Shield of serenity

Erecting fences 

To guard one's heart

To protect peace

To shield from toxic rain

Is to honor heart's sacred shades

The boundaries stand 

Like a gentle shore

A deliberate choice

To shut the gates

To filter out the noise

To deflect the arrows 

Of others' plight

The emotional voice

The garden within 

A sanctuary deep

Protected from darkness

Of endless night

Channelizing the water

A steady stream 

To nourish the soul

To quench it's dream

To guide the way

Through life's stormy sea

To the shores of peace

Where the soul can be free

Awakening

Collision with a forgotten part of self

Can stir the soul 

Awaken echoes from lifetimes past

Unravel karmas written before birth

And ignite a fire, you didn't know existed

Deep within, buried through spirals of lifetimes 

A blueprint of spiritual awakening 

A soul contract agreed upon 

To encounter life lessons

To experience, grow & evolve 

Universe records every line

A ledger of deeds, forever divine

Cosmic threads bind

Until we learn to fly

Yet, in this reckoning

Lies a chance

Not surrender to fate

But, create a new slate

Through forgiveness & love

We can break free

Rewrite & play a new part

With an open heart

Chains of resentment break & fall

The burden lifts

While the pain gradually drifts

Unbound

Unique in my own way

I know how to make the world sway

Why should I morph macho traits

When I can embrace myself with grace

Gentle in my etiquette 

But, think not that I am delicate

Most often I am devalued

But, why not cognize my aptitude

Tell me not what a man can do

For, I can tread my own path too

Soaring up to conquer high

Think not that I will comply

Put me in predefined boxes

Or tag me with prejudice knoxes

Living life on my own terms

Have this resolute stern & firm

Shining bright in my own light

Igniting my inner dynamite

Passion to follow my heart or what I like

Be it dancing, boxing or art alike

I can create new trails

Or modify what prevails

Empowerment is Paradoxical 

In a culture which is overtly patriarchal

To break free chrysalis of chauvinism

Why do we need activism

For humanity supercedes any definition

Unresolved Threads

Treaded a long way

Since our paths forked 

Fell apart, shredded into pieces

Ashes of which

Were blown off to the universe

With a silent prayer seeking peace

Although the heart knew it wasn't a closure

There was more to be told & felt

Bygones were buried or treasured deep within

Agonizing the lamenting soul

That curled up & bottled itself

Wore layers of masks

To befit societal norms 

But, repression doesn't decompose 

Emotions that hold a deeper purpose

Are meant to resurface

When bonds are karmic, 

They spin in confusing forms

Only to converge

With a purpose of trial

A mighty pull

Irresistible almost 

Inspite of denial

Eyes sparkle a connection deeper

Meridian of veins transmit a pinnacle of emotions 

Transfusing multiple lifetimes

That bore longing, pain & betrayal 

Eternity

There are scars
That repel to fade
Deepened with time
Engraved without
Reason or rhyme
Tonics fail to heal
Inspite of trials & trysts,
Have chosen to seal
& not reveal
Wheel of time spins
Three sixty degrees
Time travels
To a moment still
When sun shone bright
& leaves hustled
A rainbow vision
When life had a reason
To live,
to share moments of joy
With a much loved soul
Wheel of life
Encircles again
From a deep slumber
When awakened
Oh! But the soul remained
Behind, where it belonged
Whilst the body requited
To the source, it's genesis
Resting, but not in peace
The two ends scuffled
To meet

CALL OF THE WILD

Take me to the woods,

For wilderness reigns there 

Beastly creatures roar

In aisles of freedom

Sans chains of life

Take me to the woods,

For nature's treasures reigns there

Dreams & wishes soar

Sans superficial rife

Take me to the woods,

For the meadow reigns there

Basking underneath starry galore

In ticklish cover of turf

Sans concrete strive

Take me to the woods,

For the foul reigns there

Perched on the branch crooning

In a tuneful timbre

Sans concert live

Take me to the woods,

Take me to the woods,

For, I wish to reign there

Amidst wilderness

Amongst tuneful fowl

Underneath bejweled sky

Over carpeted turf

Sans fret & feigned

Take me to the woods...

Clarion call of paradise

The threshold was gleaming bright

shadows of the night, devilish sights,

were now flooded with blinding lights,

that shone like stars,
brightening the trail,

leading to sunshine 

filled with aura of a fresh departure

at the onset

The prickling bygones were now resting

in a furrow inundate with wilderness

a sudden surge of slur 

that had once enveloped the ozone

buried now amidst the lost world

that rested, post being feasted

& tested with time & again

The pathway delightfully adorned,

to welcome it where it belonged

lost & found, all over again

leading to its haven,

it sighed a relief 

to have broken the chains 

& moved beyond the shackle of time

Up it wandered, embracing joy

Radiant in its semblance
truce to its being
wafting amidst limpid trails
enthralled of ubiety of many alike
swarmed by bulwark
of pristine divine

Lessons learnt of virtue & vice
making peace with love & betrayal
trials & tribulations
all that was found & gone
with snap of finger
was destined likewise
& then paying a hefty price
accepting with grace 
firming faith

The edifice that laid beneath
in the land of mortals
a tombstone adorned
with lilies & dandelions
rested atop in fond reminiscence
of a being that departed to return 
where it belonged