Your eyes are gorgeous
Like all of world’s pristine oceans
combined together to form two diamonds
and those two, staring right back at me.

I think of the fire in your heart
The ocean in your eyes
I think of how time flies
When I look at you.

I think of you crossing the Nile
I think of running mile upon mile,
To see your gorgeous smile
When I look at you.

I think of your strong willed mom
I think of your time traveling alone
I think of your ever moving home
When I look at you.

I think of your long, curly hair
I think of how to love and be fair
You shake my earth, water, and air
When I look at you.

I think of new, I think of old
I think of warmth, I think of cold
I think of strong, I think of bold
When I look you.

I think of calm and despair
I think of life as a pair
I think about how much I care
When I look at you.

I think of short, I think of tall.
I think of summer, I think of fall
I think of giving you my all
When I look at you.

I think of watching your hair fall
I think of your love for nature,
And, you sitting in it nice and tall
When I look at you.

I know, I stare.
When I look at you.

And, I smile
I smile to be so lucky
to have known you.

I smile for you, I smile for me.
I smile for whatever it’s going to be.

I smile for love, I smile for fear
I smile for what’s mine right now, right here.

I smile for what I lost, I smile for what I found
I smile because what goes around in life, comes back around.

I smile my laugh,
I smile my tears,
I smile my heart,
I smile away all my fears.

Because people like you are far and few.
I live, I die
When I look at you.

I was going to write to you,
But I did not.
Hoping you would write to me,
But some other work got you caught.

I played the game,
Hoping you’d play with me.
But also complained,
Oh, what this world has come to be.

I played the game.

I played the game,
Day in, day out.
To sooth my own ego,
Once again, beyond doubt.

I played the game.
To hide my own fault
To show off my riches
When all my home has 
is a bare roof, some bread and a pinch of salt.

I played the game.
But, now I know better.

I know to believe,
To trust in you,
to trust in me.
Trust that it’s going to be good
whatever it will be.

But, now I know better.
I know now, that there will be none.
There’s no room for any.
Because the world with you is rare,
Smiling sunshine every day,
bringing light to many.

But, now there will be none.
It serves nobody.
Instead of dirtying the lake of love,
time has come to make it less muddy.

​But, now there will be none.
‘Coz doubt deserves no space in this world of peace,
This world of fun.
‘Coz loving you was never easy,
It was just meant to be done.

Simple people, simple life
So much that’s needed
So much past strife.

Smile on faces,
Lotus field mazes
As long as one gazes
It’s full of love and life.

Bless the country’s souls
Who have gone through a lot
So, so many fold.

​With smile on my face
Hanging out in a lotus field maze
As far as I gaze
I have found love,
I have found life.

Sacrifice, love and
All of life’s good.
Bringing home food,
water and wood.

Heralding light with the wood of hope
And the oil of dreams
Basing the foundation of my life house
On her strong belief beams.

Starved so I could eat,
Stayed awake so I could sleep,
Played with me so I didn’t weep,
She is the priciest possession I keep.

Life’s too fast and time passes on
Little do we realize why we are where and where we belong.

Spent life searching for angels
And, now that I’ve come home.
Haven’t seen an angel,
but I sure have seen mom.

Breathe gratefully
Remember fondly
Laugh heartily
Feed soulfully
Spend wisely
Think clearly
Live simply

​Love deeply
Hold on tightly
Let go easily

I’ve known you with so many faces
I meet you every where I go
I’m standing at the traffic circle, waiting for a cue,
You’ve got a welcoming sense of warmth in you.

Pristine, pure, loving and calm
You seem to have lived through a storm
Connected both inside and out
Making the world a better place, no doubt.

Your hugs are puddles of joy
Make me feel like a teenage boy
Hair flowing like an ocean’s tide
You show up in my life again, only to go back and hide.

But, for humans, complication
is our cup of tea
I went looking for answers for us
Came back with more questions for me.

I am poor, I am thirsty
Searching for the water of love
Quenching it for short moments
Looking for the rain from above.

​There’s the desire for freedom on one side
The other’s got love and thirst
I don’t know what I want
I ask only for the gift of freedom
Tied, with love, in a wrap of trust.

Those pretty blue eyes of yours,
Tear me straight through.
That lovely black dress of yours,
hits me more than a barrel aged brew.

The tan on your body, the smile on your face,
You are a needle in this world full of hay.
Surely, during summers at the farmer’s market,
You were absorbing beauty with every single ray.

Some say, life is all but a pilgrimage,
To catch a glimpse of the divine few.
I say, who needs the seven wonders,
When one’s got someone like you.

I don’t know why in this battle of life,
We get caught up in win and defeat.
Don’t know why we love and hate,
And, why we separate and meet.

​Don’t know what He was thinking,
When He made you from far above.
Because we are all pilgrims of you
​Praying every day for peace, charity and love.

At a camp, by the bonfire
From all our hearts and worlds’ desire
We come here
From far and near
From the land of kangaroos
to the country of moose

But, there’s one thing that binds us together.
It’s LOVE.

Love of our people,
love of our soul
love of those who are strong and bold
Love of those I swear by this poem
Love of those who help us call here
A home away from home.

You see, what we wanted to do,
And, what we have done.
Wanted to create an inclusive space,
Now we are segregating, holding them to the gun.

We call ourselves evolved,
We call ourselves free.
But, what good is this freedom for,
When we can’t respect the diversity tree.

How did we come so far?
We found more ways to separate than join.
Blaming religion, money, orientation and race,
We are driven solely by the coin.

Church, synagogue, mosque or temple,
The choice was made for us.
Discrimination today is everywhere and ample,
And, we wonder what’s with all the fuss?

Better life is that of a pigeon[1]
Who doesn’t worry about where to belong.
Sits one day by a priest’s kitchen.
Chirping next day the Havah Nagila song.

Hope the day is not far when
At the peace table, we all sit together and eat
Including every one — black, white, men and women,
Let go of the darkness, inequality and defeat.

Let go of the darkness, inequality and defeat.

[1] This analogy of a bird is inspired by a old Punjabi folk song sung by Wadali brothers: https://play.spotify.com/track/7ERu9UmixhMfO56ylCj5Bk