SIKHLIFE

Colors Of Love & Life

2011-06-18T18:26:00.000+05:30

(My cutie little niece Piya a.k.a Gurpiya,I just love her)

Colors bright on the hands of life,
life gazes inquisitively with her eyes,
no one knows whats on her mind,
She's just happy with those colors bright,
those sparkling eyes-
I feel somethin's hidden behind.

Emotions aplenty i see on her face,
She seems joyous with gayness sheer,
that simplicity & calmness much so rare,
there's a world outside she's just unaware,
jealousy,hatred & passions blind are out of her sphere,
I Cry!i cry!Oh life beautiful-
Let me see the world through the eyes you wear.

(Another) Desire

2010-09-26T01:59:00.012+05:30

Desire desire, thou 'where
In eyes flickering, charcoal stare
In gestures, a portrait in layers
Permeating words, charging the airs.

Desire, are thou the current of life?
the relentless strife - causeless, imposed, acquired drive
a means to another bend - passtime, distraction, mirage stuffing the void
a hood, a mask, a veil - ignoring, the meaninglessness of life.

.... .

Desire ,beyond ye what exists?
an ennui, a blank, a void - death?

You define me, you color me,
What's 'my' color, without ye?

When movement of thought ceases,
What survives, listless coma or bliss?

Is Mukti a myth?
a fable, balm for inflictions of the mind?

PS: Previous desire: http://sikhlife.blogspot.com/search?q=desire

Why a Poem?

2009-01-06T00:43:00.000+05:30

A poem speaks when words limit,
when soul overflows,mind stills,
moments of gurkirpa,lords divine will-
when Guru himself fills elixir,moorakh drinks.

2008-10-15T15:32:00.001+05:30

yellow sun-flower bright
bee stung by nectar,flower latched to light
need feeds - winds kite.

2008-03-13T15:35:00.002+05:30

Flower petals sailin' on waves
fickle,fresh,flowing - without ways.

i breathe deep watching flute of youth played,
petal sinks - trumpetting carvan withdraws to shade.

A flower petal salin' on waves
dry, dead, demarked by wrinkles - breaks.

(Eternal tale of youth to senility
Ode to marvel of life - i pay.)

2008-03-12T15:30:00.000+05:30

Is it true!
that all i see is fluke
a joke cosmic,
a tree without a root... . .

(captured moments of doubt,
nihist in me blaring loud)

2008-02-05T21:10:00.000+05:30

(Reply to Harsh's post)

Spiderman oh my Spiderman!
Spider spins a yarn, with a skill that only he can,
Gets caught into it, entangled in his own plan.

I ask ye, is LOVE a exclusive bond,
Shouldnst heart be deep as a ocean as vast as land,
Perfect matches are illusion, imperfections have beauty grand.

Night in ICU

2007-11-14T15:58:00.000+05:30

Death - seems so forgettable
Guru, Gurbani, God - all of 'em.

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Bodies flung out in sedative dizz,
helplessly fetter'd
mesh of wires, tubes oozing, curves of life amiss.

A life so fluid, so bare
blood'n'glucose, sustaining a chill stare.

I have never seen life lying, so stark
the pearl encased in plethora masks.

Unblinking she stares me blank
denying me my covering - worldly chaff
making me feel naked, a bit hollow, a bit blank.

Bodies seemed so stony, eyes so distant
they spoke of dreams, of laments, of pain -
amidst silence, room imploded with 'death', every moment.

A lady in ‘er teens, tied in snaky tubes, stung by needles,
unsatisfied by justice of gods,
stealing from her her dreams, her dolls.

(still helplessly the heart pumped -
she day-dreamed of her girlish needs, unspoken quest for her love,
pleasure of her first kiss,
coziness of family, embrace of her man, scolding her unborn children,
forced to awake 'now' by docs round,
smiling at doc - amazed at her own courage'n'stupidity in misleading 'erself)

Haiku - 3

2007-08-23T11:42:00.000+05:30

Self Selfish Me
Lust frust mindless gust
animal man just.

Love nay lust
Was born which first
One will rust.

Hypocrite knito fight
Whore changing bedsheet white
Verily my relatives.

Disharmony in Punjab

2007-05-24T16:08:00.000+05:30

Goodness is a myth, selfishness a virtue
words weak, hearts shallow, values few.

Ambition guides, wayless rides
Clamour wide, loneliness inside.

They rise to clash, heedlessly flash
'self' they impose, fame they catch.

Egos play, game of trade
Sway away, in the name of game..
But in the end, Who wins ?!
When one loses and another sins ?!

(Last stanza contributed by nebula)

One Rainy Day

2007-05-24T10:19:00.001+05:30

In silence of after rains,
Intoxication airs earths wet clay,
Seeing children in mud water play,
In midst of melody,was I struck halfway-
Lost!My image in puddle shuddered and stared.

Droplet said unto me in unheard prayer,
Light'ning created me with pureness sheer,
Virginity I lost,with mud I smeared,
ad infinitum pain,in three worlds I fared,
Search thou!this birth yours is much too rare.

