A man’s tendency

Man, you might be richer with wealth

But I am neither poorer,

With my bowl content with contents.

Man, you might be stronger with power

But I am neither weaker,

With my sack’s wants empty.

Why must I fall behind you?

Woman, you might be poorer in looks

I am not richer either

With my kit of virtues torn.

Woman, you are weaker in virtues

I am not richer either

With my bag of conscience worn.

That is why I fall behind you.

31.12.2006

Scorching spies

To have women besotted with me

Could be the greatest ambition

I ever wish to have and succeed too.

Alas! The sprouts of love are short lived

Under the scorch of spies around.

29.12.2006

Denotation and connotation

Fence means boundary by denotation.

Fence means barrier by connotation.

Good fence makes good crops.

Good fence makes good neigbours.

. 25.12.2006.

Light spreads over the dark

The writer proves his talent

In front of those who lack it.

The singer proves his talent

In front of those who lack it.

So do every artist, high and low.

We applaud one whose skill we lack.

23.12.2006

Idiosyncrasy

Speculation is full of riddles.

Trading is full of problems.

Coveting a woman is full of risk.

Solving the riddles,

Overcoming the problems

And braving the risk

Are the sources of pleasure.

To invent riddles to solve,

To create problems to overcome,

And to assume risk to come through

Are man’s idiosyncrasy-

To create difficulties

For the pleasure of solving them.

23.012.2006

Love is union.

Love is union between two,

Not an amalgamation of two,

And distinct like iron and magnet.

20.12.2006.