The Falling Maples- Living Unconditionally- Poetry by S.S

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Destiny's countless bends, And fate's furore, That refuses to end, Poisonous tongues, And harshest words, Leaving this soul fluttering, Like a wingless bird, On this rough road, She walks with torn shoes, Oh but these are, Not as tattered as her ruptured soul, Aching, tearful but tearless, Peace is like a mythical lore, In this decaying life of hers, Will you walk along, till the very end ? 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Attired in satin flares, Reposing, Beneath the sparkling stellar glare, Here, Here I am, Gazing at you,  While you stay consumed, In the stillness of the calm waters ahead, Should I or shouldn't I mark my presence? Oh, but I don't wish to startle you! You, lost in the twilight's wondrous essence, My heart chooses, To pen the majestic view, Into a sublime verse; Least did I realise, My steps were being counted, My breaths were being felt, Pondering you were, Not upon what lay ahead, But, my progressive steps, And alluring is the cognizance, That you were penning an Ode for me, Such was the charisma, Of that heavenly moment, When words made love, The lyrics played, Pens danced,  And engrossed in that poetic love, Miles apart we stayed, Living the instant, yet to be lived................

(c) Shilpa Sandesh It's a tranquil night, My sleep and pondering, Refuse to stay quiet, For they are, In a conclusion less fight ; Are we to stay in this material galore Are we to leave it some nearing day, Why not instead be locked up, Across the roads that are rough, Where fire and water breathe together, And two souls closer shall stay; You see me as a diamond, But flawless it is not, As no spirit on this earth, Is saved from the fate's wrath, Am I still wondering, Oh but I am not insane, I seem to be drenched, In the destiny's ridiculous rain, Where I have air, But I can't breathe, To satisfy my thirst, the water fails, I am free, yet tied are my limbs, And I cry, but the voice, It remains unheard ; It's but turning, Into an endless twilight, Save me will you, From this sleepless night!

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Awestruck or fascinated, Wondering, It isn't what the dictionaries have stated; It is a thing sacred, When one's inner self, At one point overshadows all, Or becomes as tiny as an elf, It is a state, A sacramental attitude, Soul's spiritual solitude, An impromptu crying spell, Like the body swaying unconscious, In a huge tempestuous swell; And there, In that hurricane, I see a life raft, And a messiah, Making His way smoothly, Like there is no gale, And in a blink of the eyes, All is at peace, Pastoral, Calm defeats the turbulent, And to live again, This heart turns fervent; The wondering leaps, Springs across the melancholy's heap, Much obliged I am, my Savior, That You appeared, Just when my thoughts, With sorrows were smeared, And so the reverence fails, And halts, Till the tranquility hails..........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh My muse, I write my today's verse to you, For which I waited for the magical twilight, For it be the love's night's song, A song with it's lyrics, Which are born from the moonlight; A full moon, My frame that swoons, Encompassed by the fire, Bathed by the water, Being one with the earth, The soul making love with the sky, And blown away to you, by the wind, It has no rhyme, But a cadence that is divine, Feel as I feel, Flow as my soul flows, With all that forms the night, The darkness, The stillness, The unfathomable voices, The craving hearts, Dying while living, Energies rising, Souls in love reaching the seraphic highs; T's but the two verses, Two subconscious selves united, The rise and fall, Of the two instinctive noumenons, Meter of the hearts, T's my love, The rhythm of the night............

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A Countless steps, A Thousand miles, You're mountains and seas away, Two delightful smiles, Dream castles in the air, Oh but, It's just another day; The verses of fervor, Enchanting conversations, Imaginary walks and the pillow talks, Envisioning together those peachy moments, Oh but, It's just another day; And when we shall hear, The heavenly tunes, Of Ocarina and the Tanbur, The metal tines of Mbira, Or the melodious Gongs, My love, It would be that day, That very day...........................

