Life and Death

Sunset,
Crimson is the sky,
Twilight creeps,
Dusk crawls across,
Darkness.

Death,
Is it so,
As life ebbs,
Will darkness crawl?
Oblivion.

Dawn,
Fingers of light shoot,
Gently rises the sun,
Dawn rushes in,
Blazing.

Soul,
Free of the body,
Floats free,
Unknown beckons,
Peace?

Day,
A new beginning,
Chaos reigns supreme,
Busy for what?
Clueless.

Life,
A series of steps,
Mundane and exhilarating,
Exhausted, long wait,
Ends.

Uninvited guest

Update:

Edwin Alvarez was the kid I wrote about in my poem below today.  Please read the request below from his friends trying to arrange for his funeral.

“Hey guys. I believe everyone is aware already that on Friday night there was a boating accident after which our friend Edwin unfortunately passed away. I don’t know however, if everyone is aware that he comes from a very humble family and I don’t know up to what point they relied on Edwin’s income. As far as I know, he was paying for his brother’s education, bootstrapping a business with his dad who works in construction and looking for ways to also help his mother, who is a maid, to find an alternate source of income.
Needless to say this is a life-altering situation that is going to be incredibly difficult for his family to overcome. Eduardo (one of Edwin’s friends who helped us contact his family), started a GoFundMe to help them out with the funeral expenses. Any help will surely be greatly appreciated. Here’s the link https://gf.me/u/ykvm62 . He also mentioned that Oscar (Edwin’s brother) is already aware of this effort.”

I write about current events, my poems are fiction, penned during my flights of imagination. The poem below is based on a tragedy that happened two nights ago.  A young soul was called back too soon by the Lord.  He was my son’s friend.  I never met him but heard about him from my son. A hard working, honest, fun loving friendly guy.  These are the times one questions, why? Why?  I guess there is no answer.

a day in a life of hope

started with fun and frolic,

a boat ride down the river,

azure summer sky pierced

with laughter and singing.

sun moved slowly

to the western sky,

Transgressed

transgressed I have a lot,

never have I reined in my mind,

if I did not taste the bad,

how would I know what good was?

without the pain in my heart,

how shall the laughter flow?

will we wait for the dawn,

without the darkness of the night?

what’s the fun of achieving anything

without paying a fair price,

what nature provided free,

we value not and reach for the sky.

millions loved and returned to dust,

Laila and Majnu still rule our hearts.

Memories Golden

No regrets, no complaints,
No looking back,
Only memories to
Keep me company
As I slowly move
Through my
Remaining days.

Every dawn
A new beginning,
Every sunset,
Gentle reminder
That final destination
Is not that far .

And at last
I am free to choose
Memories golden
That light
My path.

How Are You

Those for whom

Dawn is just

A reminder 

For the struggles ahead

Responding to the greeting

How are you

Is just a luxury

A moment wasted

In daily grind

Heroes are they

Whose face lights up

Responding with a smile

I am well

How are you

River of Life

This river of life
From the very start
Keeps flowing. flowing
As time flies

Be a skipper of the boat
Or a passenger
As the river flows
No time to stop

Can’t be a spectator
River of life won’t stop
Will detour, take passengers
And drop them off

This river of life
Mad dash to confluences
Unseen and lost forever
As new dawn greets

Snow or rain
Flood or drought
This river of life runs
Full and sometimes dry

Every turn unknown
Every bend new
What a story to tell
Till someone rings your bell

So jump on,have no choice
Enjoy the ride while you can
River of life will keep flowing
Won’t stop for any man