Best Unabashed Poems

Who am I?

A bleary image through

rain streaked windows,

a wish devoid of substance –

lost on dandelion breezes –

a sigh in the ears of the deaf.

I crack my lips with

unspoken questions and declarations.

I am complete stillness, for once 

silent. 

I am the thirty pieces of silver,

enclosed in...

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Where am I?

I stand softly, I lean

against a vine-stained wall,

gilded in ancient cracks and 
wrinkles,

crowned with thorns.

I stretch, I hold out my

arms,  Christ-like, to you.

My trembling fingers curl upward

in prayer, 

catching rain and blood kisses

in spiraling rivulets, caressing

the air we displace together.

My lashes shiver,...

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attention peaked, poised and yet so still 
nonchalant but yet awaiting surprise 
embracing pulsations as of His will
seeking amplification of bliss rise

throb of spanda is a movement in time
enabling soul to feel alive on earth
exalted vibrations divine sublime 
captivate presence here, in bubbling mirth

at times...

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When I let one loose in the elevator
The monk adjacent profusely apologised
The thunder, he affirmed, gift of the Creator
Inhaling it deeply would see divine light realised

Though the mood lightened, kerchiefs were out
Trapped within, behind the moving lifts door 
Embarrassed no more, mind free of doubt
I...

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