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Strutting on the lanes, Breathing the fragrance, Of the trees bearing fruits, Fruits of veracity and falsehood of life,  And suddenly. A passerby says "Hi!", Least did I realize, That he was meant to be mine, You, my entangled destiny's reprise; Though the path remains unchanged, Perpetual and unvarying, But the journey did change, Because when two true hearts, Bound by divine commitment in love, Pledge to walk together, No path is impossible, No efforts are futile; In the storms and the rains, I shall be your shelter, While you be mine, For love isn't just about passion, Or laughs or happiness, But it is a walk, In the grim weathers, Upon the petrifying paths, A comforting and an appalling road, Made eternally mystical, With the everlasting magic, Of love's ambrosial sheen................

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A farrago of instruments, Violins and light congos, Flutes striking the love notes, Faint hums of the mountain tribes, Sending me the sign, Your presence's vibes, A pull, An attraction of hearts, Two like hearts, Two like us, Because in love my beloved, In our kind of love, Unlike repel, And likes attract.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh She had been a dry leaf, Over the ages, A leaf so strong, That even the tempestuous winds couldn't break, She was there to wait, For that archangel, Who was destined to be her gardener; She's a blooming green leaf, Envy of the maples and the tulips, As she is touched by divinity, Nurtured by the rays of love, Caressed by the winds of Delight, She surrenders her life, Her whole self, To her savior, Her Gardner.........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh My Wizard, Do you know why You are the One? Because, You ignite my being, Fanning the flames to highest extremes, Before I utter a word, You know all that I wish to say, You are the one I contemplate, When my inner self whirls, Like a Sufi seeker, Your charm, that allure, Convinces the witch inside of me, To arise and cast, An irreversible spell on you, Since the moment I discovered, That my search ends in this life, My mind houses the echoes, Your name, Which are to stay forever, And therefore my beloved, You are the one......... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Take a few steps more, My love, Snatch me, seize me, Abduct me from where I am, And I shall not complain, Make me your prey, Let my soul escape with yours; Take a few steps more, And you shall see me, Awaiting to devote myself, To the caresses of your fingers, To the tickle of your lips, To all that your heart urges for; Take a few steps more, lift your hand, and it shall touch mine, And the fingers would entwine, My breaths shall become the rain drops, Nestling into the sea of your breaths, Till the flood of passion, Breaks the dams of perseverance; Take a few steps more, Denude the treasure chest, Uncover, Unveil what has been sheathed, Concealed and salvaged for you, Unearth those secret allures; Take a few steps more, Endurance of the distances, Forbearance of the time, Are now beginning to swell up, With the impatience and heart's haste, Let this be, The universe's most beautiful love lore, Take a few steps more...

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A road not taken, A path unsought, Neither did you measure it, Nor did I walked upon, Predestined was the route, That was meant to be taken ; The attempts to solo journeys, Have been failures, Because the success called, For the two of us to meet, And here we are, Upon the roughest of the rough roads, Riding in the wagon, Of perseverance and hardwork, To Traverse, The valleys of disappointments, Dare the rains of fates' darts, Climb the lofty mountains, Of our zenith, And soon we shall win, And the moment we would celebrate, By penning a verse, Two hands, one pen, entwined words, A poesy on the sands of time, Odes we would write, As we sit together in each others embrace, Sipping our morning tea.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I stood aghast, Looking through the measured past, And there I was, A false mask, A veil I wore, Through out the journey, Called worldly lore, Faces unreal, False expressions, Sigh, And the Heart cried; There stood the humblest, Most charming, The Godsent in the tempest, Who spread his wings, Lifting me from the material lows, Through the cotton clouds, And vibrant rainbows, Climbing together, The steps of the Palace of Delight, Where we shall be together, Through the days and nights.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh As if on an instant impulse, Eyes open wide, No signs of slumber, Or was there no sleep! I am still perplexed, The right palm felt the warmth, Warmth of an omnipresence, Stings in the heart, A thousand needles piquing, And then a tear emerges, And tears, never-ending, As if to fill the Nile; The prickles of needles, Are the daggers in my sweating frame, And the ascetic lover within me, Propels this body to rise, Above all that is perceptible to material eyes, In the orb, That is beyond the magnitude, Of the substantial souls, Tears flow like blood, As the Nile turns from blue to red; Eyes open, Were they shut! The predicament deepens, This form, this being,  It isn't living for the moment, As I am nothing, A torso of sand, Suspended in the immeasurable universe, Like the planets, stars or asteroids; I am choking in the material air, I breathe free in the heavenly sphere; Breaths touch my cheeks, Stunned, eyes open again, A

