Soft Toy

On her 34th birthday
She received a wonderful soft toy.
Excited and thrilled
She opened the blue box
And a polar bear peeped.

Many times before that
She thought of buying one
But then decided to buy things which
were absolutely necessary.
Besides there was no fun
in buying a soft toy by herself.
Without any passport and visa
the bear had already traveled three countries.

Lucknow, India

Before the autumn

Days will pass like this until December
Or more than that...
Before the next autumn
When leaves will slowly prepare
to leave their tree-mother
by changing color from green to
yellow, red, and reddish brown;

Before such autumn begins
I would like to leave with a warm heart.

Lucknow, India 

Blunt People

Blunt people
don't get pain.
Because they go with the flow.
It's the intelligent and intellectuals
who suffer most in this world.
On the contrary, they enjoy life being blunt. 

Above all, we do like to spend our lives
with good human beings,
who are generous, selfless, and lack ego.
But is that the only thing we desire?
What is the value of all goodness
if there is no analytical power
and if one only listens to you
and doesn't share their opinion?

Lucknow, India

Children

 I like to see them from a distance
 Like observing flowers
lying on the top of a tree.
How can you not like children? She asked
---Is it mandatory to like them?
No, not mandatory.
But all women like.
I was annoyed and showed it on my face.
Like others, she said you would change.
--May be. I shrugged my shoulders.

[Hey, don't judge me
because I don't judge you
for your excessive desire to have them]

I knew I don't hate them
but I am not very fond of them either
especially those who look like
crimson-colored little mice
asleep on your arms.

Lucknow, India

[Note: Seems like inspired by the style of Nissim Ezekiel]

Bakrid 2019

The boy in the back-alley
pushed the goat and swayed
some green leaves in front of it.
Out of greed or hunger
the goat moved a bit.

Since Saturday afternoon
I heard weeping of another
Sometimes very loud, sometimes muffled...
The animal knew the time had come.

When rain came in the evening
Its weeping got mixed with the raindrops
Many don't notice that the sound of the drops differs;
When it falls on the ground in the beginning
It is more like a loud cry;
And later it just weeps incessantly
without giving a break.

Lucknow, India