Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Nidhi's posterous


Another attempt

Warm Sand

Grains of sand

Silken and course

Complete together

Whole alone.

 

Smooth and dry

Swiftly they flow,

Wet and lumpy

A castle they hold

 

Warm and granular

No-one's in particular

The sand, toasts under the sun

To heal my back when I turn.

 

I dig my feet

Under the sand they meet

Engulf me, there's no one here

Little grains let me disappear.

 

I played and built all day long

The grains like harmonies in a song.

The dry tend to fly, the wet softly soothe

The pirates come dig and plunder for loot.

 

Quickly in my fist I hold some tight

But the sand escapes without a fight.

My open palm is polished and poked

A pitt-stop on a long winding road.

 

But alas! I've been drawn down

After I traveled all through town

The more you kick the more it sticks

Like in the hour glass, constrained and fixed.

 

Grains of sand, will find their place

Wind and water will tell their fate

Warm and porous, almost mystify

Fall and rise, touchdown and fly.

 

- Nidhi

Lonesome

Loneliness
Blows at your toe
Like a snake
Crawling around your feet

Eerie like the dark
Silent night
So still yet so anxious

Loneliness
At first a sharp sting
Unexpected
He attacks the mighty-heart

You shrug, you bite
your lip and move forward
The sensation of the sting
The pain remains

The stings and bites
Become more regular
Each time you scamper to find
The antidote for the pain

The snake comes every night
At times he merely lurks
Around your ankles
But you've for long, lost your sleep

There is no peace
It's all washed down
Like a drug, it gives
The more it gets

The slithering snake
Is working up his way
You are sweating now
And shaking to resist, in vain

Calm and still
For you are hollow now
An easy victim
To chew and gobble whole

Only the fat,
Slithering snake remains
I hear him hissing
Softly in the dark

We have lost you to loneliness
You were taken away
For distracted, we didn't care.
We have lost you forever
Now only- loneliness remains

- Nidhi

Sojourn

I sit by the sea

Still empty in the afternoon

I am alone,

In the comfort of this big tree

The sunlight on my back,

Reminds me of your warm embrace

I squint my eyes to see

The wide rippling waves

Calm but constantly moving

The sun on the ripples

Gleams and reflects

Each flash is fast and golden

I try and take in as many as I can

It's beautifully blinding

Like the glint in your eye

I can hear the waves,

Strong and baritone

Cutting through the tourist wails

I close my eyes and hold the sound

It reminds me of your whisper

That drowns out the crowd

The sun is getting calmer

I feel rejuvenated and new

It was befitting to be sun kissed

In the absence of you

The wind runs through my hair

It puts me to ease

I feel bare and open

Enough to lie under the clear cloudless sky

The tide is now receding

Defenseless as you are at the end of the day

Tired, vulnerable and inviting

Seeking peace after the lashing and fighting

I change and get ready

The  sand plays with my toes

It's time to greet the sea
As the shack starts bursting

I step away and begin walking

Down the path I have been longing

It is finally the moment of fulfilling unison

The soothing sun, the blue expanse

The cool refreshing sea,

And for as far as I can see,

There is just them and me

- Nidhi

Lives in Rhyme

She walked down that tiny lane
When he was up there in a big jet plane
She brewed some coffee and added some milk
He sipped some champagne, it tasted like silk
 
Independent their lives flowed slowly by
Like clouds, like waves, like butterflies
Vulnerable and resilient, Smile and cry
Something ate them up inside
 
Distanced by oceans, distanced by time
Their stories proceeded almost in rhyme
She wanted to breakaway, she longed to fly
He needed some rest, a shoulder to cry
 
She broke away, her dreams took flight
He waved the white flag with all his might
Their paths crossed, it was colour in white
It was all so strange but it felt so right
 
Days of bloom, of dances in the moonlight,
Of music in the air, all through the night
Of bright park walks, of gorgeous art wars
Of exhilaration, of affection, and still more
 
One evening across each other they stood
Not one said a word, but both understood
This was not their time, it was not their place
To part was right, a rational case
 
They walked away, pensive and helpless
But then they smiled for their days of fondness
They were not what they used to be
For them to meet, was meant to be
 
Distanced by oceans, distanced by time
Their stories proceeded again, almost in rhyme.