(c) Shilpa Sandesh To meditate is to be tranquil, Tranquility is to be silent, Silence promises peace, Peace invites joys, Joys are overshadowed by miseries, Miseries lead to meditate, But, What stays unattended, Are the tears of the heart, That laughs and smiles, But within stays, Like a stack of hay, Set on fire by the decaying time, Time that has so far, Kept me distant from him........ 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh To my beloved Wizard, My love is immortal, Be it dawn, Or be it twilight, I shall love you, Beyond my might, My devotion, my soul, It isn't slave, To the darkness or the lights, To love you and to live you, Is now, My life's, my soul's, my heart's, Sole delight........ 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Imagine, The hills sheathed with orange and green, A sprawling field of white tulips, Peeping through the grasses and weeds, As we walk past the wooded trail, Feets cold with the dew drops, An old bricked cabin and the two lovers proceed, The dusk turning into the moonlit night, And the passion turning into fiery delight ; Dream, Of the contemplation, To live the sought fascination, As the two souls sleep miles apart, But there's no sleep, Just two impatient hearts, Trying to step into trance, To breathe together in those envisioned dreams ; Realize, That we are meant to be, We were destined to be, I for you, You for me, And so our paths collided, Like a meteor being one with the earth, This is to say my beloved, Or rather to plead, "Be not sad, As tears in thou divine eyes, Make me forget, What it is to smile, And a thy sorrowful heart, Makes me curse, These still to be traversed miles........ "

(c) Shilpa Sandesh My dearest seer, The day went past, Consuming me in thoughts of you, Imagining the divine moments with you, Do you know my beloved, Hearing your voice, Is my cure to every pain, Sound of your laugh, Erases all my sorrows, A glimpse of you, And my heart promises, A sleep made up of your dreams, I am you, You are me, We are us, Any one thing missing, And my smiles turn to glum, But not to worry my Wiz, Because I shall wait for it, Tomorrow and everyday....... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Lives are lived, Acts performed, Assigned to be generous, Liberal and benevolent, A twist and the prologue of life, Turns malevolent and unkind; The above, Has been You and I, In our previous lives, As our deeds turned from bounteous to mean, So did the lines in our palms, As Karmas came into play; Our seeking has known no bounds, When we sought each other, But could never be found, It was the punishment, For our respective ostracism, Our unacceptable mulcts; But then was a shower of blessing, Few good feats, And we were born in this life, Sought and found, Fell in love, Deep and profound, expressions unbound, And here we repose, Seas apart, Gazing at each other, A utopia since ages, A call for patience, Perseverance and forbearance, Till we stroll hands in hands, In the Arcadia of Elysian fields........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh The games of time, The fate's mischievous allure, Sometimes bitter, At times honey-coated, My current moments, Are but a part, Of our Love lore; I walk, but I am still, I breathe, while I am dead, I see, with closed eyes, I dream, without any sleep; Caress of the words, Omitting the tears, Misty days and nights. Earnest hearts, Dreaming of all that would be, Earning each other's boundless love, Counting the days for togetherness Each heart promising oneness forever, Marriage of the two parted souls, Brought together by alliance of the destinies, End of the tumultuous hours of parting, Rolling onto the roads to Heaven, as we rest in each other's arms........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I've heard, That silence speaks a thousand words, Words that a blabbermouth like me, Can't express, I have known the silence, But never known the silence in love; But now, I know, The silence, Those temporal tranquil moments, In Love, Are mercifully painful, Graciously difficult, Cordially inflamed, Tenderly caustic, Courteously severe, Mildly sore, Like burning alive................

