Rajesh Kumar

There is a password
Which opens all my locks.
The digital diary squeaks in assent
And my cell phone loves it too.
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A cell phone full of you
Crowding out the realms
Of all other relationships
Eating into the many worlds
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One neat string seamless and strong

That runs through my book of life
Tying in togetherness my pages
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A scoop of Silence splattered with sounds
Hot chocolate fudge on frozen vanilla
The taste of nuts rolling and melting
With the corn and the crowd.
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Wax in my life,
When you do not call,
I melt, and die, slow,
Burning, wax and wick, and all
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Each Sunflower that follows the Sun
Reminds me of my love
For you.
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I Surf channels waiting
For the girl to smile, twice;
I know who she reminds me of;
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The script that carried the play
And the actors that played the roles
The prompter behind the wings
And the lightsman right up there
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Sometimes you ask me
Why I fall so silent on your calls,

And I tell you,
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Incessant chatter amidst eerie silences
Self doubts, confusions, misgivings, anger,
Anguish angst pain.
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Dear Sir,
I have drafted my report
For the last seven days.
It’s on your table, right
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Of all the colors of the sun
The one I love is a fiery red
The color of the sun on a tranquil evening,
Bracing for another day.
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When my life hits the rapids

And the currents lead me astray,
I fight for control
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If I were to count the hours we spent together
Once sunny silences replaced idle chatter
Time would give way to timelessness
I would have to borrow another lifetime.
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The smell of parting
Hung heavy all around.
A liner
Portholes full of strange faces.
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He knows me from my other life
From the days in which I walked back home with him.

Those days were wild
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I close my eyes,
As this journey ends.
I know this path well
I know where it ends.
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Three women walked into the night
Steadily towards their hostel-gates.

Five wait with me at the crossroads
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