POETIC OCEANS 2

     Soft and tender misty fog    Envelops my being, as an     Unseen presence stirs memories    Of moments in quietude-    Heaviness clouds me into    A log, as I place     My hand only to find     Ethereal space;    It is a trace    In mind and heart,    A vision in awakened sleep    Constantly condensing peace    In tears of grief    That slide down the cheek;    The hours spent to seek     the solace    Of the tender misty fog,    That brought inner peace    And relieved the stress;    But does true love ever     fall from Grace?    Leaving one in a blind    Race; Life may cease,    But will trust return to    Unlace the gasping fog-    And w...

Life is short see the industrious ant the tiny bee in split seconds crushed killed under the feet life is joy loss and sorrow,there is but tomorrow  all have a journey a purpose, strong or weak  all things but appear a meaningless scatter when lost is the touch, body gone for ever  objects clothes even words don't score when  cherished valued person is no more one may keep snaps , books, cards and files it becomes a storehouse of still silent piles The  heavy prompt rests on a serious note reminds me of  poet  Ghalib and I quote 'when I ceased to be,they found no ends only'some love letters, some snaps of friends' (chnd tasweer e butan, chnd haseenon ke khatoot   baad marne ke mere ghar se ye samaan nikla) so what to leave behind and what all to take leave the old memories, carry all good no fake for a writer, its the pen filled with non drying ink the notebook , the laptop to main...

“Hope” is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson Feathers of Hope  Flying lightly all over feathers of hope hover linger alive tingle the soul stay without burden,cover the spirit, awakening the heart from time to time, warding away danger depression sadness cold storms in the turbulent seas, not harming even a bird or a gull but keeping the lull,cajoling Poseidon for softness soothing mercy, nothing ever from me asking or the entire humanity but flying closer to all flying for peaceful eternity