But this day I know...

It maybe that one day,life may end,
it maybe that I will never again learn to smile...
But this day I know...
I might have lost,I have truly lost,
while I glowed with the satisfaction of winning...

But this day I know...
I have been mean,yes,I said you can not...
I have been,yes,I said you will not...
I have doubted,I have been skeptic,
but now I know...

But this day I know...
I have shut out my heart to everything that was good,
I remained blind to all that meant...
But this day I know...

It maybe that I lost some things forever,
it maybe that I will regain some things again...
But this day I know...

I boasted my ignorance,
I gloated my arrogance...
But this day I know...

I have learnt to smile my friend...
I have learnt to smile...
That day I smirked,that day I rolled my eyes...
But this day I know...

Once I ignored,once I over-looked...
Once I judged...
But this day I know...

I sit here, in this lonely chair, my heart is troubled,
I doubt if I must, but I smile...
I am scared, trust me I am...
But for a reason I don't know,I go ahead and smile...
If these tears speak to me of that loss, that smile tells me the gain...
I know I fell,I know now I needed to...
I have learned what I ought to have seen long ago...
But this day I know...

I know now,you can smile...
You have won my friend...
You have won that old game...
This day content,I know where I must lie down low...
I rest in the lap of time...
But this day I know...
That all I had to do was choose between yesterday and tomorrow...

This day I do know,
I am content and peace sleeps beside me in this solitude,
unlike hours in darkness that I spent in past,
so lonely with pain in that blanket of snow...

© Karthik Adithya Singaraju

Gifts...

The ice on the glowing palm,
the snow on the fiery hearth,silent...
You see in those eyes so deep,
a serene calm, brought by the thunderstorms...
Now the waves are gone,deep into the sea...
Now the clouds have gone high above the mortal's sky...
Lord is asleep in his Mistress' arms,
and Vagabond in shadow of the date palm...
Ye restless mortal unto sea,
Ye ruthless pirate drunk again,
Ye heartless dagger of the Mark...
Now see the shadow of the dark...
The shadow crept inside Yer heart,
those voices silent, ring a chord,
and Ye see that mermaid swim the sea,
Ye see that Triton strike Ye free...
Now oh! ruthless pirate long forgone,
now friend so dear, Ye sure have come;
This is the gift, Winter gives to thee,
the soft ice rests for the softer breath of Ye...
This is the Gift, God has gifted Ye,
snow dwells in thy fiery heart,
calm as a bumbling bee...
- Anyo Shiyen
15/04/2010

© Karthik Adithya Singaraju

Meeting of Ladies...

As the waters in sparkling eve,
As the winds blowing in the the darkling scene...
Now I see the beauty,as it rests;
words left behind in the hallway,
sounds forlorn in the alley beneath this nest,
all the words, lost in thoughts,
all the thoughts, lost in feelings,
feelings stop with this tender breath...
August rain falls,
pearls from that lady wearing the pale blue dress...
Now this boy,at the foot of that church rests,
listens, intent, to that flute blowing abreast...
The drops waken, the lively green dress,
and perfume, scent of the elegant lady,
wearing that green-brown dress...
The young lad, lies down, with his head resting,
on the bosom of his mother,
and floats amidst the stream of dreams, unrest...
The young ladies greet,
and the merry lad sings, the songs with that merry zest...
Oh! pray, Lord!, gratitude,
musing, my Lord!, thee blessed me with this sight...
Now let me close my eyes,
and let me relive this sight...
Adieu...
Anyo Shiyen
6/4/2010

© Karthik Adithya Singaraju