SONGS OF CHILIKA LAKE

Over the Chilika Lake, and

Boarded in a train,

On the way to home,

I am passing by the Lake,

To get soil, grain or a doll,

Or to find loved one.

Two boats through waters

Oh! How beautiful it is

In the autumn morning,

Blue sky, sparkling sun-light

On surface of water, I go,

Jingling with childhood days.

Over the Chilika Lake, and

Through morning delight,

I never thought of wood

To draw a curtain over

My journey, certain hope

I know holds the wind.

Over the Chilika Lake, and

Through the fishermen’s dream,

I can move to get fortune,

That may play a role

As far as I can stay on this earth,

This earth holds the birthright.

Over the Chilika Lake, and

Through the smile of sympathy,

As I have grown up old,

I am searching for loving faces

Of those who can drape me

With love and let me not to wait.

Over the Chilika Lake and

Through the colors above water,

I feel fascination with loud wows,

No blur, sharp focus, luck and elegance,

I will say, my love,

Don’t quit joy, let me enjoy.

DEWALI IS AN ARGUMENT OF LIGHT

One who is not a poet is a poet,

Diwali, night, darkness, light -

Simple likeness over darkness is

Whispers of dryness of illumination.

Life is whisper, light is a break and beginning

Of prize that keeps things shaped in life,

With time, events and manifestation of

Purpose, known or unknown, brings  

To receive colors of night to burn in

Illumination, above darkness behind shadows,

Lineage of truth that evolves breaks

In the night, creating morning, inside.

A rose cannot argue, glamour of light can do it.