Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Woman



Woman,
a faint smile?
Or hush of emotions?

Call her
A witch,…..
An angel….

Wondered how
you love her,
a rarity of such mix?

Why you swoon,
To her smile so plain?
How she can conquer you
& drive you insane?

With beauty,
With charm,
Did she walk
Right through your
Mind’s lone walls?

You made them
Stone by stone
through all those
days of Years
until one day
she decided
to come along

but still in awe you watched her win
the battle was no more battle
it was a clear win

was there a regret ever?
Wont you do it all over??

Blush of her cheeks
Taught you pink.
Her sorrow
Grieved you more,
what a pity
You poor soul..

Wont you give her
Your all, in a wink!
To lure her
to forgive,
For her smile
Which haunts you with in..,
Do you question her power?

You caught her
On canvas
You wrote
This poem
The world applauded you
& Still you sank within.

you couldn’t
but you tried
to capture
the one
that put
you ablaze..

That glimpse
The beauty with in
That smile
The thoughts behind.
& more to it

An unending quest
At her best
Woman.

Monday, April 17, 2006

duh!!??


You say I am bad
the otherwise at times
You say I need to do this
& I should refrain from certain things
You talk as if you are perfect
as if you rule my world
You see me thru this huge microscope
My zit feels like shit

Am I beautiful or am I ugly?
Am I kind or am I nasty?

Who are you to tell me
My friend /my foe??
I don’t care nothing
If you are one of them! So?
Give me a break
Rehash me not
I don’t need you
To keep this constant tab!

I Live my life
The way I want
My rules I make
And why not?

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Bored vs. Broke


My list of things
“to-do” is racing
off the loop
yet I sit there..
still and calm
as though I had nothing to do
On the list of things
I had to do…

Slowly enjoying
My cup of tea
I admire aah that scenic view
that which the spring drew
Oh so with many hues
made the ordinary prune
extraordinary so very soon..

Telling myself
One shouldn’t miss
atleast those full
bloomed row of trees
more now like an old woman
Cursing those chilly winds
Mumbling those forgotten songs
I sat there.. still and calm
As though
I had it all done
in my list of things
I hadnt done.

Only Yesterday I talked to my sis
A full two hours & something at ease
And still felt I missed,
my darling sis ..
To let the moment pass
and to rest my crying heart
I sat still in my office hours
Still and calm
Nothing perturbed me as though
There was no deadline falling
& My advisor didn’t exist ever

As though I had never made a list
The list of things
Which I hadn’t done!

Now, this morning I Open
That dreaded list
Oh did u want a peek?
Bills bills and bills
Pepco, comcast, credit& debit,
now I know why I never touched
once I made the list
that list Of things I hadn’t done.

That’s because
my starving purse has
no more to give
poor grad student
That I Am! :(

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Call 911


I took a break
For a few long days
Didn’t pen a word
Even for my ego’s sake

It was an Addiction
I admit to myself
Before my mirror
As I talk to myself

To restrain from
This insane trend
I read science
In present,
& history of past,
in past tense
Lovely!!
Im there again
Musing the rhythm
Of words inane

Dirty they said
Politics was
So I tried a sniff
At the murky stuff

Nothing works
To sate this urge
What do I do
Tell me you
Is this that drug
ecstasy or what?

Alone



When dreams shattered
In a single blow
In dismay I watched
Them all go

That distant storm
Felt like my own
With constant fear
Life I adorned

Mine that seemed
Those didnt last
Words failed me
Now and again
Pain numbed
I stood alone…