Holding on to the sands of time
Running between fingers
I feel lost and light
My eyes hold on to the memories
The togetherness
And the tears
Some where, the time
Smiles
And my heart skips few more beats
My dear,
Can you hold on to me?
Till I close my eyes, and sleep
And find you within my dream
In me, and
A soul around mine
SOME JUST DON’T DREAM
The waves reached out to me
Tapped my shoulder
And asked,
“Are you with her now?”
I said,
"Yes"
Sea, then, moved closer
Setting sun stopped setting
Breeze stood still
Sea gull froze, pinned up in the sky, still
As the waves, went ahead and said,
"Can you please ask her
To come out of your dreams
And see us too”
“The thing is”, as the receding waves continued,
“We are missing her too
And you know what,
We don’t dream like you”
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Om Namah Shivaya
ha. that last one is amazing..love the playfulness of it...and that even the oceans miss her when she is with you...nice one shot!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian for your comments... I am happy that you liked it...
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
I too, liked the last one best, although they are all good. It was just something about the waves missing her too, that stuck me as so sweet. She is very special.
ReplyDeletethanks Gramma Ann, for appreciating and liking my verses... yes she is very special...too.
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Delightful creations. The pictures, too--some beautiful shots. The first is profound investigation; the second, sweet and longing; the third, I must agree with Brian--such playful fun. Particularly loved the ending of the last: "We don't dream like you." Splendid.
ReplyDeleteI like them ALL! They are sweet, evocative and haunting. All with a punch.
ReplyDeleteLady Nyo
I like the timeless quality of these. Nice One Shot!
ReplyDelete@Cianphlan: Thanks for your nice words... I am happy that you liked these verses as well as pictures...Thank you very much.
ReplyDelete@Asobime: Thank you for your sweet words...
@Eric: Thanks for the appreciation...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
i esp. liked the last one with the waves tapping the shoulder...lovely
ReplyDeleteI love the ocean, playful, mysterious, awesome...This speaks to me.
ReplyDelete~Shell
Just so timeless, a certain calmness here my friend. Love the read.
ReplyDeletesoft and neutral self drifting apart... beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this, especially the last stanza. there is a wonderful lightheartedness to it.
ReplyDelete@Claudia: Thanks, many times I find sea and the waves speaking to me..
ReplyDelete@Shell: I also love the ocean, so full of energy, gives me a lot too. Thanks for liking this one...
@ Buttercup: Thanks for liking these, I hope you will enjoy my further posts... Sea is a very calm place to be...
@ Emily: Thanks for liking this one. After many times of tribulations, soul becomes soft, detached, just go with the flow... thanks
@ PattiKen: Thanks for liking this .... yes there is something playful in this... I am happy that you enjoyed it.
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
The last one made me cry.I just lost a dear person just recently,your last poem made me think of her.And I have a particularly close relationship with the sea.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing.The pics you used are beautiful.I tend to connect words with the pics used,and yours blended beautifully!
Do all these pieces fit together to make a whole? The object seems to be the same in all three pieces and the love you hold for her is beautiful. I like the beseeching quality of asking her to wait until he can find her in his dreams. A wonderful sentiment
ReplyDeleteI like the imagery of the last one too - very nice one shot
ReplyDeleteDear June
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for your loss, but then remember it is not always a loss... some times you gain too, in many different dimensions, you just dont know it yet.
Sea, as I believe as well as in our Hindu philosophy too, is source of energy, positive vibrations... and I do personally believe strongly it to be a very powerful carrier of thoughts... so I am attached to it in many ways... just like you...have very up close and personal relationship with it.... and lucky to be staying in a coastal city in India. Probably, the only water body that can come be more powerful than the Sea is Holy River Ganges...
thanks for liking those pictures.. Each one I have taken after cherishing those moments personally and most of the time I carry camera to share those moments with friends like you...
thanks for being here and look forward to hearing more from you...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Dear KKRige
ReplyDeleteWell I am glad that you liked these verses and very happy that you could actually relate all of them together.. I usually keep writing where I am and then once in every fortnight I post them here... and yes they are clubbed together as a thought.. and as you can see, this one is closely related with each other and that is why the heading as "Dreams, Desires and Drifting apart"
I believe and know that Love as an absolute things is the most beautiful and exquisite thing that exists within the human kind... every love is beautiful...
