Category Archives: poetry

Compassion; I can understand was extremely indispensable; so that it always felt the most invincible organism alive; so that it remained close to your befriending chest; in the midst of this treacherously pulverizing planet,

Laughter; I can understand was unassailably indispensable; so that it never ever stagnated in the coffins of despicable solitariness; so that it perennially felt that life was an unconquerably cheerful flower; blossoming in your arms,

Literacy; I can understand was peerlessly indispensable; so that it was articulately well versed with the pro’s and con’s of inexplicable existence; so that it could walk shoulder to shoulder with tomorrows contemporarily eclectic society,

Food; I can understand was victoriously indispensable; so that it’s veins indefatigably evolved into fresh blood; so that its tiny buds of arms and legs; spawned into handsome pillars of unflinching solidarity; one fine day,

Schooling; I can understand was ubiquitously indispensable; so that it triumphantly broke shackles of rustically bohemian homeliness; so that it slowly and painstakingly learnt the norms of a well-mannered and cultured civilization,

Music; I can understand was eternally indispensable; so that it rejoiced forever to the tunes of divinely mother nature; so that its inevitably frazzled brain remained timelessly rejuvenated,

Play; I can understand was poignantly indispensable; so that it perpetually floated in the silken mists of innocuous mischief; so that it forever and ever and ever remained wholesomely oblivious and far away; from the politics of fetid manipulation,

Humanity; I can understand was impregnably indispensable; so that it was tirelessly apprized of the greatest religion on planet earth; so that it was interminably acquainted with its most pricelessly inimitable rudiments,

Enlightenment; I can understand was unshakably indispensable; so that it remained inspired to the most unprecedented limits even when the world seemed to abruptly end; so that it learnt to get up as quickly as it haplessly fell,

Gifts; I can understand were beautifully indispensable; so that it always felt infallibly cared for; so that it unceasingly gallivanted like the crown prince; a status it unstoppably deserved,

Concentration; I can understand was wonderfully indispensable; so that it learnt that true dedication could melt even the most uncouthly obdurate of stones; so that it inexhaustibly strived towards perfection and its ultimate philanthropic goal,

Exercise; I can understand was bounteously indispensable; so that it exuberantly utilized the nonchalantly idle limbs in its body; so that it ecstatically pumped in fresh blood and breath into its majestic form,

Revision; I can understand was indisputably indispensable; so that it never forgot the
quintessential aspects of life; so that it holistically adhered to the most sagaciously effulgent principles of existence,

Adventure; I can understand was jubilantly indispensable; so that it recharged every of its nerves with the spirit of the magnetically uncanny; so that it ebulliently crept through the inscrutably subliming treasures of mother earth,

Signature; I can understand was celestially indispensable; so that it perseveringly learnt to find its own identity; so that it embraced the winds of independence with unassailably unfettered integrity,

Sweat; I can understand was royally indispensable; so that it realized that hard work was the sole path to success; so that it forever stayed away from insidious charlatans of destiny and charts of its palmistry at birth,

Empathy; I can understand was unchallangably indispensable; so that it learnt that the greatest power on this earth was that of brotherhood; so that it learnt to commiserate with all those in intransigent trauma and pain,

Truth; I can understand was irrefutably indispensable; so that it always saw an unconquerably unprejudiced mirror of its ownself; so that it harmoniously
disseminated the ideals of peace and righteousness to one and all; till its very last breath,

Love; I can understand was cardinally indispensable; so that its tiny heart was forever replete with the mantra of symbiotic unity; so that it towered above every single element of this Universe and in the flames of faithful belonging; even after an infinite
deaths,

But more importantly than anything; if you wanted to give all of the above and an infinite more good in its impeccably iridescent upbringing; then if nothing else; you first and foremost have to learn to altruistically sacrifice; which is infact the other
name of successfully nurturing; harnessing; and bringing up your child.

I used it to sketch undulating peaks of the snow clad mountain,
It willingly obliged; dexterously embossing intricate lines on the canvas of naked paper.

