Entangled

Entangled 
Your words, he said, 
Such a tangled web they weave,
Uneven patterns that abide, unyielding, 
Much as one tries meaning to derive,
Perhaps you use them to hide? 
Ah! She said, 
If only you'd reach out a hand without fright, 
Softly, without intent, in just a little while, 
The words would fall away, gossamer like, 
I really don't intend to hide! 
-Vinny 
29/11/15

Calypso

Calypso* 
I hear the ebb and fall of the tides, he said,
The swirl of the waves, has me in a trance,
The songs of the sea beckon,
It is as if the Sirens sing...
I know, she said, that the rhythms that so entrance,
Lie within,
That the waves speak In your tongue ,
They tell tales of enchanted groves alien to me,
That the stars light up your path,
Through the riddle of the oceans,
I see in the distance the ships that await,
to take you tither,
Away from me ...
-Vinny
28/11/15
* in Greek mythology, Calypso was a nymph who kept Odysseus imprisoned in an enchanted island for 7 years. 

Melody

Melody 
What is it that you seek? He asked, 
I see you roam the streets, 
Traverse the mountains and the seas. 
Hug a tree and collect the dew 
Or run the sands with your fingers, through,
You smile with the flowers and hum with the bees, 
What is it that you seek? 
Ah ! She said , you see the imp in me!
Then why is it that you don't see, 
That which reveals itself so readily, 
In the interregnum betwixt one wave and the crest of the next,
That the sands have a melody, 
That the flowers sway to the humming of the bees! 
That this symphony in C minor, 
That the universe strums, was not just for Beethoven,
Was indeed, intended for you and me !
- Vinny 
27/11/15

Time

Time

I wonder what do you see? she asked,
When you look at me so,
I know that many moons have passed me by,
That time nestles in the crinkles on my face,
That silver colours my hair and my smile fades,
Into nothingness, invisible to the gaze.
He smiled,
yes the moon touched the crevices of your brow,
and tarried in the pooled reflections on your face,
But I also see the moments in which you paused,
Moonlit conversations suspended, dismissive of thought,
As if rapture were alien to your state.
True, she said,
those moments in which I pause,
Are littered with little bits of broken me ,
Sharp, hardened shard like,
But, how is it ? That you perceive,
Beyond the obvious and deep within?
He smiled,
I walk on the thorns of life , I also bleed.
-Vinny
26/11/15

('cause i met a friend after a few years today)

Disconnected.

Disconnected.

You sleep the sleep of the disconnected, he said,
As if curled inside a cocoon,
Don't your wings yearn the thrill of flight? 
I flew, too close to the Sun, she said
Scorched, I use the dark to heal
The dank moist haze keeps me from the blinding light.
What if I were to fly alongside?
Would you awaken to the colours that life offers?
For they be so many, if only you would open your eyes.
I see the world in light and dark, she said,
And you yearn the painted dawns that arise,
Washed with the hues of the waters wherein they hide,
How will we fly alongside?
Ah! He said, the dark and the light,
Is it not that they hold within,
All the colours that the universe provides?
True, you see, she said,
It is in this that the disconnect lies,
That one splits a ray of light,
And the other in the dark, abides.
-Vinny
25/11/15

ग़फ़लत gaflat

ग़फ़लत 
सोचती हूँ उस को क्या भेजूं 
खत में भर, अरमान भेजूं 
या  रंग भेजूं, सुर्ख गुलान भेजूं,
नील समुन्दर से गहरे राज़ भेजूं,
या गुलों के  संग बहार भेजूं,
रात से चुरा कुछ रोशन चिराग भेजूं,
या फलक से तोड़ तारों की कतार भेजूं,
शीरीन नगमा ए बहार  भेजूं,
या कोई दिलखुश रुबाई भेजूं,
क्या भेजूं,जो हाल ए दिल कह दे,
आखिर उस को भेजूं, तो क्या भेजूं?
वो नासमझ तो नहीं , फिर भी,
किस अंदाज़ उसे पैगाम भेजूं,
किस रंग लिखूं, किस ज़बान कहूँ,
कुछ हर्फ़ चुनूं के कुछ सामान भेजूं,
किसी शबनमी सुबह कहूँ,
के शमा ए शब से रोशन कहूँ,
वो बात जो अब है ऐसी, कि  हर हाल भेजूं,
और यूं भी है, 
के इस इंतेखाब की गफलत में,
कुछ भेजूं भी के ना  भेजूं,
उफ़,  के बस  एक गुज़ारिश भेजूं,
इस बेखुदी का  सबब  ज़ाहिर हो, 
ये दुआ भेजूं। … 
~ विन्नी 
२२/११/१५ 

Gaflat 
Sochtee hoon us ko kya bhejun
Khat mein bhar armaan bhejun
Ya rang bhejun surkh gulaal bhejun
Neel samanunder se  gehre  raaz bhejun 
Ya gulon ke sang bahaar bhejun 
Raat se Chura kuch Roshan Chirag bhejun 
Ya falak se todh taron ki kataar bhejun
Shereen Nagma e bahaar bhejun
Ya koi dilkush rubayee bhajun
 kya bhejun jo haal e dil keh de
Aakhir use bheju to kya bhejun 
Woh nasamjh to nahin Phir bhi
Kis andaaz use paigaam bhejun...
Kis rang likhoon kis jaban kahoon
Kuch harf chunoon ki samaan bhejoon
Shabnami subah kahoon ke sham e Shab se Roshan kahoon
Woh baat jo hai aisee ki ab har haal bhejoon
Aur yoon bhi hai ke is intekhaab ki gaflat mein 
Kuch bhejun bhi ki na bhejun ...
Uff , ki bas ik guzarish bhejun
Is bekhudi ka sabab Zahir ho
Ye dua bhejun...
Vinny 
22/11/15