His guilt wiped out mine

I borrowed or stole a thought

From a leading Indian novelist

And marveled at his foresight

In forming such like thoughts

Till I had stumbled upon

The same thought made by someone

A millennium ago.

I have shed my guilt of my theft.

14.04.2003

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Stress and strain

To expect causes stress;

To accept eases stress.

To be aware brings strain;

To be away stalls strain.

27.12.2003

Where the mistake never teaches:

Man refuses to learn from the past mistakes.

Having bitten by women after woman,

He still goes woman after woman

27.12.2003

Desire is fire

Desire is fire,

That eats and dies.

Or starves and dies

And in any case it dies

As hunger does in fasting.

27.12.2003

Fame binds

A singer, currently popular,

With surprisingly striking looks

And consequently golden voice,

In her late thirties,

Irresistibly fell in love,

As a surprise,

As against her orthodox modesty,

With an actor,

A father of a teenage daughter,

In a film song rehearsal.

No sooner did the love spark

Than it died, thanks to the media.

Fame denies you freedom of love.

27.12.2003

Passion and vision

There must be some familiarity for passion,

Though much familiarity brings aversion

There must be some distance for vision,

Though too long or too short, it blurs the vision.

24.12.2003