- Nidhi

The Queen

Grab attention as I push the door
Heads turn as I take the floor
This is my pond, its where I rule
Undisputed, I'm the queen in my cocoon

I am at convenience, I am introduced
To someone you know, the one who amused
We sit down, we chat and even when we debate
Proud I still stay queen in our cocoon

Then I meet an alien, one I've never seen,
He hails from lands I've never been
He speaks another language, he shows me how
I'm queen of merely my cocoon

He fascinates, he is here to stay,
I begin to love and crave for his way,
My mind is opened and soaks it all up
I could be queen concurring foreign lands

The light gushes in though a crack in my plan,
I rub my eyes and see that maybe I can,
My rooms lit up with a single ray of hope
Hold on tight as I prepare to fly, Over to another shore

- Nidhi

All One.

I belong to an exotic land,
I bear a deep-rooted culture,
My upbringing was real and grounded
It gave me my exceptional grit.

I see and feel what you don't,
My imagination sets me apart,
I deal with things you never will
As I foster and chase my dreams.

I have a distinct style, a special charm,
My sensibilities and perspective - unique,
I give and take and share and expect
Life, to give me wings.

I crashed, I fell, I bruised myself,
I tugged my precious broken heart,
The feeling lingered, my strength gave way
I cried and held on to your warm embrace.

At the dark hour, at the end of the race,
We all seek the very same,
Deep inside you are just like me.
One soul's burden only another can free.

- Nidhi

My Longing

My longing, it drove me here
The longing, made the fruit sweeter
It is the journey, it is the goal
The longing, my longing

The furnace of my passion
My longing, its the carrot of my chase
The changing sculptor of my dreams
The longing, my longing

The longing is a constant
One achieved, another chased
The restless pang in the careless joy
It is the nomad in the settled land

The longing, my longing
I must learn to befriend
It stays and plays in funny ways
My longing- my love, makes me who I am

- Nidhi

The Design

Everyday I know myself a little more
Through the eyes of fellow passengers
I discover bits of my unknown journey
My quest of outward knowledge, a paradox
For I know not still, my inner call.

Everyday I ask myself
Questions to which I have no answers
Little clues that will lead me there
I do find but quickly abandon
I think I fear facing the truth

Everyday I apply war-paint
And induce a little sunshine
Smiling and pushing to juggle around
I slip and collapse
While gunning for righteous order

I sit and hold a heavy head
Open and honest I begin to talk
To the divinity that resides in me
It's my grounded connect to sanity
Deliberately simple and calm, the prophesy said -
The design, in time, will be revealed

- Nidhi

Reflecting

Talent. Its lurking.
Substance. It's bursting.
Faith. Wavering.
My Soul. Searching.

Lover.In finding.
Peace. In hiding.
Respect. It's binding.
My Passion. Unending.

Brave. And bruising.
Ambition. And undoing.
Heart. And choosing.
My Spirit. Elevating.

- Nidhi

Rock steady

You gave me my sense of belonging
I learnt courage from you first hand
I have your spirit, you always shine
You've been rock steady, my rock for life.

My introduction to philosophy
You gave me, my outspoken-ness
Evenings watching Roman Holiday and My Fair Lady
You gave me Shakespeare and Pride and Prejudice.

My ardent supporter you've been all through
United with me, even against mom
From the time you taught me to like an apple
To the time you spoke of Osho.

From you I have experienced family
For you built my only one
You taught me to travel, to see the world
And somehow goaded me to make my own.

You grieved with us but you emerged so strong
You imparted strength when we had none
You have no idea of the fighter you are
Just get up and give yourself a jolt.

There is so much to say and so much to know
Journeys that await, that are left half-way
Just open your eyes and we'll fly away
Come soon dada, I've made some plans I need to share
Don't you know, our evenings of ideas and debate await.

- Nidhi

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