I have often rested my eyes on her sleepy eyelids.. only to be woken up in every blink… But even that moment had felt secure… Going to sleep knowing you will wake up that is not a luxury any one of us have… Yet we sleep… and plan for the next day.. Life is short, but we all have a choice Live it by letting … Continue reading Being Awake – POEM #5 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2019
There are old memories that you like to rewind to…. And one day you do it. Yes.. you rewind… You are a bit nervous.. and excited at the same time… You board the experience, you hang on with a smile for a few minutes and then it gets tough.. Is that me..? How could it..? What was he thinking? What was she thinking? What was … Continue reading Damn those memories – Poem #4 National Poetry Month 2019
A silkworm weaves a day into a brilliant example and a man wears it on his body, showing off his evolution…. The silkworm chuckles; and continues to weave a night… the man picks it up and looks at it unable to see anything he removes his day and checks his body the silkworm smiles… Continue reading Silkworm Poem #3 National Poetry Month 2019
When you surrender to a story two things happen one, the story becomes a fact for you other, you start hating people who question it When you reject a story two things again happen one, the story loses its essence other, you look down upon the one who tells it Every time a story is told two things happen one, you surrender to it other, … Continue reading Two things always happen – Poem #2 – npm2019
When words are born premature… converted to images not still but moving.. moving images… Somewhere in that journey we lose ourself.. But today… this one day NO.. this whole month… We need to get back to ourself for we can feel ourself alone… in an empty vessel.. we need words to fill it up with Some lives are like that.. they lose the meaning when … Continue reading Poetry #1 – Welcoming National Poetry Month 2019
It is not for me to bother but yet I decided to climb; and as the clouds descended every step I found myself alone…. I have not dreamt in a paradise sky my earth has been too strong pulling me down my sleep has walked out on me and yet I cannot wake up…. Today I know that even a drop can mean fatal….. and … Continue reading As I murmur…….
Something woke me up.. a familiar face flashed before me, one that I could not place in my mind’s album.. but very familiar…. I got up and walked over to the living room…. before I could switch on the lights, my eyes caught the sight of a part of Bengaluru…. through the window opening into the sit out…. I had to step out and take … Continue reading Waking Up
some dreams, were shut down. nightmares that never existed, came true. fantasies survived, and now life is short…. no more delusions.. just a few steps into an unknown. possibilities have no limits and imagination has been set free fly, try, fall, fly -Vinod- Continue reading fly
Walking into one’s inner cell wearing the uniform of a rainbow unicorn yet feeling naked to say the least. I wonder if this will ever end Inside there is a sense of peace that the outside will never know. And a pain that can only be savored when you inside-out you Aha! yes there is the cap And now I can close the bottle And … Continue reading The Personal Genie – #6 of 365 Poems
She tells you that you can be…. No….. she tells you that you are….. —a star—– and you believe, but… more than you, she believes… she believes in you… in her belief she strives…. day and night weeks, months, years and…. and, you become one a star a light a spec a tiny bit you shine… you are a star because she is a mother … Continue reading Happy Mother’s day
Vinod Narayan 