Metal winged angel

The silent selfish champion
Of words, thoughts and ideas
The boisterous calculating annihilator
Of pride, virtue and pity

Oh! My metal winged angel!

For reasons known, I adore you.
And for reasons unknown, they fear you.
From ancient times have they despised you,
And for that one known reason I love you.

Oh! My red rose with a poison ivy!

Standing at the edge of the cliff,
I wait for my stone hearted lady of love.
With every moment alone, a pain,
I wait alone for life’s accomplice.

Oh metal winged angel!
The red rose with a poison ivy.
My stone hearted lady of love;
Come to me, my malignant accomplice!

Apology

A loosely crafted poem straight from the heart!



At dawn I hold you in my arms.
And at dusk I threw you out
As a worn out old toy.

Plunging your heart
With deep agonizing pain.

Forgiveness – a day dream
And mercy – a butcher’s knife.

A fool was I to lose my truth in you;
And search it in others.

With no words to speak
And no words to apologize
I stand before you
With tears of regret.

With shame for my actions
And hate for my being
I wish every second
To delete that single damned moment.

Broken Love

Let me rest in peace; Let me forget you
And let me suffer in solitude.
But please take from me,
Your aching memories.

Making my life a living hell;
You Haunt my days with ghosts from our past.
Haunting my days with every minute I cross;
You made my life a soft toy in your hands.

The groaning cry that emanates
When you come in my dream.
And the searing pain that implodes
When the dream vanishes in reality.

You forget my words and the promises we shared,
You disregard my love and the days we spent
You lose my love and lost yourself,
As you burn my soul,a can of carcass.

Let me live; Let me breathe
And let me smile once more
Please give me back my reason for life.
Give myself back.

P.S: Inspired from the song " Po Nee Po" of the album 3.

Pangs of Hunger

Tear down the clouds,
Ignite the sun,
Freeze the moon and
Purge the world.

Enough of
The deaths;
The cries;
And the tribulations.

Paint the moon red
Paint the night red
Paint the sky red
And wash the nations with blood.

Cleanse the world
Of the putrefying humans.
Set fire to them all
For a child died of hunger.



Set them ablaze
In the smouldering pangs of hunger,
And from the ashes,
Let the new order begin.

A world devoid of hunger
A nation united by bonds of blood
And a society lacking prejudice
But filled with pride of who we are.

Inspired from:
தனி ஒரு மனிதனுக்கு உணவில்லை எனில் ஜகத்தினை எரித்திடுவோம்
- மகாகவி பாரதி
If there is no food for a single man, then let's burn the world!!
- Mahaakavi Bhaarathi

The Elastic Toy

There I was,
Sitting at the edge of my seat,
Staring at the infinite stars,
And counting every tick of time,
As I wait for the reason of life.

Neither can I trust the sun,
Nor can I doubt the moon,
For the cruel tricks they play,
Makes time an elastic toy.

Pulling a few strained out seconds
To last for ages.
But bringing years of happiness
In a few blessed minutes.

Sickened by love,
I lay alone stranded
For ages and ages,
Awaiting her arrival.

Thrilled by my love,
Time runs ahead of me,
Gobbling up hours of time,
And sparing me a few minutes.

Miracle of a Second

A moment of blunder made,
To be resented for a lifetime.
A second's thought of triumph,
To bask in glory for years to come.

A minute's whim,
To make one curse for ages.
An 'either-or' option,
To mutilate your destiny.

And a lax mind,
That brings untold misery,
For whole future.

An instant flash,
When two eyes dash,
Is all that requires,
For love to bloom, or enmity to brew,
For a fit of action or a bit of compassion.

An instantaneous idea, A moment’s mistake,
A random error, A flashy bang (big-bang),
Is all that is needed,
To create life and to end it.
To push a man to grandeur Or pull him to abyss.

In a second,
Lies the thread of destiny,
Tied to the fate of Universe
To be played upon
In the hands of Nature.

Photo courtesy: Ruban Rex

Betrayal

Trust was all that I had in you,
When you threw it into gutter
And spat in my face
Inviting retribution and pain.

Kneel before me; Pray to me;
Plead and cry for your filthy life
For I am your master,
Your soul keeper and life sucker.

Run amuck or hide around
But do remember the sweet truth
That there is no escape
From my wrath and fury.

Squirm in pain
And die with fear
For vengeance is now
My sweet pleasure

Beware!
You mortal fool!
Better lick my feet and be at peace,
Than to betray me and wish for death.

The Magic Hat

When Knowledge is the nectar
Birth is an obligation,
Life a pain,
And death a bliss.

When the truth unravels,
Birth becomes an unwanted intruder
And life an endless wait
For the arrival of the guest – ‘death’.

Open the safe of knowledge
With the key of thoughts
To enlighten the mind of the daring truth
That life is a trivial game show.

Pitiable lives run amuck
Amassing money, power and fame
Afraid of the truth,
And ignorant of the secret
That life is just a magician’s hat.

சிவ சிவா!! (Siva Sivaa!!)

