Reflections based on travel, life experiences and an unexpected nudge to experiment with a genre in which I normally do not write being a hardcore Realist and that's Romantic Poetry( to technically clarify - you will find here poetry that's got to do with love, longing etc. But any good English Literature student will tell you Romantic poetry is also related to appreciation of Nature, Art, Beauty and not just love and longing )..
Shanghai Series
The shine and gloss
The roads
The roads
Where prosperity glides easily
The change that
stands still at every busy road
The business of
being busy is so much everywhere
The cafes ,roads ,the business
It’s a new
vibrancy
A new energy
That has taken
over the world
A discomfort that the world is learning to be comfortable
with .
The Giant’s steps are followed and watched keenly
Even as change follows you everywhere
Shanghai Life
Fast life
Fast cars.
Yet life continues with the smile and stress
The roads, cafes,
waterways and crowded skylines
The export import zones where ideas are exchanged .
Social media hungry and mobile hooked eyes .
Precision and drive .
The big brands and building big stories .
Is there anything that was behind the shine and shimmer
Which I didn’t see?
Which I didn’t see?
You Series- few more to follow
You
Your memories traveled
With me
Did I leave them everywhere
Or carried you, them and a few new ones
Along with a longing
and glee
In my dreams
In my hopes
The miles increased as time passed by
The caravan moved
Why should it be shy?
Our association
Only got stronger
You were no more a stranger
By the Still lake
The still lake
At night
Has no ripples
But multiple shadows
Thronging on the surface
Just like your multiple memories
Thronging my still mind
The flickering light
Driving away the darkness
Keeps on burning
Like my spirit
Despite a dreary day
With your memories
The flame burns bravely keeping all care at bay
With all the longing and hope that the heart can allow
The cold nip cuts thru the night air
Just as your memory touches each chord of my heart
The stillness has a new dynamism now
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