cloak.............

cloak.........


you could wonder
at what's the matter
"why do I always suffer!
with the cause unclear!"

takes yourself on a joy ride
spawning those, few moments
that takes away your peace
effecting and generating issues

unresolvable, makes scratch
your head, as how to cope up
unknowingly and sometimes
by accidentally,  you steps

into murky affairs, well
it could be becoz of destiny
it could be becoz of idiocy
it could be becoz of greed

whatever is/be the reason
it crops up as the time ripens
to the shock of your imagination
making you think of its origin

you leave past, some happenings
taking everything would be fruitful
as you think of yourself as upright
truthful and impeccable

as matter of fact, you yielded
to material challenges, lost
your idealistic conscience
unconscious you become, embraced

the cloak of callousness,
the reason
behind all  your - sufferings..........!

©Prasannakkumar

tale..........

tale............

its the day of Halloween, kids 

rejoice themselves in the attires, 

dressing as ghosts and monsters 

visit door to door, seek pleasantries 

at mid in the nights 

during a year, a long ago

it was so happened

to the surprise of a cute kid

as he lost the group & cut off

from the rest ,found himself

at the door of frightening

old woman, looking ugly

scary as witch, as the kid

entered the shanty 

a thunderstorm struck

to his scare, with roaring sound

kid took a leapt out of shock

hugged the dame - a beldam

no sooner did she took him

in her arms, then the kid 

turned

into, handsome young lad 

with she too, being turned 

into majestic  Missy maid

and as, they both espoused 

made their souls marry 

together and lived on forever

a fairytale 

I always enjoy to recall 

                          and remember..............!

©Prasannnakkumar 

flicker.........

flicker........


evening stroll along
banks of river as sounds
of conch blowing
fell into ears

with serenity engulfing
the clime around
transcendental his mind
become transforming

from clumsy mood
where he glimpsed

a pretty damsel,
in the water, as he sat
on the steps to take
a break of walk,

amidst
the reflection of
illuminating fluorescent lamps
with radiance
of her face, set his heart ablaze

happy is he, as she laid
her arms around

his shoulder,
she is none other
but his daughter

an angel of his life
that his soul always flicker
for...................!


©Prasannakkumar

urge.............

urge........



times
immemorial
ever since human
opened eyes
succumbed with the oppressive
order of sensual -
quelling minds of individual
facing worst nightmares

an incubus -
of psychic disposition,
with alarming rate
of loosing self control

carrying away
under its affect and weight
with spirit taking evil
course
burdened by hankerings
of  an unusual urge
both men and women deal
the daily life's - Vicissitudes..........!

©Prasannakkumar

one..............

one...........



rapacious
is the one, who always
seek, more than one's - earn
& merit,

ravenous
after, to taste those
puddings of life palatable,
but can't be laid, one's
hand upon to grab
and have bite

yet,
the one
always craves and eager
to catch hold of unreachable
as it's out of reach, stretches
one's pocket, despite
being dime with two cents

looks
for ways to satisfy one's
desire, strays
oneself in the paths
of uncharted roads,
gets hold of unrighteous
penny, soiling one's
hand loosing one's

noble character............!


©Prasannakkumar

silence............

silence..........



a moment of silence
let's, you know yourself
"have you ever taken the chance!"
& remained calm, glanced yourself

inner,
watching your breathes, in and out
"have ever taken a deep inhalation!"

and enjoyed the resultant vibe, taking
your mood to the realm of relaxation filling your nerves with renewed vigour, making

you refreshed,
"have you ever sensed -
the joy of being silent"
during the course of routine

or at times,
of aggression & depression,
silence let's your inner, wake with feelings, unshaken, making and composing

with tranquility
as you enjoy this beautiful placidity
of mind,

in the moment of silence
it strikes to your conscience
a phrase that throws light on same

as - " silence speaks volumes"
as it commonly known, unfolds
as terrific gift
and to be within ourselves,

and let's us
to take the chance of moment
in dissipating & dispelling
unpleasant fleeting............!


©Prasannakkumar

fall...............

fall........



rain "'oh" rain
you descends from above
as fall of smiles

as a supreme being,
beyond our
realm making chill!

throwing liquid pearls
as to, let ourselves cool

asking us to -- "overlook
& unlearn, the pain
and suffering, hide tears

as the raindrops roll over
face, and let the world
know your strength, as you never

perturb with uneven moments
taking odds as even n fair
holding within pain but poses

shiny smiles to the amazement
of others, and they too, come along
to enjoy the flow of rain n smile along

putting behind all their blues
so beckon them and play along
hand in hand under the rain

as I shower, water pearls
dance away your sorrows
taking taste of drops!

realising everything, part of my direction
enjoy, as much as you can, and never
let yourself down,
usher, many as you follow on, my vision"

receiving
this divine call

he jumped with ecstatic glad
roaring with happy mood
realising essence, went on & basked

praising rain
as

rain "'oh" rain
you descend from above
as a fall of smile....................!