Some times, the heart speaks out loud...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Dear Aging Mommy
ReplyDeleteThanks for liking it.. I look forward to your further reads...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Wonderful. Loved your imagery, and the soulful longing. Thanks for your visit to Life is Good and your sweet comment. Nice to meet you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Tina, that you liked it. Nice to meet you too.
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Wow Shashi, the last piece really hit me with emotion - that last line "we do not dream like you"...hands one the longing for connection with a loved lost.....Nice One Shot...bkm
ReplyDeleteThanks BKM... I appreciate your words...
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Very very charming words... nice penned one shot.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I felt they were all good, I enjoyed the first one, Drift Wood; “One by one, All desires, Are stripped off, Plucked, Petal by petal”. This immediately set the picture in my mind and that is what I enjoy most about poetry – the mental imagery. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Dave
ReplyDeletethe last one had me too. The longing personification of the waves. Beautiful and mind catching. Good one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Demha for your appreciation... I look forward to your visit again...
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Dear Refuge Insomniac
ReplyDeleteDrift wood is actually quite close to my thoughts... about being left out.. cast aside ... thanks for liking this one.. too.
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
"Time leaves the imposter hope
ReplyDeleteDeflowered..."
You paint such beautiful images with your words... lovely poem. A pleasure to read.
Beautiful... the first one tugged at my heart.... hope, an imposter, naked and bleeding on the ground.... this is so sad... I want to pick him up, clothe him , heal his wounds... such great imagery!
ReplyDeleteIn the 2nd I like the notion of one soul around another in our dreams...lovely thought
In the 3rd, I really liked the idea of having a conversation with a wave in the ocean and his remark on missing this person and not dreaming in the same way to help the character let go... well done. Thanks ever so much for sharing ... I enjoyed reading these.... :) heartspell
Beautiful..very successful in getting your mind and spirit across..lovely!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I could add after so many lovely comments on your beautiful poetry. I liked all three and am so happy to have found your blog.
ReplyDeleteI also see things with my lens of spirituality. Only recently have I discovered expression through poetry and I know I want to read more of yours.
Like Myrna I dont know what else to add except I love 'A soul around me' It speaks to me....
ReplyDeleteDear Helena
ReplyDeleteThanks for liking this one about the "Imposter Hope" ... if you see, the idea of Hope being an imposter came from the thought that we, most of the times, live our unhappy time in the hope of good times that may come... and whether it comes or not, the hope just becomes an imposter for us to survive...
look forward to your visit again...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Dear Heartspell... thanks for liking this one... It is a sad thought and enjoyed your words about healing the wounds that this verse conveys...
ReplyDeleteThe second was about finding in one's soul, the soul mate around you... I am happy that you could see that with that verse...
I love sea, its a powerful source of energy for me and yes some times the waves do talk to me... (Ok I am not yet crazy enough to be certified, but yes, if you really sit down on the sand, watch the waves move, reaching out and then not finding you attuned, receding back, you will be able to talk...;-) ) You guessed it right, the verse was about the feeling of "letting go"
thanks for your amazing comments.. I am grateful that you took so much time to read, analyse and comment.. I look forward to your visit again...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
These are all so beautiful and moving! I really like your style! Maybe similar, in some way, to mine. Thank you for writing and for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteDear Lyn
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and liking my verses... I appreciate it and hope you would be coming back this weekend for more...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Dear Myrna
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here.. and I am happy that you liked it and look forward to your visit more often...
