Shattered dreams—isn’t it strange
That they cannot leave me once and for all
And continue to live within me as a separate entity
As if awaiting their fulfilment.
Their presence is particularly noticeable in the mornings
When I wriggle out from under the duvet
Sit on the edge of the bed
To get up the very next second
But I suddenly sit there in a daze for a while
Inside me, the film is ending
And the credits are already rolling too fast,
So I can’t make out a single word
Who starred in it and who supported
Even though I’ve only just watched this episode.
I still remember how I was rowing a boat
To some unknown destination, but then,
A few minutes ago,
I knew the place and the time exactly
When I was due to arrive somewhere
Where my love was waiting for me with joy
And I was filled with a joyful anticipation
But then everything seemed to fade
As if wrapped in a transparent bag in the rain
Only raindrops were visible on the blurred screen
PERSONAL FULFILMENT
rough&ready
contemporary
fraternal
characteristics
strengthen
with
intensive
&exaggerating
profound
sensibility
embracing
facets
of awareness
in
simultaneously
conceived
recognition
All I saw was Marcus run into a portal holding the gold. He shouted, its the end.
You have paid and will never see you again.
That was the end. What my family did to me will happen to them.
He showed me the seal of fulfilment as he ran in.
Despite the sweat and tears
We keep on striving because of the joy it brings
It stills fears
Our life 's purpose
The sweet satisfaction that clings
The source
The peace
that always springs
Ease
Despite the sweat and tears
The sweet satisfaction that clings
Ease
Cross landscape high and low,
light candle of hope, walk fazed life through darkness grime,
let it glow.
New sun will rise,
show path of success at right time…
surprise.
Derive
pleasure sublime…
thrive.
Cross landscape high and low,
new sun will rise…
thrive.
oceans of wisdom flow
from wizened lips of world scholars to song and rhyme
make minds glow
they go often
unnoticed into caves of time
past pen
what cost
such foolish crime
lost
oceans of wisdom flow
unnoticed into caves of time
lost
Dream, to make your dreams true.
Fulfilment of dreams is blissful satisfaction.
Just pursue.
Dream to inspire
Dream to concentrate on action.
My Dear !
Dream bright
on ambition .
Right !
Dream, to make your dreams true.
Dream to concentrate on action.
Right !
It was my ambition
To win the top prize in a poetry contest;
Number one.
I tried for years,
Wrote verse after verse after verse
An now
Today,
It has happened.
Yes!
It was my ambition,
Wrote verse after verse after verse.
Yes!
Minichu
Times when peace fills my soul
Those times fulfill my life with a joyful river
Then I'm whole
Close your eyes, feel
All the essence that peace delivers
Surreal
It seems
Only comes in
Streams
Times when peace fills my soul
All the essence that peace delivers
Streams
thrown in wordly orbit
we all are striving to achieve that happiness
in a split !
what life begets
box full of emptiness
why fret?
frill, thrill
is it hopeless?
chill !!
thrown in wordly orbit
box full of emptiness
chill !!
Delusion ends, soul’s free
In time dissolved silence, we have garnered clear sight
Love’s the key
Head-heart entwine
We now know we are living light
Divine
God’s kiss
Heightened delight
Bliss
Delusion ends, soul’s free
We now know we are living light
Bliss
FULFILMENT
Must we leave it to fate
But why does order fulfilment take so much time
Now we wait
Always delays
Poor excuses are such a crime
Ten days
Surprise
No hills to climb
Lies
Must we leave it to fate
Poor excuses are such a crime
Lies
Light throbbing in the heart of darkness
Shakes its density and solidity
Dawn lengthening towards morning
Mops up darkness slowly
Shadows vanish
In its brightness
It rubs them off the bodies
Of men and furniture
Lion, camel, orangutan and tiger;
Light focused on cave
Clears the obscurities
Light of reason removes
The stumbling blocks of superstition
Light of knowledge conquers ignorance
Light of conscience deals with narrowness
Pushing it towards broadness and righteousness
Light broadens the narrow space of the heart
Leads it towards benevolence
Pride and prejudice, niggardliness vanish
With the white purity
Of the effulgent Divine light
The light of lights!
It hovers round us
Flashes with higher consciousness
In search of us groping in the dark
Near us comes it giving chance to embrace
Sure it is that we move pulled towards it
Let that light grace us towards fulfillment.
A young warlock was sent to a kingdom to live with the court physician. The court physician was meant to guide him in the art of sorcery and the use of his powers. One day he asked to know the real reason his mother sent him to the kingdom. The physician told him that he was sent to fulfil an age-long prophecy which was to protect the king's son, Arthur. The young warlock was Arthur's servant and a friend. His magic powers were to be kept a secret because Camelot frowned against magic and sorcery.
January 17, 2024.
Once when annoyed, peeved,
My dream poured rage for long piled:
I’m never fulfilled.
Get not riled, my restless child:
What’s dream if fulfilled? Life smiled.
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Tanka |08.12.2023|dream, life
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