கருமை கதிர் வீசும் ஜடாமுடி
அதில் அழகே அமர்ந்துள்ள அரைதிங்கள்
நடராஜனுடன் இணைந்தாடும்,
மெல்லிடை கொண்டு,வளைந்து ஆடும்-
ஆகாச கங்கை!

ஞாயிறை இருதுண்டாக கொண்ட கண்கள்
அதன் மேல் ஞாயிறையும் சுட்டெரிக்கும் நெற்றிக்கண்.
ஆலகால நஞ்சை அமுதென அருந்தி
அண்டத்தை காத்த கருநீல சங்குடையான்.

கருநீல கொடியநஞ்சுடைய நாகத்தை
அணியாக அணிந்த மணிகண்டா

நீ என்னுள் சரி பாதி- உமையாளே
நான் உன்னுள் ஒரு பாதி
என பகுத்தறிவு ஊட்டிய வேதநாயகா

அண்டத்தை அழிக்கும் சர்வ சம்ஹாரா!
நீ என்னை அழித்து,
உன்னை என்னில் புகற்றி,
என்னை காப்பாய் ருத்ரநாதா!

நான் உன்னை சரணடைந்தேன் பரபிரம்மமே!!



The english font for people who cant read tamil!

Karumai kathir veesum jataamudi
Adhil azhage amarnthulla araithingal
Nataraajanudan inaindhaadum,
Mellidai Kondu,Valaindhu aadum,
Akaasa gangai

Gnaayirai iruthundaaga konda kannkal
Adhan mel gnaayiraiyum sutterikkum Netrikkann
Aalakaala nanjai amudhena arundhi
Andathai kaatra karuneela sangudaiyaan.

Karuneela kodiyananjudaiya naagathai
Aniyaaga anindha manigandaa

Nee ennul sari paadhi- Umaiyaale
Naan unnul oru paadhi
Ena pagutharivu oottiya Veda naayagaa

Andathai azhikkum Sarva Samhaara!!
Nee ennai azhithu,
Unnai ennil pugatri,
Ennai kappai Rudranadaa!

Naan unai saranadainthen parabrahmame!!

Anticipation

Sitting lonely on the edge of seat,
Waiting from dawn with eyes full of hope,
Holding my breath to get a glimpse
Of her lovely sparkling face.

Thinking of the times we had,
Celebrating the moments we spent,
Dreaming of living them again,
I wait alone for my first love.

The starry nights we spent together,
The fights we had every month,
When you’d vanish without a trace,
For three whole days
And then return with a sheepish little grin.

Patience slipping away,
Anxiety filling in,
Fear creeping in,
And light fading out.

The awaited moment arrives,
When the precious times would return,
As I see her rising between the mountains,
My first love; my reason for life.

Indebted perpetually

A flickering flame,
A dying battle
And a lost soul
Was all that remained in me.

Thoughts obscured,
Ideals violated
And morality loosened
Made life a living hell.

Hope - a farmer’s dream,
Life - a donkey’s burden,
Ambition – a poet’s banter
And I – a speck of dirt
Until they found
The remains of my long lost soul.

Taking me along with them,
Talking sense into me,
And feeding in the fuel
For the fire in me to burn again.

Life – a rebirth,
Pain – a memento,
Dream – an inspiration,
And thoughts a new hope.

Hope – a lighthouse
To cross the sea of life,
And ready to face the tides of misery
Over the boat of self assurance.

Despair to confidence,
Pain to power,
Dope to hope,
And from death to redemption.

To every life who trusted on me,
To every mate who kindled me,
And made me bear the mammoth responsibility,
Am indebted perpetually!


(Truly indebted to a whole lot of friends who were with me during my distressed times as well as happy times, helped me, encouraged me, inspired me and set an example for me... This is for all of them!! :))

Lost Love

Translation of tamil poem ,"காதல் இன்றி அமையாது இவ்வுலகு!!" by my friend Ruban! The link: http://thamizhkavithaigal.weebly.com/

Here goes the translation:
Lost Love

My heart skipped a beat or two-
When I opened out my love.
The moment you disregarded it,
My heart came to a halt.
Though I lost myself in love,
Never will I let love to get lost.

Glad that you never chose me!
For if you had,
My triads would have faded.

Glad that you never chose me!
As now my words portray,
Every angel my eyes stray.

Burying in my lost love,
I save shards of bereft love
And a few left out verses
For the love of my life.

And the original tamil version by Ruban:
காதல் சொல்லி
நீ ‘இல்லை’ என்று சொன்ன
வார்த்தையின் இறுதியில்
இறந்தே போனேன் நான்!

நான் தோற்றுப் போனாலும்
நெஞ்சில் முடக்கி வைத்து
தோற்க விடவில்லை-காதலை!!!

நீ எனக்கு கிடைத்திருந்தால்
உன்னோடே முற்றுப் பெற்றிருக்கும்
என் கவிதைகள் எல்லாம்!

இப்போதோ கண்ணில்படும் தேவதைகள்
யாவரும் கவிதைக்கு கருப்பொருள் ஆகிறார்கள்!

