My Rose

When I take you in my hands, Rose
I might hurt you at times rind each petal
To try and know who you are and heckle
Even if I have to hurt you for a while
I promise to be gentle down the mile
When these bees try to come near you
I feel jealous and try to safeguard you
When you smile, you make my soul meek
Happy and joyous, But never so weak
When this cruel gust of wind blow
I hold you tight and not let you go
And when you grow older and wither,
 I'll be with you Till the Sky is blue
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

Helianthus

I feel lost and painful when it dawns
Not being able to see you for a moment
When it rains, I thank the rain gods
Because I can stay with you longer after that
I shiver when it snows but I see you
tomorrow and forget the pain I've been through
When I'm weak and can't reach to see you...
I wait for you to reach me

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

When I'm with you
The sparkling Stars, the glittering Moon
the radiant Sun are for ever mine
vibrant energy flows through my veins
When your name reaches my heart
I wish not to finish this poem
For I'm incomplete without you

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to the sweetest girl I've ever known in my life

Conversations With Silence

When I walk this lonely, dark road

My feet ask me how it's easy

I say look around it's not just you

When I sit in this cold place shivering

My voice asks me how it's possible

I say, just feel the warmth of her

When I close my tired eyes

My thoughts ask me how come

I say just go back in time and see

When I try to look into your eyes

I hear a long silence, an unending calm

I look around to hold your hand

I say I'm here but I'm still there

~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

The Darkness of Light

When I retire in the night to my bed,
limbs tired with the journey today
just then a journey begins in my head
to the places we've been till heyday
never feel the pain of your absence
mesmerised by the sweet fragrance
and little fingers through my hair
close my eyes with a shadow I wear
throughout this Darkness of Light


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

Dear Zarah,
Sometimes it takes time to tell things you really feel.
I felt the same when I was with you as I would feel when I go on the toughest expedition, experience the biggest embarrassment, feel the lowest of the most low day, embraced by the happiest moment and going through the most sick day.
You too think I'm a phony?

Know what you are
Know what they are
Seek only the truth
Behold unto your love

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

Now I don't deserve even to listen?
Now I don't deserve even to speak?
I thought honesty is a virtue
Until someone proved otherwise!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

When I was with you, I was drenched
May be that's the reason I couldn't feel
When my days would be high and dry
Now when I feel the wrath of the winds
That blew you away from me in the woods
I lay so far waiting for the storm to return
Praying and Wishing you were safe and sound

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

నా ఈడుకి జోడు నువ్వని ఎక్కడా తడబడని
నా పాదం ఆగేను ఒక్క క్షణం నీ తోడు కోసం
ఈ చిన్ని విశ్రామంలో నిన్ను నా దేవత లాగా
చూసుకోవాలని నా శాయశక్తుల ప్రయత్నించా
నా నుంచి నీ పరుగాపి ఒక్క క్షణం వెనక్కిచూడు
కళ్ళతో కాక మనసుతో ఒక్కసారి చూడు
ఇప్పటికి ఎప్పటికి నీ ధ్యానంలో ఈ హృదయం
నీ  ఊహలో లేని ఒక్కో మేరుపోక ప్రళయం
నువ్వు నా చెంతనుంటే ఒక్కో యుగం  ఒక క్షణం

~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

నీ  పేరు  నా
ఊపిరిలోని  నిశ్స్వాసగా  మేఘాల్లోకి  చేరుతుంది
పలుచోట్ల  పయనమై  ఒక  చోట  చేరుతుంది
చిరుజల్లుగా  కురిసి  ప్రవాహంగా  మారుతుంది
అది  నా  స్వేదమై  నరనరాల్లో  జివ్వంటుంది
నాలోని నానావిధ భావాలను నియంత్రిస్తుంది

A kiss can tell what hundred hugs can't

A hug can depict what thousand looks can't

A look can reveal what million words can't

A word may never bespeak what it actually meant

My friend, stop listening and start feeling

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

Don't punish me for life for a momentary lapse
For I felt I lost you; didn't know how to react
Looked around for pal but went into collapse
Always were you the center of my life for a fact

Know the facts to know the reasons
Open your eyes and know their indulgence
But I should have been perfect in all seasons
I lost my sense but never my innocence

Not a night has gone by without feeling shame
For the events that had changed our life for ever
Hurting us more that the pain of separation flame
All I can promise is that they won't happen ever

I'm not proud of all the things I did in the past
But I never let things go completely out of hand
For it was the love for you that made me last
You too know that your blame of me is feigned

