Are they really gone?

When the black hole of death
Swallows all
For the ultimate journey
When they get the call

The life force
In the thousands and millons born
Upon body's loss
Where are they just gone?

Into the heaven,vast
Leaving behind the past?
To merge with the God
The bodies and the souls,he lords?

They lesve to be reborn?
In another land,In another form?
Or just walk around,
Past us making no sound?

Are they really lost?
Or can they live as ghosts?
Or are they living in us?
As the love,which on us,they bless?

Friends forever

Today,I call upon him again
And he comes to visit me in the crowded lane
We sit and gaze each other in the eye
Forgetting to speak,even to sigh

He,beside me,in his usual passive self
I immersed myself,into his depths as I delved
He touches gently,beyond body,my heart
And I respond by shutting all other thoughts that dart

We sit together much time in silence
Till someone spoke,reminding me of his presence
That was you again,loneliness,my dear friend
Each time so unique,each time so different.

Words

Today is a day when I sit to write
And the words would not just come right
Words that parade my brain,day and night
whether I am lonely or in a crowd,tight

They wander in my head,as the lyrics of some song
Heard at a time and forgotten,long
They fill the blank pages of the books I read
In my monotonous life,giving company,when I need

Words, that speak my mind ,loud and clear
Words that rescue, from the silence' sharp spear
Words that comfort, those from my mother
Words that I learn, knowledge - givers

What would I be if not without words?
How can I even wonder of that world?
For without putting in some words,
I cannot even fly my thought - birds.

Search

Why should I still search
For that which is long gone
Why do i still lurch
In the memory lanes,for something unknown

Maybe there is still a wound
Which the passing time has not healed
Maybe a thread is still bound
Though hard I tug,refuses to be peeled

So I stand at the closed gate
Peering down the pavement nearby
Till I find you, I will wait
Watching the passers-by

Reminisce

Let me sing this lullaby for you
Though the words are stuck in my throat
Let my pain speak as tears
As you break all earthly knots

Let me sit again on this swing
You had built with rope of love
To make me fly without wings
And the heaven of happiness, I saw

Let me walk again on this road
That you had walked, holding my hand
And hear again,those words, untold
"You are for me, against, even if world stands"

Let me lie again on this bed
That I had lain with you on those nights
When my mind felt disturbed
And you had said," Its all gonna be right"

Where are you, when today all I want
Is to be with you and to feel that I am a part
Of the one, 'cos of whom, this world I could see
Who has left me now with only memories to reminisce...

The Quest

The mind, like a bird in delight
Poised to take its first flight
Into the clear,blue skies
Before the clouds of thoughts arise

To sink into the depths of blue
With wings coloured in vibrant hues
And seek that which it wants to find
The one,true answer that hides behind

As it scans the distant high
To search the answer for all its 'Why?(s)'
It becomes confused of the direction, best
To start the query, 'The life test'

But fly ahead,it must
With all its energy and zest
For not every life is so blessed
That it can afford to quest

Near You...

Again comes one of those days
When the world sleeps and I wake
To gaze into the starry,moonlit sky
And speak to someone, who wont reply.

You come near me as the chill of the night
And caress my face with the hands of breeze
Here,in your lap, I feel comfort
As through locks of my hair,your fingers release

I recapitulate the moments we shared
Those countless times when we felt so near
Before fate could draw us apart
And, from me,you had to part

Now memories, like the moon, follow
Behind me,wherever I go
Reminding that you are ever so close
No matter how much the time erodes...