Venice

city of the mind
by childlike fantasies and
worries exhausted
of my mendacious mind
at nothing laughing
and for the flower crying
'cause it dies
not knowing how to save it
so nothing remains for this
fickle mind of mine but
to forget now and hereafter
— as it did before —
and thus continue on its own
to rhyme
lulled by the sea like a fish
languidly

—by Paola Bruna



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double city
contemplating your unquiet image
in the liquid mirror where like you
I see myself
desolate shell on the shore
abandoned
you oblivious of your pearly heart
I of the sea's voice




desert city
dessicated and shattered
as this soul of mine
that in the labyrinth got lost
and wonders now along shallow
nocturnal canals which cannot
reflect the feebly lingering light
that still shines hidden in its
abyss





vere
dell'incontro e dell'addio— e
cosi sia piacendo a Dio —
del je t'aime e dell'I love you
dell'io e del tu
del rien ne vas plus

Translation:

...
of encounters and adieus
— God willing it may do —
of je t'aime and I love you
of me and you
of rien ne va plus

I wish

The Purple Haze in Bangalore brings out some of the weirdest of conversations ... I dont know may be it has to do with the atmosphere .. may be drinks or may be music .. so here is how it went .. Me and one good friend of mine were drinking together for the first .. and suddenly out of the blue i asked her (may be it was beer talking) to tell me five thing she would wish to do in her life ... naturally the question had to come back ... and it came .. and without even thinking i came out with my list ... so here they are (not necessarily in order)

1. To spend 2 weeks in London when Wimbledon is going on.
2. To visit Gomukh where Ganga starts its journey
3. To write one novel and make a movie on that
4. To have a wooden house by the side of a hill and spend my vacation catching fish there
5. To meet a girl with whom She and I feel we are meant for each other and everything then seems staright out of a Sharukh movie. Then take that girl for a romantic dinner and propose her to marry me.

Only you

Sometimes i just
close my eyes
because i want to
see only your eyes
sometimes i just
stop hearing any voice
because i feel listening
only to your voice
sometimes the only thing
i would like to do
lie down on my bed
and think about you
all of these times
this is true
i am in love
and the love is for you