Believe it or not, by spending time with others
I realized how much I missed and loved you
You know I cannot bear if someone be amiss
That you misunderstood me makes me slew

Every time you said you did not like something
I tried to stop it consciously as much I could
You always thought I was no good accenting
For if it's the fact, my life after all is no good

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

The Wind helps the Fire go high up, knows that he
Will not try great heights for it's survival is linked
But when the fire is agitated, the wind suppress it's ire
Little does she know that it's partner is all but eked

One of these days I live like the tiny little droplet
With the same hope that you'll get back as well fly
When you know how you make me feel like starlet
Just like rain that gets back after it reaches the sky

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

The Earth touches the Sky with a sand storm
The Rain touches the Earth with the sail storm
The Wind touches the Forest with a wind storm
The Fire touches the Wind; it's a usual norm
My hand touches the chords with a mild storm
Like the lows and highs of  life with a strum
To find a new beauty in life and a gentle warm


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

How ironic that it seems only yesterday
We were looking at the blue blue sky
Thinking about the future everyday
Where happy and joyous occasions lie
Now with a burdened heart I lay
All I see now is the time hates, I sigh
Without much ado I cannot stay

I long to see you and ask me why

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

The past was an overture of the defects that I didn't know I had
Let the future be a symphony of emotions that bind us together
I'm skeptical to go to sleep because the moments that we shared
Come by and then turn to reality when I wake up and are sour

Let it be a future filled with love, peace, freedom and affection
For you'll always be that nine year old with not so matching
Hair bands, stubborn, cute, angry, lovable and energy waxing
Love won't swerve with anything happening to a less perfection

You may say I'm living stuck and am living in the past
But what good happened to us when I lived in the future?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

అందరు చల్లగా ఉండాలనుకునే నీ వెన్నలాంటి మనసు
హుందాతనం అంటే ఏమిటో నిను చూసాక మాకు తెలుసు
నిలువెత్తు అపురూప లావణ్య సౌమ్య సౌందర్య  సొగసు
కానేరదు నీ జీవితం లో ఒక్క క్షణం ఎవ్వరికైనా అలుసు

అమ్మకు అమ్మవైనా మా అందరి అమ్మవై  మా బాగోగులు చూసి,
మంచి బుద్ధులు నీర్పి, జీవితం విలువ తెలిపి, బిడ్డలను సాకి
చిరస్మరణీయ స్మృతులతో మా గుండెల్లో కొలువై ఉంటె ఓర్వలేక
దేవుడు నువ్వు కావాలని మారం చేసి నిను తీసుకుపోయాడా?

When I look you sweet plum, I feel like you're
the gift I got which I longed for my life time
When I hold your soft hands I feel like I'm
with an angel who never wished to return
When I kiss your soft lips, I feel like I'm
choked to swallow the little honey drops
Whenever I scold you, I feel like I'm
becoming so closer to you heart
When I make love to you, I feel like I'm
the most lucky person to be loved back
When I fight with you, I feel like I'm
invariably becoming the person you like
When you cry on my shoulder, I feel like I'm
going to be there for you no matter what
When I scold you, I feel like I'll have to
make up with you and bring happiness

I want to be the person who loves you the most in this world
I want to be the person who can bring a smile on your face
I want to be the one who will tell the world you belong to me


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Birthday baby

Open your eyes to look of the remorse in me

And see how I become what I become coy

Open your past to see riant places with me

And moments that made it jump up with joy

Open the book of emotions attested by me

The times when I'm irritate you and annoy

Open the notes of those moments with me

And how the passion for us never will cloy

Open the strings of knots you tied with me

When I fell in love again like a weeny boy

Open the door of promised future with me

And fight any situations together in troy

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

Give me a chance to prove my eternal love for you

And be the one who keeps you happy and healthy

Give me a chance to speak my heart and for you

To share how I feel strong, abundant and wealthy

Give me a chance to live this short life for you 

To share with you and be the one with empathy

Give me a chance to tell everyone around; For you

Are the most beautiful person and not just earthy

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

కనురెప్పల  పైన  కవిత  రాసి  నీకు  పంపించా
కలల్లోకి జారిపోయిందా కావ్యం, నా భావోద్వేగం
ఇలలో నిలిచే ప్రేమ కావలి మన స్నేహబంధం
కలలోనైనా నీతో బ్రతుకు పంచుకోవాలని వాంఛ
కలలన్ని నిజమవ్వటానికి కావాలి ఇంకో జన్మం
కనురెప్పలు తెరిస్తే తెలుస్తుంది ఈ వర్తమానం
కానీ తెరిచిన నయనం తట్టుకోగలదా ఈ గమనం

