Another midnight

Walking down the white tiled wall
crackling fire and an empty car
the smoke flows down the chimney holes
fills the field with glowing moss

darkness inside the room
dark clouds behind the moon
starry winds and castles fortified,
and the army walks a tidy line

the blinds are closed but the curtains sway
the cartoon heroes kill another day
and you just might have another sight
watch the flickery fire flies' frizzy flight

Yellow grass green blue and lime
winds making the wind chime chime
english rock and motley folk
melt in the pot of an urban lore

A sore throat, cold wind and a band-aid
cotton light stone hard world of white
nightless days and days of cold dark nights
the clock rings the greek and latin times

Shishir
12:12 AM 12/23/2008

Make a new beginning

A flying feather coming down in the monsoon rain,
its flight of uncertainity telling a story.
The water flows down the empty streets as
the dusty winds beat the window pane saying...
"Make a new beginning"

With the touch of the last rain drop falling
Open your eyes to the smiling sun.
Hear the silent cry of the calming skies,
Hear the story of the wind in the trees untold...
"make a new beginning"

The warmth of the lapping waves in the evening
calming the heat of the scorched sand.
Look at the horizon painted with dusk
as the sun goes down in a solemn goodbye....
make a new beginning

Feel the slow ballet of the trees and the wind.
Hear the birds singing the morning raphsody.
Watch the careless clouds at the background.
When the sound of the far off church bells ring
make a new beginning

- Shishir
3:49 PM 8/13/2008

Aeroplane

Fly fly
fly in the air
jumbo jet
blue sky's pet

lift lift
get off the ground
experience levity
defy gravity

tumble tumble
in cotton clouds
Pilot's warning
belt lights blinking

sweet sweet
The hostess' greet
time for snacks
then relax

fall fall
glide to the ground
bumpy touchdown
time to get down

- Shishir
(In Detroit airport)
7:29 PM 7/31/2008

Snow

Good things come to pass.
From high and low
the stars will glow
For those who know

Come rain some snow
from the skies above
drench my soul
and chill my nerves

Come sweet december
when the night will wake
for those who take
the pains they've known

Cold take me down
to the place i'll hide
from everyone I know
in solemn forgiveness

For i am the one
who's known it all -
The pain that comes
in the next testing snow

The snow will come
only to melt
but none shall be spared
from the spirit untamed

Long live the souls
who've shown me the way
in fiction and life
"everything is to give away"

- Shishir
3:00 AM 11/17/2007

Confusing world

So many people walking down the road.
So many people walking down the road.
buzzing all those noises
they're walking zigzag motions
they confuse me.
Unheeded voices come wailing from corners.
A loud cry gets muted with ambulance sirens.
buzzing all those noises
they walk in zig zag motions
they confuse me.

So many people lying on the ground.
so many people lying on the ground.
Seemingly motionless
homeless and helpless
they confuse me.
where do they come from and where do they go to.
nobody's burden they're nobody's concern.
Seemingly motionless
homeless and helpless
they confuse me.

So many people running all around.
So many people running all around.
They're coming, they're going
they're not even stopping
they amuse me.
bubbles of lives more come more they burst.
taking all the good things makes place for the worst.
They're coming, they're going
they're not even stopping
they confuse me.

- Shishir
(Dedicated to Majestic, Bangalore)
2:56 AM 2/16/2007

Departion

Lost in this world
Already seeming to part
The time may be small
But too long for my heart.

Looking at the moments
of then and of now
Looking throug the time glass
hoping the grains fall slow.

Departion seems inevitable
but together we seem
Waiting for the world to turn
and the time to freeze.

Growing older by the second.
Getting wiser by the minute.

Maybe it is life
That causing the complication
maybe we'll get wise
to understand the implication.

- Shishir
Feb 2007

Lake song

Serene waters
zephyr on the face
cloudy wisps
Lush green everywhere

Tangible
the unmoving waters
Overwhelming
the everchanging waves

Avean majesty
ruling the blue,
with a sudden fall
evades the morning gloom

Unrestrained
with a watchful sight
clawing water -
Master of flight

Flying dragons
in blades of green
Rising beaks
in the waters serene

Natural beauty
out of exile
Splendor
Lost in grey

- Shishir
(Sitting on the benches in Kukkarahalli lake, Mysore)
7th oct 2006