Anonymous Love Letter

From the beginning, I have tried my best
My very best to tell you that we are both
One and the same, and that you are in me
And I within you and even if the distance
Between us are thousands of miles
Nothing can really keep us apart.

But now as ever, you refuse to accept me
As a part of your being or existence
You refuse to face the truth and keep seeking
In the arms of a false illusionary world
Of make-belief, only to drown in rivers of grief!
Why oh, why do you turn your back on me?

Pretending that I do not even exist at all?
Can you really go on denying me like this?
To yourself and others my dear?
Why do you seek to turn away from me?
How far and how long can you keep on running?
Can't you see that I'll be with you forever?

Wherever you go you'll come back to me!
For my love is neither selfish nor greedy.
It’s the selfless absolute of all that you seek.
Unlike the mirage or the rainbow
That manifests only to cheat for a while
Untainted, unfalsified purity am I.

Give up this search for false love and rush into my arms.
Shed all your fears, sorrows and apprehensions
Embrace me and hold tight to me for everlasting bliss
Close your eyes and relax in the sanctuary of my love
Let go off the ropes that bind you to this world of deceit
Surrender your self in me and rediscover your true self.

Look deep within you, you'll find me there - the one true love.
Can't you see me, recognize me and acknowledge me, dear?
Close your eyes and listen to your heartbeat dearest
And to the music of your agonized soul sweet love.
Or return to the Upanishads and hear the wise sage say...

Tat Va Masi Shwethaketu!
(SHWETHAKETU, YOU ARE THAT! YOU ARE BRAHMAM -THE GOD THAT YOU SEEK!)

DELHI POLICE

Barring a few, who stood helpless as Karna
Against the orders of their Hindutva superiors
Sadly lacking the courage to register even FIRs
Totally complicit, the rest along with saffron fanatics
A police force obliged to protect turned predators
Rioters allowed to loot and kill in Ram's name
Delhi allowed to burn in an inferno; see how it wails!
Shame! This eight-letter praise is too mild for you thugs.

A Dawn Dawns

As earth awaits the rising sun
And valleys murmur in their dreams
Another dawn in myriad hues
Alights upon this world...

Photo credit - Jonathan Petersson, Sweden

THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Ahimsa died a million deaths
all - around infamies flourished
a nation was orphaned, plunged into darkness
as ignorance mated with fanaticism blind
and treachery and hatred their bastards born.

A sentencing done in-absentia,
in the Supreme Court of Hindutva
in in-camera proceedings...
by the Chief Justice of Fanaticism
the most honorable Veerputra
guardian of Manu Smriti
the penal code of Hindutva.

His crime was most heinous
and there was no remorse
a repeat offender,
defender of traitors - he had to die
for the motherland to be saved.

A summary trial, the sentencing was swift
Capital punishment, no less would do.

The executioner was appointed
and so were his assistants
armed with the death warrant
they set out in search
to give him Capital punishment
in the nation's capital.

The condemned man unaware of impending doom
sets out, as usual, to seek out his Ram.
It was then that they chose to send him to Ram
it was then that they chose to do the vilest of deeds
and shed the blood of a Mahatma's heart!

As the bullets of hate tore through the softest of hearts
a nation was backstabbed and heavily brutalized.
Though ahimsa died a million deaths
it resurrects worldwide to pay him homage
even as his nation carries out Capital punishments!