Poem72 — #100POEMS — Some hit you like lightning You subconsciously crawl toward some others And then there are those your mind cooks up And body becomes an accomplice You get everything you need And it surprises you While you are busy struggling Life gives in abundance That indeed is surprising Your silly mind cannot process the surprise It desperately seeks out the familiar It wants to go back to status quo

Poem71 — #100POEMS — Landing a punch Into the smirking face of temptation Retreating with a bruised hand Nursing waves of anger, irritation, frustration Rooting from the fear of rejection Mind haggling with resistance Falling into the crests and troughs Of elation and despair Observing Letting go Abruptly sitting upright to grab onto the leash Still not prepared to dissolve Clinging to the ghosts of the past

Poem70 — #100POEMS — In the name of love In the garb of attachment Imposing my whims and fancies Influencing actions Demanding payments Extracting moments Torturing out compliance Why? Free will Living in every moment in the present Is terrifying It’s rather easy to ride on emotions from the past Dulling intelligence to be sensitive To keep playing instances of dead and stale situations Treading the path that theheart demanded from yesterday

Poem69 — #100POEMS — You be small, I will be small Is the silent game of Chaduranga We’re all playing Rewarding each other’s intentions and actions of dwarfing our existence To effortlessly behave that roti, kapda, makan and all that we need to chase And the canard that it is difficult and worthwhile to…

Poem68 — #100POEMS — Surrender To the divine and mundane within me, outside me Letting go of any scheme to separate Seeking, opening up to a multitude of options to unite To be one with the universal energy That is the best accountant ever created For it knows in the depths of its womb That every being, action, and inaction is accounted for Weaving the mysterious game of living Patiently watching the cosmic drama unfold

Poem67 — #100POEMS — I am colourless Yet I shine bright I seek nothing However, I am rich I can’t give what I have But I can show you treasure I am nothingness, zilch Yet I am rich!

Poem66 — #100POEMS — The years morphed into memories With sorrows hidden in embraces And laughter multiplied in hugs Growth and love became companions Your presence became my shadow While separation only added to the understanding Never did we define love It just became our lives Of nourishment and warmth

Poem65 — #100POEMS — Energy chipping away around the rough edges It is ready with a sharpened axe To threaten and attack any minor infractions All actions against its conditioning Closely guarded prison of structure and rules Understood by none but celebrated by all Expecting me to learn them Adhere to them at the cost of my peace Oh, society! Why do you hate your patrons so much? Don’t you see that in their subjugation

Poem64 — #100POEMS — Look intently You think I’m incomplete Or is it everything I could be You see emptiness Or the infinite possibilities What you call white space I perceive it as radiance While you see a lack of form I envision limitless growth Look intently Where you expect boundaries I spot the vastness of freedom