New Year 2016

Peace and joy to you 

Is my new year's

Chosen fondue.

May it's good taste linger

Through out the  year.

Leaping flames of sorrow

And fire works of joy

Mingle side by side 

In new year's night-sky

Space embraces it all.

Random Thought XXlX ( War )

War

Nature hires man

To do her dirty job

Of death and destruction.

Man  beseeched by

Grief and anger

Causes an explosion.

Saga of war and terror
Keeps on going.

Random Thought XXVlll ( Clashes )

Like tiny stars in Galaxy

We live in our circles

Imbued with our 

Attractions and repulsion.

Stars scan the universe

From their place 

So do we with news 

And information. 

       

Occasionally two mighty galaxies clash

The sky lit up, the earth trembles

Undetected many new stars are born 

Before the universe goes on to be quiet.

Random Thought XXVll

10. 16. 2016

8. 34. Am

Just heard 

An old friend 

Passed away today.

Old friends and old memories

Old cloths and old habits 

Old habitats and old ways 

Provide such comfort

Hard to let them go!

10. 22.2015

Stop and go writing

Basketful of emotions

Scant time for sorting

First strike and you get it right

You think it just happen might

But the period of trial and error

Is what we need to go through 

And perfection becomes marrow.

11. 8. 2015

Time makes sense of every thing

Time makes every thing nonsense

Time leaves no remnant to collect.

Random Thought XXVI ( Logic And Faith )

In search for answers

Logic walks for miles and miles

Finds the old man faith 

With a grin on face

Rest in my arms O! weary one

Your search ends in my embrace.

The Terrorist

The terrorist - Raktabeej* malicious 

Born of his own spilled blood -
In wicked human minds, devoid
Of humane and pious virtues
Respects no boundaries and
Recognizes no barriers in cruelty.

A terrorist has no religion, no creed,
No nationality, no caste and no heart.
Harbinger of poisonous ideology,
Masked with countless identities,
It’s an acid thrown with vengeance
From unmarked hands upon decency.

He tramples upon nobility of thought,
Rooted in human mind that nurtures
Instinct of freedom and compassion.
He longs to extinguish the light that
Embraces the art and literature to breathe
Life upon alter where love is worshiped.

Let us protect the light of altruism
That burns in millions of kindred hearts,
From a much despised ruthless invader.
Let us allow wisdom to block the terror,
To rise in solidarity with like minds,
Invincible and strong like a solid rock.

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Footnote:
Raktabeej was an Asura ( demon ). His story comes from ancient Sanskrit book Devi Mahatamyam. Whenever a drop of his blood fell on battle ground a duplicate of him was born. It was only when Goddess Kali devoured the blood drops before letting it fall on earth that Goddess Chandika and her companions were able to destroy him.

The poem above is my humble contribution to the ebook 'Poetry Against Terror'. to read more poems written in support of terrorism victims by sixty four authors from forty three countries please down load the ebook from amazon.com. Please check out the previous post for more details.

Savita Tyagi