©Prasannakkumar

veil..........

veil..........


a
stance of
happily engaged
hearty talk with
a pretentious smile
and fake  facial
expressions
become natural
order of day, to gain
& win other's favour
appetence and drive
to reach greater heights
man tends to veil
real self, assume vile
roles and flaunts
him/herself
as upright & righteous............!

©Prasannakkumar

spell..............

spell.........



galvanized by her presence
went on, make to his! - at once

her waving hair seemed like giving
open invitation with a hoot & hiss
as if a slithering snake with pronged

tongue ready to nibble his cheek, eyes
of hers spewing gold shining
like flashlight, a peep
into it, a feel of dozing as if she spells

incantations making tipsy his stance
as she come across seducing
his mind, body and soul
as he approached to make a touch

with his hand out of lust and passion
with concupiscence of desire, engulfs
but, gorgonized  become like a figurine
as she spurted with spouts!,

to him they like venomous whish
of sibilant snake giving angry looks
and posing questions! as
to "what itched his mind to set his
eyes on every woman"

who's so
exuberant with self pride & self respect
conscious of her strength, confident, yet
appears as innocent

you dirty minded swain! "how could take
a  woman as weak - tramp &wench"

she might be deprived
but never of loose her self control
as she, empowered and hard willed!

"you consider every lady
as embodiment of heavenly deity
you see her as divine

at times, on other hand
you take her as an object of desire
with your dualistic Psyche,

run after to up skirt even a small girl

maniac you become lost sense of yours
chases out to slake your sensual ardors"

you consider yourself a MAN
you're nothing sort of a stone!

that never enjoys the softness
of beauty, magical spell of female
and yes, as time ripens she turns
out to be as , if I, to say
                        - a femme fatale........!

©Prasannakkumar

spoiled............

spoiled......


for a moment, mind
flashed with the moments
long forgotten and

instance of times
mind pleased to, pleasure at,
in small activities

those never failed to deliver happiness
be it playing in mud or running around trees
flying kites, & fishing only to beget tadpoles

a dive in the local pond to the ire of mother
returning home, with clothes being  soiled,
serving dish of choice, in lividness of anger

taking into arms with piece of advice
& peck on cheek, asking to pay and heed
and look for the future as lots in place

to grab your shoulders as growing up
so many tests & trails - awaits
to make a chance to give competition, up

the ladder, raise you high, taking steps
carefully, make monumental choices

and reach the sky - as it's the limit
make mother proud as you grow eminent

for a moment mind
flashed with moments
never paid heed

of mother's request & pain
alas!
lost everything being brazen
& spoiled brat...........!



©Prasannakkumar

things............

things.........


thousand things
thousands of years
eons & millions
Chiliad of things
failed to quench
the thirst of men
years passed
man always
growing to be
jumbling his mind
to choose what's
best deserved
confounded with
multiple syndromes
growing to be
abnormal with
passing of every
day and hour
scrambles far and
wide in search of
holistic cure
but never
seem to catch
the inner core
& realise the pleasure
of being composed
within self, as enlightened.......!

©Prasannakkumar

you.........

YOU..........,


what are "YOU"
what's your hold

can "YOU" hold yourself!
nevertheless,
chase to hold - other self!

YOU - try your best

to look down upon others
as if a given, chance
to make a mockery
of other's - looks & status

as they hold
what do  "YOU" think of your status!

it's, just and mere a wile
don't "YOU" take yourself
above from other, fellow beings,
lest, "YOU" would fall with wail

from zenith to nadir

have a look in yourself
look above once,  talk to self
& listen to inner conscience
that never falters

YOU - become slave of vagary
loose, the discretionary power
as to, what's the best for your
uplift, in the view of divinity

indiscriminately using your
bestowed power in quelling
weak and oppressed, rather
being, a torchbearer in raising

their "HOPE"

Now, I Say

"who the hell are - "YOU"
"what's your authority"

YOU - can't hold yourself
"how "YOU" set to your hold on others"

be ready with the answers
when you leave this mundane
home below, there's someone
up above waiting to pose, questions......!


©Prasannakkumar

pitter-patter.............

Pitter-Patter............


Pitter-Patter, as
drops of rain - fall
beats of heart - dance
in rhythmic fashion - joyful

tickled the acoustic sense
as sounds fall into ears
with mouth utterance
of rhyming verse

with sweet combination
of words in synchronization

giving an effect of
euphonic symphony,

went on
with pleasing tunes,
by singing in praise of
endued bless

to
the contentment of soul's, fulfillment.....!


©Prasannakkumar

holy..........

holy........



why do cry
whats the reason you, pry
stumble not with unreasonable try
trample your thoughts to fly
rein them lest you miss ply
& diligence, hold yourself & play
the life tunes with cadence - sly
using your ingenious mind cleverly
take pains and pleasures, as commonly
attributes, digest the aspect as its wily
designs of divine to make you - HOLY
with tests & tribulations, so, suffer them wholly......!

