ASHOK T CHAKRAVARTHY

ASHOK T CHAKRAVARTHY

WHY NOT WE ENLIGHTEN

For the blooming flowers,

For the serene moonlight,

For the warm sunrays,

For the golden dusk fall,

For the striking birds and pets,

For the entire humankind,

For the divine mother earth,

Love surges in twinkling eyes

Shrouding heart with delights.

Let our love for the world

Let our love for the humanity

Light our inner heart’s lamp,

And implant the seeds of peace

To nurture a human bondage

That lasts in a true spirit, forever.

Why not we, yes, enlighten others,

With the ecstasy of love and faith

Which not only shower eternal solace

But awakens every inner heart.

Implanting the seeds of love and care,

That lasts forever in a true spirit;

Let the ego-infected hate and greed

Get dispelled from human hearts

To uphold eternal ‘love for the world’.

 

SURVIVAL

In this busy

Materialistic life;

‘Love’ is just

A mere word

But not a ‘true love’.

The winds of solitude

Behind the veil

Of city life

Drag year by year

Into the pool of age.

While luxuries,

Modern comforts

Cannot satisfy

Even the richest,

What about those

Who toil day-long

Under scorching sun,

Under torrential rain,

Under biting cold?

While hunger

And starvation

Squeeze out energy,

And unable to work

Their survival

Day after day is at risk.

Can anyone show mercy

If like stray dogs

They are left to own fate?

Where’s the human instinct

Where’s the humane love

To feed the hunger,

To free the sufferer

From the clutches

Of hunger and death?

 

WITHOUT RESPITE

Thought after thought

Creeps out often,

Yet, childhood remains

An ever-elusive dream.

To treasure it forever

We keep on visualizing

The paths we did tread,

The sports we did play,

The friends we did make,

The acts we did indulge,

The purity we did exhibit.

Time, without any respite

Kept on fleeting and fleeting.

The beauty of flowers

Stirred my heart of hearts,

The pleasant rainy showers

Pleased me beyond words,

The twinkling stars

Enthralled my inner self

The bright rotund moon

Fascinated my passing age

Constant thoughts flocked

And illusions pounced often.

Without an iota of mercy

Time breaks all barriers;

Sweeping ashore all hopes

And all fancies of life

Ultimately it wraps life

Within its untraceable fold.

ASHOK T CHAKRAVARTHY

 

DR. ASHOK T CHAKRAVARTHY, a poet and review writer, India, is composing poetry for the past 25 years. As of now, of the 2000 poems composed, nearly 1500 poems appeared in nearly 100 countries across the world in various magazines, journals, anthologies, newspapers, e-zines etc. His six volumes of poetry viz., Charismata of Poesie, The Chariot of Musings, Serene Thoughts, Twinkles, Reflections and Altitudes received wide readership acclaim all over the world. Ashok’s poetry is aimed at promoting universal peace, environment awareness, protection of children rights etc. He was commended with several prestigious international awards, viz., Universal Peace Ambassador, International Intellectual Peace Award, Asian Who’s Who, Effulgent Star etc. He was conferred with the prestigious Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) and nominated as Hon’ Adviser of Borneo International Open University, Malaysia, Peace Ambassador in India for IFLAC-Israel, Vice-President, Global Harmony Association, Russia, Research Committee Member, U.S.A, Centre of Non-killing, Norway are some of the rare international recognitions among several others.