Still..

Do you read my poems,
To erase pain with pain?
Do you alloy in my lines,
To survive and to sustain?
I know, you still wait for me,
Its you, who still go numb,
As you hold a drink at night,
And read to say, 'it's a poetry'?
You fear, my lines may bleed,
As you, with smoky eyes read,
Some words, in the chest of time!
Still wait to read the last line,
Where I say, where I still say,
In spite of all, you are still mine..
Yes, somewhere within me...

Beyond my speculation..

Away from all calculation..

You still remain mine !

Awake !

I lie awake , no, not very far..
Not very far from you..
I lie awake !
I lie awake, with my dream..
I lie awake with nourished soul..
I lie awake..
I go unsaid.. I go untold ..
I lie awake with my generous heart..
Awake to give all the gifts..
I lie awake, amid a treasure boat..
Awake, sailing, with wants and needs !
I lie awake, beholding the beauty all..
Awake, burning in eternal fire..
Awake as I give away my spirit..
To your divine pyre !
I lie awake, among dust and smoke..
Awake, among ashes and soil..
Awake in words of syllable ..
I was awake, long time back..
Today am awake as well..
In years to come, shall you find me..
Awake, for you, lost in your casted spell !

~Manjuri~

A Call

Hold me.. for last and once..
Will you, hold me once ?
Am too drunk to walk alone...
Life is slipping from me..
Am out of myself..
Will you hold me for this last time ?
I know not, who I am..
Nor where Am I now..
Come to me... flow in me..
Be my sense for a while !
Mix in my blood..
Flow in my vein..
Be my pulse for a while...
Be my heart, be my soul..
You be me for a while..
Come be me.. to feel me..
Feel my pain within...
Be me to know me..
Come and be me for a while !
I may not open my eyes again..
Or I may not close to sleep...
And in both ways I lose you...
I may not see, nor dream you again !
So, be mine tonight... be as drunk as me..
Lose everything to find me...
As I did the same... to find you, in me !

~Manjuri~

Stranger !

Stranger, do I know you, still ?
That you had arrived once..
Out of the clear blue sky..
You eyes shone like the stars..
An alien you seemed..
Different from rest I knew..
As if from planet Mars..
You had dawned.. upon me..
Upon my onetime rich heart..

Stranger, do you know me, still ?
That I had arrived once..
From the clouds of June sky..
That smile I brought.. on your lips..
That tune I gave, to your voice,,
That lyrics I gave.. to your pen..
Now no more.. neither near, nor far..
Neither gone... nor remain.. some traces..
Of a stranger You loved, a stranger I loved!

~Manjuri~

Empty Love !

Love, like a fragrant flower,
Lingers on..long after..
It has withered !
Love, like a spring storm..
Haunts.. long, long after..
Calm has set in !
Love, like an opera concert..
Rings on... long after..
The tunes has ended !
Love. like a glass of vodka..
Intoxicates... long after...
The glass empties... !
Love, like me... foolish me..
Continues to love.. long after..
You are gone... !

~Manjuri~

Traveller's Song

World that I have travelled ..
I have toured far and near..
Under the sky full of clouds
Or on a day bright and clear..!

Sometimes by the dreamy brook..
Sometimes to the purple hill..
Oneday beating the summer heat..
Again braving the winter chill..!

Many springs I did spend..
Gazing at blooming bower..
Many monsoon I did drench..
Under a sky-breaking shower !

I travelled, and travelled..
To reach nowhere at all..
I shall continue to journey..
Till I end, or world comes to halt !


~Manjuri~

Love Anew !

Above the defining words..
Petty and light..
I keep you in silence..!
Far from all falsity..
Away from denials all..
I accept you.. in my soul..!
I continue to fall in love..
And remain in love ..
Everyday, once again.. !
Beyond the gasping eyes..
Transcending the grasping mind..
I see you, waiting.. !
That which began oneday..
Searched its end..
Found, a new beginning !
After a day fall..
With a new sunrise..
Love shines in a drop of dew!

Love forgets to fade and die..
Everyday it emerges anew !!

~Manjuri~

You An Illusion, I A Dupe !

Heart a memory keeper..
Soul reverts back to past..
Goes back, stays there..
As if it shall forever last..!
Years come in, and pass by..
A day again becomes night..
Yet those golden glow..still,
Transmits from fading light !
Nothing to hold on..
Time, some sand on palm..
I write, re-write my story..
Within me a storm, outside calm !
Yet again, I start to live..
Yet again, that you breathe..
Some sky and cloud above us..
And a lot of earth, beneath !
Living together, far away..
Hoping against hope..
A slice of life escapes in gasp..
You an illusion, I a dupe !

~Manjuri~