Where/Why did the flower bloom

In the earth,

in the air 

or in the sky

or opening endlessly

like a smile 

or drowning forever 

like a sigh

Unfolding or encapturing

Flooding or emptying

what is this fragrance

thrown ?

A secret 

perhaps unsaid 

and perhaps

always known..

Mine or yours

or about me and you

Simple and shining

bright and wordless..

..secretly you smile

you know it so well

you know my secret

and you wouldn't tell!

Jai Bhairavi!

In your land of the strange and wonderful

not for the clever and the careful

where death is not known

and even the dead are not grim

where even the smallest blade of grass 

sways under your whim!

With a beating heart

and through the kumkum that flies

One sight of your eyes

And with a flood of an ecstatic pain.. 

               ..i realize

the eternal joke of joys and sorrow.

Wherever this strange rhythm takes

now i can only sway

How to set out for your abode

My legs give away!

Slipping out of reality

or waking up from a dream

This enchanting stillness

is also a scream..

of Jai Bhairavi!

कुछ बात ही ऐसी ..

शायद हो भी बेमतलब की 

पर कुछ बात है जरूर 

कहते कहते न पहले यु रुके थे 

बहते बहते अचानक न यु डूबे थे 

न मालूम था की सूखे फूलो से भी  खुशबु आती है 

बादलो के बिना भी बारिश होती है 

इस अधूरेपन में भी पूर्णता जन्म लेती है 

सूरज दिखा भी कहाँ  अभी... 

                    की आकाश में रंग भर आये 

रंग बिखरे भी कहाँ अभी .. 

                  की मन में उतर  आये 

आखो ने देखा भी कहाँ अभी..  

                   की दिल ने पहचान लिया 

मन को जो भाया था
सदियों से जो चाहा था
                वो कुछ भी तो नहीं यहाँ

फिर ये उमंग जो उठी है
दिल पे  जो सवार है बेवजह
ये याद जो भुला दे रही है
आखिर है किसकी

समझने और कहने की न भी हो 

पर कुछ बात है जरूर 

Full moon to full moon!

I promised I won't come back
For my heart was sore and broken
But here I am and there my heart
Smashed at your feet lies!
Now I am free and I won't go back
Until I have drunk and stolen
The growing rapture
 of your eyes!

Now from full moon to full moon
An uninterrupted dance
One continuous night
A crazy romance!

Trapped in your gaze
I can barely walk
I know only
to sing and dance!

Dancing away
I go nowhere
But from full moon to full moon
What do I care!

Who

Who is it that,
As I go prancing about the day,
Stares unblinking
into the night.

Moved when I was still
Hummed when I looked
Sang when I loved
And danced as I cried

And when in the deepest of pain
I mourned
At a distance continued
to smile

As I slept one night
Who is it that woke up once in a dream 

Footsteps

The evening pours and drags
At your feet
Settling!

Not knowing where to turn
Winds unscrupulous stand
Gasping!

Skies forget their vastness
Drip through colours and colourless
Unasking!

Oceans rousing with an unknown thirst
This empty space opens,
Bursting..

Leaving the birds who do not know
whether it's night or day,
Clamouring ...

Rest all the relentless play
stilled..
.. my Master..
is coming!

Untimely rain

An old forgotten song
Like a friend lost for long..
Rouses the heart to dance
To an unknown beat

As the breath begins to cease
 to the touch of a floating breeze
As an uninvited blithe flutter
Fills up an empty branch

Waiting to be surprised
Reeling to have realized
That it's you once again
Pouring down

like an untimely rain!

आज न जाने क्या मर्जी है..

आज न जाने क्या मर्जी है..

सुबह के रंग खिलते खिलते शाम में खो गए ,
शाम में ढलते ढलते सुबह हो गए
पंछियो के जो फूटे गीत,
उठते उठते आसमान बन गए !

आज बस खाली खाली बैठे बैठे ,
भीतर से भर गए
कुछ न कहे,
बस आसु बह गए

बहते बहते, दिल के साथ
न जाने और क्या क्या ले गए

अब कैसे कहे की क्या मर्जी है।

ये फूल अभी नए है
खिलने से भी डरते है
ये शब्द अभी नए है
होटो से शरमाते है

तो कैसे बताये क्या मर्जी है।

हैरान,
बस हैरान इस बेहोशी से
और हैरानी से बेहोश

अब होश ना आये तो ही बेहतर
क्यों की न जाने किसकी मर्जी है

Adiyogi

Now that i see you

i walk slow.

