I Nostalgia is not getting stuck in the past it is unraveling memories stuck in time reconnecting with parts of a forgotten you about faces that smiled and frowned at you the hands that hugged, cared and guided you words that mattered the world to you simple fun that made you complete once remembering people who touched your life. It is about missing the … Continue reading Nostalgia
Their Cries Silence the church bells Stop the temple hymns Interrupt the call for prayers Their Cries Get louder when you ignore Do you know who they are? You should… Because they are our children Killed and Orphaned in the bloody timelines of history When religions, politics & power clash with one another in useless ideological struggles Their Cries We can never escape from them … Continue reading Their Cries
I surrender to you Bind myself in the locks of your hair and tell the world to go away As they search for me in your fallen veils You hide me between your eyelids Smile lasciviously at the world Distract them The world slowly withdraws Leaving me alone Lost somewhere in you Unarmed, Weak but protected Continue reading Surrender
Tampered by his own soul His Body lay senseless Imprisoned The Soul struggling to set itself free Body trying to run for safety They both know Finally the Soul will win the battle When time crosses an unaware second Somewhere in the future The Soul will win and the body will lose But now is not the time The Body starts moving Frees itself and … Continue reading Body and Soul
I have been around for a long time Dune to Dune, desert to desert Keeping my identity and remaining sane I have been around for a long time I have seen wars beyond unwritten history I have stuck to the bloodied foreheads Of fallen heroes and slain innocence I have been around for a long time I have been pushed, I have been crushed Drowned … Continue reading Grain of Sand
They want you to stop and mute But you should scream and shout You should sing and dance Let them hear and see you They will be amazed by who you are They would try to pull you down But you should rise above them See a tomorrow that is beyond them Make a difference and they will follow And thank you tomorrow They want … Continue reading Keep Going
They say it is not the end That you are not yet there They say you should move on The world does not stop today They say you don’t have to give up Not today, not today yet That you can start all over again The world will keep turning for you They say its ok to be at fault Not once, but many times … Continue reading Not Yet They say
They told her she could not write again But she had been taught different Be Free; Talk your mind; Write the truth Stand up for freedom is what she had learned But they told her she should stop Freedom becomes a costly affair If your captivity defines their existence They will befriend you and give you the gallows They will throw you to Lions and … Continue reading The World is With Her
With a Broken heart, An unbroken shadow, and – Spirit falling deep into the abyss He looked again at the setting sun That carried his shadow away from him Into the night’s unfriendly hands He let himself fall unattended And in the bright neon lights He covered his face and cried Looking up at the starry skies He called out her name once again Stillborn … Continue reading Unbroken Shadows
Pull me back will you? The world is pushing me It does not heed my cry To stand still and watch Pull me back will you? It is unknowns ahead I prefer the known Unknowns give me shivers Pull me back will you? I see me alone ahead Those I love and those I hate Are behind as I moved on Please pull me back … Continue reading Pull Me Back Will You?
Vinod Narayan 