Saturday, July 26, 2025

The tree is like the sea

In windy July the tree

Is in unending movement
Like the sea that cannot
Stop its dance or chant
In my line of sight a crow
Is busy building a nest with
What it can find on the street
It often catches its breath 
While carrying a broomstick
Or dry twig, on my roomy ledge
The heaving branches make the 
Little airy home in the making, bob
Seeing all this frenetic realty trend
Another bird is buoyant, serenades
Its speckled mate, through the day and
Night, when its cry cannot go unheard.

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Seeking is fraught

The sky is a pastel blue now

Clear of all clouds 
You won't believe
It had just rained 
If you had not seen
The drizzle coming down
This is a festival month
Invoking the dark goddess
The procession of devotees
In yellow clothes and with milk pots
Pauses time and traffic 
The temple is not too far
But I have not entered it
For so many years now
There are no more prayers
Left in me, for seeking is fraught;
The devotion of the others
Is touching, the faith that keeps
Them going year after year even
After they saw the skies fall and
There was no one to stop the fall.