Pleasant Company

Wandered into the moonlight

With a silver lining down my back,

Let time slip by

That left a trail inside the cracks.

Took a sip of sultry weather

With Night's silent mistress,

Distracted by the stars

Studded on her fortress.

The clinking of the leaves

With fresh water on their lips,

Winked back at my warm host 

Still tapping his finger tips.

I swayed to his music,

And with his gusty right hand man

Sang a song of harmony,

As we danced with dangerous elan.

The lady dressed in Summer

Was playful crazy thing,

Twisting me to the mercy

Of the mosquitoes' maddening sting.

Bugs rapturously croaked

Lessons of love and tyrants.

I engrossed and taking mental notes

As Mother listened amused and silent.

Mistress' guards, unguarded

Roared in thrilling laughter,

As her brilliant spectical poured

Heaven's intoxicating nectar.

Silence... bliss...

Water... Earth...

Humming... Roaring...

Song of death, of birth

I drank to our health

Then lay under the fading sky,

And as the moon set sadly

I said my last goodbye.

Wander in the moonlight

With a silver lining down your back

Let time slip by

And leave its trail inside the cracks.

Reflections

While searching in the abyss

Of everyday

I find easy distractions.

Puddles, chappals, Mitti

Brown earth and skin

In a haphazard holy union

In the city grime and promise.

Malai, bread, sugar

Soggy between the fingers.

A minor blemish of

self created perfection.

Rain, sleep, dreams

A peace or surrendering

To the call of another world

Fantastic and Forgettable.

Chatting, buzzing, images

Whirling in technicolour

Films, episodes, gossip

For a perfect story 

Complete satiation.

While searching, blind, in the chasm

Of everyday

I close my eyes

And wake

Sometimes screaming, sometimes in fatigue

Sometimes in pure curiosity.

Down, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down

In squiggles

In slow motion

In solitude

Without sight

Indefinitely suspended

with my tea cups, spoons,

demons, chappals and remote controls.