Random Thoughts

let us meet somewhere,
it has been ages ,since
we sat on the steps
of the ghat and watched boats,
ferry across loads of men,
women and children
all on their way to somewhere


if we make it today
to the same ghat
let us enquire from the waves
and ripples on the water
as to weather all those men,
women and children
who had crossed the span;
what happened then?
who met whom and who came home?


it has been ages,
generations have come
and generations have gone
a thousand suns have risen and sunk
in to the water in front of me.

a lonely, dull moon hangs there
outside my window,
the chill in the air cuts a sinew
i am frozen to the core,


my friend has sent me a note
on the facebook
in an alien tongue
which i cant read.

people are the same
making families
raising children
building homes
opening accounts in
the nearest banks

my papers lie on the table
the tax return, the unpaid bills
the medical insurance
and my will
yet unwritten .