A F0rTuiT0uS scRipT

A dream was doled out

cloaked in awe,

festooned with ribbons

of hope tied in bow.

Coy smiles topped with a sheepish ‘hi’

yarned a fib

in you and I.

 

Greetings dipped in flavoured hue;

palette splattered with

red, green, blue.

Day-by-day our names got etched

on benches we sat

and portraits we sketched.

Whispers, whims, wails and winks,

tears and chuckles

spilled in chinks.

 

Old snaps lie drenched with yen;

diaries chatter with ink in pen

of a glossy morrow

and perky tomorrow.

White coat and stetho-

both in place,

a rose in bun

and poise in pace.

 

A dream was doled out

cloaked in awe,

that now smells ripe,

rescued from raw.

So here I scribble my train of thoughts

with memories that ebb

and join the dots.

AN ECHO

I sail on waves;

my apparition follows.

Unstuck, unscathed

wild in chase.

 

Voice beset,

mirrors, beget.

Intent in sight,

ahead and behind;

races and sweeps

across my mind.

Falters, totters,

lurches and slips.

Upon inflicts a score of clips.

Brushes past and loops in hitches;

dips and drowns

and floats atop hitches.

The echo deepens,

frozen in frost;

hunts me down when

dazed and lost.

Smoke of chagrin melts away;

unveils the wall

bathed in trance.

The echo deepens,

frozen in frost;

takes a stance,

dead on chance.

It whacks and strikes

and returns to me.

An echo so deafening;

it coalesces into me.

THE FACADE

Borrowed skin,
Concocted grin.
Swagger in gait, 
A dainty estate.
Listless ways dot the pace
of man who feigns a beckoning face.

He dreams unsure of
aisle obscure;
entrapped in fame,
drinks allure.
Shrunken shimmers
plated with gold
blind the eyes
pretence that hold.
Flavoured breath flitted from crowd,
creeps and peeps;
shallow yet proud.

Sits inside 
a fidgety soul
astir with lies
and half-baked smiles;
wells with tears
that never were shed
for duties undone
and promises with held.

DANCE OF DESTINY : Deep inside... where 'I' reside

She swivels and moves and takes a turn;

holds my hand and makes me learn.

She takes a dip and shoots a glance;

thaws a chill

wrapped in dance.

Unseen

Amiss

Unacclaimed,

A fortune so humble and yet unnamed.

An azure dissolves

in ocean blue;

deserts the ripples

without a clue.

Tears, sweeps, delves

into pockets unearthed,

chimes unheard.

Forgotten hues and unbound shades

knitted into moods,

twirled into braids.

She leads the way and plunges in,

Eyes so wise with a chiseled chin;

stirs the light out of dim.

Uncanny, unflinching fire

set ablaze amidst heart’s desire

that gleams, glows, erupts in time

an ingenious flow

rolled in rhyme.

She shovels a reef out of den;

enthrals with smile

spills a gem.

Gem - not one - but many a count,

lay in rest in glinting amount.

Unflappable

Impeccable

depth so very immeasurable.

Aroused from slumber;

sprung to life.

Sneaks in glory;

triumphant in strife.

She sings a note;

sombre in tone.

Beckons a boat;

from shore unknown.

Then sways a little

and thrusts and heaves

above the rustle, into the breeze;

against the clutter, into the ease.

Sailing across a hundred realm,

I treasure :

a pearl in fist, a flattering beam!