Audacity

I wandered through heavens and the earth
In darkness and day, cold and warmth.

Nothing scared me more, not even hell
Than the eyes of my naked self,
The fact that I am "Not a drop in an ocean,
But an ocean in a drop"

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Zeitgeist

The blood bathed complexity of being human
Strays naked in the war field of civilization

Hey kid, "Light is all but distress and agony
Darkness is bliss, so sleep on...! "

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I Have a New Home........

Far beyond the mountains of good and evil,
Swampy lands of right, wrong, worth and worthlessness
Away from the gloomy cloud of melancholic self indulgence
Is a valley where you and I never did live
When my heart lie down on those meadows green
I am sure it will  start beating again...

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My Fears....

I too wanted to scribble poetry
But was so scared of reality
Can you blame a robin redbreast
For its fear of the horrors of night

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Back To Ground Zero - My Humanity

We are not as smart as we think...
We ain't as evolved as we claim...
We may have conquered stars and space
But not those dark alleys within,
Where we rarely ever have been
Darkness we should embrace,
To light up the horrors of our daily life
Dim lights where our ancestors met.

Let us begin by accepting that we are flawed,
Far more flawed than we would like to believe
Still taking pride in being human,
Our ability to march forth,
No matter how many times we stumble and fail....

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MUSINGS WITH THE MASTER......

Master: 

'What is your life anyway ?'

Ever scared that something will happen to you......some one will harm you......
Relentlessly trying to assert your worth...as if you were worthless by default.......
Guilt ridden every now and then........
Incessantly trying to impress, add more substance, manipulate, explain, convince.......

How have you gone so astray ?
How did you get lost in this falsehood ?

Come on....Son.......Its is time to return......
It is time for homecoming........

Disciple:

Why were you this late.......? ?

Master:

I was here throughout.....watching all along.....your zest and zeal......thought not to disturb...........

Son......early and late are for those who are trapped in the vexation of time.....we are birds of eternity........
Now flutter your wings.......chew this cane......let us fly.........


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LEARNING

Through sincere imitation
I stumbled on the art of being original
Through shameless acceptance
I started seeing glimpses of my naked face.

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