Contentment

How would you define contentment ?

Sitting on the ground
with both of my children busy
with their work
and me listening to old songs
and tapping my fingers to their tune .......

akash

Protected

Winter has been harsh
the lake is frozen
with a lifeless look
and an unbreakable silence .
Before you start believing
your eyes , ears
and perhaps the mind ,
stand near it ,
hush ! finger on lips ,
strain your ears ,
close your eyes ,
shut your mind ,
open your heart
to the inner voice .
What do you hear ?
What do you see ?
fish swimming ,
life teeming ,
tadpoles playing ,
in the heart of
the lake ,
hidden from the world ,
concealed from you ,
protected
by the seemingly
dead surface ice .

akash

You know why

Inevitability of
the cycle of
birth-growth-death
is hard to accept
at first ,
but slowly ,
as the day progresses
into noon ,
then to dusk ,
calm of the setting sun
descends in,
you know
why it is
this way .

akash

Caution

I caution myself to
shun people , places
where emotions are
commercialised .

akash

I believe ......

I collected so many words
as though they were flowers
chosen to adorn the altar ,
I tried making a garland ,
a lovely garland of them all ,
only to see one by one
slip through my fingers ,
except these glittering stars
which say -
loftily ,
majestically ,
lovingly ,
" I believe in you . "

Akash

Patient learning

Beyond flamboyancy , beyond excitement there is a space which opens our
hearts and minds to a serenity needed to facilitate patient learning .

I seek that .

akash

Hesitantly

I start writing
hesitantly ,
like getting back home
after an outing ,
soaking in the
chirpiness
of childrens' voices ,
and trying to find
hesitantly
if everything
is the way
that it was ,
as full of love
as before .

akash