Conversation dropped,earth swallowed the drop,
Trembling I went!fearing for my body crop,
Creaking sounds shouted aloud-'Ye'?where to where frog,
Darkness enveloped,listless and lost- afar a faint rainbow sparked,
Enlightened my path and on a serene destiny got my soul embarked!

(Last line contributed by Sikhi Seeker)

Ambition

2007-05-07T16:05:00.000+05:30

An ant crawling along the dunes,
among the deserts from moon to noon,
a day too less a night too long,
running amok,wayless forlorn.

2007-01-19T11:23:00.000+05:30

Darkness over'night
bride bridling passions alive
blinding darkness closing eyes
loneliness prickling in-outside.

2006-09-19T16:55:00.000+05:30

Oh tides of destiny!slap me - but i shall clap,
toss me about!suffocate me - play your trap.

longing shall bubble,even submerged in maya's lap,
rise oh 'manna'!map out of illusions trap.

2006-09-11T15:51:00.001+05:30

Found this pic really piercing:

(link to the pic)

ਕਾਗਾ ਕਰੰਗ ਢੰਢੋਲਿਆ ਸਗਲਾ ਖਾਇਆ ਮਾਸੁ ॥
kaagaa karang dhandholi-aa saglaa khaa-i-aa maas.
The crows have searched my skeleton, and eaten all my flesh.

ਏ ਦੁਇ ਨੈਨਾ ਮਤਿ ਛੁਹਉ ਪਿਰ ਦੇਖਨ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥੯੧॥
ay du-ay nainaa mat chhuha-o pir daykhan kee aas. ||91||
But please do not touch these eyes; I hope to see my Lord. ||91||

(SGGS:1382)

2006-08-30T14:02:00.000+05:30

I ask thee,what good life has offer to me ?

A smile innocent, joyous, reasonless, free
a flower, a river - unasking, outflowing with glee
butterfly splashing color, cuckoo's beak sweet
nameless zephyr, mountains steep.

A finger holding mums hand, fearless yet weak
a labourer sweating for the next meal
a nameless unexpected blessing in need
fearless warriors dying for righteous ideal
a rainy day,fragrance of earth in air deep... .. .

Strange moods??

2006-08-25T11:55:00.000+05:30

Like a vessel empty, a river dry,
a board blank, a sleep deep,
a vacantness permeates, within'n'without,
joyness seems bandage, relations a bondage,
desires desireless, nothing precious worthy,
a pathless voyage, a meaningless existance,
instincts steer, game of survival'n'fear..... . . .

2006-08-24T14:41:00.000+05:30

Kaljug seduces, my house in hopeless turmoil,
body shivers,mind fears, doubt piercing faith foil,
i close my senses, holding my Pritam's robe tight,
Sahibs linen pure white, hands mine smudged in soil,
my head i wave as choir, praising Guru with swollen eyes,
dont forsake a worthless spoil, in shame i cry.

2006-08-22T15:32:00.000+05:30

From each breath to the other
from one street of thought to another
from innocence to a concscience asunder
a man plundered to one in awe'n'wonder
You held my finger.

Among depths and crests
among tears,to laughters blest
in fretful disobedience,embraced to your chest
doubt smeared,limpid eyes smitten with zest
You held my finger.

2006-08-21T17:52:00.000+05:30

Moon in night,her eyes alight,
spoke wordlesslessly,of pains she hide,
like dams of might,holding on tight.

Merciless 'dukh',rained all night,
pond splashed'n'overflowed at times,she hid behind a forced smile,
quivering a whispering prayer,baring soul naked blind.

Mentally tormented,physically drained,helplessly at Waheguru stared
unanswered but prayed,hoping she's not alone in despair.
(Waheguru Sang Sang)

Marriage Party

2006-06-21T21:21:00.000+05:30

Smattered'n'tattered to a marriage i tarried,
lighted blanket'd darkness,banal oxymoron - happily married,
syncophany stinged,ignorance artfully parried.

Shameless skinned,perfume smothered,
egos clattered,gossip lathered,
hollow happiness,animatedly actored.

Romancing Polybag(polythene)

2006-06-10T20:23:00.000+05:30

Inflated with air,it roamed lost,
whirled'n'twirled,with wind brawled,
rose to fall,restlessly crawled,
sang a plastic song,dryly bawled.

2006-05-11T21:50:00.000+05:30

As i roll on the bed aimlessly to sleep after prayer,
a voice 'voiceless' suprises me - when declares
burn shall flesh and bones bare
in wonder at my limbs do i stare.

2006-05-05T10:18:00.000+05:30

Oh Sister!I have sinned beyond i remember,
have lied uselessly for vaining glory - a hedonistic pretender,
in veil of goodness,have stabbed'n'plundered,

Much i babble,didact what i dont live under,
embers burn deep,feigning smile i extract from philosophical wonder,
days'n'nights,winters'n'summers i fumble - prayers mumble still sinnfully stumble.

(shamelessly follow fleeting opinions,conveniently forsaking hukam to numbers)

2006-05-05T09:56:00.000+05:30