People know the city for its oil wealth and F1 racing! I will know it for its truly majestic mosque. Here are few shots…
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Humanity – the book
The current civilisation of Human species has come a long way in the last five thousand years. The technology is mesmerising, architecture astounding and knowledge is touching nebulae and far flung galaxies. Our values however are perhaps not showing same level of progress. There is continuous war and hunger. Inequality is increasing every moment, pursuit of wealth has made most of us blind from the misery of our brethren living just few moments away from us. Environment is a concern for the tree hugging minority only. Destruction of forests, extinctions of wildlife species and increasing temperatures globally is a commonality not even worthy of daily news anymore. This age of individuality and trying to live life through social media has made our planet more ignorant, less tolerant and a troll infested realm. I hope, wish and pray that some of these terrible trends will reverse in the not so distant future and humanity snaps out of this current craze of abominable behaviour. This short book of poems and images try to highlight my humble observations in an abstract setting.
I will try to spread this message of compassion and equality until the time is upon me. Here is the latest instalment in the form of a book at IBOOks store (free)
Do I belong here
If not here
where exactly
Reality of life
is ready to hit
the true misfit
perhaps for one
last time
ready to quit
no black suits
no lamp lit
just solitary coffin
that is it
Traps of glittering sand
Hope trapped in
minuscule crystals
translucent image
of what remains
still and will be seen
for teaching a lesson
for generations to come
I was the mason
created quicksand
someone didn’t land
so soft so beautiful
can’t waste such mastery
a sacrifice made
a price was paid
my sweet darling hope
was trapped instead
forever, infinity
no even divinity
could rescue, such
is the genius of its creation
now I roam the earth
mocking with mirth
cursing the birth
of universe and time
unable to cope
such is the effect
everlasting defect
of losing hope
Suffocation
Lost in the city
where camels glitter
diamonds on taps,
gold in litter
flutters in gutters,
Rich and poor
contrasting fates
soul suffocates
before long
Evening thoughts
intricacy of hue
carries me away
no opinions matter
just your colours cater
for what life is going to be
Cruelty and misfits
the distance between us
is nothing worth mentioning
time in between albeit
is centuries if not more
you live in palaces,
my solace on shore
admire opera and ballet,
I listen folklore
diamond, gold ornaments,
black iron is my core
thousand hearts sacrifice,
none comes to this fore
money never in torn pockets
you have more and more
few steps door to door,
still destinies apart