Now every step an infinite journey!

Every breath to be savoured!

Why would i even look up

to your face?

These barren lands,

this dust flying in this abandoned space

is enough!

Not one more step,

now that i'm nearing

let me stop here forever,

At a distance..tearing!

Since Then..

Like a leaf 

weightless

completes its fall

and melts into the ground

The bee rests its buzz

incessant

closed in the flower

without a sound

My eyes 

knew rest

only when 

into yours..

..drowned!

For that one moment

and never again, 

ever since then..

Suspended

Thrown out and sucked in

held up and drowned back in

churned around

and tossed up at last

into the sky of the senseless!

Watched you rapt 

and unblinking for long

only to be zapped

into the empty space 

that was you.. a moment ago!

Now eyes closed

and eyes open

its all the same

All that is seen

held up by the unseen

Suspended in who knows where

wherever 

and however

though in pain, it doesn't matter

for always in love

forever and ever!

Why do flowers bloom?

Is it the wind that 

made the leaves move

Is it really the plant 

from which the flower grew

Is it the water drops 

that sunk in

and threw..

..out this sweet smell!

Is it the sweetness

that brought the smile

Was it really in love

that you paused for a while!

These winds, 

these leaves,

these smells

playing with the light

this rustle, 

this buzz, 

this moment

standing out bright!

This beauty

This peace

This love

do i really know?

Up,down

right,left

then, now

where do i go?

Cried and screamed

Danced and laughed

Sorrowed and sang

Wrote poems.
And all that stuff

Grinned and frowned

Wept for a while.

Then came around

And realized
That it's not enough...

...without the wide open sky!

..and the next moment...gone!

Is it time?
for time to stop

From the endless play of shadows
and light

This one beam that came in
Is this the one..

What flickered right now

just for a moment..

Was it the invisible 

that was seen

at last!

Why did words dissappear?

Is it because...

more than what words can say

Has already been said?

I wring my hands in sweet pain

Will i never know?

A Piece of Paper and String

A piece of string 

not just for the kite

Once the winds start...

As it tugs and pulls

Freed from the earth

Flies also with my heart

Pulls and climbs

through the wind

beyond which i cannot see..

Not just the string

My breath...

slips away from me..

And once beyond

there it stays

to drift without a sound...

now over the wind 

forgetting the string 

that binds to the ground.

Here i am.

holding one end 

the other touches sky

I wonder

and i wonder what it is.. 

that makes it fly?

All Around

The leaf that
does not know
but to fall at its pace

The ripples that
come and go
on the water surface

The dragon fly
that hovers
here in mid space

Dust that flew
now settling
with infinite grace!

A sweet tremble multiplying
And yet not a sound..not a sound
The earth is still and the sky is mute
Deep in my breath and all around!

"बरे झाले देवा, निघाले दिवाळे!"

मनास  फटकारती
भावनांचे जाळ देती
उधळून,

तुकोबांचे शब्द गर्जती
आणती जाग
हदरून!

कोणास समजली
हि अजब धुंदी
दुख्खाबरोबर सुखाचीही होळी
आज आनंदे
होताना पहिली!

Lovelorn?

Misery can be forgotten,

Pain healed,

Sorrow can be reasoned with

And loss concealed..

for good!

Lament can be made,

Tears can be shed,

And a spirit defeated,

can once again be fed

with hope!

Its possible to rekindle

That which is frozen.

Mists thick and heavy

that hide the horizen

can be lifted!

But you once asked 

and it made me reel

'To be love-lorn?

How does it feel?'

What feeling

What emotion

What meaning

A burning, biting and a bitter

'WHAT?'

To whatever else you fancy!

To look upto in askance

To one who has already left

And while the world goes

at its own pace

To question
 a blank empty space..

This can't be felt!

An unmoving Abruptness

Can only be stared at

Forever!

Hibiscus

Dearest Hibiscus
Brightest!
If i could ever grasp
even in the slightest..