காதல் என்னை துளைத்து வெளியேறியதால் தான்
நான் மனிதனாகிப் போனேன்- ஏன்!
புனிதனாய் கூட மாறிப் போனேன்!!!

காதல் முழுவதையும், கொஞ்சம் கவிதைகளையும்
சேமித்து வைக்கிறேன்-
என் வருங்கால வாழ்க்கைக்காக!!

Scarred Eternally!

A thought so deeply etched in memory
Of a Knife plunged deep into my heart.
A dream that haunts me every night
Of an unfulfilled promise!

Should you come into my life?
And scar me eternally?

The promise of holding hands
And growing old together!
The assurance of a support
In times of need and despair.

Oh silvery old moon!
Why did you have to vanish?
To give way to new moon?

Leaving behind a shadow
Of the times we spent
And the dreams we shared-
A deep crater in my heart.

Should you come into my life?
And scar me eternally?

Ganga

High up above I start my life,
From the icy peaks and glaciers,
As a mere tiny creek from the melt,
A small puddle of pristine water.

Jumping across rocks,
Flowing through ravines,
I come down gushing into valley
Gaining more power, momentum and silt.

Tumbling down from the mountains,
I begin to alter the environ,
Changing the shape of my surroundings
Thus blossoming the life of lives

All is well till monsoon arrives.
Picking up momentum and quantity,
I rage on uncontrollably,
On my own free will.

Wreckage, Havoc, Destruction and Pandemonium,
Death, Sickness, Epidemic and misery,
Are the souvenirs I leave by,
To be remembered for one whole year.

Hope among despair
A lotus among the ditch,
Is the silt I leave by,
The seed of the fertile land.

Voodoo

(Tried synchronizing the lines with the song from Godsmack: Voodoo)

The Shaman comes by to bring you death,
When you really want to live up your life.
Never will you ever smile through your heart,
And your soul is lost due to your deeds.

The shaman sits by the moonlight
With an effigy in his hands.
Piercing pins through the straw toy,
To torture the soul he wills.

Breathe in Poison, Dream of daylight,
Wish you meet death than this.

You'll be the one who cries out of pain,
When the pangs of hot iron enter your soul.
Never will you ever wish for a life
That I just gobbled into my own.

Sucking life out of your soul,
Draining blood out of your heart,
Body shaking out of pure pain,
Being broken and teared.

Dread for next life; where torture follows,
Pray for the death again.

You'll be the one who cries out of pain,
When the pangs of hot iron enter your soul.
Never will you ever wish for a life
That I just gobbled into my own.

The Silver Moon

One of my Mundane scribblings:

Staring at the Milky Sea
Lying on the golden sand
Gobbling up the infinite beauty
Of the white silver moon.

Happy was I,
With a single twinkling star.
Never knowing the truth,
That it is a death star.

So lonely was I,
With the burn by the star
And the haunting memories left behind,
Stripping me of all emotions.

Then came the silver moon,
With all her untainted glow,
And no one saw me,
Except the silver moon.

Staring at her twinkling eyes,
Awed by her golden strands,
Gobbling up the infinite beauty,
Of her silver moon face.

Him, You and I

Lose your pride; Loser your envy;
Lose your anger and lose your ego.
Lose yourself in the thought of Him.
And let Him steal your body and soul.

Think on Him and Feed on Him.
Feel Him, love Him, be Him and Know Him.
Transform into His self; absorb into Him
And become the One with Him.

Renounce the fleeting worldly pleasures
Leave behind the momentary urges & thoughts;
Rise high to learn the bold truth,
That You and I are none, but Him!!

Aham Brahman asmi!!

The entire universe acts on my whim,
The whole world exists on my thoughts,
And the lives in it exist with my wish,
For I am Him, the Almighty!

Humans yearn to have a glance;
And work to unravel my secret.
Whatever they try, truth still eludes them,
For I am Him, the Omniscient.

I am your love & I am what you hate;
Am in your soul and within your life.
I am all you hate and whatever you want.
I am You and You are mine.
For I am Him, the Almighty!

Lost In Love

The silent words that we shared,
The diffident looks that you wore,
The blushing smiles that radiated;
When I heard your name being uttered.

The way I lost my soul in you,
The way you searched yourself in me,
The day you shared a half of me,
That day I became the rest of you.

Let this moment be frozen.
When we realized the sweet truth
That we are hopelessly drowning
In each other’s sea of love!

P.S: Idea taken from tamil song... Mouname parvayai of Anbe Sivam...

நண்பேன் டா!! (My Friend!!)

Just a small idea that stuck me... Dedicated to all my friends!! :D

பெயரை உரைத்தேன் நேரில் வந்தாய் - மறுகணமே;
துயரம் என்றேன் கை கொடுத்தாய் - உதவிக்கு;
கவலை என்றேன் தோள் கொடுத்தாய் - அழுவதற்கு;
உதவி கேட்டேன் உயிரை தந்தான் - என் நண்பன்!!

English translation:

I called your name and u appeared before me - Immediately;
When i was in sorrow u gave me a hand - To help;
When i was down u gave me a shoulder - To cry;
When i asked for a help u gave your life - My friend!!