Nature is easy to worship
To me nothing is more divine
It’s the original magician
The source of each design
The reason why flowers bloom
The reason why stars shine
Nature doesn’t need a temple
The whole world is its shrine
Tag: Writing
Life Is A Videogame
Life is a videogame
Death is the final boss
Everyone gets to face him and
Everyone loses
Love Is Blind
Love can never spot a lie
Love can never will to try
To uncover the truth to find
Love is blind love is blind
Love cares not for beautiful things
To Love even toxicity brings
A joy of no comparable kind
Love is blind love is blind
Love will keep old photographs
That give more aches than more laughs
Refusing to leave the memories behind
Love is blind love is blind
Love will leave no stone unturned
Will push you in the wrong direction
It will leave you much maligned
Love is blind love is blind
Love never seems to mind
If the other person is unkind
In not a good way you will find
Love is blind love is blind
Narcissus
I wandered lonely through a forest
Ignorant that I had been cursed
Aching from a lengthy hunting
Gripped by an intense thirst
There I chanced upon a pool
With water so blue and clear
Rushed I fast with my sore feet
Lest it may disappear
I bent to take the liquid but
My eyes fell upon a being
A soul so uniquely handsome
The first time I was seeing
From the other side of the water
That beauty kept on staring
And I stared back likewise with
An affection we were sharing
My ache and hunger vanished
Captivated by that face
I lost track of time and self
Surrounded by its grace
I moved closer to that gem
I smiled and it smiled back
My heart skipped a-many beats
I loved and it loved back
I stretched my hand for I could
No longer stand being apart
Yet all I felt were ripples
Discharged by a broken heart
My soul crushed my heart sank
We sat there downcast
My first feelings of affection
Would also be my last
We stayed and we yearned
So close and yet so far
I promised to never leave
Till the sky is full of stars
‘Tis there that I made my home
Longing with all love’s power
Just the sight and an echo
Endowed this golden flower
Limerick #4
Lora had a horrible dream
She woke up with a terrible scream
To herself she expressed
That she must be depressed
So she ate a whole lot of icecream
I Sit Down With My Heart
I sit down with my heart to write a poem for you
There’s a desk and two chairs and plenty of blank pages
I stare at the keys of the laptop and I freeze
Anxiety and Fear are uninvited guests
They don’t have chairs so they dance around
Sometimes they jump on the desk
And sometimes they jump over my head
It’s an all-too-familiar sight
That is why I have my heart with me today
To drive those things away
And maybe crash them into a sturdy tree
Or even into a building perhaps
My fingers tap the surface and my heart sees it
I need a pat on my back just for sitting there
My heart duly does so
With its hand on my shoulder I begin to type
It is not the greatest first-line
But it will do
Since Anxiety and Fear have vanished
They couldn’t stand my heart
They wanted me all for themselves
I turn to my heart and smile
And then I continue typing a poem for you
Time Is A Tortoise
Time is a tortoise
When you are away
Slow and sluggish
Throughout the day
No, Time is a cheetah
When you are near
Quickly and fast
It can disappear
Ah, Time is a chameleon
Volatile and fickle
When you’re here; overflowing
When you’re gone; a mere trickle
This Lonely Train
This lonely train takes me to a lonely place
The lonely place is a lonely town
The lonely town’s full of empty space
And I am going down
Dust and pests and desert sand
Will greet me when I reach
No familiar face or helping hand
I’ll lie lonely on the beach
The worst is yet to come they say
A ball of fire in the sky
If I ever turn to walk away
No one would ask me why
This lonely train goes chugh chugh chugh
It’s the only noise I hear
No laughing child or crooked thug
No Dad, no dog, no deer
I must set down my pen alright
That’s all that I can write
This lonely train leaves behind the light
Towards the dark of night
An Hour Without You
Clearly I can read my thoughts
They only tell me one thing
How easily to me loneliness
Your absence can bring
My face loses a joyous smile
That I do always show
Whenever I have you around
Wherever we may go
My body lacks that energy
That electric feel
Oh darling when you go away
My happiness you steal
An hour without you feels too long
Too lonely and too sad
One or any other way
I feel empty in my head
In my heart I feel empty too
Aimlessly I roam
On the endless London streets
Without you there’s no home
An hour without you is eternity
How can I survive?
Come back darling straightaway
Your love keeps me alive
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The meaning of life is ever-changing
As time for wisdom we keep exchanging
What it is today
Was not it yesterday
Life is indeed such a strange thing
Frank Solanki 