What I See After daylight spent in your thoughts Night is a string of, flowing dreams You smile in one, tease in another Laugh and giggle, like bells in the wind Sometimes you talk, sometimes just stare Whisper something I could never hear You’re always there, in every frame In every dream, asleep or awake … Read more
Long Relationship I can hear your voice Before you speak Sense your thoughts Even before you feel Is it love Ardent and deep Or is it an acquired Survival skill That one deftly picks up In married life ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
She is much more She is divine Yet real in many ways Almost see a halo Circling her face Smiles like a goddess Laughs like child Walks with grace Yet howls in pain Can kill like a tigress Jumps like a hare Scratches like a cat When she’s insane She’s all that And so much … Read more
Alive Again That moment I see your face Clouds run away Sky clears Sun and moon, even the stars All are seen, in that moment Mind is shaken, jolted out From it’s lazy vacant stupor And somewhere deep Inside the soul Feelings frozen, left to be dead Thaw back to life Breath again ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
It’s enough to dream I see you in dreams sometimes Maybe not all the time But whenever I remember them You are all that I see You may not know Nor will ever know But you help me survive Summers that threaten to burn And winters that freeze to death Sometimes it’s enough to dream … Read more
Unrequited Feelings wild, fountain of thoughts Sprung in an instant, day you walked Into my monochrome, field of view Watched your every, move and breath Saw you straighten, up your dress Brush those errant, strands of hair Venturing across your face Those agonising waits, for a glimpse Words of nonsense, shared with you Your laugh … Read more
Fragrance of the wet soil So easily the soil Turns fragrant With a tender touch, of first showers After a hot, long summer With clouds low and nowhere to go Fragrance keeps lounging around Riding the breeze, gentle and soft Moving around aimlessly Yet giving the mind A psychedelic high If one decides, to succumb … Read more
अनंत जन्म रात्री कधीतरी झोपेत, वळली मान अर्धवट उघडलेल्या डोळ्यानी पाहीले उशीवरून वाहणारे, ओघळ मायेचे हळूवार गोंजारणारे, एकटक पाहणारे ओळखीचे तरी नवे वाटणारे ते डोळे निशीगंधाचा सुवास धूंधावणारा आसपास तरंगणारा, त्याचा भास आभास गालांवर पाकळ्या, सुकुमार चाफ्याच्या ओठांचा गुलाब, अर्धवट उमललेला बोलू का नको, यांत कोठेतरी गुंतलेला मी ही स्तब्ध आठवत नाही, कदाचीत श्वास रोखून … Read more
Triple Rainbows There were two rainbows, in sky In moments a third one, just materialised A ring under two, that arched across Never in dreams, could have imagined that Hills were green, streams ran astray River that followed, had dancing waves Felt something unique, was in the air So stopped our ride, for a longer … Read more
Footprints Many monsoons have, shed their tears Changing into winters stern They seem to depart Soon as they arrive Summers staying For the longest time Pouring fire, from clear skies Sometimes drenched, shivering sometimes Sweating profusely most of the times Been waiting since the fateful day At that place, you walked away Guarding your fading … Read more