Offerings from 2007 - i

Embrace...

Once we were lost, and now are found.

We met at a moment when,

You were not you, and I not I.

We journeyed together to the cliff at the top of the world,

And from there we leaped into the beyond.

We heard the music of the spheres together,

And to it we danced - the perfect dance.

Soon, all too soon, the music stopped and the dance ended,

Perfection never lasts for more than moments.

Now, instead of the music, a silence plays,

And it says simply -

My friend, Farewell.

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Spaces Revisited

The ever-flowing stream of chatter,

The quiet buzz and loud rings of cellphones,

Silences that situate themselves in between,

Cars lined next to one another,

The solitary dry tree in the midst of it all...

The crowds of people walking in and out,

The red brick of the buildings beside,

Rings of cigarette smoke that fill the air,

Animals, birds and insects all demand their space,

The I in the midst of it all...

The street urchin that begs for a morsel more,

The tea-vendor who supplies the daily necessities,

Raindrops that splatter on the ground,

Ink that flows and marks the page,

The eye in the midst of it all...

The lovers that meet and part,

The workers that seemingly never stop,

Corridors that resound with the laughter of friends,

Posters that mark the walls around,

The cry of ‘Aye!’ in the midst of it all...

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Sounds that barely whimper,

Silences that stifle screams,

Shouts that are never voiced,

A Whole is made of this

Shards that pierce the skin,

Fragments scattered in the wind,

Blood that flows unabated,

A Whole is made of this

Death awaits behind a smile,

Lives flicked away like ash,

Statistics that remain,

A Whole is made of this

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