Out of shadows

Emerge..

Radiate..

Shine on..

For You Amma!with all my love..

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(for you..Saba Shamim Hanfi..my  Amma!)

Would you have liked a jugnu if it had no fire in its belly?

A tulip reverently holding

Light in its hands,

folded in a silent prayer

throwing it away like the ash of a deceased in the vast thirsty sea?

the flame of the forest

burning out in fumes

not red but cold and blue ?

the camomile in a dusky maidens hair

white on the periphery

gradually turning warm

exuding the fragrance alien to the senses?

A laburnum without the sunshine

Smeared on each petal..

Would you?

Of all these flowers of the sun

The laburnum stands out for me

For when I look at it

reaching out to my balcony

It’s her I see in the flowers

The pods hang down

Pregnant with life

About to burst into dazzling light...

She left last night

To a distant land

For a while

Just for a while

For she will come back to me

With more sunshine in her hands

To bless me with the light

To see the world better...

the laburnum stands tall

devoid of foliage

waiting for her return

the pods hold back the passion

with bated breath

whispering her name

saba

saba

saba..

...(how i miss her!i hope time flies and she is back with the bursting foliage on the laburnum overlooking my balcony!)...12.00noon..22.4.12

Yellow and White

Its white and yellow

The colour for the day

With you across the landscape of the soul

The silver on the sides

Capture the twinkle of the eyes

As you lift it up

Ever so gently

So as not to disturb the serene ambiance

The water in the stem glass

Is witness to the whispers

That the music emanates from the heart

As I drape the sunshine around my neck

I feel the warmth seep in

And I cannot but help

Give a part of the sun to you

As that is all I have

So I hold some warmth

In the hollow of my hand

And pass it on to you

To take it back or let it fly

To some unknown distant land