No Muse

 The trees dance,

The river rambles along 

The birds chirp,

Their usual merry unhibited,

The bees move from flower to flower,

searching for sweetness

A cool breeze flows by

And the poet can't think - 

can't conjure up anything of beauty,

or remarkable adoration 

or unrequited love as poets are fond of,

And there flies a butterfly 

A yellow butterfly. Colorful 

It flies away, like a moodless poet's muse

I Don't Fathom

 I don't fathom where I am 

Neither where I came from 

nor where I am going 

I'd have been content, 

if I were imbibing a beer 

I don't have a beer 

But I got time, 

My muse ran away, 

with the woman who never loved me

She's happy somewhere 

I no longer long for her 

I long for a few beers, 

and, thereafter, a dreamless sleep 

I Left The City

I left the city long ago 

fleeing from my demons 

surprisingly, 

my demons welcomed me 

in a far and alien land 

where conversations are difficult 

I am forced to be a loner 

Have conversations with myself 

they are not that great 

but I yearn for my city 

where a couple of people know my name

and my language 

Taken For Granted

what would happen 

if you were not the chosen?

may be they like the way 

you are ever present, 

like air, 

- for instance, how much do you 

think of air? 

abundant, present, cheap

and you are sort of entitled to it?

may be you haven't made yourself 

rare, scarce 

that's you are taken for granted

Long

time move swiftly 
we watched, silently gazing 

at our little sacred dreams, 

saying nothing, wishing nothing 

but bidding time 

for when we'd never have to

dream again 

and that would be when all 

the dreams have come true 

Sitting By The Edge

I'll be sitting by edge, 

smiling, 

and never wish I stuck by

your side, 

not today, not tomorrow 

but someday, 

for now, I'll keep in touch 

and take note of your tone 

because I am idle like that 

there is no better way to waste time 

than to make you feel 

as if I am eternally and hopelessly 

infatuated by by 

as if there is no other being 

on earth that would deserve this 

that would love better 

One Drink Tonight

I will have a drink tonight 

and toast to the madness 

abundant in every nerve 

inside me 

I'll have a drink tonight 

that'll remind me I am alive 

I'll have a drink 

to take a brief break from all 

the hassle that abounds 

I'll have a guilt free drink 

just one drink