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dedicated to Zarah

Oh God!Let Me be a giver;Not the
one who takes things unceasingly
Let Me be a giver of the unwitty mind
The one which shelters futile thoughts
Let Me be the giver of unworldly things
The giver of hope,love and compassion
Let Me be the giver of those unhappy
Moments which parted us for no good
Let Me be the giver of hope and rejoice
For I was someone who took it away
Let Me be the giver of all forgiveness
For I was once the fall guy of bilk
Let Me be the giver of trust and faith
For I acted once in a way otherwise

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Anonymous

Are these the eternal Shadows of Life?
Gloomy deserted days which you want to forget
Restlessness companions' you for a while
Despair and agony devoid you of the energy
Suffrage and wreckage engulf you in their arms
Bitterness and callousness encroach your life
Should I travel alone into the eclipse again?
Whilst all this a ray of hope dazzles in the sky
You remember the mesmerising moments of past
Purposeless and Endless conversations embrace
Serenity and love became your sorority now
When will you realise that you're my best pal?

   
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

I shall love you till the Stars fall from the sky
I shall love you till the Sun denies to shine
I shall love you till the Moon starts to parch
I shall love you till the Seas dry to their full
I shall love you till the Winds stop to blow
I shall love you till the Fire stops to burn
I shall love you till the Land stops to hold us
I shall love you till the Seasons stop to occur
I shall love you till Dreams turn to possibilities
I shall love you till my Eyes stop to weep
I shall love you till my Ears stop to hear
I shall love you till my Words become dumb
I shall love you till my Senses leave me
I shall love you till my life seizes to exist


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

Does the shore know that it 

shouldn't befriend the sea

Does the moon know that it 

shouldn't befriend the night

Does the tree know that it

shouldn't befriend the wind

Does the moment know that it

shouldn't befriend the time

Does the heart know that it..

.... shouldn't love some one so much?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

You're the queen of my solemn dreams

You're the sweet nectar of honey bees

My heart sinks and not everyone sees

You're always the queen of my dreams

Not a day has gone past in the past

Without your face being first and last

Not a day will go by in the counter past

Without you in my life till the last

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

Now that I'm going far far away from your sight
I leave this country with the hope that you might
Know the truth and only the truth'll come to light
Let me leave the destiny to the starless night

A hope that kept me alive in this phase of plight
Even when others worked against me with spite
Is the truth that I loved only you day and night
The truth you're the most important person right

Every fight and every misunderstanding outright
Made me love you even more not by a long sight
Every moment of your friendship in it's own right
Made me believe I can achieve anything at sight



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

I thought I was smart until you showed me
there were things which need heart to ponder upon
I thought I was good until you showed me
there were things better than just being good
I thought I was happy until you showed me
the moments I wished would stay for ever
I thought I was unkempt until you made my
chores and took care of everything around
I thought I was aloof until you showed me
that a company like yours throws it all away

I thought I was sad until I realised 

that without you things just go hay wire

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

I always wished I were a talented poet

to express how I felt about you 

I always wished I were a sculptor 

to carve those moments on stones

I always wished I were an actor 

to be the face you wanted me to be

I always wished I were a mason 

to build a crystal palace for you

I always wished I were a gold smith 

to make a jeweled crown for you

I always wished I were a painter 

to sketch this picture of you

I always wished I were god 

to bless us ever happy together

I always wished I were me 

to never do those things to you

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah, My Princess

Whenever I feel a bitter low and lost
I open that cute picture of your past
Brings a smile in the corner of my lips
Makes my day and heart beat skips

Whenever I feel embarrassed and outcast
I recall your sweet little words of courage
which bestow the confidence I've barest
And let's me go on in this world of mirage

Whenever  I feel depressed and dejected,
I think of the joyous occasions you injected
To fill me with enough hope and joy
I recall the times when I said, "Oh boy"

Whenever I miss you and feel descent,
I open the old messages you've sent
And assure myself that you're beside me
I feel pompous and the pain will flee

But to think that you're not there in my life
My heart and mind wage a bitter strife
I will come back and grow old with you
In this life or the other; let this be true


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

నీ ఆశ్రయం లోని ఒక్క క్షణం
మండువేసవిలో తొలకరి  జల్లు
నీ చిలిపి కళ్ళలో ప్రతి కల
ఈ విరిసే రంగుల హరివిల్లు
నీ కురుల జాలువారే గాలి
మురిసి మనసు ఆడే పరవళ్ళు



~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

మరుజన్మంటూ ఉంటే బ్రహ్మనదిగేదోకటే
నిన్ను నిన్నుగా పుట్టించమని
నన్ను ఇంకొకరిగా పుట్టించొద్దని
స్తంబించిన ఈ క్షణం భానుడి
చల్లదనానికి ఈ రోజు కరుగుతోంది

వెన్నెల చల్లదనం ఈ మండే
గుండెల చిచ్చు ఆర్పగలవా?

