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

Occult is beauteous, A definition of truth, Truth in the Spirits, Good and Evil, If you are the Magnet, Personifying magic, Then I be the fragments of iron, That shall follow, Wherever you are, Or would be, I fear though, Of the stronger fragments, May be the ferromagnetic fractions, Or perhaps, the morsels of wizardry itself! And once again I conclude, Occult is beauteous, It connects to the verses, Verses, which define me, Occult rules poesy, And so Poesy is redeemed.... (c) S.S

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Amidst the loudest roars, Of the countless raging waves, At the unknown cherubic shores, I strode upon the broken pieces, Of the glasses which be the memories, Stumbling, Tripping, Falling, And resuming the tread, I ran, My feet bled, Vision blurred and Unconscious I fell, Surrounded by the darkness, In the deepest depths, Of a quick sand well, And as I regained my strength, Amazed I was, For the well wasn't the well, But an enormous lotus, With an endless grace, And the darkness wasn't the darkness, But the soothing warmth, Of your divine embrace.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A rhythm rules, As the frame moves, Like the Earth, circling around the Sun, My soul, in a placid trance, Chants the divine name, As if counting its revolutions, Around the One Spirit, Seeking its Master's sight, As it treads through the paradoxes, And fights the perplexities of life, "Free me, my creator", pleads, Pleads my feeble soul, "Untie these material ropes, Unlock these desires' shackles, For I am no more this World's, I am but a hundredth of the tiniest flame, Which in this futile existence, Reposes barren and lame, Shabad be my limbs, My mind, My heart, Shabad shall form, My spiritual being, As it would sheathe all earthly galore, Defining my being, As the smallest segment, Of the One Definition, The One Seraphic Presence, The Sole Truth..............

(c) Shilpa Sandesh The enormity of her love, Would be an enigma, Until you step ahead, And shatter the material walls, To drown, In an impassioned fall........ 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh And I can't resist, Reliving the colorful streets, Of Taormina, Where I strode alone, Adoring the Sicilian allure, This moment, Right now, I wish I could traverse, Those measured roads,  once again, And this time not solitary, But, In my beloved's company.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Through the entrapped paths, Where at every footfall, Her mortal self is left aghast, Some are the temporal chapters, The coming and bygone phases, While some, Some are the permanent hazes, She dares the lonesome sail, Across the mystic river, For her, the river of woven dreams, Where the world laughs, To her beloved's smile's gleam, Rowing the wooden raft, In the early morrow hours, When the mist begins to rise, Dimming the substantial view, Before the first ray of the Sun, Kisses the material earth; For one moment she seems, Like a fairy lost in the winter fog, But then, She rises like a bewitching enchantress, Drifting in the dark twilight waters, bathing in an unfathomable darkness, Patiently awaiting, To reach the magical shore, Where awaits her Wizard, Holding a crystal ball; Watching his fervor approach, He rises, A pair of eyes of fire, Meets from a distance, The pair of eyes of ice, The heavenly orbs come to a stil...

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I saw today, A brilliant sky, Two brightest stars, A beaming Moon A shimmering sea, And these formed the one, The one I adore, The one I submit myself to, You, Where the stars be your eyes, The sea be your smile, And the Moon, The Moon be your aura, You, my beloved, You are the magic, You are divine....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I am a leaf, Dry and lifeless, Save me as I fall, From my barren tree, Or I would touch the ground, And from this life, I will break free ; I am one of the drops, Of the sudden rain, Gather me in your palms, Or this fall, Would be in vain, And if I fuse with the soil, From my being, I will break free ; I am that frozen flake, That colours the hills in white, As the snow falls, From immeasurable heights, Let me melt on your skin, Because if I blend with the earth, I would be forever frozen ; So hold me, Will you?

