Author Archives: Iris

In the heaven on earth, now ravaged by war In the snow kissed mountains, white eagles soar A cobbled path snakes up the pine woods Carrying the lost army of love who broods T’was a day like any other in the clouds Of cold and wind and terrors’ shrouds That hid all hope and laughterContinue reading “The dead man’s realm”

On a January morning, cold and dark, As the drums of the national anthem play They hoisted the tricolor to mark This glorious nation’s Republic day Who knew in that moment, a tragedy so stark Was brewing just beneath their feet Who knew they were about to embark On a journey with no retreat ItContinue reading “The Earthquake”

At the tender age of twenty one They decided I had had enough fun And with a herculean effort they found me this speci-man With whom my life’s idiosyncratic farce began He first appeared like any normal guy Just the usual, short & pale & shy The regular engineer with an average salary To allContinue reading “The Indian Husband”

Alone, alone I walk each mile, No one to look up at and smile No one has the will to care Here, true emotions are so rare Men in this town have no left time Wealth seems their only reason and rhyme All day they jostle and shout and honk And then for clemency theyContinue reading “Lost”

Born in the depths of a conscious mind, Of Life, with life, she walks behind. Like a shadow with darkness, with fear she grows, Adorned in misery, feasting on life’s sorrows. In sickness, with age, her power she gains, From Life, her fair twin, all joy she drains. In the mind that gave her birthContinue reading “Fear of Death..”

A promise broken, A word unspoken, A dream forsaken, A smile stolen . A silence unread A tear unshed A desire unfed A feeling, dead A light darkened A shadow lengthened A sorrow strengthened A hatred deepened. A path untread A love unsaid A debt paid. A mind made A good-bye it is A deepContinue reading “Mindless Chaos”

Beauty! where are you, in what object you dwell? In the clouds adrift, in the pebbles’ shade, in the flower’s fragrance, in the rivers’ swell? In the bird’s feather, in the butterflies’ wing, on the fishes’ scales, on the snail’s shell? In the color of moss, in the hue of sunset, in the silence ofContinue reading “My Quest for Beauty”

There are questions in my mind the answers I can’t find What is good and what is bad? What is selfish what is kind? Life is a battle but they say wars are cruel. Everything happens for the good but then what’s destiny? ‘Nothing is in your hands’ when someone loses, ‘It’s your diligence’ whenContinue reading “Confused”

There are times when you feel, there’s no other way but to kneel Down to that God! The creator of all life. Happiness and troubles and goodness and strife He made a miracle, a thing of beauty , Perfect contours, fair, a lady, Every face as if etched out of diamond, Every feature carved delicatelyContinue reading “Immortal Error”