Year End Thoughts

From cradle to Grave

Another year has gone

Merged in timeless space

From womb of eternity

Peeks a golden ray

To create a new dawn

With the tick of a clock

The crystal ball falls 

To announce a new year

Built of a new calendar 

For human mind to tackle

The ever moving time

What once was One

Hidden dark and obscure

Bursts into epiphany of light

Divides itself in sun moon and stars

Condescending days and nights

Create season in epoch of time

Time abides in mortal hearts

In periods of joy and grief

A solemn ending marks a new beginning 

Memories of old exit quietly

Life blooms upon a new rose

To make a offering for One beyond time.

Savita Tyagi

12. 30. 2013

On A Computer Screen

Some time when you sit and contemplate

Think of your life as a Word document 

Displaying on the computer screen 

Your past deeds are words that have been deleted

Thinking about them won't improve the document 

Trash them for ever

Time is still there to correct your mistakes

Add some good vocabulary 

To polish your dull writings

Let's call them your good deeds

Give your document a supple body

Support of good habits 

And positive thinking

If old ideas are not workable

Format is confused and complicated

Goals not reachable

Don't be afraid to revise and rewrite

Devise new format 

Change the old script

Countless possibilities are there

All just click of a mouse away

But watch out for limits 

Built in for your software

It is not programmed to work 

In systems incompatible

Or to by pass set commands

Just learn to work around those hurdles

And be aware of blips and viruses

I believe such a marvelous tool 

At your disposal demands 

Your full attention

Use it in a best possible way

To create your story.

Icicles

In a night of icy rain

Icicles jingle on my window

Like musical notes

Of silvery crescendo

For earth's winter score.

The crystal decorated grass

With shimmering rain drops

Is a nurturing gift from the gods

To their distant cousin earth-

In need of heaven's grace.

Affluent with silken pearls,

The crimson berries are

Glowing in Christmas light.

The sky displays an occult

Luminosity at celestial height.

The reflective solitude of

The hazy Christmas night

Spreading calm of Nature, 

Is wrapped in a chilled gown

Of amazing wondrous warmth.

This is the holy night of 

Pure beauteous calm,

Of love's dripping in

Icicles formed.

May peace be upon all.

2. 22. 2013

Edited on 12. 6. 2016

Cinquain Twin (Free Verse)

Desire

Lips sealed with a kiss

Lips parted for more

Don't you know my love

Desire for ever more

The saga of ancient lore

Maya (Illusion) In Nature

I am the Eve of your Garden 

Defamed by fate's cruel hand

I bore you in me as a thought beautiful

Carry the energy per your command

I am but the executrix of your deeds.

Cinquain lll lV V (Free Verse)

Practice

To collect scattered energies

Behind a single aim

Is a daunting task for a will strong

Where will falters the practice masters

Practice is the anvil for perfection.

Faith

Even though God is supreme

Still have to deal with world and self within

Believing that you and I are sheafed together

In largesse of life by his will

Makes it easier to love and lean

Unity

This sense of unity fragile and illusive 

Reveals itself wrapped in diversity

You, me and the world around us

Are made to walk together

On a journey of limits farther.

Tea With Squirrel

Squirrel! Come share a cup of tea with me

On a sunny afternoon sitting in the vacant backyard

I watch you coming out of your burrow

Your furry body with beady eyes moving with quick alertness

Up and down the trees before I see you getting settled

On the velvety grass

The sunlight filtering through the dark green trees

In mild breeze makes the waves of sunshine

Dance around you.

Are you as alone as I am?

Do you long for a private evening with your loved one?

Like I do on a quiet afternoon like this.

Again, I see you running around

Are you busy arranging a party?

Like I do sometime to hide away from my boredom

Smiling and greeting the guest

Often as distant at the time of parting

As they were at the time of meeting

And when the last guest has departed

I am happy to slough off the snakeskin 

And settle in the quiet assurance of my back yard

Funny I should have a desire for an intimate smile

Or even a friendly gaze to be exchanged with you.

To converse further tell me

With little ones gone

Is your nest empty like mine?

Not too long ago

The beats of life were different   

I was busy like you running frantically 

Chauffeuring children from school to soccer

To birthday parties

Snatching sometime in between

To peek at the yearend clearance

The coupons for sale priced items

Still lying in the old purse pocket!

At times, I felt out of place for not being able to make it

When all the friends that I knew

Would gather at mall to exchange community news

And lessen the burden of their hearts

Their faces bright with laughter and excitement

Sharing the secret of wonderful life

At bargain prices

While I, possessed with some unknown urge

That brings about a sudden change of heart

Turn my car towards home

To get a moment of peace sitting in my backyard

Wishing for you to share a cup of tea with me.

Savita Tyagi

First written in April. 1998.  Revised a bit to put on blog today.