A Festival without an Event

 
A thread of affection brought

To be tied as a token

Just as a token taken

In a room, alone to invent

The presence of the person absent

My fingers do the job of tying

With difficulty, I took a selfie

To sent it through WhatsApp

And to put up on the F/B

To make my sisters feel happy!

That I did- the ritual without retreats,

Flowers, roli , akshat and sweets!

At home, back at home,

Even with difficulty we meet

Distances are impossible 

To traverse every year

But the bond feels nearer

There is a festive mood

Not that we sit alone and brood!

But what about those whom

I have never met but

Feel the bond abloom

In this lonesome room

And help remove the gloom

Of the day!

Rakhi is not only for siblings

But it is also about feelings!

It is not about family ties and blood relations

But about respecting another being beyond rationalizations

Who is as precious as your own sister!

Born of another mother, nevertheless

I missed her, as my own sister!

A Grammar of Growing Up

Days go with you and bid goodbye

Hours slide down and die

And drape down

The innocence of the Noun!

With the experience of Adverbs

Of place, time and frequency, the Verbs

Replace the endearing use of Nouns

(Slowly moving from lisping sounds )

To the stable use of personal Pronouns!

Individuality stands alone keeping the Subject alone

Sometimes with a defiant adolescent tone

Distractions, doubts in the use of Determiners

A shaky ground for the beginners!

Disagreement with the Subject-Verb agreement begins

Early during this period and lurks within, and at times springs

With the Nouns like mathematics, rhetorics and news

Without any tension to meddle in don’ts and dos!

What I wish to say in a few sentences

Is not enough about life’s infinite time and tenses!

To deconstruct the grammar of growing up is not enough

As adolescence is a diamond in the rough;

It is a living discourse; both simple and tough

Ironical, unpredictable, surprising, puzzling stuff

Needs patience, pardon, perseverance and fun

To handle its substance for every daughter and son!

 Note: Courtesy:

https://larkalong.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/salvador-dali-adolescence/

This painting, Adolescence, by Salvador Dali

Destination: Retreat

Houses are built

Homes are made

They are time-constructs:

Segmented, particularized,

Populated in a particular period!

Time’s masons demolish them

After the slow, unnoticed complacencies

Of  dilapidations – to renovate, to re-build

The  crumbling boundaries

Making the world open once again!

For you - you have – to try

For a new beginning,

With a renewed feelings

Of homeness you depart

 Leaving behind

Flowers  that Time

Will never wilt!

Destination: Experience

The time-horse

With the downcast eyes

And  a  face sad

Carrying Barbies

On his back

Moving slowly

When forced

To take them

From the valley

Where   flowers

Enjoyed the bliss of freedom

To the land where

Innocence  is shocked

By the experience of fetters

With wide-eyed bewilderment

And confusion!