I pressed it to scribble magnanimous lines of English literature,
It did the same at swashbuckling speeds; without flexing my fingers to onerous limits of endurance.

I incessantly chewed its nimble body; while harnessing my mental machinery in
top gear,
It didn’t even wail a faint cry; after being thoroughly mutilated with a plethora of indentation.

I used its sharp point; to tickle my friends in the sensitive cartilage of their ribs,
It gratified my desire to tease; without lamenting the loss of its angular tip.

I viciously moved it in spongy mud; engraving mystical designs symbolizing rustic art,
It did so with copious ease; inspite of getting disdainfully dirty with coats of soil.

I revolved it vigorously to stir the sugar in my tea; to commensurate amounts,
It executed the job to meticulous perfection; bearing the tyranny of being scalded by boiling water.

I rubbed it voraciously against itching regions of my scalp; to get reprieve from allergy,
It accepted this preposterous behavior; in the stride of a chivalrous knight.

I rotated it wildly in the breezy atmosphere; rhythmically striking it against a table of polished wood,
It seemed to be unruffled; remaining as stoical as ever maintaining its sordid composure.

I held it articulately to shade vacant avenues of the map topography,
It did so with overwhelming zeal; transforming monotonous white into shades
of enchanting slate grey.

It had served me sumptuously on many a perspiring occasion,
Helped me immensely in my perennial conquest of becoming a writer,
Alas! I had just the capacity to give it a solitary award,
As I chiseled its steel grey mouth manually with a sharpener,
Crisply saluted my friend in times of distress; existing in the compact form of
a lead tipped pencil.

Drink like a rabbit, gently lapping at water cascading from white water springs of the mountain,

Sleep like a demon, snoring thunderously without even moving a whisker to the most lethal of dynamite explosion,

Perspire like a bull, slogging it hard under the steaming rays of the Sun,

Dance like a peacock, spreading your feathers to a full plumage under
exotic outbursts of rain,

Smile like a wild chimpanzee, snaring your snow white teeth without being the slightest overwhelmed by your surroundings,

Run like kangaroo, traversing the dense foliage of the jungle, taking 10 strides at a time,

Scratch like a red ant, resurrecting your destroyed cocoon every next second,

Sing like the Nightingale, inundating every barren spot in vicinity with the ecstatic melody in your sound,

Cry like a crocodile, shedding tears as gargantuan as the cloud on every area
you tread,

Sting like a scorpion, piercing supple and innocuous skin with the venomous
poison in your fangs,

Talk like a parrot, chattering incessantly as misty wisps of air and the aroma of delectable food struck you in entirety,

Roar like a lion, waking up every entity sleeping blissfully, with a single growl
of yours,

Smell like the roots, emanating a voluptuously raw odor, just after the first spells of rain,

Stand like an elephant, weathering each storm trying to blow you with enviable ease,

Dream like an angel, exploring the most wildest regions around the globe with rampant frenzy,

Shiver like a goose, with infinite strands of hair standing up in animation, on the snow,

Slaver like a dog, greedily protruding out your tongue panting passionately for water,

Bathe like the dolphins, diving acrobatically into the sapphire sea’s, with your body engulfed completely by the majestic waves,

Chew like a cow, slowly munching your meals with rejuvenated gusto,

Scamper around like a squirrel, leaping friskily on the myriad of dangling branch,

Fly high like the eagles, flapping your wings exuberantly with the cotton cocoon of clouds gliding past your hair,

Kick like a donkey, swinging your legs viciously towards those who tried to disturb your concentration,

Lick like a cat, sucking every droplet of milk from the steep edged bowl,

Yawn like the hippopotamus, candidly announcing your desire to sleep to even mortals buried in their corpses,

Scream like the dinosaur, with a single echo of yours silencing all commotion in
this world,

Stare like the mammoth whale, making your opponent blink a thousand times,

Hear like a fox, detecting the most inconspicuous of sound, coming to know of your adversary, before it actually commenced to attack,

Laze around like the tortoise, not bothering to poke out your head even in the
most scorching of Sunlight,

