Lies

Autumn is hereyet, there's winter in my heartSummer seems a distant dreamAnd spring? Spring was a lie from the very start © Isha Garg

Rainy Moonbeam

Rainy moonbeam, gleaming in the water, puddles spluttering droplets, of pearly white colour... Who do you wait for, thundering Luna luminescent? Why do you stay aloof, in dripping distance? Taking cover behind the cloud, percolating, palled and peering, milky melancholy glances around, have the stars kept you waiting? Come down, sweet moon, descend in glowing…

Mirage

I am the desertand the deserted, walkinginto a mirage © Isha Garg

Closed Doors

By the temple stepsthe lone devotee, waits for a glimpseof the chosen deity One who'd showered blessingsin abundance before, has turned his gazebeyond all entreaty What test of devotion, O Most Adoredbefore the closed gates of your abode what pain in pure love's piety Trampled like the flowers in your pathcrushed 'neath the feet of…

Pitr Paksh

One of you, yoursin life and to be in deathmy mortality governedby the shield you keep upMy very own Gods in heavenguiding me in my karma I've felt you protect me alwaysand honour your presence Bless those that I love is my prayer this yearHelp me in my failing quest for happiness