From caves to huts to homes to cities Man has moved from the wild to the wilder From hunting for food to hunting for fun He has skinned nature to just feel good From guarding his clan to just saving his ass He has grown to know that greed is all The greed for wealth, power and more Man has civilized and gone to the … Continue reading Gone to the Dogs
All you fellas open those sleepy eyes Eyelids still half dipped in brandy or rum still smelling the poison of your choice Wakeup for the saturday sunshine has come Smothered by the blanketed sky The dark whispers of the night Slowly unravels life’s mysteries The golden poison inside the glass Its lascivious call has my name It is saturday night my friends And I am … Continue reading Some recent thoughts on life and alcohol
I might not have the strength to pull the huge logs
But I have the will power to stop you from cutting the trees
I might not have the money to buy you out
But I have the heart to feed someone needy
I might not have the power to change the whole world
But my little world is all in my power
I might have feared for everything unknown
But today what I know is all my strength
I might have trembled under the gun
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To quote for you I browsed my book of poetry, For a verse that would fill your heart and eye, The verses meant a lot to those who wrote And for that special person for whom they wrote But for you I wanted something special in my own little way What my heart feels for you in its own special way. It’s what you mean … Continue reading Love lost and found
Hurried trips to reach loved ones Carrying with them a million gifts For the dear, near, and the needy Smiles on every face and sparkling eyes People for one day live in joy Putting down their burdens in life Carrying with them the moral of giving And remembering the birth of a new era Reminding man the story of an ancient cross That was carried … Continue reading Christmas
When the cruel and guilty defend their crimes The innocent lie mute and chained in dungeons When crimes are dressed in religious laws The world stands aghast seeing humanity loose Can illiteracy be blamed for barbaric actions Or intelligence take blame for fabricating lies Should authority be blamed for acting powerful Trampling the powerless in the pretext of law When shocking revelations of the human … Continue reading Faith, Fear or Love
When homes are burned by ignorant sparks Man made gods raise swords and dance When tears turn vapor with every cry Dreams are collected and burned alive When every drop of water from the wells and the rain Is snatched and taxed from even the dying lips When livelihoods are crushed underneath The skyscrapers aim to kiss the heavens When blankets are adorned with bullet … Continue reading Inconvenient Truths
Today I took a journey back in time Followed the footprints we leave in life The trip took me back all the way Day by Day to the day we met Our footprints were always side by side Never forcing its prints on the other’s face I saw our life, with its share of showers That left some prints washed off and unclear Some prints, … Continue reading Foot Prints of Life
Wake me! Oh! Night’s silent breeze From the clutches of this eternal sleep I wish to feel every moment Brighten me! Oh! sky’s beaming stars Let not the darkness tread any more deep I wish to see more Punish me! Oh! world’s ethic masters Before my sins change the world order I wish to repent Today Bury me! Oh! mythical undertaker Before the vultures can … Continue reading I Wish…..
Where in the world
Should one be searching for peace
Which table today
Should one play to win the game
When can one be
Quite and still exist
And when will all the dices
Fall just right
Stronger one should grow
Not outside but Inside
Compassionate one should be
Not just inside but truly outside
Vinod Narayan 