A Card Up Destiny's Sleeve..

Written for



Prompt: Lump

A Card Up Destiny's Sleeve..

I looked at the 
tall dark lines of the buldings
through my hopeful eyes
and the straight stretch
of road passing through
with dim lights pouring
out of old lamp posts
I could see millions of
my footprints there
some laughing , some sad
some jumping with joy
some crying hidden
behind their own shadows..
the stretch won't
be able to have any more
of my foot-prints
as the destiny had played
a card up her sleeve
which I always thought
was in my hands
But that's how we, the mortal
humans play at her hands
often wondering...
A lump in my throat
suddenly made my eyes wet
No, there was none to see
and I wondered did
the stones around
had any feelings...
did they too have lumps
in throats whenever
they witnessed dreams 
turned into smoke
going up a chimney
which wasn't coughing
anymore for years now
and a question flashed
in my untiring mind
where thoughts often
danced in different
attires to myriad notes
of soulful music -
did the invisible
smoke of dreams
ever turn into clouds
keen to rain somewhere
making the soil fertile
to grow newer dreams..
I know the answer
Yes, they do...


***

An attempt in Haiku Format too..

Invisible Footprints..

My happy footprints
are ready to fade away;
None will really know

None will really know,
visible only to me;
a lump in my throat..


RS:)

Hey, Forget-Me-Not!!!

Just  Haiku...

Written for Leo's Haiku Heights..

Prompt:  Forget-me-not

Hey, forget-me- not

my helpless past cries out loud;

I live in the 'Now'..

RS:)

I Am With Myself...

Written for Rebbeca's

Haiku My Heart..

I Am With Myself..

I look straight and reach

where magical green meets grey;

Ah, white flowers bloom

Ah, white flowers bloom,

tree holds the bunch pretty tight;

strong winds come laughing

Strong winds come laughing

as I find raindrops wash my face;

Eyes close on their own

Eyes close on their own

as rain gains ferocious speed;

No, I don't see red

No, I don't see red

happy colours shine in black;

world has vanished..

World has vanished;

fully drenched in water

I am with myself..

I am with myself;

oh, please God let me be here

melting with the rain..

RS:)

I AM FULLY ALIVE..

Written for



Prompts.. Cut, Endanger, Hazard..


I AM FULLY ALIVE...


Cut throat competition
between my own desires and wishes
each one wants to be
fulfilled first..
pushing and pulling
to stay on top of my list
how hazardous my
thoughts can be for
any of them at any moment...
well I am happy that still
they are not endangered species
and keep arriving in
small bundles everyday
It only shows that
I am fully alive
and life too is beautiful..

***

In a Haiku fromat...


Deep cut on my heart;
ah, trust can be a hazard,
endangering 'I'..


RS:) 

Ah, Success!!!.

Written for OSI

Thanks to Gautami Tripathy

Prompt : Niche

Ah, success!!!

Use and throw -
his niche to climb up;
lonely top

Lonely top;
he wears many masks
happily

Happily;
old mirror knows all
so does he

So does he
about each dark spot 
ah, success

ah, success
his niche to climb up-
use and throw..

RS:)

He Plays Flute..

Happy 2nd Anniversary

 Leo's .

Celebratory Haiku from RS

Low spirits;

hey, find solace in

Haiku Heights..

Haiku heights;

 a whole new world of

happy minds..

Happy minds;

meaningful  connects

of comfort

***

Now Haiku for the week..

He plays flute

Morning finds

meaning in sunrise;

he plays flute

***

he plays flute;

breeze carries love notes

for her ears..

RS:)

also shared with 

Haiku My Heart

3WW - A Haiku..

Written for 3ww...

A Haiku..

Prompts.. feel, tangle, shade..

Hot sun and cool shade

never tangle in a conflict;

messengers of peace...

RS:)

My Six Hundredth Post... Seeking Blessings..!!!!

My Six Hundredth Post...

Written for Haiku Heights

One Single Impression

Shared with Rebecca's Haiku My Heart

My six hundredth post

I think of my first haiku,

first haiku teacher

First haiku teacher-

Leo of loving haiku heights;

where nature dances

My first haiku...... here... reproduced written with Leo's guidance on syllables..

Colourful fields;

Flowers chase butterflies

Trees around laugh

***

Special on Haiku Heights...where they were born..

Trees around laugh

visible footprints of lovers,

Eleph and the Ant..

Eleph and Ant

rest in cosy environs

seven seas away...

***

Written for OSI and HH

prompt: Friend and First

Dance of Nature..

Dance of nature

as I remember first friend

my darling mother

My darling mother

and unconditional love;

Gods rain blessings 

Gods rain blessings

I am quietly waiting for

rain drops to fall

Rain drops to fall

ah, child in me has kept a

paper boat ready..

Paper boat , rainbows

butterflies, Moon, flowers;

all my favourites

All my favourites;

friends from hundred countries bless

My six hundredth post..

RS:)

Well thanks to everyone of my friends...in this delightful lovely space.. ..

Never knew such would be the inspiration after starting on November 14, 2009...

Thanks to 

Green Remains Thirsty..

Written for Rebecca's

Haiku My Heart....

Green Remains Thirsty..

Neither the sun shines

nor are falling any rains;

I go for my walk..

I go for my walk;

some raindrops fall on my face

surprising me, oh..

Surprising me, oh

nothing much happens really;

green remains thirsty..

Green remains thirsty;

I hear the thunder of clouds,

my music of hope..

RS:)

Ego Impacts Love..

Written for 3WW

Differ, Halt, Imagine

Ego Impacts Love..

She differs with him,

he halts himself in his tracks;

ego impacts love..

Ego impacts love;
he is happy living with
his imagined truth

His imagined truth;
 she quietly  lives in her
imagination

RS:)

Nature's Ornaments..

Written for Tackle It Tuesday by Chèvrefeuille

Colours of life grow;

man and earth join hands to draw

happiness painings..

**

A house gets

nature's ornaments;

Happy gifts

RS:)

It Will Rain Somewhere....

Written for One Single Impression

Prompt : Baloon

( Thanks Harshadji for the prompt..)

Red baloon;

blowing air with force

I turn blue..

*

As a curious child

I would look at Moon

and often think

It was a shining baloon

My eyes would wander

looking for a hanging thread

But then I grew-up

and learnt the truth instead..

*

I  draw smiles and smiles 

on a baloon and release it;

It will rain somewhere..

RS:)

Ah, A Lifeline That!

Written for

Prompt: Vital

Not able to see Moon,
can't tell clouds also  to go;
helplessness hits me..

***

I express myself

 in three lines writing haiku;

Ah, a lifeline, that!

***


Indeed haiku shines
at HH and HMH;
very vital links..

RS:)

 

 

Shared with HMH too i.e.

Haiku My Heart..

Arrogance Melts Too..

Written for Rebecca's

Haiku My Heart..

Arrogance Melts Too

(chained free haiku..)

I look up with hope

at a big black group of clouds;

dark skies laugh at me

Dark skies laugh at me

yet, obligingly give rains;

arrogance melts too

Arrogance melts too

as puddles of water grow;

she floats paper boat

She floats paper boat

carrying forbidden dreams;

ah, smoke without fire

Ah, smoke without fire,

rain too gets a  lot stronger;

I look up with hope..

RS:)