Crow's Ambush

published in Inklinks Anthology

You living in a small room

Keeping things in the rack

Under your pillow

In your suitcase

In safe havens

In your table

In kitchen

But I

Living in a big paradise

I can keep in trash cans

On mountain top

On tree branches

Windows of multi storey buildings

Inside burrows

Wherever I wish under the sky

Its not easy to search back

Using Find option

I have to fly over miles

I have to remember my nest

And you fools

Calling me forgetfull crow

Caw! Caw! Caw!

Behind the Window

 

* Published in Taj Mahal Review ( Dec 2012 Issue)

In the confines of her home

She peeps through the window rails

The changing sky, she adores it

The varying weather, she smiles

Moving trucks, she awes

The sparrows and crows speaks to her

She invites the squirrels to play

Admires the wing flaps of butterfly

All human are innocent- she feels

All are like her unless she breaks the rails

And sees the real world

Lovingly I hate you

Lovingly I hate you dear
Fear of missing you my life
You will leave me, I fear
Wish to be your loving wife
I want to be always yours
And want you to be mine
For then world will be ours
And our life will shine
Unite us together lord
Do you hear my word?
Will you leave me die?
Or say him not to lie
Will not he be wise as everyone say?
Will I get reward for the good I did till day

Shalini Samuel

Freedom

Behind the window stands

My enchanting dream girl

Waiting to be liberated

From the bars of society

ஏக்கம்

பொழுது சாயும் நேரம்

எனக்காக காத்திருக்கிறாள்

என்னை சுற்றி சுற்றி வலம் வருகிறாள்

பணி  களைப்பு தீர

அன்புடன் தழுவுகிறாள்

அவள் நடனம் தந்த ஆனந்தம் - அற்புதம்

மலரும் என் மென்மனம்

தொட்டு குளிர்விக்கின்றாள்

என்  உடலோடு உறவாடி

தாலாட்டு பாடி தூங்க செய்கிறாள்

 

பொழுது புலர்ந்தது, பகலவன் வந்தான்

அவளது கண்ணீர் துளி என் கன்னத்தில்

அவள்  எங்கே? கண்டவருண்டோ?

அவளை உணரமுடியவில்லை

ஏன் மறைந்தாள், இது அவள் விளையாட்டா ?

விலகி சென்றவள் மீண்டும் வருவாளா?

என் மேல் கோபமா, என் உயிரே

ஏ பனியே! என் இரவு நேர தோழியே

நான்  பூலோகத்தில் இருப்பது சிலகாலம் தான்

ஏன் விட்டு சென்றாய்- ஏங்கும் டிசம்பர் பூ

 

 

 

Couplets and oneliners

The soul sings blissful tunes

Eye dances to its musical whispers

 

Crow pecks the grains

Mynah sighs-Survival of the fittest

 

Lovingly, I hate you dear

Mad of you, I cry happily

 

Team, dreams to work together

Each dream a piece of cake

 

The sky takes snaps of earth

To share in his facebook wall

 

Trees are standing tall, for years

Why don’t you share a chair?

 

Eye can live till blindness prevails

 

Eye speaks more than I talk

 

Anger withers when love blossoms

Love withers when doubt blossoms

 

Night jasmine, drops on the earth

Fragrance fills the garden

 

Tuck your tummy, dad

Ordered his five year old lad

 

The soul rejoices dreaming unheard future

 

Untold songs are joyful melodies for the heart

Lessons life taught

Every path(life) is unique...
Dont tease others path for they may be on the right path...
Dont be proud of your path for it might go wrong one day..
Every unique path has its own ups and downs...
Walk straight with confidence, you will reach your destination one day.. Be patient and keep walking..
One day you might find lot of people walking along with you...
If you are lucky you might even sense God, the Guiding light walking in front of you

 

Every obstacle life places before you is a golden step from God to help you climb higher... Accept it happily and move forward patiently... A humble careful move will lead you more higher...

Can you or me

Inspired by Mallick Sirs poem

 

Who can isolate two waves in the sea?

Who can separate, two colors of a glowing flame?

Who can breakdown, two souls intertwined by God?

Who can take away lava from the volcano?

Who can split breath and life?

Who can steal soul from its soul mate?

Can you or can me, stand against God’s Will

First meeting

When we met

Our eyes brightened up

Our heart pumped together

Faces blushed

You and I disappeared

Everything was ours

Migratory Human Birds

Lonely in crowded apartments, men-

talking to the four walls of their den;

smiling at the ceiling, stamping the floor,

longing for a companion to knock door.

With similar aliens in their next flat,

yearning for that few hour Skype chat,

they push day and night-a monotonous errand,

dreaming to go back to their motherland.

Yet, when chat window shows their family’s fresh smile.

wiping their tears, their heart fills with love and joy

கூட்டு குடும்பம்

 

வெவ்வேறு மதம் -வெவ்வேறு பாதை

ஆனால் செல்லும் இடமோ ஒன்று

வெவ்வேறு பெயர்கள் - வெவ்வேறு மொழிகள்

குறிபிடப்படும் நபர் ஒருவரே

எல்லா மதமும் அன்பை போதிக்கிறது எனின்

எதற்காக வாக்குவாதம்? எதற்காக போர்கள் ?

