why and whereto -
unending questions
entrusted to us are
the what and the how
2023
why and whereto -
unending questions
entrusted to us are
the what and the how
2023
immeasurable
connections
pervade
space and time
destiny or freedom
coincidence or mystery
our scanty words
2023
constant change
nobody knows
how and who
we believe
in our choice
to get lost
in the world
in ourselves
or to walk along
on razors edge
to explore
the stillness
2023
albeit terrene
we leave home
for the experiment
most precious
most profound
to come home
With words from poems by
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
2023
leaders and followers
of a world
once called free
delirious in delusion -
though it seems absurd
they believe it*
however
some resist
some grow
some mature
* Words from of a poem by
Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
2023
There is a vastness,
natural, light, detached,
not carrying away,
but fostering.
For Vasantiji, in gratitude.
2023
Morrow,
calmed by sleep,
feeling the stillness,
sensing the being;
it happens
the wonder
gets revealed.
A moment
and it is clear.
For Ama Samy,
in gratitude.
2023
How precious,
if there are humans
who see clearly
- and
who
tread,
preserve,
indicate:
a path.
For Anantharavi,
in gratitude.
2023
automated humans
consign their duty to
human machines -
for the blinded
a minor difference.
whatever they do -
what counts,
invisible,
indestructible,
stirs when time comes.*
* In remembrance of
Yogi Ram Prakash Sharma,
with gratitude.
2023
if at last
folly and fraud
do not worry anymore,
plight and death
do not scare anymore,
questions and wishes
dwindle,
is it good then?*
* In remembrance of a poem
by Gottfried Benn (1886-1956)
2023
the sense,
that all was right,
also the failure
and the pain,
is it the feeling
of a purpose?
2023
Jeffers*
would had burnt
his hand
in fire
for another future,
hundred years ago.
* Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
2023
force
or
interest
apathy
or
evolvement
suspicion
or
trust
chandler
or
person
2023
an example for measure,
for balance,
for bounty.
a fortune
to perceive it,
to adopt it,
even to live it a bit.
2022
bathing in success
~ hard the loss
relishing in hoarding
~ dreary the shortage
in love with gathering
~ grave the aloneness
indulging in sheen
~ grim the emptiness
2022
for the indifferent recognition
for the ruthless gentleness
for the egocentric forbearance
for the contemptuous respect
for the ignorant understanding
for the divisive communion
2022
her elements nourish us
her space shelters us
her power heals us
her silence guides us
who believes
we were stronger than her,
we could do like her,
we could do without her?
2022
this grief
and
this joy
this falsehood
and
this honesty
this conceit
and
this simplicity
2022
called as witness,
mirror of the inexplicable,
unbelievable.
destined to respond
beauty and agony.
2022
apparently
a sick world
destroys itself.
the sages
taught us otherwise;
being will never vanish,
non-being will never truly be.
all the fallacies,
the collected knowledge,
the ocean full of compassion.
2022
presence in numbness
existing in change
suppressing with palsy
charging with compassion
erasing in holding
preserving with openness
2022
Birds sing timidly
Amongst human noise
Leaves rustle untouched
2012
being free
we could achieve it
if the liberties did not enslave us
we could understand it
if the liberties did not touch us
if we did not know the liberties
we could be it
1989
Forward
Forgetting aims
Hope dropped
Realistically unrealistic
Based on irrationality
Ultimate rescue
Yet realized
Solely possible way
Therefore best
1989
Waiting
I wait too much and live too little
I wait for confidence, while I cannot trust anything
I wait for somebody, while I cannot understand anybody
I wait for harmony, while I always search
I wait for friends, while I cannot be one
I wait for myself, while I always flee from me
I wait, till waiting becomes peace
1989