JYOTIRMAYA THAKUR

JYOTIRMAYA THAKUR

TIME AND TRUTH

Time never sleeps,

So we don't need to weep,

For as long as love is there,

You will be beautiful and great,

Whether you say or don't say,

Truth will remain the same,

Whether you prove it or not,

it is the same anyway,

Why worry for tomorrow ?

Why opinions of others borrow?

Think of today in peace,

Time and truth never cease.

Time has many strange tales to tell,

Some don't have time to dwell,

Some don't know to spend a day

An invisible force in a powerful  way,

No regret can change the truth,

Acceptance and forgiveness is smooth,

Some relations have to be lost,

Peace has to be achieved at any cost,

Time is a great test to expose the drones,

To reveal who are truly closely own,

The fake and false are bitterly shown,

Struggles of life will lead to comfort zone.

WHY?

Why does it happen that a stranger smiles?

After walking for miles and miles

Haunts you forever in your mind

We keep searching for reasons to be kind.

Why does a random handshake matters?

It lights up your day and flatters

A simple meal of love on your platter

Is fulfilling like when thirsty you need water.

Why does a hug give comfort immense?

The gesture of bodies crossing the fence

Contentment of existence in belongingness

You become one without any defence.

I have adopted the stranger's style

When I see sadness I kindly smile

I hug anyone who needs to cherish

Any hungry mouth I feed to relish.

WORDS OF PASSION

Words are verbal expression of humanity

A fine delivery of pure creativity

A precious gift to be used cautiously.

Words are pearls from mouth of wise,

Words should be for truth not for lies,

Warring words bring distressed cries.

Words speak volumes about the speaker,

Words can be a treasure for the seeker,

People can be misunderstood if weaker.

Let's be sensible in communication ,

Words are pious prayers in devotion,

Words of visionary great and golden.

Let's use words of inspiring light

Words can be wrong or right

Speak against injustices with might.

Let's use words in love and compassion

Spreading comfort and happiness

World is fascinated by words of passion.

PRAY FOR PEACE

Pray for a garden of harmony and peace

Pull out the weeds and dream in your sleep

Shovel the trash that from sidewalk spills

Like a Nature lover gather dried leaves.

Stumble with kindness through the streets

Feed the hungry and give them a treat

Comfort the tired , sick or old you meet

Guide the lost and sow good deeds.

With each breath in believe in justice

With each breath out hope and cherish

Faith in humanity intact seems foolish

Discrimination and inequality only perish.

Pray for drivers and everyone riding on a bus

When you walk to your your car for your work

That nothing blows our legs and skulls

Waiting in a queue is also where danger lurks.

A world where life is gambled everyday

Fighting hostility gently is the only way

Cruelty creates scars forever to stay

The Earth revolves on wheels to pray.

Pray to whoever you believe is divinity

Pray to the creator for entire humanity

Singing the choir with universal melody

Pen a song to conduct a peace symphony.

GOODWILL STAYS

Human beings live a complex reality

Despite the knowledge of their mortality

Bound up by with social threads tapestry

Claiming fame for gimmicks of immortality.

A man carries immense energy inside

Retains power to do good or bad outside

Lofty whims and wishes dominate his life

After tenure ends nothing is worthwhile.

A desire to be the Moon without his own light

Blood stained hands stealing others right

Kidnapped many stars to look so bright

Ill gotten name and fame shall die one night.

Everything is short-lived nothing to stay

Death will remind these greats one day

Certificates of achievements shall not burn his pyre anyway

There is no room for pride and allies anyway.

Time deals with such people fair and square

One who reversed the meaning of words

Created a rift with discrimination in the world

The bell shall toll and his body shall be dumped.

A caretaker he is on this planet for a while

Let's feel the duality and open history file

Open the door of wisdom by looking at the past

No tyrant lived long nor empires last.

It is better to awake before you fall

Instead of accumulating laurels on the wall

Amity and kind deeds shall stand tall

Love and goodwill live crossing borders all.

HONEST INTROSPECTION

Take an honest look within,

Embrace the beauty and the beast ,

Detachment cannot exist,

When we have a sense of ownership.

Our attachment lends fake beauty to things,

Blinded with false pride of possession,

We often fail to see ugliness in being,

Deluded by prejudice remain in blissful ignorance.

Divine life starts with impartial motives,

Estimating intentions to practice purpose,

That lie behind our thoughts, words and deeds,

This impartial introspection sow true seeds.

Self analysis and self criticism are hard tasks,

At every stage self conceit, egoistic self congratulates,

Covers our faults, shortcomings deception,

The best time witness is not easy to accomplish.

At close of the day remains of activities,

A restful repose floods mind at ease,

The sacred hour for negation, assertion,

Seek to discover weaknesses, faults in transaction.

The psychological person in you is receptive,

The first analysis may seem like narration,

The ideal life lived by God is inimitable,

Fake charm of ego is then vividly perceptible.

Process of detention is to empty undivine contents,

On the wasteland of despair is threshold of advancement,

Inner reformation is revelation of the day,

Submission is the secret of invoking divine grace.

JYOTIRMAYA THAKUR

JYOTIRMAYA THAKUR:  Author of twelve original Poetry books , Jyotirmaya Thakur is the first Indian born poetess to be published by Real Vision Aspirant Writers Publication,UK. An award winning author and poet ,she has served as a Vice -Principal (retired ) of an international school in India, an editor, translator, reviewer, researcher, columnist,public speaker , Reiki Master , Spiritual and social activist. More than a dozen research papers published, her poems have been translated in various international languages. Her third coffee table pictorial book -”Feminine Portraits “,is under publication.She is the President of Expressive narrative prose poetry forum, Chief counsellor of 7 Poetry forums , administrator of 15 , member of jury of 7 and invited as judge for English Co -curricular activities in schools & colleges .An executive member of the educational magazine LITERATI . She is a member of Wolf International Poetry Exhibition group of UK, where her poems are exhibited in various art galleries, Literary clubs and  public places .