Afraid or Alive?

No, the future is not blur,

But our understanding is...

Fear of many things,

Meaning nothing but

That of uncertainty!

Truth be told, no act,

No game, no glory,

Unending disaster!

Can you tell me one

Day that you were certain of

Since your first cry

Say a day you knew

You wouldn't sneeze

Or could fight the breeze

Fear of many things,

Means fear of everything!

Can you really survive that?

Can you live in fear?

If yes, can you teach me please?

But if not, do you want to be

Afraid or alive?

-- Pradeep K (Prady)

                          -o-

Cleansed

And then it rained...

Oh yes, it rained!

Temperamental percussion

Drummer's determination

Unbalanced electrification

A deafening chord

Those arrythmic beats

Dramatic cleansing action

The sparkling cotton swab

Unleashed a degreasing wash

A highly charged attenuation

Heaven's puncture wounds

Poured down ambrosia

With no discrimination

All those who deserved

Bathed with those who had

Inflicted heinous scars

Oh yes, it rained

And all was cleansed!

                                  -o-

Maybe

Maybe inside the cleansing fires

I'll find a way out of the misery

That surrounds us all today

Maybe all is not yet lost

Maybe there's still some hope

Maybe there's a wise guide up higher

Who'll point me out my missteps

And prepare me for the way

Maybe I'll find a torch

Maybe I'll retrace the slopes

Maybe other travelers in the past

Have left telltale signs along the path

I'll leave some as well on the way

Maybe they'll help someone else

Maybe then I'll not lose hope

Maybe soon, as I rest, someone

Will follow my signs and reach me

We'll spread the light with our torches

Maybe all is not yet lost

Maybe there's still some hope

                                  -o-

I Place My Trust

Gazing out into the distance 

Watching the horizon blush

Golden hue

The sun seems to have

Retired for the day

Oh, it seems to have

Gone away

Waves crashing on the shores

Seeing the sand castle break

Children laugh

They'll just build another

And this one, don't you know,

Will be better than the last

Practice wins 

I'm happy to be here today

The sun goes nowhere

Nor does true

Friendship ever fade

In its warmth I bask away

In you I place my trust

And in me you may

And as I hear the children play

Even as the sand beneath my feet

Slips away

The shore is as full today

As it had been yesterday

In you I place my trust

And in me you may

                                  -o-

What's That Elusive Sound?

What's that faint sound

With the whispering wind?

Why does it caress my ears?

Has it a message for me?

What's that scent it brings?

Why does it tease me so?

What does it intend to evoke?

And then, why subtly so?

I've been holding my breath

So not to disturb the breeze,

So the secret may be bared,

And the point be delivered,

Clearly, in time, before I depart

Through the noisy jungles,

To the peaceful shores,

And into the deep and 

Quiet stillness beyond.

Inaudible now, though I sense it

Why is it so faint, the sound?

Only a hint of a lore forgotten?

Why not hit me loud and clear?

What's that learning it brings?

Why does it evade me so?

Why does it blow snowflakes?

Why does it not throw rocks?

I've known for quite some time

There plays this silent sound,

With it sways this subtle scent,

But I need to perceive them yet,

To recall, clearly, before I depart

Through the noisy jungles,

To the peaceful shores,

And into the deep and 

Quiet stillness beyond.

I must discern this sound!

Why does it elude me so?

I need to draw out its message!

I need to absorb its lesson

Clearly, in time, before I depart

Through the noisy jungles,

To the peaceful shores,

And into the deep and 

Quiet stillness beyond!

                                  -o-

Every Seed Should Know

Enter my grave with a lion's heart;

Nerves of steel will do you good

For, you'll be staying here

As long as it takes you to see

That nothing exists here, although

Everything springs out of here!

And every seed should know this

Before it explodes to sprout!

Deep in here the world does vanish

No matter if you close your eyes or not;

You'll find no joy in the rules you knew

You'll need to learn one thing anew

That nothing exists here, although

Everything springs out of here!

And every seed should know this

Before it explodes to sprout!

My grave will change you many times;

It will feed you, and nourish you

And free you from binding shackles

Until you realize your own true worth

Your layers will peel off;

Your identity will be lost;

You'll be turned inside out;

Until you clearly see

That nothing exists here, although

Everything springs out of here!

And every seed should know this

Before it explodes to sprout!

                                  -o-