I watch

I have dwelt much on death

the fall, the wither, the fading away

I have seen the spirit burning bright

in flesh weakening each passing day

and now I watch in deep quietitude

the green grass grow by the thoroughfare

Hiding

fingerprints everywhere
in drying
decay
wither
fading away

the mirror
bears witness
every day

it hides in plain sight
yet we pretend
we do not know
death has come to stay

Love

to those who mourn

fickleness of love

raindrops dying on hot asphalt

I say

it is only love

that rises heavenwards

from blazing pyres

and flourishes green

on crumbling graves

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Time 2

victor, vanquished 
friend or foe 
time's grinding wheel
turns all to dust

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Time 1

carried by time's relentless rush 
soaring and crashing on unceasing waves 
eyes raised upto the sky 
I search for that lone unmoving star

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Pain

deeper the pain
deeper the furrow 
deeper the root 
of the joy that grows 
in the hallowed ground of heart

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Holding Sorrow 2

I have learnt
to hold sorrows
in grateful hands;
gifts from beyond
wrapped in patience 
to be opened
some day
in exuberance of joy

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Holding Sorrow-1

I have sown sorrows
in hallowed ground;
surrendered to
loving patience of earth
watered by
perennial flow of tears
I await the flowering
of my secret garden

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Words of Love

that timeless flow
that endless surge
to be poured
in small cups
of fragile alphabets

you want to hear
love caught in words

~ Rwits

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Love is just another word

all dross burnt to ashes
walls crumbled to dust

all barriers broken
transfigured to bridges

then merging
in pure white nakedness of souls

until this is done
love is just another word

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If Only

if only you could

hear what I do not say

and
say what I want to hear

life will become

so wonderful !

~Rwits

Same Burning

you and I; 
the same burning 
clothed 
in different robes of flesh 
seeks in the other 
deep quenching pool

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Patience

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my patience
grows roots
and raises branches
up to the sky
the flowering waits
for you
to find your way
to me

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Only When

only when I
surrendered the last hope
relinquished the last dream
vine torn from support
I crumpled to ground
did the lover appear
and gather me
in sanctum of embrace

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Flowers

I found flowers 
or rather 
flowers found me 
beckoning with colors 
whispering in fragrances;
in their defenceless fragility,
in their relentless bloom
against wither of time,
my defeat finds hope

380

What Is

in unblemished clarity 
of what is
sorrow burns to ashes
grief turns to dust
on wasteland thus reclaimed
a wild garden blooms
invincible faces
raised to the sky

379

Alone

around warmth of fireplace
stories of togetherness
comfort and make one drowsy
forgetful
of the night sky above
where every star
surrounded with multitudes
is utterly alone

378

What cannot be bought

bought for a price
bottled blood of dead flowers
worn with pride

till one day
you tire of sameness
and long for those things
that cannot be either
bought or caught

smell of wet earth
freshly mown grass
fragrances of flowers
that bloom for the moment
wither and die

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Unspoken Lingers

some things are best left unspoken

cornered, caged

starved of freedom
the spoken languishes

unspoken lingers 

and comes upon you 

unbidden, unawares

the way

wild fragrances find you

in  summer evenings

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So Many Ways

I find you with me
in so many ways
sob in my laughter
smile in my tears
in all my pretensions
slow burn of truth

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Rock and Wind

I am rock
rooted unmoving
you restless roving wind
sculpting me
in forms of fancy 
etching on me
chronicles of time

your patience
your love
no less than mine

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New Year

tonight we will
clothe all our shadows
in brightness of smiles

tonight we will 
weave hopes and build
a fragile shelter
against unstoppable time

🎊🎇 HAPPY 🎋 NEW YEAR 🎆

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