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I see no stars, I see no moon, I hear no sound, There's just darkness encompassing me I hum the song, As I wait for my Wizard, As today he forgot, To cast his spell on me......... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Silence is a bliss, But your silence is like a slow poison, The pebble sheathed walkway, Is easy to walk upon bare foot, But to stride on velvet roses, without you besides, Is like drowning in the deepest seas, To pen down the divinity in love, Is joyous, To pen down the pain, That my soul feels in your heart, Is painful, Ears are restless to hear from you, Eyes refuse to sleep, as they await your glimpse, And so my precious, You brought my pen to life, And so tonight, in this night of missing, My mind shall be awake, While my pen and words, Savour a cherubic fight.........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh To be melancholic, Isn't by choice, Neither is it, by wish, T's but a road, The destiny's design, And mandatory to be followed; With you I am, In best of the spirits, Without you, dismal I am, So my being joyous or dejected, Is truly your endowment; I am sitting here, Looking across that path, For you went for a stride, And took my breaths along, Please return my soul, As I can't breathe anymore, Dewy eyes are now heavy, And my body's becoming numb; Night is cold, And colder I am, as blood's freezing, My mortal frame's turning blue, Return sooner my Seer, Or I shall soon be, A spirit, Insanely in love with you.......................

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Divinity from afar, Never perceived or thought of, Merely the truest wish, An unanswered prayer of this heart; What was never contemplated, Has now become, The mind's only meditation, What was unfathomed, Has now turned into, The soul's sole desire ; And the two parted vines of destinies, Are finally intertwined, Do you know what that means my seer? Perhaps you still need to realise, If a thorn pricks you, I feel the pain, If your think of aching thoughts, Tumult rises in my mind, If you get an urge to cry, Tears emerge in my eyes; Such is the dwelling, Of my soul in you And of your soul in mine, So my beloved, Smile, If you really want me to smile......... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh In the material world, Of temporal glee, And countless glum, Where the right can't speak, And always stays mum; The silence of yours, And I keeping mum, Is not because we are weak, But because, It's not the want of being right, But a wish for peace ; Our struggles, my love, Go hand in hand, We might be standing, At the listener's end, But it's the time that shall answer, All our opponents, The fate, the time and the bunch, Of worldly minds, self-centred mortals; And as we always do my beloved, Hold my hand, Look into my eyes, They say that we are together, To win the moments, Which are destined to be forever........ 

(c)Shilpa Sandesh I wonder, How a walk on the thorns, Turn into the most beautiful walk, When we are together; I am amazed, How the tears gifted by our respective fates, Taste so sweet, When we are together; Spellbound I am, How standing unsheathed in the winter chills, Become truly soothing, When we are together; And I am sure, The fate's black haze would clear, With our destinies embracing each other, When we would be together.......

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Dew drop I am, You are my leaf, Soil I am, You are my earth, Rain I am, You are my cloud, Rose I am, You are my fragrance, Touch I am, You are the shudders, Skin I am, You are the fire, Kiss I am, You are the desire, Eyes I am, You are the sight, Star I am, You are my light, Rays I am, You are the Sun, Sea I be, While you be my ocean, I await like the love's lost  book, Come and read me  My Wizard....... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh My sweetest, I have been diagnosed, With a dreadful disorder, Topsiturviness in the core of my body, A part we call Heart, Oh what a pain, Did our destiny frame, I am sure you would laugh, When I would say, "Are you cold my love? Because I can't stop sneezing here! It is such a turmoil, Or rather a sweet dilemma, "Did you sprinkle some chili flakes, during the dinner, Oh because I too would sprinkle some, Even though there would be some steam, Emerging from my ears!" I am trying to sleep my beloved, But I guess you have murmur issues, While you sleep, Since I was murmuring too, Telepathy is it?" I am confused, Perplexed, Should I be patient, Or to you, now, I shall run! And it's dilemma again! And my prescription says, "A case of extreme devotion, seeking your love, Enchanted, suffering passion spells, Cure: A kiss from you, every five minutes, A hug from you, every two minutes, Your mesmerizing

