Long Suresh Poems

Gods of glowing neon and gaudy screens
smile upon charming, charming patterns of heads.
All colors of hair, lit red, then green, then blue,
guided along invisible paths, crown heads
perspiring, chanting and glancing down
on marching, mechanical arms, then...

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"But love's a malady without a cure."
-"John Dryden"

Forbidden Song

The jury sits, pallid and grave,
well versed in the ways of "society" and "correctness",
he appears, drowned in confusion and numb to all else,
convicted of the dreary charge...

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The Rainbow

The world howled and the roaring thunder did clap,
amid frothing waters and whipping winds our vessel marched.
To us whom the boiling sea had unkindly spared there was no stopgap,
the hellish deluge spared us no...

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Men worship women
                       Great culture that we are
     ...

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Long ago came a ten headed monster we’ve heard 
But never seen
He came from across the border and hit us hard
Took away our peace
Called Raavan – to destroy our World
Lo we had a savior then,...

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The Shopping Cart

Upon my veritable throne I survey
subjects of sundry colors,
cans and jars, packets and bags
arrayed in reverent order before me.
I am appointed, by natural virtue
captain of this mighty ship
past denizens of the white-tiled, polished...

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My Son, Far Away

In the sunny gloom of this
ocean of burning Earth,
the scythe of time hovers like
a hungry vulture above us
men of "honorable" duty, but thankfully,
for my weary heart, this
graveyard of sand is never too...

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Rain


I hear the pitter-patter of rain, 
greedily savor the whiff of bathed Earth
and I see, yet again, that palace frozen in time
my home, far, far away.
The misty memories of a blissful past
lay interred in those...

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Temple – not an abode of God

Idol – only a piece made by man

To see his reflection in ruse of worship

The Powerful can see power

The Rich can see riches

Poor see poverty

The more one donates, the...

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Unforgivable

Night falls on day
these heathen times,
and clouds of gloom mask
even the Sun above.
Miles of water, ever lapping
frantically at our sinking shores,
yet never a pristine drop to drink
piteous is the irony.

Gasp for breath, ye who
choked this...

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Of infinity
there is much left unsaid,
unfathomable it is to think
of a last frontier for the
purest tongue there is.

Would it not be then,
the limit to our invincible minds,
that search for God inside atoms
and far into the...

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The beggar in my street
The subject of my hate
An eyesore I felt he was
The old man with his plate

Sunshine or rains, chill or heat
Never had I pity for his fate
Yet he had that toothy grin
The...

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You left at the first flicker of dawn
as the pioneering rays of Sun
diluted the chaotic dark of night
and the morass of words exchanged.
I would have, if not for my dead legs
followed, at least crawled
but you...

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YOGA


For me I am the World as I see
For each one, the World is his as they see
See the World as it is
Do not create your own World
We live in the same World
Each one his...

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Who created us 
We do not know 
We created the God 
We created it's forms 
We created the religion 
We created the traditions 
We named the sun 
We named the moon 
We named the universe...

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When we met that day, we were strangers at bay
Seeking a companion, my eyes met yours with gay
An unwritten bond enveloped you and me
Destined to be life partner everyday
 
Days and months and years passed
Our...

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Elevator called Life

Life is like an elevator - Up it goes I am told

We are all in it - Some faster, some slower

Some travel with me - Don't know how long

They will stay with me,...

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As a bird I am,
blessed with these wings
that have caressed the
winds of wisdom, and
flown me to places far,
and shown me 
the ends of the Universe -
a bird indeed, yet one
entombed in a
miserable cage, even as...

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We are the kings
in our well we call home
we fight with our siblings
live a twin life
for us and for others


Outside our homes
we see a bigger well
everyone calls it a town
a village or a city
or the...

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Deep inside the blanket so warm
cozying with teddy in my arms
I counted the stars at night
One, two, three to ten,
the stars were more than ten
Counted them again and again
The moon came in between
pushed it away.
My...

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Like a breath of fresh air
My cheek brushed by the aroma of her hair
Her shining eyes melted my soul
Listen to my heart beat!
It dances to  a new beat

She breezed past like a heaveny fairy
I...

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Rushing from the balcony
Inside the house
The kid hides under the bed
Mama searches for him
With a bowl of food in her hand

“No Mama, I ain’t hungry”
Says the kid as mama spots him
“Come here, my naughty boy
The...

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The fire keeps burning
No water to quench
Look at the sky
The air is so dry
No moist clouds
To bring the rains around
Many trees have vanished
The earth looks parched
Before we are left dead
Let us keep the fire burning
Give...

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