Reflections

A parrot came to my balcony and stood there just watching me A shade of red and a tinge of blue what a beautiful sight was she I looked at her unendingly as joyful as keats would be she shrugged her feathers gloomily as if she had wasted time with me then she took off gracefully but paused and gave a pose for me - thanks Bill for the nice photo :-)

with due apologies to Lord Byron :-) I didn't realise that we had parted No silence .. No tears.. none of the usual We always took pride in being unusual Was I stuck in the past when you had moved on? Did we get lost in the mad rush called life - Thrown apart by that storm called change? I have no answers but I am not shattered If I should meet you after long years I will still greet you with a big smile some day we will flip the pages of our diaries that warmth and innocence we surely will miss and in silence and tears might relive those years

Have been thinking about this for a while but this photo from Ganapathy made me sit and write a few lines today. ... The smallest thing you got was reserved for me Your whole life in short was all about me When I was a child you had a dream for me In your own sweet way you slowly led me In your thoughts you were much ahead of me You were always right about what I would be When I was successful it would be just because of me When things didn't go well you would be there for me The smallest things I did you always thanked me while all my thoughts above remained deeply inside me Words are not enough to tell what you mean to me Everyday in life is mother's day for me

I blame the long weeked .. I have a lot of time at my disposal :-) You and me my dear friend .. You are so alike yet so unlike me You are near yet so far from me You are someone that I never may be In hours of crisis you assure me Calm and cool as one can never be In moments of success you remind me to hold my head and just be me When I look at the mirror you peek at me Are you god or just the good in me? You and me my dear friend .. You are so alike yet so unlike me!

Was sitting in my daughter's school listening to the prayer which somehow left me wondering what is the best prayer song I have heard .. I guess it takes 30+ ye ars before one starts thinking what to ask in a prayer .. and may be another 20-30 to understand that the beauty lies in not asking!

Another poem on same photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashoksundar/4768286338/in/photostream/ கடல் அலைகள் தாவி வ்ந்து கரை தழுவும் நீல வானம் தரையோடு தொலைவில் சேரும் மெல்லிய வெளிச்சத்தில் தெரியும் நான் பயணிக்காத புது உலகம்

Inspired by this photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashoksundar/4768286338/in/photostream/ மாலை மயக்கம் சில நேரம் மனதில் சலனம் தந்தாலும் பரந்து கிடக்குது எதிர் காலம் பயணம் இருக்குது வெகு தூரம்