Shine like the stars, punctuating the eerie darkness of the night with your spellbinding glimmer,

Burn like fulminating lava, igniting the most lackluster of individual with the ardor in your flames,

Dig like the mice, making your burrow in loose mud at lightening speeds,

Hide like the reptile, evading all traces of light existing in the Universe,

Peck like the woodpecker, chiseling your way through the most obdurate of
wooden log,

Crawl like the spider, mystically weaving your way across the strands of the
flimsy web,

Swish like a zebra, moving your tail to wade away the most minuscule of fly buzzing intermittently around your nose,

Eat like a pig, greedily gobbling even the tiniest of toffee wrapper loitering on the road,

Change color like a chameleon, adapting yourself furtively to virtually any surrounding you go into,

Hunt like the vultures, hideously diving down and capsizing your prey,

Be wise like the owl, prudently opening your eyes in the dark as well as stringent light,

Care like the lioness, protecting your child from the faintest signs of evil
lurking around,

Enjoy like the otters, having a party of beans and raw wine well past after midnight,

Explore like the panther, mercilessly paving your way through the remotest corner of the forest,

Love like God, annihilating the word discrimination forever from your
adulterated brain,

And lead life like a man, wandering and discovering; struggling and romancing, dreaming and working to transform all your dreams; as well as those of several
around you into an immortal reality.

It didn’t cost even a single penny; instead annihilated all the disparaging gloom that encompassed the air,

It spread waves of stupendous rhapsody all around; making one profoundly oblivious to tumultuous tribulation,

It boosted ones spirits prolifically; helping him substantially to eradicate his reservoir of horrendous memories,

It ubiquitously propagated the spirit of uninhibited freedom; easing the deplorable alacrity in the atmosphere,

It dramatically metamorphosed the pallid demeanor of hospitals; impregnating the debilitated with new rays of animated hope,

It induced loads of frivolity in bombastic parties; causing youthful couples to swirl in supreme exultation,

It radiated the essence of equality in a conglomerate of varied races; establishing a harmonious rapport between the same,

It brought about astounding changes in the life of dilapidated orphans; portraying to them the brighter side of life,

It proved to be remarkably efficient in relaxing unruly disputes; pacifying the irascible groups involved therein,

It worked wonders when executed in front of elders; winning numerous accolades and favors from the society,

It was adept way of conveying ones congenial regards; effusively expressing ones happiness at a particular moment,

It was as natural as the sun in the cosmos; the colossal ocean on earth; inevitably occurring when tickled voraciously in the ribs,

It was a commodity as tangible as the currency note; requiring the most minuscule of effort on part of the individual,

It was an ecumenical medium of communication; between races which spoke in different languages,

It was utterly invincible from all aspects; and couldn’t be controlled by the most conventional of scientific device,

It was bountifully prevailing in all continents; every nook and cranny of the wide spread globe,

It appeared all the more ingratiating; when done to perfection by circus clowns,

It highlighted unparalleled ebullience; the propensity of an individual to blissfully exist,

It didn’t required any instigation; a conventional contrivance to prompt it; envisaging a funny incidence was the simplest of thing to trigger it off,

It produced a tinkling sound when performed; an enchanting melody that mollified agitated nerves,

It was the most versatile form in which humans could ever express themselves; without having to stretch their brains,

No wonder doctors all around the world unanimously refer to it as laughter the best medicine.

The plain cow milk steaming on the stove looked pretty bland; with infinite bubbles emanating from its persona,
However the color of the liquid; with the blend of surplus vitamins impregnated
left in my mind a lasting impression.

The tapered blades of ceiling fan appeared quite ordinary; with a series of inconspicuous blemishes adorning the same,
However the exuberant draughts of air it generated; transforming the blazing atmosphere into one with sedative cool; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The branches of the colossal oak tree looked rustic and indigenous with century old corrugations protruding from its exteriors,
However clusters of green leaves sprouting from its body; and the vivacious squirrels clambering its surface; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The thunderclouds in the sky appeared dangerously ominous; casting a diabolical look on the earth,
However voraciously pelting droplets of rain; accompanied with streaks of silver lightning; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The beer in the cylindrical bottle looked like any ordinary liquid; with its plum color not attracting paramount attention,
However the exhilaration that occurred after consuming it; the umpteenth fantasies that revolved incessantly; left in my mind a lasting impression.

