There were times when I had no courage

 .... And sometimes a heart full of rage

Days when I did not have the strength to get up

Some days, where I should not have fought back

Poetry that I should not have let other person write

Wars within that I had to fight

Times when I tossed and turned all night

And insignificant people took out life of my life,

Days, I clearly remember I had made a wrong choice,

.... Times when I should not have blocked the divine voice

Weeks, when I should have fled in the opposite direction

And stopped trying to make a connection

There were days that were breathlessly busy

And times that work made me dizzy

But it was only the friends and you

That's helped me to live through

Like a fresh spring leaf new

And dazzling lilies brimmed with dew

You make everything seem to be new . . .

Date: Friday, 30 March 2018

Place: Ahmedabad

Thoughts

Your one thought is enough

To bring back my insomnia

I have spent my nights

In conversation with the stars

Cogitating long moments of the era bygone

Reminiscing the happy times

... And your fallacious decisions

Brings around my systoles

One more night goes past

Like a wasteful life

Yet again I am unable to see, the concordance of the stars

With my eyes being shrouded

Of the flows of my lacrimal fluids

Date: Monday, 29 May 2017

Place: Ahmedabad