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Giving goodbyes

I never gave her anklets So her foot steps don't make music I never gave her bangles So her wrists don't jingle melodies I never gave her sarees So her midriff is always covered I never gave her jasmine So her hair smells only of shampoo But I wrote her poems of love And worshiped her as my own goddess Kunju, I haven't given you everything I wanted But my heart and soul hang from your ears Like the earrings I never gave you Kissing your cheeks Following the sways of your steps Oct 7, 2014
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I told the goddess a joke ~*~

I told the goddess a joke And waited to hear if she would laugh But no laugh did come So I pleaded with her son To explain it to her, on my behalf I told the goddess a joke And waited to see if she would grin But no grin did appear So I asked her in fear Did I offend or get under your skin? I told the goddess a joke And hoped she, at the least, would smile But her lips did not curve No smile did I observe I gave up at the end of my guile Then the goddess told me a joke I was determined to not laugh, smile or grin But soon I cried on her lap And she laughed and she clapped Her joke was to my chagrin June 22, 2020

Astrology

I've spent too much time Looking up at the stars I wondered why some wander I wondered why some stand still I wondered how they determine my fate I don't care for them now The glow from your face Distracts all sorts of star gazers Including me The beauty marks on your right cheek - The constellation under which I am reborn And the twinkle in your eye Is my north star Feb 20, 2017

There is beauty in you

There is beauty in calm  In gentle waves embracing sloping shores In birds' flight to the backdrop  Of pregnant, grey clouds There is beauty in peace In silence drifting with lazy winds In pairs of footsteps that remain unmoved, for some time There is beauty in tears In little rivers searching for the ocean On the plumpness of your cheeks The rainstorm in your eyes That reveal ever present rainbows There is beauty in desperation When the frenzy of breath Gives rhythm to the dance of frantic eyes When the comfort of lies Is welcome before destructive truths There is beauty in misunderstandings When concealed hearts Clash with illuminated minds When the skipping of one beat Reveals the natural synchronicity present all along There is beauty in disappointment The failure of manifestations Revealing the high esteem in which little things are held There is beauty in you And there is truth in beauty  Jan 23, 2016

First separation

The night rolls toward dawn The wheels roll forward toward a foreign destination My beloved rolls onto to her side Resting in sleep, restless in her dreams I am neither there, nor here But I am beside myself with longing Don't look for me beside you My sense of direction follows the tip of your forefinger My entire being rests in the space between your eyebrows July 20, 2016

Ctrl+Alt+Del

Ctrl+Alt+Del I seek Control Alternate outcomes Deletion of myself Tell me what to force stop And what to load on start My task manager I sleep yet what I yearn for Is a system reboot 👣🙏 Oct 9, 2019

Coffee Shop Spirituality ~*~

My guru, can you serve me A cup of hot clarit-tea? Are these tea leaves organic From fair trade bilvam trees? Can you put extra chai In my chaitanya brew? You are the ghee in the milk So please use full fat - instead of 2 Yes, I will treat myself To a slice of this nice nirvana loaf A welcome change from the usual Butter spread on burnt toast I am sustained by your grace - not by bread So I'll have a warmed up cheese crescent To match the crescent - on your head Plastic udrani, paper paathiram - I know Let's have the mocha for here But I'll take the moksha - to go 👣🙏 Feb 22, 2020