In time I leave fragments of me In time I live only fragments of me In anger, dies fragments of me Memories, they bring back fragments of me In hate I always loose fragments of me, And Love tries hard holding together fragments of me I was born as a whole and fragmented in time I am fragmented by being who I am I can … Continue reading Fragments
Crippled mind in over fed bodies Judging the life in the ill fed bodies They don’t move, Dead is his verdict With eyes on the face that can no more see He stares at those faces with dried out tears Don’t be sad He says, it is all part of life Muted for life by the locks of indifference In his cozy closed home he … Continue reading Why?
In your sweet lips I still see The ruby red wine of yesterday night Come closer and let me taste it Bear with me if I accidentally kiss you My intentions are pure I swear to that My goal is the wine and not your lips Continue reading Sweet Intentions
He stood in front of the vast canvas As large as him, No larger than him Every color crisscrossed meaningfully Stopping and merging with others at will He sat down on the lonely viewing bench Pinning his eyes on the colorful maze He longed to get inside the artists mind To see the creativity beyond the colors The colors slowly melted away And strokes of … Continue reading Painting Whispers
You prove the wretchedness you bear in you But you can’t break us with your devilry The human in us is stronger than the devil in you We will hunt you, find you and punish you for sure We will defend our right to peace and law And not let your actions break our unity We might differ in the way we worship But united … Continue reading To The Responsible
I trusted you and see what happened I was born to you and now dead to you Why would fate be so partial? I had to go and you stand smiling If justice hears only those who are alive Where would the dead go for justice? Was that smiling a sense of relief? Or was it revealing who was guilty? I know I am gone … Continue reading Guilty or Not guilty?
Enduring months in rain and sun Aching Legs from prolonged standing Wallets vanished on flowers and treats Self esteem battered by ridiculed smiles Patience fallen prey to long waits Damaged bikes from excessive throttle Lost grades in the pursuit of happiness Everything ends with HER adamant NO The abusive excuse that you are not the guy Or the Total indifference that you don’t exist For … Continue reading The Quest was his Reward
When I saw them play I knew what I had lost When they talked to open space I knew my imagination was dead I went to them and asked Who are you guys talking to? They said there was a dragon on my left side Trying to eat the fairy on my right I looked both sides surprised as an adult When my little one … Continue reading Dragon Slayer
The dress covered the beauty Enough to reveal much His respect restricted all imagination Enough to be insane Continue reading Insanity
Poetry gives your life back to you The life that you abandoned on the busy street The life that you let people trample on The life that you lost in the corporate corridors Poetry gives that life back to you Poetry tells you that you are more More than what the mirror can ever show you More than what you can see in other’s eyes … Continue reading Why Poetry?
Vinod Narayan 