Did what it can
Shattered my existence
Where do I begin?
How do I pick these pieces?
There is no ground
Under the feet
It’s all water
The roof over my head
Has blown off
Whatever I held close
Simply floated away
Some with water
Other with the wind
How do I get my life back?
How do I prove I am me?
How do I show?
Where my mud house stood?
It’s all gone
Either with water
Or with the wind
Did you hear howling winds?
Did you see the waves rise?
Those uprooted trees?
My uprooted life?
No, you wouldn’t notice
You were all locked in
Blind and deaf
Till they cleared it all
There is no sign left
Of howling winds
Of broken homes
Of my lost past
I too ask
Am I me?
Category: home
Bare Foot Joy

Making, flying and chasing paper kites
Bare foot
Running across the crowded streets
They seem to soar just like the kites
Kite runners look happy
Across continents their joy is same
For the moment
They are free just like their kites
Riding on the lightness of the moment
They behold pure joy
The joy that eludes
The boy across the street
Sitting in the car
Staring through the glass window
He is a prisoner of luxuries
While poverty has set others free
They run like wind
Through narrow lanes
They hop across building roof tops
While the other stays glued
To the smart phone screen
Sun kissed
Blessed by the evening breeze
Our kite runners seize the moment!
Ah! the bare foot joy
That eludes the little boy!
Lost Home

A realm of nostalgia
And melancholia
Lost in Time
And Space
Etched in memory
Laughter
Joys
Despair
A hearty meal
A good sleep
Warm cuddle
Siesta story
Playful kittens
Chasing their own tails
Naughty childhood
Trees in backyard
To climb and hide
And a bicycle to ride
Lost in space
And Time
A home
Unreachable
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