Stillness and Silence

(Yet another 20th a few minutes from now, and here is your own Rock with new set of his scribblings motivated by his recent interactions with own soul, searching of the half-truth and impacted by an unusual state of affairs of heart today! Hope you like it! My sincere gratitude to Aornab for idea, Dr. Yogita Shukla for grounds for germination and Suman ma’am for her wonderful edits. Do comment or critique)

Be Quiet or Doubt….
is the expression of
My Soul, these a days!
For words can’t reach the
deep echelons of emotions
as they struggle to mend their ways!

It is the sound of silence,
That attracts me the most!
To listen to what can’t be heard,
As I assume I have…. finally
perfected the art of reading
And valuing ‘ankahi’ as a ghost!

It is the beats of quietude,
That draw me towards myself
To feel what can’t be perceived,
And absorb its throbbing attitude!

It is the trail of tranquil,
That always attracts me
To explore the uncharted,
And get lost in the web of its maze
Cry loud yet filled with wonder
And content to be in a daze!

It was the boom of a Diwali cracker
That made me ponder
if I wasn’t like a nut cracker!
Born in the dark womb
No lights inside,
it was more like a tomb
The moment the Sun rays kissed
the eyelids and touched
the heart deeply inside!
Life had burst forth,
and the nut sparkled wide!

It is Doubt that grills me dense!
And annihilates the wit n wisdom
It not only kills my confidence
But impacts the ability to act, & create
Some rhymes within which
my feelings do permeate!

But what exactly is the ‘doubt’?
It’s just a thought, my dear!
Confidence to me is thus nothing
But a simple thought away
from doubting you n myself,
As it finally unfolds this way!

It is the loved ones that
at times make me wonder…
Would you stand behind me
As ‘they’ threaten and thunder!
Or would you motivate own Rock
in his scary and unsure times
And hold him if he falls at Dock!
Would you love him unconditionally
in his ever challenging conditional times!

And, as I continue to evolve
It is the stillness of my soul!
That enchants me to dissolve
And transcend beyond the bounds