Dharini's Musings

Photocredit :  Sahil Fauzdar Through the mirror arches she appears, Like an enigma in white, The fine sequins on the sheer jacket of the seamless gown Enhances her beauty to no bounds!

Photocredit :  Sahil Fauzdar The colours splash against the canvas grey The rainbow makes my day! Here I was from afar looking at one of the wonders of the world Little knowing that nature would add its own magic to the wonders man made!

Four friends on a trip... Fun n frolic, dares and sins Striking off items through the bucket list! Three lovely days spent in cosy and quaint Budapest… With a cold and breezy Bratislava thrown in! Wandering through the lovely by lanes, with flowered lamp posts  Letting me inhale their fragrance sweet! Monuments burst into shimmers of light, as we strolled by the rivers at night Next halt Prague, the train journey itself intoxicating us for more; As we arrive to the beauty and grandeur of the city with 1000 spires The greens at the Petrin Hill made us wander into conifers tall The entire lush making us gleeful with joys and random abandon! In my mind, I suddenly thought; yes it’s true! It’s not the age, it’s what the heart feels  I was back to being the little girl  Locking memories of a lifetime in the locket of her heart!

A banker, a poet, a lawyer a doctor, These are just mere roles we play for parts intended, In the end, what are we but just specks of dust, Flitting around to find yet another space, a cover, a shield for our soul’s immortal!

Romanticism in itself is a farce; what the souls say may not cometh to the tongue; When the heart feels, the eyes will convey, No words or writings will do justice for my ethereal soulmate!

Photocredit :  Sahil Fauzdar However far I move away from you, your beauty still haunts me,through the pillars and into the burst of clouds...even as I recede on the cobbled path... I just can't seem to take away my gaze from you as you stand there taking my breath away!

Photocredit :  Sahil Fauzdar No words or writings can convey the beauty that the heart feels... In the midst of hues orange and the magical spells cast by the shadows  I view the Taj, the symbol of love eternal And I wonder... What must have the soul felt? To leave behind such a legacy of emotions untold!

  Photocredit :  Sahil Fauzdar On the shores of the seas; with the quiet sounds of the breeze, I see a lone figure overlooking the bridge, Standing there quiet and still; Head held high and shoulders wide, Gazing right into the clear blue waters deep. His lean frame stands there for quite some time, There’s not a movement, not a budge! I wonder what thoughts are flitting his mind and what makes him stand there alone in this far away land?                                                                 Where does he come from and what does he want? The trees stop swaying, the air becomes heavy, there’s an eerie sense of silence all around, The moment is locked in the locket of my memory, as I stand there watching this man so intriguing, Who is this stranger who lures me so? I don...

Photocredit :  Sahil Fauzdar I know not where I come from and I know not where to go… I was standing on the precipice and didn’t know where to go, On one side was total darkness and on the other chains of sadness. The dark looming clouds surround me and the waves lashing, Taking away a part of me every time they recede. I walk on the bridge and beyond, to be engulfed in its eternal peace; To be a part of the very waves which created this turbulence in me,                                                                                  There in the womb of the deep blue seas shall I seek my place forever!

Photocredit :  Sahil Fauzdar Nothing can camouflage my majesty As I rise high up into the skies From the roots of the greens below  In search of the silver linings above

Photocredit :  Sahil Fauzdar Carefree, careless, without a damn of the world  I want to feel the breeze caress my cheeks, To walk into the waters without the fear of being drenched To dance to the tunes created by the symphony of the kids w aiting for their turn to plunge into the waves! I refuse to notice the peering eyes watching my every move from the bridge above Waiting to pounce on me to follow the rules laid by them To be part of the realms of complications created by them I just want to do as I please, to follow my heart To break free from the grids surrounding me I want to move on, to be ME To love the simple pleasures which life provides Without a hitch or a call to be restrained  To be once again the wide eyed little girl Who wondered at the amazement of the world Exploring, prancing, giggling Creating bubbles  of warmth around Loving what life has to offer rather than dreading - what next? Here I am at the shore...

Photocredit :  Suhas Anand Wherever I go, you will come along with me... Be it under the blue skies or in the golden shimmers of orange, My rays of love will always protect you from all evil, Because here I am, waiting for you; for now and forever; In the wide expanse of Masai to be yours forever! 

Photocredit :  Suhas Anand I sail through the meandering streams, the oceans, the rivers and the seas, I come across rugged waterfalls and sudden gushes Which teach me experiences bitter and sweet I see the lush green around me and try to fathom the very dust they arise from There are faces strange and new which beckon me forward; what should I do and what should I not? Decisions are taken, some sore some wise. Into the meandering streams I wander, for there are yet stories untold…lurking in the bends unknown Through shallow waters and tides high, I move on Rocking ahead, sailing ahead into the wide blue seas. Sometimes I wonder, when the journey would cease Tired am I of the diverse roles taken, the twists the turns, the gushes the rushes. If only someone could take me along…through the bobbing waves; To be a part of this journey together… forever… To experience the highs and the lows, the ups and the downs In the togetherness of our sou...

Photocredit :  Suhas Anand I still yearn for the skies, and I look towards them... I spread my hands to embrace them even though I am torn and battered from within; It seems there is nothing left of me but my black dark silhouette in the wide expanse of loneliness around me, All flowers shed and and the leaves too have betrayed me - as I stand there alone for at least you to embrace me!

Photocredit : Suhas Anand I'm amazed at the maze of paths that I see So similar to God's creations of our lives, With twists and turns, bends and hairpins... Life in its whirlwind, while we at our end striving to straighten our paths In the name of goals, ambitions and achievements Sometimes spirituality, lust and desires, In circles we go to get onto that straight path Trying to put things straight... Never willing to accept that all ends where it all began!