What magic, what joy
outflowed?
What mad rush
did explode..

for you to happen!

Bursting forth
so red
If i could ever rejoice enough
what more needs to be said

If my eyes can open
my breath still
If my heart can open
so simple...so full
Right here
Without a face...without a name
like you..
An eternal smile!

Then all is well
all is found,
ready to drop...like you
without a sound!

माणसानं काय करावं ?

तुझी आठवण झाली की
कविता सुचते
कविता लिहून झाली की
तू नाहीस … ह्याची जाणीव होते !

फूल

फूल आलं कुठून ?
फूल  आलं  फांदीतून .

फांदी आली कुठून ?
फांदी आली झाडातून

झाड आलं कुठून ?
झाड आलं  मातीतून

म्हणजे काय झालं ?
फूल  आलं  मातीतून..  नाही का ?

छे … मुळीच नाही !

मग काय  आकाशातून पडलं का ?
नाही !

फुल आलं  आतून
तुझ्या आणि माझ्या
मनातून !

असं  कसं  काय विचारत बसू नका ,
पटलं तर घ्या … नाहीतर सोडून द्या !

For Once!

This time when you spoke
I did not listen

I lived!

For i heard...i know..
not just your voice
not just you words
not just what you said
not just what you felt

not even the way you looked
the way your eyes shone
the way your heart beat
..in time with mine..

yes...not even that!

I knew what i knew
and what really maddened
and thrilled and freed beyond..

beyond the place where we sat
(like we sit everyday)
and time that reminds you to go
(like you do everyday)

for there is nothing much to say..is there?
(once you have drank your tea)

yes..beyond all this..for once..

was simply..

..that you knew.. that i knew..
that you knew..
and so on...

Enough is enough!

The winds stop amazed in their path

The rustling leaves their endless gossip hush

The ants and the bees break their trail
and look up from their mindless rush.

The high note of the songbird
that goes echoing through the skies,

fumbles.

And the ancient eyelid of the age-old mountain

from his eternal slumber,

opens.

The prancing deer and the lilting butterfly

stumble....their gait unsure

and in the other world, even Bheeshma

the austere one, sheds a tear!

A question mark over all earth and sky

Speechless in disbelief wondering why

Has Tejas suddenly given up on chai?

 

Waiting

One step at a time,
I try to walk through this bewitching terrain.

One breath at a time,
I try to catch in this enormous downpour.

One word at a time,

That comes to my mind, I choose to be silent and let go.

One moment at a time,
I lay down my guard.

Pretending to be innocent,

And waiting secretly every moment..

For you to take me by surprise!

प्रेम

रस्त्यात थांबून विचारतो
'का हो एवढी गर्दी?'
'भल्या मोठ्या हत्तीला
झाली म्हणे सर्दी!'

पण त्या गर्दीलाही दूर सारून
एक मुंगी मात्र आली वाट काढून

हत्ती झाला थक्क
कारण मुंगीने बघता बघता चक्क…

खिशातला हातरुमाल काढून दिला !

डोळ्यात पाणी आणून हत्ती म्हणाला
'केवढी काळजी बघ तिला!"

पण त्या दिवसाचं काय?
आपण  जिथे भेटलो त्या रस्त्याचं काय?

त्या रस्त्यावर उभ्या असलेल्या
आपलं बोलणं श्वास रोखून ऐकणाऱ्या
त्या झाडाचं काय?

झाडावरून खाली
वाऱ्यावर आपल्यासाठी अलगत तरंगत आलेल्या
त्या वाळलेल्या फुलाचं काय?

तुझ्या केसांबरोबरच माझ्या मनालाही घेऊन उडणाऱ्या
त्या वाऱ्याचं काय?

आणि आपली फुललेली मनं
प्रतिबिंबित करणाऱ्या
त्या निःशब्द नभाचं काय?

या सगळ्यांना मी कसं  सांगू
की तुला यातलं काहीच आठवत नाही…

Falling in Love

Like a tear drop
Like a dried up leaf

one spontaneous moment
without a sound

with open arms
with melting heart

realizing the gentleness
in the hard rocks

embracing the softness
in the dry earth

Filled with the fullness
of the empty sky

How else if not through my death
can i express my love!