Swarms of bees in the hive appeared disillusioning; buzzing with discordant cacophony at unprecedented heights from the ground,
However the nectar oozing from their diminutive bodies; the sharpness of their
sting; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The serrated skin alligator in the river waters looked supremely menacing; with its gigantic teeth ready to pulverize innocent bones to chowder,
However the kingly fashion in which it slithered on the slippery mud; the agility with which it swam in water; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The rusty iron nail extruding from the mundane wall appeared disdainful and disparaging; with innumerable crusts of skin peeling of,
However the tenacity it exerted against the brick; its capacity to join pieces of
loose wood; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The pigeons soaring high in the clouds didn’t grab much attention; as they ubiquitously inhabited every nook and cranny of the globe,
However the dexterity with which they managed to stay airborne; their occasional bouts of melodious chirping; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The cars traversing the streets looked like robotic monsters polluting the air; with their wailing horns disrupting the stillness in the atmosphere,
However the swashbuckling speeds at which they traveled; the intricate imprints they left on wet mud; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The multiple hair broomstick lying solitary on the stony ground appeared full of remorse; with all those passing kicking it vehemently,
However the tones of dust it cleaned from cloistered interiors of the dilapidated room; the sparkling complexion that it imparted to the ordinary floor; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The bell hovering low from the dome shaped roof looked like it needed fresh coats of paint; partially obscuring the view of the omniscient Creator,
However the jingling sound it produced when struck; the mystical reverberation that occurred as an aftermath; left in my mind a lasting impression.

And scores of children I visited in the orphanages appeared quite bedraggled; with sticky mucus flowing rampantly from their eyes and ears,
Blatant streaks of dirt lining their faces; torn rags embellishing their impoverished demeanor,
However the innocence in their immaculate eyes; the boisterousness in their voice; and their vigor to fight against all impediments; left in my mind a lasting impression.

The tree in the pristine forest; was laden with overwhelming quantities of succulent berry and rhapsodic fruit,

The fathomless expanse of barren sky; was laden with an enchanting conglomerate of seductively silken clouds,

The flower extruding from the delectable farm; was laden with bountiful petals; blossoming into a myriad of tantalizingly colorful forms,

The incomprehensibly huge dictionary; was laden with a battalion of exquisite words; explicitly portraying infinite situations of pragmatic life,

The magnificently shimmering egg; was laden with life yielding yolk; which evolved over a period of time into a mesmerizing offspring,

The trajectory of the majestically swirling ocean; was laden with a festoon of voluptuously undulating waves; spraying profusely handsome salt on the rocks as well
as the shores,

The toweringly colossal mountains; were laden with bed sheets of ingratiatingly scintillating ice; cascading into waterfalls of melodious froth as the Sun flamed
to its full shine,

The boisterously swarming beehive; was laden with golden honey; dribbling in splendid harmony towards chocolate brown territories of soil,

The grandiloquently striped flamingoes perched on the river banks; were laden with a sheath of fabulously satin feathers; propelling them to soar like a pompous
prince in the sky,

The flamboyantly escalating fire; was laden with a flurry of poignant flames; which profoundly illuminated the morbidly dreary and starless night,

The incredulously oligarchic castle; was laden with scores of intricately alluring furniture; an extravagantly jeweled throne on which sat the crown king,

The framework of articulately dexterous bones; was laden with rubicund layers of flesh; granting it thereby the formidable tenacity to surge forward in unprecedented exuberance,

The valiant landscape of the pugnacious battlefield; was laden with innumerable soldiers; ready to sacrifice their life any instant for the sake of their revered motherland,

The boundlessly glistening blackboard; was laden synchronized lines of raw chalk; portraying vital points of survival to earnestly learning students,

