The Free Spirit

Despising controls, she stands tall
Free as a bird
Her vision becomes reality
With not a care in the world
Save for her children,
her family, their home.
She loves every minute
of her freedom
Be damned those who don't approve

Conventions suffocate her
Controls take away from
the beauty of existence
A non-conformist
She sets her limits
Not to be questioned
Doing all that she loves
Her passions set aflame
In the brightest of colours
She lives life to the fullest
& thrives on her free will.

And yes, she is wise
Her obligation to her children
Transcends her free spirit
She sacrifices
She gives in
She triumphs
She strives with
Single minded focus
She emerges the winner!

She lives through her children
All what she could not do
All what she could not be
She has her own aspirations
all drawn out well
& her dreams materialise
She guides her children
to set their goals
on their road to glory
Yes,she is that
truly free woman

My son, My little one…

My son,
My little one…
on your birthday
this is to tell you
look forward to tomorrow
never look back,
regretful of what may have
slipped you by
along the way

The long road before you
may be steep
strewn with rocks & stone
along the way
We have never a doubt
you have in you
the strength, patience
& perseverance
you need to reach
your highest aspirations.

And remember,
your parents have never
ever underestimated
what we have in you
your talent, your music,
your song
your habit of reading
the gentle strength you lend us
your ability to love
your compassion for the
lost & downtrodden
& your kind, considerate nature

I am often sorry
that we have expected
so much from you
wisdom
far beyond your years
which, in all honesty
even we do not possess
For that we can
only say
we are sorry,
bear with us
my little one,
for you are one
incredible son!

Sans Inhibition

Life passes us by 

We breathe, we work 

We do all that we must 

But do we feel good 

Liberated perhaps 

Enough to enjoy our actions 

Unlikely 

Throw off the control, 

& bring in the candour 

that elusive purity 

that fervent luminosity 

which we have lost 

somewhere along the way 

Reawaken your dreams! 

Think, Express, Live, Love 

Let go of the all encompassing shyness 

Which takes away from 

what we can be, what we should be 

that which kills our self confidence 

& truly inhibits our progress. 

Come in Openness 

& begone closetted shuttered utterances 

We need to move on 

To be who we are In actuality. 

Not what others intend for us to be!

Take time to sniff the flowers

Take time off to sniff the flowers that you pass
along the way
For you never know when you may chance
to see them again,
resplendent & in all their glory
under the suns rays & out in the fields
So, give yourself the time you need
to help yourself grow
as this time just may never come back again

Take time off to read that book
that you tucked away in the book shelf
a long, long time ago
for the greatest secrets lie in there
just waiting to be unveiled
As life moves by, frantic as it may seem,
give yourself the the time you need
to help yourself grow
as this time just may never come back again

Take time off to discover the magic
Of mother nature which enfolds you
take time off to hold that puppy dog
that yelps and nibbles at your little toe
take time off to cuddle that little child
who begs for tender loving care
I urge you to therefore move over,
& give yourself the the time you need
to help yourself grow
as this time may never come back again.

Freedom, my way & Illness

Narrow viewpoints in supposedly modern minds, ever ready to criticize or condemn,
Poets denied freedom of expression, held guilty of transgressing the accepted path of insipid & unwholesome literature.
Measured sentences, right not wrong, white not black, uttered in controlled voices
Dare we breathe, live, love? Dare we rebel, revolt, break the shackles binding us?
Let go of the tried, tested, safe path, it will do nothing for us.
Find your freedom in intellectual expression - it will take us there, sans fear, sans guilt
So fear not mankind, live on - brave and unrestricted
We have the music of the winds, of our land, our waters-that’s all the backing we need to take us to reach greater heights!

Illness...
A temporary stopover
In life's long journey
Ask me, I know
Give up?
Never!
Instead,
think healing thoughts,
calming thoughts
learn to meditate
Strengthen your spirit
& always keep that 
peace in your soul.

You are here
as you were meant to be
tomorrow brings with it
the promise of 
new experiences
new realisations
today,
dreary as it might seem
does bring with it
a promise
of a better tomorrow
for yourself
& the world around you!

Freedom as I know it

Freedom as I know it

I have a memory from my early childhood of what my father once told me; my father, a person whom I later acknowledged, as having played a very major role in my life, my opinions, my interpretations. He had made a simple and what might seem an irrelevant and disconnected reference. He said that my having been born on August 16th most definitely had to do with my independent nature, as it fell a day after India’s Independence! He actually feared for me, as I was the most outspoken and fiercely independent among his 3 daughter!
Yes. I am a woman who feels terribly restricted by the behavioral norms, controls and restrictions set by our ever forbidding society. India being the democratic country it is, we are entitled as our birthright, to the freedom to just be ourselves without being labeled audacious, obnoxious or even ostentatious!?! Freedom of expression is a basic requirement of a growing society, and freedom most definitely does not mean living without any of life’s principles! It merely means being less contrived or hypocritical, and more genuine.
I truly believe that no decisions must be reached without hearing what might seem the most trivial of viewpoints! We need the freedom to feel the music and melody in the winds, in the land we live in, in the water that flows through our great land. Likewise, we need the freedom to fathom, decipher and interpret our thoughts, however revolutionary they may seem, without fearing divine retribution or reprisal from loved ones. We need to be true to ourselves.
Poets have been condemned for having dared to bare their souls, for they did not utter measured sentences nor tread the accepted path. Let us therefore break the shackles binding us, as in this restriction lies our doom.


Illness...
A temporary stopover
In life's long journey
Ask me, I know
Give up?
Never!
Instead,
think healing thoughts,
calming thoughts
learn to meditate
Strengthen your spirit
& always keep the 
peace in your soul.

You are here
as you were meant to be
tomorrow brings with it
the promise of 
new experiences
new realisations
today,
dreary as it might seem
does bring with it
a promise
of a better tomorrow
for yourself
& the world around you!

The Mediterranean Blues

Blue sky's,  Bluer waters 

Spotless landscapes 

Simplified lives 

All needs met 

Recession hurts …just, mildly 

larger pleasures opt out for smaller ones 

They hear about 

But feel not the tribulations of the third world 

A world where 

Every effort is a struggle 

bringing with it despair & dejection 

Making every triumph a much worthier achievement!  

Nevertheless 

It is my familiar ground 

My world 

Where sorrows reap bounty harvests 

& existence becomes therefore 

More meaningful 

So I ask myself 

What am I doing here, In this foreign land