Wish list!

I want to sky dive.
I want to write.

I want to go walking along the mountain trails
with cold air combing through my hair.
I want to sit and ruminate.

I want to toast my face with the clear heat from the Sun 
on a chilly winter day.
I want to dip my toes in an azure blue ocean
on a balmy afternoon.

I want to write.

I want to journey on train
and watch people and places
and read the stories on their faces.

I want to catch calm by its collar
in the stillness of a Chapel.
I want to close my eyes
and flip through the album of memories.

I want to write.

I want to drench my soul with my beloved
in the first showers of monsoon
like all those summers back
when our hearts danced to the same tune.

I want to hold on to
some moments from the past.
I want to once again travel through life
with some of those that did not last.

I want to write.

I want to find quiet corners
in the house, and in my mind.
I want to read and see places
which are otherwise hard to find.

I want to watch a garden bloom.
I want to stare at squirrels
scurrying away on business on
the giant Neem tree.

I want to speak with the Peacock
as he perches himself just outside my window.

I want to write.

I want to once again taste the warmth of joy.
I want to relearn innocence and curiosity
from every little girl and boy.

I want to let some things be.
Some things I want to change.
I want to set free the spirited.
Just as much I wish to rein in the mad.

I want to make peace with myself.
I want to be in rhythm with nature.
I want to leave luck to itself.
I want to take my own stand.

I want to write.

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She now lives inside me!

As they laid her into the ground,

I said, be gentle

That is a piece of my heart!

As they pulled over the shroud,

I said, wait a while

I need memories for a life time!

As they threw fistfuls of mud,

Be careful, I yelled

There rests a jewel most precious!

As they shoveled up,

Be mindful, I chided

That is a part of me you bury!

As they leveled the ground,

No reason for sorrow, I reaffirmed

For our souls were entwined

And they would never fall apart!

As we turned away

From the resting place,

With unceasing tears, I smiled

She now lives inside me

Of my every breath

She is now a part.  

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