POEM/ TRANSGRESSION

 

Look,

in the childhood

humanity and divinity interplay!

It is the time,

the only time in which

transgression is the rule!

 

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POEM/ FACING THE FACELESSNESS

 

The pre-text

of a face-to-face xp

is another face.

How can I gaze @

my own face

with my own eyes?

We see ourselves

through the “other”-

an inevitable post-text!

POEM/ THE EDGE

 

The edge

is significant,

when we look at the maze.

The grace

is sufficient

when we blessed with confusion.

Unchartered terrains

demand

                        Unchartered Journeys!

POEM/ TRANSLATION

 

Translating,

Trans-slating

Trans-letting

                                    The message?

POEM/FACING THE FACELESSNESS

The pre-text

for a face-to-face xp

is another face.

How can I gaze  

at my own face

with my own eyes?

We see ourselves

Through the “other”-

                                     An inevitable post-text!

POEM/ VIRUS

 

 

 

                                               Virus... virus

                                               Virus....Virus

 

                                                Why don't you

                                                 re-wire us? 

                                                           ______

POEM/ TRAVEL

 

 

Where are you going?

 I don’t know,

                                The map is under my foot bro.

 

                               _______

POEM/ AMMA

 

In a beautiful evening,

In that small backyard playground

Korean kids called their mother

Amma…,

Tamilian kids invoked,

Amma…,

& Mallu kids also called

Amma…

One single immediate reality that

Transcends all our barriers-

                        Amma!

 

POEM/ INSIDE-OUT!

 

Where is my inside-ness

lost out there?

Where is my outside-ness

lost in here?

Redemption of the

inside-outside-ness

and Outside-insideness

opens my heart to have 

a new conversation with the life!

 

                                     _____ 

POEM/ ARK

 

 

 

I need an ark,

pure as paper

before the poem,

to celebrate

my ostrich-moments!

to dream beyond the Niles,

to find a Moses deep within me!

 

 

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POEM/ Holy,Holy,Holy!

 

Getting “dirt”-ied by the soil,

Breathing under the water,

Touched by the sky and clouds,

Talking to the trees and birds,

Washing dishes in the sink,

Seeing colors in the soap bubbles,

Loving more after a tough talk…

All are my ways to holiness!

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Poem/ Third Shore

 

Two shores

of the same river

met at a third-space

under the water!

They said;

We are one!

In that third-shore

they found each other!

 

 

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POEM / RAINBOW

The sunlight

touches the edges of your skin,

trans-letting a beautiful rainbow!

Through that rainbow

tears seem jewels 

on your cheeks!

POEM/ EXIT

 

Exits

are not always well lit!

Often,

they are not well appreciated too,

especially when

a grand show goes on

which makes any sense

only to the luxury seats!

Poem/ Re-Pathing with the Farmers

(Pic.from Singhu Border)[1]

Path-ing; a New Way!

            For an 8 km stretch,

            near Singhu Border

exactly at 28°34'38.4"N[2], Delhi

We struck by a “New Path”

For a new India!

-Eureka!

 

Food; a Key

The old Wiseman from the tent

 invited us:     

“Come and Dine!”

We embraced by

a new -"Beth-lehem"

on the road!

 

Religion; an Interruption

            Religion?

            Yes, it broke out its old cage

            diffused on the road,

            carried by the broken toes,

            un-relinquished energy!

            -“Chalo Delhi.”

 

City; Surrounded by Villages

            Finally,

            The dream has come true!

            A city surrounded by

            The villages!

            -“Ache Din!”

 

Weakness; as Strength

 

            In the sweet rhymes

            of those little kids

            sitting back

on a tractor,

in those feeble but solid words

from that ordinary “citizen,"

on stage,

and

 in the slow but steady melody 

poured out from that old Bulbul,

we found a

“Weak Messianism![3]”

 

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[1] This poetic rendering is inspired by Dharma Jyoti Vidya Peeth Faculty collective solidarity-visit to the Singhu Border, where the farmers are on strike against the newly passed hegemonic-bills by the central government.

[2] Courtesy google map!

[3] Weak messianism is an idea popularized by Walter Benjamin. Please refer to his classic work for further reading –"Theses on History," and the link below.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiPjqjit4_uAhX6zDgGHaHtAdMQFjACegQIAxAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fceasefiremagazine.co.uk%2Fwalter-benjamin-messianism-revolution-theses-history%2F&usg=AOvVaw3VF6SW3gLv06xDhiW4TQoL

 

POEM/ THE PAN-GENIC

 

                 It’s not pandemic

                 It’s pan-genic,

                 for the disenfranchised too!

                 Look;

                 Somebody already

                 walked away

                 from this stingy-

                 closed system!