The robust periphery of tongue; was laden with gallons of euphoric saliva; instilling in it tangy traces of exotic taste,

The fathomless land of the desert; was laden with infinite tons of stupendously sparkling sand,

The flamboyantly vivacious calendar; was laden with an armory of months and dates; candidly divulging the extraordinary rapid unveiling of time,

The dome sculptured crystalline scalp; was laden with silken curls of voluptuous hair; which imparted a compassionate cushioning against repugnantly vindictive blows,

The profoundly impregnable conscience; was laden with optimistically enlightening ideals; that provided astronomical tenacity to the persona to ecstatically
plunge forward in life,

And the passionately palpitating heart; was laden with invincible love; which kept proliferating towards the sky as the seconds unfurled; kept getting more and
more fortified with each stroke of palpable existence.

He had fanatic obsessions for bulging trouser pockets,
overloaded sockets of office shirt,
silver chains fitted neatly to periphery of neck,
all kinds of heavy purse dangling from shoulder bone,
jeweled rings adorning daintily curved fingers,
beads of slim gold riveted firmly to ear lobe,
portable briefcase bags carried by executive staff,
bronze plated ribbons holding a bunch of hair,
he was a maniac patrolling through the busy city streets,
sighting stashed trouser shelves with his hawk sharp eyes,
waiting to capsize on every stealing opportunity that came his way.

the passenger ahead had protruding pockets,
a short thick neck flooded with precious ornament,
he looked like a prince waiting for the bus,
with gold rimmed glasses nestling on his thin nose.

the maniac couldn’t resist any longer,
long hours of wait had tantalized burglar zones of his mind,
saliva dribbled from his mouth in plenty,
his eyes lit up like briquette’s of burning coal,
sly smiles encompassed wide corners of his mouth,
professional fingers now moved stealthily,
maneuvered skillfully caressing bulging outlines of the pocket,
few swipes with cheap blade finished the job,
the passenger now felt light as he alighted the bus,
great chunks of his wealth now lay in cold hands of the maniac,
all he was left to confront was a big gaping hole,
torn threads emanating from infinite regions of the stripped pant pocket.

Kissing the scarlet rose profusely; made me feel as if I was timelessly wandering in bountifully fragrant paradise; wholesomely oblivious to the uncouthly monotonous vagaries of the manipulative world outside,

Kissing the undulating waves intransigently; made me feel as if I had transited back into mischievously tangy childhood; with the ravishingly frothy salt marvelously replenishing every iota of my disastrously bedraggled countenance,

Kissing the seductive clouds ethereally; made me feel as if I was romancing with the most astoundingly ultimate fantasy of my life; compassionately caressing the winds of grandiloquent majesty; for centuries immemorial,

Kissing the robustly gregarious fruits poignantly; made me feel as if I was perennially radiating in the pristine prime of youth; blissfully blossoming into a glittering ocean of untamed energy and exhilarating newness,

Kissing the scintillating pearls congenially; made me feel as if I was celestially basking in the glory of profound aristocracy; exquisitely draping each element of my impoverished countenance; with unbelievably enthralling resplendence,

Kissing the brilliant Sunshine ebulliently; made me feel as if I was blazingly surging forward even in the most savagely acrimonious of winds; blazed in torrential fireballs of benign enlightenment; for infinite more births yet to unveil,

Kissing the tantalizing dewdrops ardently; made me feel as if royally feasting in the aisles of beautifully vibrant yearning; bequeathing a legacy of oligarchic fascination; on every mesmerizing step that I tread,

Kissing the vivacious rainbow boisterously; made me feel as if flamboyantly marching towards the doorsteps of irrefutably righteous triumph; dancing in the mists of unfathomable longing; with the Omnipotent shadow of the Lord as my sole savior,

Kissing the milky moon phlegmatically; made me feel as if profoundly encapsulated with heavenly illumination from all sides; an altruistic tranquility which drifted me off; into a sparkling slumber,

Kissing the corrugated soil thunderously; made me feel as if I had unassailably discovered my priceless rudiments; irrevocably propelling me to forever exist;
only as the philanthropic harbinger of humanity,