(c) Shilpa Sandesh "I don't keep you happy anymore " He said, And with a slight pinch, My soul bled, " I know my beloved, That you're mine, I want to live so, And all I need is your time " I hide day and night, In my secret den, And there, My confessions of love, Every moment, I pen, Time, It might snatch from me, The material ways to love, But then, My soul's provoked, To contemplate, And love you spiritually, For that is no slave to Time.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh You are incredible, For your expressions, Your verses, Your words, Your phenomenal presence, Your incessant glimmering eyes, Your pious essence, And your beaming smile, Let not the plausibility, Swallow the grace and merit, That resides within you, For with that finesse lives, My soul, And good stride of yours, Would always set my ennui, forever smiling, But, my love, Forever, You would be, Mi Señor Increíble

(c) Shilpa Sandesh It is not the heart, That loves, It is but the soul, That believes, It is not the promises, That matter, It is but keeping them, That counts, And from my inner self, I love you, I adore you, And I pray, Every night and day, "Be mine forever........ "

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Sitting in the sofa, Staring out of the window, Searching for my Moon, Hiding behind an invisible veil, Holding on to the bygone hours, Hastily chasing the moments undefined, Anguished inner-self, Armed with love, Against the fate, redefining the destiny's course, Dreams of You and us, Demons ruling the sleeps, Daring heart refusing to give up, Enormous seems the heap of patience, Erring seems the Time, Endlessly loving what is yet to be seen, I wait for you, Beneath your Love's Shade.........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Feelings fight, In the rising twilight, While the stars seem to rejoice, A splash into the cold moonlight, He who has to tread, Onto the rays, Of the new morrow's sun, Holds hand with the fairy of the dreams, And here, My heart screams, It's not the long sought, But the abandoned night....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Missing is, When I don't express in words, But you fathom my heart, Loving is, When your eyes are dewy, But the tears, They flow down my cheeks.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Amidst the towering greens, Somewhere in the Amazon basin, The rains refuse to halt, Like the cherubic blessings, Showering endlessly, from the sky, Dealbettas and Catechus, And a legion of such natural hues, The leaves are no more petiols, But are huge fragrant bowls, Holding the numerous raindrops, Like the Holy grail containing the divine nectar, Canorous sounds, like the Mayan's hymns, As the Kingfishers, Falcons and Arcarias, Together strike the seraphic notes, I walk, A lone pair of steps, Leaving the marks of their being, In the wet soil, Perhaps waiting, For another pair of footprints, I lie on the damp grounds, The evergreen highest highs, Obstructing the sight of the sky, And I close my eyes, Feeling the drops fall on my face, Waking up with a jolt, I found, It was all but a dream, And the drops, Were your lips on my lips, Breaking my Amazon dream, Waking me to a new morrow.......

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Random scribbles, A missing heart, An obscure consciousness, My soul with The One, Is one, But still worlds apart, We may belong, to the same cosmos, But betwixt us, Reposes, A sprawling universe, My soul is in love with The One, Awaiting the unison, That soulful union....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Flammable are these urges, They burn the soul to ashes, And by the phenomenal powers of love, And like a phoneix Rises the pneuma, from the embers, It sways and twists, Not in a breathless haste, But in the calmness, of an unerring fervor, Splash some passion, Quench the desires, With the splurge of your amative touches, Douse this vehement fire....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh I see the stars fall, Every moment in my lap, I feel the aura of your presence, Encircling me, every second, I immerse in your smiles, Even from a thousand miles, My beloved, For me, As long as you are mine, Each day is a lover's day.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Oh the tumultuous waves, Of unknown anguish, And an unfathomable rage, Bathe me, Capture me, Imprison me, In your unsolved maze, I am but, a mere sculpture, Sculpted in soil, And meant to be ruptured, Weep not my beloved, For destroyed would be, The mere frame, But forever would live, In the rain and snow and wind and in you, My forgotten name....... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh A crystal it is, Pure and transparent, Wherein lies no lie, And nothing stays hidden, A prism it is, Colorful and vibrant, Wherein stay the pastels and hues, And nothing that be dark and glum ; A dew drop it is, Reflecting beautiful sun rays, Breaking the secrets of nature, Wherein resides the truth and purity ; It is the delightful bond, A bond of you and I.... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh The love that brews, In the material hues, Is amorous, But It is only so, Where be the divinity? Where be the heavenly orbs? Those are here, Revolving around us, You and I, Formed by our never-ending devotion, Our hearts, minds, souls, Together in a beauteous commotion, Where lightening strikes, When our lips meet , Storms arise, When your body embraces, My body's heat, But the universe, The universe comes to a halt, When our souls embrace, And the true love's unsheathed , That, my seer, Is our kind of love .... 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Dreams, Are the strings, Strings of hopes, Hopes of togetherness, Togetherness in all that be, Be the joys or sorrows or endless glee, Dream, I dream of you, As you dream of me........ 

