strange realities

here i am
on the roads
that time of the day
twilight
sky trying to bed the sun
farcical rain
working hard
trying to drench
a heart parched

shovel

strange people
keep walking by
the plethora of humanity
gets overwhelming
right up to the brim
just when a drop
makes up its mind
to get over the brim

shovel

among the nameless faces
one catches my eye
you look strangely serene
walking with elegant poise
the chains dragging behind
kohl lining up the cheeks
the dagger shines bright

shovel

my thoughts betray me
bring me to my knees
as i plead

shovel
shovel
shovel

i hear
people shoveling mud
as i rest in peace....

shovel shovel

innocence nullified

maroon ball
bouncing happy
goes past the unseen.
barbed wire.
bruised and battered
tiny feet
on its tail.
a gun gets thrust
full on the chest
dreams get shattered
future pilot, doctor or engineer
now labelled as an infiltrator
across the sight
flashes the sadistic heaven
a bricklayered jail.
a soul gets throttled
body black n blue
incubus jailor
on work at night
piercing the innocence
injecting venom
in a heart gone cold
time creepsby
the feet grow in size.
a hatred well-fed
sees the bright light.
out of the bricklayered jail
into the old world
but no longer the same
a world, now black n white.
the moment arrives
rough hands
feeling the cold RDX
wondering at the gelatine stick.
the hatred goes to work
newspaper headlines scream
a city gets bombed...

toy soldiers...

toy soldiers
marching off
to battles unknown
the voodoo doll
lets out a whimper
you've been sleeping
all this while
lying beyond the boundary.
the wheels are rolling
as the time sleepwalks
coarse lines get drawn
criss-crossing each other
battlefield's burning
under the cold november skies
the thunder, the gunshots
and explosions on the ground
strange symphony's playing in the air
you have been sleeping
with your eyes open
all this while
lying beyond the boundary
the toy soldiers
fall off the cliff
as the tide takes your dreams away...

mystic night

once again
am out on the streets
trying to hear
what the stars are crying out
deciphering the whispers
of the indolent moon
rhapsodies plunging
deep into the darkness
working their magic
it slowly seeps through
the arid heart
back of my neck
i feel a tingle
theres something in the air
prognostications
a sparkling energy
giving way
to the secret
letting me know
you are coming to me...

hysteria

scream
revv up your lungs
nobody's listening
as i stubthe cigarette
on your arm
leaving more than a mark
cry out
suffer the sadistic streak
as i put the knife
cold
against your skin
drawing out the blood
habitat under siege
swear
the words come out
tumbling
unsure of themselves
having lost their meaning
the previous moon
spit
more than your ego
as you twist and turn
under my boot. dirty.
you cant get free
sweat
as you fear the outcome
the never ending battle
between the right
and the other right
scream
revvup ur lungs
you dont give up
do you..
a tough nut
let me set you free
i'll break the mirror.

at the crossroads....

give it to me
Gasoline
want to feel the fuel
enter my veins
encapsule the entropy
in the hollow of my fist
As i look out
a cloud rises
uncertain. dark undertones
flashes a glimpse
of things to come by.
and the cigar whimpers down
to what i will be some day
Ash. lifeless. smoky
Breaking the ignomity
of suffering and ignorance
a soul screams.
shrill. sudden.
knocking the senses out.
the glass breaks
a heart thrives.
and here i am
standing at the crossroads
unsure whether to look behind
the epic of destruction
tails me.
Unforgiven.