Prayer Raindrops

Evening sky
Melts into raindrops

Photo Credit : oil on canvas - ArtbyShe-Be (2006)

seeking firm ground below
Quenching - dry earth thirst
cleansing - treetops and me !

Joy madness beats
to the drum of raindrops
in my heart
Beloved, do you hear it too?
Your heart thunder of emotions...
as this sacred prayer
upon your lips
waits to explode
heavenward - it flows
your head bows
in reverence
dawns

Prayer -- Raindrops
raindrop - Blessings
This full circle of life
surrounds you and me
mere instruments
of His Grace

So we may rise up
in prayer
to meet Him
on fragile wings of love,
through each other
inspite of each other
hearing His Truth
seeking His word
making His love between us
dissolving like raindrops ....

Is there any other way to be, beloved ?

~ July 10th, 2013

We the People

Three --  yes there were three.

oh trust me, there have been many before them 

silenced shut 

in more  ways that never made it 

to our living rooms. 

This inflated media propelled 

garbage 

we feed on each day .

the loudest sound may reach us 

and take out three lives!!

but  

silence cuts deeper in the soul

vile hatred is spit forth from their tongues 

first in hushed whispers  then 

louder it gets 

what ‘they’ wear

how ‘they’ look

reverberates the streets 

 the parks 

back alleys 

seedy bars 

and maybe even the “parking lots” 

in this free country of ours. 

Three bright flames, shining  bright 

illuminating and inspiring 

extinguished !!

you say  they were .... Muslims !!

Yes, My Christian Brother ..I hear you 

My atheist neighbor - I heard you

My Jewish Mother - I hear you too

My Hindu sister - I’m not deaf 

you see 

they were just like you and me.

Beautiful faces wrapped in colorful hijabs 

spilling joy onto each face 

that passed them by

touching lives that will 

never be made the same 

again.

On my cheeks  a sisters deep sadness 

is crying a river 

my chest still heaves from 

their parents uncried sobs 

unshed tears in blank eyes that stare 

at the futility of this senseless act.

Can your God 

explain this 

better than mine ? 

When an empty space between  two lines 

marked  on asphalt 

can mark three young souls

When hatred inside, triggers a trigger

when a gun smokes the poison of mistrust

its a tragic day 

for each one of us ....

died a little with them 

today

in this free country of ours

‘we the people’  lay  slain !!

~ February 14th, 2015

 एक तुम्हारा एहसास                                                                            

Photo credit : www.artofliving.org

आज वक़्त मद्धम हो चला है
रात की स्याही है
एक अजीब चुप्पी छायी है
न कोई सवाल , न जवाब
भीतरी सुकून का एहसास हो चला है।

मैं ज़िन्दगी की परछाई बनी
 हाथ में हाथ डाल
तुम्हारे साथ, हमदम बनी 
इस  राहत में कोई गम नहीं।
वो सुकून जो बरसों से ढूंढा , माँगा
मगर कभी न पाया था
आज कितनी आसानी से
मेरे अंतर्मन में समाया
तुम्हारी हंसी में मुस्कुराया है

हर पल का नजरिया
नूतन हो उभर आया
न कुछ खोकर भी
नई ज़िन्दगी को पाया है
नया है अस्तित्व
यह मन का ठहराव
वक़्त को साँची कर चला है
बस , एक तुम्हारा एहसास।
~ September 22nd, 2007

Just Believe

photo credit: ArtbyShe-Be

Love says --
Come attend to me
So I do not wilt
Then stand back
watch me creep higher
to dizzying heights
as my roots dig deeper
veins in your being.
                                                                                                                   
                                                           
Let Love Just Be !
 yet stand close enough
to hear my hearts murmurings
and submit to my wilful ways

Love promises
to lead me to desires
that have not taken form yet
paths that I do not know exist
Still I listen earnestly
when love says ...
Just believe .

~ At home , November 17th , 2014