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 !