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Walking on the grass, Embellished, By the winter morning's dew, I feel the tickles beneath my feet, Stepping forth past the greens, November's orange and golden sheen, I hear the faint notes, A flute, Melodiousness enhancing with every stride, Like rumination lifting my soul, Upon the divine highs, And there, Emerging from the seraphic haze, Midst the heaven's snowflakes, I see you, Like an angel, Sent by the almighty, For me, And a tear flows down my right eye, Like thanking you for being there, For having sought me, While I am still breathing, "Come forth, Personifying a cherubic medley, A fusion of conjurer and seraph, You are the One, The One I have awaited all along, I have sung an unpenned song, A song that I hum now, Welcoming my wizard for lives, It be a song with no lyrics, No music of it's own, But yet, It is the sweetest song, Because my archangel, It's notes arise from You and I, Where the to

(c) Shilpa Sandesh If tears can be taken, Fill my eyes with yours; If smiles can be given, I repose here, with all my smiles, And drench you in countless grins; If I could be a warrior, I would guard you from all the miseries; If a touch could carry all my strength, And all my tenacity into you, I would die the untimely death, And be the wandering spirit, And enter you body to endow, All my vigor into you; If my mortal frame, Could be your shelter, From the venomous arrows of the opponent, In your battles against the time, I would sheathe you and take the blows; If prayers are truly answered Today I shall ruminate, And to the Gods and Goddesses I would pray, Invoke the spirits of fortune, To carry all my luck to you, For tomorrow and all the moments to come, All the best my Wizard........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh The shivery winter morning, As I reside curled up in the blanket, Pleasantly warm, I raise my hand to flip away, The hair strands which fall on my cheek, A mole on my arm grabs my sight, And I sigh, Where are you my beloved, Why so far, When this moment is meant, To be cuddled in each others arms, When you would say, "Let me see the constellations, Of all the black and brown stars, Which speak of delightful passion, Let me count all those wonders" To which then I would smile, A smile, I can't help but bite my lip, A smile which speaks, The language of my eyes, The language that your eyes alone can understand, And I then I would utter, " My sweetest, These stars are meant to be reckoned, Not with eyes, But with the lips, And meant to be tasted, Not with the raising heart beats alone, But with the moist tongue, So while you savour my beauty spots, Let me sapor yours" Good morning my beloved!

(c) Shilpa Sandesh My Wiz, Could you sleep last night? I couldn't, You haunted my thoughts, Ruled my perceptions, With eyes open or closed, All I see is you, Oh do you know, The greatest miracle, After we met? Our shadows, Our shadows got exchanged love, When I stand beneath the noon sun, It's your shadow that walks besides me, As mine stay alongside you, Awaiting the days and nights, When we shall walk hand in hand, While our shadows stroll together....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A fort of delight,  On the shore of the sea of Amour, Where I make the castles, In the sands of time, Where our smiles drizzle, And turn into the rains of passion, Drenching us with the droplets of thirst, The thirst fervor, desires, Sensualism redefined, aphrodisia with raptures, Your fingers entwined in mine, My heartbeats dancing with yours in rhythm, The rush of ardor, merciless flames, We burn together, You and I, Let's melt and be one, One in your embrace, Your arms, My Chateau de Zeal.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I've just begun, An utmost galling climb, The escalade upon the Mount Fervor, I see you from its foot, Standing tall on the vertex, Gazing into my eyes, I wonder, Is that the faith I see in your eyes, Or, A doubt? And then my inner self answers, "T's his belief Oh tumultuous heart, That you would reach that supreme height, If at all you stumble or fall, He would pull you, With his passion schlepp, Fear not, be not in dilemma, For his strength begins in thy faith, His vigour lies in thy certitude, T's but thou love for him, That keeps the pace enduring, And the determination unshaken" And I feel being heaved, My efforts doubled, As t's thou pull, my beloved, That would bring me to thee, And this climb would be, A climb to cherish........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh My sweetest, Operose has been the travail, Which brought me to you, But elated has been my soul, While my inquest for thee, For thy divine eyes, Among numerous mendacious ones, But Oh my Seer, I feel my eyes are possessed, Enchanted by your magical eyes, As no matter I blink a thousand times, Or just once or twice, All my eyes see, Is myself in you, And You in me........