Touchstone

You beat me
At my own game
By despising the parts of me
That needs change
But are ingrained in who I am

The flaws I have
Are visible wounds
Of quirks and failings
Some known
Others yet to be found

I am aware of a part
Of the whole of things
That needs to mend
You act as a touchstone
When I fake or pretend

If you too would give up on me
For the person I became
I may have to live knowing
I will forever be
Who I am

© Ratish
24th Aug 

Faith

Restless
Eager
Always on the go
Self absorbed
Seeker
To much to know
Cocksure
Cynosure
Putting on a show
Wandering
Aimless
In the flow

Constant caring having different view
About things that to me are black and blue
The more I know you the more I unlearn
My practised indifference and fake concern

Uncomplicated this life can be
If we live it as it is meant to be
Misguided notions of which need is true
Can lead our life hopelessly askew
And till I can know this on my own
I am blessed to have faith in you

© Ratish
Didcot 10th Aug 14

वैभव Hindi Poem

नक्षत्रों के है व्यूह

या कर की है रेखा

जीवन के अयनों

को जिसने देखा

है देह से तादात्मय

इसका क्या हल है

जन्म से स्वाभाविक

यह आचरण है

है काल, कला, नियति से

ग्रसित श्रम मेरा

क्षणिक है स्वातंत्र्य

यह भ्रम मेरा

माया से नित मलिन है बोध

कर लिया इस विषय पर बौद्धिक शोध

निज देव तू तो रम ही गया लघु रूप में

जब हो सके पूर्णता का वैभव भोग

© Ratish
27th Jul 14

High to low

The normal flow is from high to low
Things atrophy yet we grow

Does nature's equity differentiate
Between the living and inanimate

We are one of means to change state
What we do is consume and dissipate

Simply put what living beings eat
Is converted to sustenance plus heat

Do the living have any more to show
Than to be, consume and grow?

One factor that can go other way
Consciousness - what say?

© Ratish

Didcot 5th Jul 14