Fall, Level, Bruise

Garden Path

in the walk of life

our trails came together

we came to a fork

you turned left; i said good night

Shot to Pieces

i snapped at you 

in anger; you left

i now live with  

my photo, graphic memory


Flood Pressure 
life without love they say 
is a desert; how untrue

it's monsoon; i'm drowning 
in the tears i shed for you

Black Whole
darkness has long gone, 
why is it  still night

unburden my heart
let it be light

14th of July

have you ever stopped and wondered

what it would be to stop time; or just pause it 

like sivaji does in paatum naane bhavamum naane

when my music stops the world grinds to a halt

and action movies becomes still life paintings

do it then, as federer serves for the match

when i arch my back and raise my arms and 

bend my knees and toss the ball

do it then, after the finger moves but before it writes

do it then, after the trigger's pressed but before gunfire

do it then, in that limbo between salivation and sensation

do it then, before time travels from anticipation to conclusion  

do it then, while i get a whiff of heaven

do it then, before the dream's wakeful dead

do it now, and keep doing it  again

pause, rewind, play ... but not the bitter end

1st & 4most

one to come, one to tie

two to win, one to die

just one it is, one no more

kiwis have wings but kiwis don't fly, 

no one scored less, no one scored more

the match is won on the score of four

beyond a boundary, limited over rules 

three lions up three lions soar

Everpest

old man on the hillside

summit in his sight

sherpa to the left

fixed rope to the right

two hundred in front of  him

two hundred behind

in step now with hillary

all-conquering kind

peak view stunning

simultaneous blinding

what's hidden below 

under  snowy icing

20 tons of garbage

many things much worse

four human bodies

four buried climbers

the dichotomies of life 

and its many highs

man compromises

age has made him wise

youth on the hillside

summit out of sight

doesn't need an answer

gets the question right