Interestingly, when I visit your blog, your interest in spirituality caught my eye too... if you browse through this blog, you will find that most of the things are related to spirituality... specially, the verse, poetry (These are very powerful ways and tools of exploring and experiencing spirituality )and many of the books which I have liked and I have written about... I am not sure how much you know about Hindu Religious scriptures like Veda's Purana's or Bhagawat Gita... but they can be read as an explanation about life in general...(That is the beauty of Hindu Philosophy as its inclusive... and not forced upon) specially I would recommend you two posts, from the archives, which I am giving you a link here... one is "From mind to Super Mind" which takes the Bhagawat Gita as its back ground and then relates how one can become conscious of higher mental level... here is the link for that....
http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2010/05/book-from-mind-to-super-mind-commentary.html
Second is an excerpt from the Patanjali's Yoga Sutra (Patanjali is the Saint who gave yoga to the world... all types of yoga which is prevalent know has the origin in this book)
http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2010/07/reader-basis-of-all-yoga-practices-in.html
Actually I would also recommend to read Richard Bach's book Illusion that have influenced me a lot... here is the link for that too...
http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2010/05/reader.html
I hope I have not flooded you, but these are the links where you can get the gist of the books and what I liked in that book.. so you dont have to read all of it in one go... and if you prefer to read more you can take that book...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Thanks Yoga Savy for liking my blog and visiting... look forward to your visit again... and if your name is any indication, I am sure you like from the archives an excerpts from Patanjali's Yoga Sutra. I have given the link for the same in Myrna's reply above...
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Dear awitchtrying
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and liking my verses... I am grateful and hope you will visit again.. yes we have similar thoughts, ideas and style... I have liked your blog a lot too...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
this is super timeless post.
ReplyDeleteyour imagery is always stunning.
keep it up.
Thanks Jingle... thanks for your words... looking forward to Monday ....
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
"My dear, can you hold on to me?"
ReplyDeleteA timeless question.
I enjoyed how the element of time was introduced in the first two poems. What a majestic cloud cover in that second picture! I'm in agreement with many others in saying the 3rd poem was especially memorable. Thank you, my friend.
ReplyDelete3 very beautiful poems. Very esoteric & gentle. I really liked them.
ReplyDeleteDear L L Barkat
ReplyDeletethanks for the appreciation.... yes its a timeless question, seldom answered perfectly.... Hope to have you visit again... and look forward to your comments...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Dear Tuberider
ReplyDeleteThanks for liking them... yes I agree this time, my verses in the blog have that gentleness that comes from grieving, where one can not say things more strongly.... as it then hurts more
Thanks for visiting, and look forward to your further visits to the blog...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Dear Dustus
ReplyDeleteTime has been a favorite key in my verses twists and turns... thanks for liking them...
I love taking pictures, and most of the pictures on my blog are taken by me and this one is the sunset (Another topic that I love and talk about) from my balcony of my apartment in Chennai
The last one is a favorite of mine too..
Thanks for your visits... and liking these verses...
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Love the reference to nature in these poems, the flow is a natural progression, great One Shot!
ReplyDeleteThanks Terresa for liking these verses. Nature has always been my mainstay for my thoughts, emotions and feelings... so they usually walk in at the appropriate time in my verses...
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your walking in and reading these verses... Look forward to your visit again.
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Nice one shot. Love and Light, Sender
ReplyDeleteThanks Senderupwords for liking the verses... look forward to seeing you again...
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
wow..we have been honoured with three amazing pieces...thankyou..pete
ReplyDeletethanks Pete, your words made my day... thanks for appreciation and look forward to your visit again....
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Your poetry is wonderful. Thank you for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteThanks KB, I am grateful...
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
Love the disintegrating mood of the first poem. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve
ReplyDeleteI am happy that you liked my verse... Look forward to your visit again..
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
These the poems sit together so beautifully - thank you, I really enjoyed reading them
ReplyDeleteYour work is beautiful, just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteInspiration is very difficult to explain, I like the way you have tried to express it.
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