this is it

When someone tells you
about the glow of full moon
and how bright it shines
just lift your face to them

when someone asks you
about the vast of ocean
and its infinite expanse
just open your arms

when someone asks you
about the cosmic grace
of numerous stars at night
just dance on the roof

when someone asks you
about the melody of cuckoo
and the song of the rain
just blow into your flute

and when I come to you
asking the meaning of life
just lean into me for once
and kiss me on my lips

saying this is it.

I wait

Our hearts, did beat
for each other; every moment
we longed to meet, each other
We met

we walked the streets
holding hand in hand
and then came the clouds
we cover

There is thunder, rain
and puddle of water around
they said its gonna be flooded
we swam

There was a land far
we built our house there
then came men with daggers
we hid

They divided lands
through lines called borders
our house was broken
we seperated

Then came the rosary
beeds, incense and scriptures
we both read it differently
we foought

And in the battle came
men on horses and elephants
killing each other with dagger
we bleed

As the armies receded
we both pick up our pieces
half of our hearts, half or bodies
we are torn

The land was lush
green and full of life
is now a desert like heart
and we cry

A storm comes
blowing wind on memories
I  see you in them again
I desire

as the dust settles down
I see you standing; not sure
if you are coming or still going
I wait.

I wait for you

I wait for you on the shore
with my arms wide open
for any ship that passes
this land, hoping to see you

I don't tire of standing
nor do I tire of my open arms
but my mind tires of, this
emptiness without you

I have seen numerous
suns rise and set again
yet, I have been here,
on this shore waiting

I saw many fairy moon
nights, and dark ones too
with stars to company
yet I stand here without you

The ocean lashes me wave
after wave, with force of
water to tell its there and
yet I don't see you around

This wind carried with it
moisture from the seas
yet my eyes are still dry
waiting for you to pour

Many clouds have rained
yet earth around is barren
even in spring it had thorns
for its flower was missing

I have stayed with a rose
and lived there as a thorn
but if you were to not come
there will be no rose born

All this I have so far here
all this that the world gives
it has no place for me here
if you were not to come

Come and witness this spring
come and makes flowers bloom
in your absence this is immaterial
in presence this is immaterial

pair of love birds

As the pair of love birds
head back to their nest
My eyes wander across seas
to catch a glimpse of you
and see when you and I
can be together in our nest

You and I live separated
by numerous lands and seas
alone in our own little nests
across artificial boundaries
and a sea of infinite men
bent on dividing this earth

If only we had the wings
to fly over these men
and these artificial drawn lines
that men created on earth
we could have been together
in one nest here or there

We could live together
under this very blue sky
under which we are far
see each other in moonlight
under same stars of night
born by the same earth

We could have then lived
in one of our existing nests
or  create new one elsewhere
migrating along the seasons
to newer pastures each day
breathing a different air

but that was not to be
we are not those birds
that have wings to escape
the lines drawn on earth
and the sea of men that each
guards a different piece of land

This summer is ending now
and swans will again migrate
from the colder regions
to warmer plains, yet you
and I will remain suffering
unlike the pair of swans

How I wish if we could be
swans that stayed together
from now till the end of time
across the lands they cross
across the seas they fly
as one , in unison, in love.