Unwrapping

Raw and gory little being

The cosmos takes its first breath

Debarked from a realm of bliss

The earth steals a petite kiss

You are now wrapped in papers of morality

An additional paper of colorful guilt

Innumerable others of vivid philosophy

And yet another of dire hatred

Food you eat

Or the wrappers around

Elucidate the weight of your body?

Nonetheless, you are primed; you are on

A quest to revivify the dim

A journey to unwrapping a gift

A gift; from another alien realm

Tear apart the papers

To that default ecstasy within;

A souvenir of the higher

Do not resign; Mind you!

There are layers to strip

Before you slumber.

Dying tears’ serendipity

Murky skin of hers wander

Past breeze that clench tales

Her dress rags her hide

Remaining shards to veil her shame

Drunken eyes lament

Vanity she once possessed

Swollen eyes among other parts

Now a hue of red

Exposed burns and cuts

Creased fingers and palm

Thirsty hands grieving

Etched on skin, a psalm

Of minarets and domes

Romances learnt and forgotten

Yet stare down at her

With blunt devotion

Walk through a boulevard

Into a desert so rave

Sun bounces off the sand

Sand endures the pain

Recasting pain in her eyes

Wind rages in its entirety

Transitory tear-trails on cheek

Dying tears’ serendipity

At the chin, salty beads

A mortal ocean gathers depth

Plunges onto her torso

Diffuse and rejoices death.

Tribute to Granddad

(If you are reading this from somewhere up above, this is for you.)

 

Confronting woe by yourself

All the petulance you threw.

We did our finest to help

Tricky to envisage what life put you through. 

You were so firm and rigid

Willpower couldn’t rip you apart
Though, in the face of what we did

We somehow knew, ceaselessly life doesn’t last 

Memories, not just a few

Your toothless grin is missed by us.

You would have known that I loved you.

Had I let you know how much, merely once! 

Living in pride

The numbness withheld me

You strangely took it in your stride

And allowed me as you loved me 

Sometimes it’s better not to let go

Of an event to adore

The best minute is now,

The best time to love. 

The last time I saw was when you smiled

The moment you fruitfully battled the surgery

However, I am glad you weren’t there to see me cry
When He one day irrevocably derelict your agony! 

The heavens cried those days

Monsoon had just made a start

Water drenched our faces

The day when you breathed your last. 

I took for granted you were strong

We thought you’d make it right through whatever

As we longed for nothing to go wrong

It’s just arduous to deem that you have left us forever!
 

 Dedicated to all those who lost someone special in their life recently.

Specially goes out to the eldest person in my family who I lost few weeks ago.