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Two stars, Today, Were distant, Not in miles, Or seas, Or lands, Or worlds, But were apart in Words; I couldn't curse the reasons, As this day I realized, I have no voice, no phrases, To express, What you mean to me, All I wish to say, Is, That no existing power, Can keep me withdrawn from you........

Are you the demon, Who haunts my nights, And rules my sleeps? Are you the angel, Who reposes by my side, As the guardian of my dreams? Are you that cold whiff, That brushes past my cheeks, Blowing me away to some place safe, From the disturbing nightmarish fall? Are you the splash of that river, Which drowns me in its deepest depths, Bathing every inch of my frame, In the alluring illusion that I live? I know not your form, But as long as you are here, With me, I need no definition, of my being....                       ~S.S ~

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Let me be the life, Suffused in you, And with every breath of yours, You would say my name, Such are the waves, Of my zealous spells, There is no escape, No liberation from this love, As this delightful delirium, Has now mounted above, The stars, The sky, The clouds, And all that forms the eternity...........

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Intrusions of the heart, Have torn me apart, I am what I am, Love me truly, if you can, But hold my hand, Or I will be blown away, By the storms of the desert sands, I'm here...... Complications of the heart, A thousand piercing shards, Trying to fly through, With one broken wing, Let me call you again, My soul's crumpled in pain, I'm here..... Reach me now, Seek me once again, As I sing the song, The song of void, I'm here....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh "Just, so you know", says Aurora, "I've been an open book, With some pages torn and tattered, The memory mirrors are shattered, My soul has nothing more to show" Looking into her desolate eyes, says Damien, "I am that endless verse, Forever bound by the poesy's spell, A charm beautifully alluring, That banished darkness even from the hell" Blushing and teary, Aurora said, "Promise me, But only that what you truly mean, For every word of yours, Shall be a vow to me, A vow that I would keep forevermore, Damien, this moment, this day, You've filled with joy, That void in my sterile heart, Which I thought was forever to stay!" "Aurora, you are my soul's delight, A gleam by which my morrows shine, Brightest of the twinkling stars, Marking my every twilight, You appeared like a beautiful season, Just when life seemed a burden, To live without any reasons, Be here, be mine, I prom...

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Your being defines the happiness, And delights of my barren soul, Your every word marks our oneness, In your arms, my inner self feels whole, However aching your absence  be, The moment of your adorable presence, Fills my eyes with glee, Such is the divine essence, Of your endless love, My destiny begins to shimmer, And I see golden doves, All this to say that you, Oh mine, Are my soul's healer....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Each moment redefines Love, When the stars seem to fall, And the souls rise above, The substantial and all that be false, Every hour the delights are reborn, As two mortal frames, Dare all the perils and storms, As they ride upon the cherubic cranes, Every day new wishes collide, As my soul bathes in the divine Springs, And hops on the fervor's flight, The magic of not being in this being, This is no dream my life, This is no temporary brawl, It's the heart's and destiny's fight, Where only the heart wins, Because, It is but, the heart's call....

(c) Shilpa Sandesh All that is transcendental, all that be eternal, Bless me with the ability, To rise above what I be, To be that dew drop, on the rose petals, Which his lips shall savour, To be the first ray of the Sun, That tickles his  early morrow sleep, To be that autumn maple, That sheds and is blown to his doorsteps, To be that mermaid in the sea, Who sings through the night, setting her gaze upon him, To be that grass, in the beauteous Edens, Where he shall walk, missing and remembering me, Bless me, To be glorified in his ethereal sheen......

(c) Shilpa Sandesh Arms wide spread, Facing the sea, She fathoms the time's tread, Is it how it should be? And at her loudest voice, Asks, "Why? Why these distances, Where it should be closeness? Why this wait, Where there should be togetherness? Why shall we bend, In front of the lines on our palms? Why in this winter's rain, Should I be drenched alone? Why this cold aurora, Should I wake up to alone? Why the darkest twilight, Should I be desolate and lone? Why?"