நீங்கள் கூறுவது போல் இறைவன் பல எனின்

தனித்தனி  பூலோகம் அமைத்திருக்கலாமே

ஏன் கூட்டு  குடும்பமாக குழம்பி தவிக்க வேண்டும்

காக்கையின் வருத்தம்

பச்சை புல்வெளி, 

பொங்கும் நீல கடல் 

வெள்ளை மணல்பரப்பு

கருமை நிற கூந்தல் 

சிவந்த உதடுகள்

பல வர்ண பூக்கள்

சிவந்த மஞ்சள் நெருப்பு

எல்லாம் அற்புதமாக படைத்த

இறைவா, நிறங்களின் மன்னா

ஏன் என்னை கருமை நிறமாக படைத்தாய்?

மானுடன் என்னை கேலி செய்யவா ?

-ஒரு காக்கையின் வருத்தம்

My Drawing Experiences

Recent drawing by me in mspaint

My genes have an aversion towards drawing. During my grandpa’s era, drawing exams were so stringently conducted in school!!! After one such examination, when the teacher distributed the evaluated papers, he didn’t give my grandpa’s paper. At the end, the teacher proclaimed”ingu oruvar eli varaya sonnatharku sinai eli varainthirukirar” (To draw a rat, a person here has drawn a pregnant rat) and gave punishment too.The person who drew that wonderful rat was none other than my lovely grandpa.Ha Ha Ha….

Mom as well is not good in drawing. For her to pencil in, a straight line with the aid of a scale is itself difficult. Dad, though a civil engineer also is not excellent in drawing, but far better than others in our family. Furthermore he is very good in tracing (helped me a lot). With this finer genes inherited, how would have been my drawing skill… It would have come across many humorous incidents na… That’s what I am sharing with you in this blog…

Starting from my kindergarten, I will just recount my memorable drawing experiences. As you all would be familiar with drawing and coloring test in our kindergartens I will begin from it. When you see my report slip (still preserving) I will be having an ‘A’ for everything except two major talents. You would have guessed one talent. The other one is singing (shall talk about it in another post).Have even got Very Poor grade in these talents…But one advantage I possess is, I have good color sense, if somebody gives me a pencil drawing, I am talented to brilliantly color it. As a result home-works will be good-looking.

A hard to believe event happened after my kindergartens. I got first prize in a drawing competition at school!!! In actual fact, even I too can’t believe it. But that was the only reward I got for drawing (till now, may be in future I will get more rewards).There’s an intriguing story behind this prize.

The competitions were announced ahead of one month and drawing was obligatory. We were on our half-yearly vacations. Christmas decorations were going on at my domicile. I was insisting my dad to teach me to draw something for the competition. I was afraid friends would laugh at my drawing skill. I thought I would practice and do better in the competition. My dad was decorating the manger with a plastic santa-claus which was flat and medium-sized. Out of the blue, an idea hit his mind. He took me to the table, gave a paper placed the santa-claus on the paper and asked to make an outline of it(tracing king na). Wow really a beautiful santa-claus. I practiced with this plastic pattern for one month. You know that I am good in coloring na…Finally I grabbed the prize.

Again from sixth to tenth standard I had to suffer, because of this biology records(red and green colored records). Very complex drawings, what to do? Moreover we have to draw the pictures in our class-work too. Above all drawing in exam is so difficult na. In my eighth standard, for botany class-work my mom drew a diagram and to our surprise, madam gave “very good” for the diagram. Mom used to say we should frame and keep it. I had a friend she is very good in drawing, she helped me in tenth biology records. My dad with the help of an electric bulb and a glass piece taught me to take trace from books. This technique helped me a lot.

I was preparing for my tenth biology exam, in zoology there was a lesson about frog(think it’s the second lesson, not sure), we had to practice drawing excretory system, digestive system, nervous system and reproductive system of frog. To my horror if I drew a frog it looked like an extraterrestrial. I was afraid about what I will do in the exam. Even in my dreams, frogs came!!! On the eve of my exam, my mom, dad and my well-wishers prayed that there should be no question about frog. Luckily I left it in choice.

As regards selection of subjects in higher-secondary, I was so cautious. I avoided biology and took Mathematics with Computer Science. The two years I was free from drawing phobia.

During engineering admission, yet again I became vigilant in choosing branch of study. I collected the syllabus for all branches. Engineering drawing was a paper for all branches during first year. I have phobia for the word drawing itself na. Information technology was the only branch which was devoid of this paper (only during my batch, think God has helped me a lot). So I happily chose Information Technology which was my wish too. Though I avoided engineering drawing, I was caught in Workshop record. Luckily one of my neighbors, a civil student who is good in drawing helped me…

After that I didn’t have any problems involving drawing, somehow managed all hurdles, but was still poor in drawing. Everything was going smooth. Again problems arose in the form of flash practicals, but to my surprise, none criticized my drawings. Think I would have improved my drawing skill at that time. For the final practicals I was asked to do an animation of “Elephant riding a tricycle”. I was able to draw something. I dunno how it was!!!

Still used to scribble something in MS Paint!!! But thats a secret.

தர்மம்

சுயநலத்திற்காக

கொடுத்த வாக்கு

மறப்பது

கொடுத்த அன்பு

திரும்ப பெறுவது

தர்மம் அல்ல !!!!