~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

Every woman I look around just reminds me of you
I fell in love with you a hundred times a day
Blessed are those who spend life with their loved ones
Blessed I was I could do so for a moment in a day

Things change with time and people change
But the feeling I had the day I told you
Is the same this very moment and won't change
You can look back and see if it's not true

Every walk of life and every decision I make
Would be more joyous if you were with me
I live this moment and future for your sake
Hoping to have to back again hoping for a 'we'


~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

Dear Time,

Hard to remember a day that passed by

Had wished you were here with me

Every moment every day demands me 

Where you are, and the times you're with me

When I say look back and feel good

It says it enjoyed too much to remember

When I say wait for good moments ahead

It asks why I deprived it of those moments

Did I?

నీతో గడిపి నీ హృదయానికి రెక్కలొచ్చి
ఈ విరహ వేదనకి కరిగిపోతున్నాయి
నువ్వుంటే అలుపెరగని  నా పాదాలు
నడవటానికి తడబడుతున్నాయి
నిన్ను చూసి మురిసిపోయిన నా కళ్ళు
నువ్వు లేక కలల్లోకి జారిపోతున్నాయి
నీ బిడి కౌగిలి వెచ్చదనానికి నోచుకోక
నా గుండె సవ్వడి తడబడిపోతోంది
నువ్వు తోడు లేవని నన్నొదిలి
నా నీడ నీవెంటే వెళ్ళిపోతోంది
నువ్వుంటే నేనుంటా అంటోంది
కరిగిపోతున్న ఈ ప్రతి క్షణం

~~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

నీ నవ్వుంటే చాలు ఉప్పొంగే
గోదావరికి ఆనకట్ట వేయగలను
నీ చూపు లోని చల్లదనంతో ఉదయించే
సూర్యున్ని అరచేతితో ఆపగలను
నీ నుదిటి పై ఆజనల తో  ఉరిమే
మేఘాన్ని విల్లుగా చేసి సంధించగలను
నీ మధుర పలుకులతో గర్జించే
భూప్రలయాలకు ఎదురు నిలవగలను
నీ స్నేహంజలితో అస్తమించే
చెంద్రున్ని భువి పైకితేగలను

~~~To Zarah

చుక్కల్లో చందమామ నీ వదనం
సెలయేటి అలల అలజడి నీ జఘనం
పండు వెన్నల జాబిలి నీ నవ్వు
రవివర్మ ఊహకందని నీ రూపు
విరబూసే కమలం నీ సోయగం
నీ లాస్యనికి సాటి రాని ఎల్లోరా శిల్పాలు
ఇవే నీకు ఈ ఉగాది సుభాశిస్సులు

~~~To Zarah

నీ చూపు సోకి ఎర్రబడ్డాయా ఈ గులాబీలు
నీ కురుల అలజడికి చిక్కుపడ్డాయా ఈ మల్లె తీగలు
నీ స్పర్శ తాకి మురిసి పోయాయా ఈ ఎర్ర మందారాలు
నీ నవ్వు చూసి బోసిపోయాయా ఈ చామంతులు
నీ పరిమళానికి పోటి పడలేకపోయాయా ఈ జాజి మల్లెలు
నిను తాకాలని ఉవ్విళ్ళూరే ఈ తోలి రవికిరణం
నిను వీడిపోలేక నిట్టూర్చే ఈ శశి వర్ణం
నీతో అడుగులు వేసేందుకు చూసే ఈ భూమి
నిను ఒక్కసారైనా తాకాలని వంగే ఈ ఆకాశం
నీతో గడిపిన మధురక్షనాల్ని నేమరువేసుకోవటానికి
కుడివైపున ఇంకో హృదయం ఉన్నాసరిపోదేమో

