Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Billede: Charles Sprague Pearce - Archetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

 Some days are there when nothing works

Despite the meticulous planning
an unforeseen error has to happen!
The youngest sibling had volunteered
to see through it all and dreamt of a perfect time out
by the sea and everything was taken care of.
What went wrong? Something missing?
The sisters wait patiently and
let her work it out. "Patience", they seem to say.
But the suspense is writ large on their faces.
I can understand the panic in the sibling's heart.
A moment of Deja vu for me.
I was there some day and seen it all.
Sushama Karnik.
Image charles sprague pearce: solitude

Billede: Charles Sprague Pearce - Archetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia


Monday, September 12, 2022

 कितनी दूरियों से कितनी बार

कितनी डगमग नावों में बैठ कर
मैं तुम्हारी ओर आया हूँ
ओ मेरी छोटी-सी ज्योति!
कभी कुहासे में तुम्हें न देखता भी
पर कुहासे की ही छोटी-सी रुपहली झलमल में
पहचानता हुआ तुम्हारा ही प्रभा-मंडल।
कितनी बार मैं,
धीर, आश्वस्त, अक्लांत—
ओ मेरे अनबुझे सत्य! कितनी बार...
और कितनी बार कितने जगमग जहाज़
मुझे खींच कर ले गये हैं कितनी दूर
किन पराए देशों की बेदर्द हवाओं में
जहाँ नंगे अंधेरों को
और भी उघाड़ता रहता है
एक नंगा, तीखा, निर्मम प्रकाश—
जिसमें कोई प्रभा-मंडल नहीं बनते
केवल चौंधियाते हैं तथ्य, तथ्य—तथ्य—
सत्य नहीं, अंतहीन सच्चाइयाँ...
कितनी बार मुझे
खिन्न, विकल, संत्रस्त—
कितनी बार!
How often having covered distances,
in derelict boats
have I travelled to come to you,
There were times when the fog hid you from my view
but within the fog was a shimmering light,
a light that did not dim,
and in that light I would know the aura that was only you.
How often, I, steady, assured, never tired,
O my light, my truth that would never be put out;

And how often, how many tall ships, dazzling me with their lights
lured me far away to the inclement climates of foreign lands
the naked darkness of which was all the more exposed by
a naked, hurting, alien light,
a light that had no place for auras,
a light which displayed only blinding facts,
facts, facts, and nothing but facts, but never the truth!
Never the truth, only endless realities
which dazzled me , o so often!
And made me sad, distraught, restless...
O how often!

Saturday, September 10, 2022

 Once, I was listening to a melody and I got to the bottom of my heart,

I looked up into the sky and saw a single cloud in rainbow colors.

Suma Ro 10 Sept. 2022 

Saturday, September 3, 2022

 I opened my window: a voice entered:

Clear, soft, somewhat choppy.
She wanted to stay...
Since then, well established,
She makes the words sing
And captivates my soul...
She addresses the sea,
Knows how to charm the moon,
And dance before my eyes...
O voice, I say to her,
Take me to the land of jasmine!
I would stop there...
I like voices
The ones I know
And the ones I guess...
There is one voice, precious,
Far and so close at the same time,
Wild and tender too...
She is Light,
the daughter of rhythm and image.
Her name is Harmony.
O voice, I say to her,
Take me to the land of jasmine!
I would stop there...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

 Some mornings are marked in the calendar.

A dusty barren walkway

trodden everyday.

The night had nurtured seeds silently

and the morning sun watched the night depart.

Small sprouts surfaced by the time,

and the night did not know.

But the ever vigilant sun noticed.

The seedlings danced with the wind

carrying in their heart the secret the night never knew.

They were the offspring of darkness and the light.

May be an image of nature

Thursday, May 5, 2022

 My last motif is the window. A gateway to lives and people, 

to all that exists in fragmentation. , 

An endless sea, and the infinite sky that overhangs and follows,

and me like a tired carpenter,

mending, replacing,

putting together

the broken parts.

to not let the deluge break into me.

Filling in the gaps with stitches.

I keep myself busy

because one day they are to come through the window

the sky and the sea

I am indecisive whether to let them in

or barricade 

my precarious fragile existence.

On a calm rainy day it changes. 

The wall between me and the world is sawed off. 

The sea and the sky invade,

unannounced.

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

 Morning! Reflections.

Swirling tides. Falling off.

The sunrise

Haze in the midst of light. 

Morning. I want to sleep, lest this mirage slip in the sands.

Rolling shadows.

A choppy sea, felt from the windows of a submarine.

No bird sings.

A calm that descends 

and closes the wind.