Kissing the velvety grass surreally; made me feel as if infinite dormant pores of my dwindling visage had miraculously rejuvenated once again; piquantly tingling me towards a fabulous new chapter of exuberant existence,

Kissing the frolicking butterfly wonderfully; made me feel as if ecstatically leaping on the innocuous summits of humbly bestowing creation; unsurpassably relishing and assimilating the vividly enamoring treasures of this Universe,

Kissing the ingratiating waterfalls intrepidly; made me feel as if swaying in an enchantingly melodious entrenchment of eternal sound; whispering the innermost desires of my soul; uninhibitedly to the panoramic world around,

Kissing the sweating tree stems holistically; made me feel as if perseverance was the richest of all treasures in life; ubiquitously flowering into a civilization of unprecedented togetherness,

Kissing the blistering lion fearlessly; made me feel as if I could now confront even the most tumultuously acrimonious disaster in life; tackle the worst of deadly catastrophes with prolific dexterity and spell binding rhetoric,

Kissing the impeccably virile milk emphatically; made me feel as if I was the most innocent organism alive; unequivocally washing all my inadvertently committed
sins; in the aura of invincible honesty,

Kissing the candle of truth innocuously; made me feel as if a sagaciously blessed molecule of Almighty God; rendering my gorgeously selfless service; to unassailably enlighten every quarter of the miserably beleaguered society,

Kissing the sensuous evening nostalgically; made me feel as if romantically philandering in wisps of spell binding titillation and indefatigable charisma;
surrendering every element of my diminutive countenance; to the
artistic kaleidoscope of twilight,
And kissing you on your divinely lips unconquerably; O! beloved; made me not only feel; but immortally fall in love; harness its most stupendously ecstatic virtues; for countless more births of mine; of course with your heart; soul and breath; always and
irrefutably by my side.

He had moustache to be proud of,
earlobes pierced with circular rings of brass,
wound a gaudy turban on his scalp,
wore frilled cloth clinging tautly to his skinny frame,
clasped an iron bludgeon for self defense,
chopped tree wood with thick blades of stainless steel,
climbed bare walls of brick with large urban feet,
took bath in monsoon ponds of muddy water,
adroitly lit roaring fires with bundles of dead sea weed,
relied on changing positions of the Sun for an update on time,
showered fruit and petal on daintily sculptured feet of the deity,
guffawed whole heartedly at mindless chatter prevalent in village,
coated walls of his mud baked hut with pure cowdung plaster,
hurtled a volley of loud abuse at son for skipping school,
milked the cow to professional perfection,
wore a jugglery of threads sewn with superstition,
uttered inaudible phrases in broken English,
guiding overseas tourist through dilapidated walls of the castle,
being the solitary source of monthly wages,
was a thorough blend of impetuousness and rural flamboyance,
his dreams had never crossed territories of his village,
with reflections of unexplored charisma lurking in his eyes,
he proclaimed loud with dignity to be the king of the village.

Parrot green buds of thorn,
Camouflaged in multiple coats of sand,
Having entangled roots in a sheath of loose soil,
Sighted in abundance on colossal plains of parched land,
Required crystal water in paltry amounts,
Thriving in blazing rays of the fiery Sun ball,
Swaying mildly in the rustic dry breeze,
Resistant to termite and large insects,
A specimen of sharp and flexible tentacles,
Spreading its parasitic reach to milligram amounts of starved sand,
Giving birth to flowers after short spells of rain,
Oozing bitter springs of milk when sliced with knife,
Accustomed to soaring heights of mercury all throughout centuries of the calendar year,
Baked to brittle proportions in oceans of acid light,
a relishing meal for hunch backed camel wandering at leisurely speed,
It has hidden cavities of water in raw pulp shells,
Also the tenacity to wound its prey with a labyrinth of acrimonious sprouts,
A perfect antonym to lush green grass,
Inhabiting umpteenth spots of infertile land,
The King Cactus stands tall and solitary in steaming sand of the Sahara Desert.