~To Zarah

సంకల్పం ఎంత గొప్పదో రుజువు చేస్తా
నీకు ఏదో చెప్పాలని కాదు గాని నీ సావాసం
నాలో ఎంతటి మధురానుభూతులను
చిరు ఆనందాలను నింపిందో నీకు తెలుస్తుంది


~To Zarah

Things happened and caused us pain
Let be it a lesson about people who feign
Too many crossroads down the lane
For my love for you will never wane

To think that I ignored you in the past
Is a coincidence of events that won't last
Forgive me for being a part of the cast
Sure will never happen at any cost

Lot of things change in due course of time

But you're the same in my heart, sweet lime

People come and people go in time

Never were you gone nor were sublime

~~~~~~~~~To Zarah

హృదయాన్ని మరిపించిన నీ సావాసం

మనసుని ఆహ్లాద పరిచిన నీ రూపం

కనువిందు చేసిన నీ కవనం

వీడిపోని నీ బంధం నా లోని ఈ ధైర్యం

~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

వేయి జన్మల బంధం మనది

ఒక జీవిత కాలం సరిపోనిది

వెన్నెల ఉన్నంత వరకు

సూర్యుడు ఉన్నంత వరకు

భూమి ఉన్నంత వరకు

నేనున్నంత వరకు

నీ కోసం వేచి ఉంటా నేస్తమా

~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

గాయ పడ్డ నా హృదయాని

అడగాలని ఉంది ఈ ప్రశ్నని

మరుపు తెలియని నా మనసునుని

వీడిపోయే స్వప్నం కావాలని

ఉండి లేని నీ రూపం

స్మృతుల గాధ కావాలని

నీస్తామా ఎప్పుడు వస్తున్నావే

నా ఎద లోయలలో ఊయలడేందుకు

ఎప్పుడు వస్తున్నావే

~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

వికసించే పూవులనడుగు

వర్షించే మేఘాన్నడుగు

విరబూసే జాబిలినడుగు

కిలకిలలాడే పక్షులనడుగు

పారాడే శలఏటినడుగు

వీక్షించే కన్నులనడుగు

నాలోని ఈ మౌనాన్నడుగు

నీలోని నా రూపాన్నడుగు

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

వీచే గాలిలో నీ పైట గాలి మధురం

చూచే కన్నులకు నీవు కనువిందు కాదా

నిను తాకలేని ఈ స్పర్శ వ్యర్ధం

నీతో పంచుకోలేని బ్రతుకు దండగ కాదా

భాష లేని ఈ భావానికి రూపం నీవు

ఊహకందని లాస్యానికి ఉదాహరణ నీవు

నాలోని కవి హృదయాన్ని తట్టి లేపావు నీవు

కానీ భగ్న హృదయాన్ని మిగిల్చి పోయావు

కళ్ళతో చూస్తే కనుమరుగై పోయేది

చేతితో తాకితే చేజారి పోయేది

పలకరిస్తే పెదవి దాటి పోయేది

కాదు నాలోని నీ రూపం, కానీ దారేది?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

I look into your big black eyes

I see where the beauty lies

When I look at your reddened lips

They make my male heart rips

I look at your rose-petal like ears

Say sweet-nothings where no one hears

I look at your pinkish-brown cheek

Plant a kiss and make my soul meek

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

The soft touch of your cheeks

won't forget it with any hardships

The warmth of your hug

won't forget it with any colds

Made up of memories of you

my heart is filled with joy

am sending my soul to you

return it if you want to

Leaves may all fade away

But Not my feelings for you

I ask the stars there to stay

To shower their glitters on you

The lands are green and the sky is blue

So is the soul waiting for you!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

I wake up every morning not to listen to the chirping of birds

But to listen to your mellifluous words

I groom myself to go to work not to impress any one

But to think that you deserve the best groomed man

When I call you up after a long time due

It's not the first time I wished I talked to you

And when I could not get to talk to you

My heart pounds and longs for you

And when I retire to my bed after a tiring day chores

All I wish was to rejuvenate with you in my dreams

Baby when you're with me the sky is blue and the forest green

And If you're gone, I can't go on

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

When you walk beside me rose

I conquer the world and the woes

Thorns around won't bother me

But they remind me of sweet pea

Around me I see many-a-girl

And no one matches you pearl

I might have said things which are mean

But you know i really didn't mean

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah

I give her all my love and that's all I do

If you saw my love, you'll love her like I do

Bright are the stars that twinkle

I long to shower in that sprinkle

With her and the moon

I'll meet her soon

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dedicated to Zarah