©Prasannakkumar

knowing............

knowing............


light
the lamp of knowledge
let everyone take umbrage
shine and glow, dusting
away darkness and ignorance

taste the magic of knowing
enjoy the essence by sipping
the beauty it bestows
extracting the pure

juice
the knowledge that, offers
don't just contain yourself
enrich your cognizance

of information & understanding
spread the knowledge, you possess
make aware as per needs and wants
of deprived by enlightening

the poor
with proper guidance
& solution, ways and means
asking them to put into practice

of acquired knowledge
to attain desired outcomes
& make sure to ask return favour
to the repeat the cycle,

to enlighten many -
               The "power of knowledge" .......!


©Prasannakkumar

fake.......

fake........


walk of yours make me rock
talk within I, thought wedlock

ticks of clock stop heart beat
pricks, as she give looks - heat

takes I, step away as, she
fakes with a smile, face she

put, as if embodiment of love
cut veil of false expression, trove

you find, of erratic filthy plan
you, never expect from female clan...!

©Prasannakkumar

sun-set........

sun-set................


amber of blue skies
turns
obscure & dusky darkish
reflecting, in the waters

as
SUN, says "goodbye"
to
makes, the moon, a way

asking folks give their
body and mind at rest
under cool moon & dream

as
the forthcoming day
would be fine & aesthetically filled
the beauty of life, waiting to catch on

with
SUN saying:
"I set to make you people raise"
"I set to make you forget pain"
"I set to make you feel energy"
"I set to make you see fresh day"

as full of promises
of pleasure
and exciting activities
hardly
you ever dreamt of................!


©Prasannakkumar

upend.........

upend.............


intra and inter - personal intrinsic and
external -  mind struggle to care, concern

multiple & meany things occurring around
mighty it feels, takes a great deal, pertain

to normal things, to deal & make balance
waddle with lots of thoughts, and glance

inimical the physical, senses its view as bad
wage a war within to upend pejorative fad...!


©Prasannakkumar

Pain..........

Pain...........


PAIN - what's this
is it a sensation of body?
is it emotional distress?

or
it's one of five senses
why is it so painful even to hear PAIN
& why some enjoy giving, others PAIN

the same
just makes me think of its complexity
the feeling it induces on human mentality

it's said joy and suffering
should be seen as equal footing

and be taken,
both as complimentary to each other

may be it's
with same understanding
human -
some even, in JOY feels PAIN
& some even in PAIN cheer and gladden

agree or disagree with my contention!
the theory heightens my fascination
on
psyche and gamble of senses,
and my desire
to further my study on, humans
& psychological aspects - escalates..........!


©Prasannakkumar

menace.............

menace..............


appetite for the information and the news
that's happening around consumed
by voyeuristic pleasures
to peek into matters, not concerned

to satiate sensational hunger - YOUTHS
unknowingly

falling into gaping maw of sources
that, supply and transmit material by means
of smart news applications that runs

twenty four into seven

giving updates and breaking news
following the headlines, - seconds
minutes and hours, voracious
of keeping themselves

updated with unnecessary nonsense
and rubbish glued to screens
all the time, as taking themselves
as its being put into productive usage

whereas its otherwise, youths
being gullible driven into dirty maw
of consumerism and exploitation

to which, youths
uncontrolled energy at times, takes
a deviation and wrong turn to the menace
of countries and nations..............!


©Prasannakkumar

motivate........

motivate..........



pure impure
what's the furore
why see other's loophole
hold the true core
visualize every other
fellow with unbiased and as fair
let's not be impatient
as to, who's wrong and who's right
it's not your role to assess, its best
to mind your own business, let
other things be as it is, as
everyone is busy in their affairs
following best principles & practices as
they could conforming to the surroundings and local interests
within the milieu of culture they possess
see the best in the others
grab the nice quality the other has
try to honour and appreciate his/her efforts  motivate to give their best
to the society and
surroundings.................!

©Prasannakkumar

split...........

split...........


it makes
me always
feel on tenterhooks
to the thoughts, pertains
to groups and social divisions
of people calling themselves
of a moiety of so and so tribes
always keen on separating, eye's shares
of equal portions of each components
that always stick in togetherness
parting every thing as much as
people can, - as a common sense
it intrigues me,
if every equal part,
subdivides into fragments
and as it goes on with same sprees
at last becomes and remains
to be, none to become a part of humans

to be shared and be parted

well!
my lines appears
to loose its
track but, scratch not! your head as
to where  I, heads

I'm
just figuring out the reasons,
as to, what necessitates the divisions
my mind being prosaic fails
to understand machinations

as
precious endowments
of mother earth being, split into moieties
by inhumane tendencies.............!

©Prasannakkumar

master.............

master............

master 

proficient 

hotshot and scholar!

you think, you're an adept

of connoisseur arts

wizard of words, dwelt

in a passion to amass 

knowledge 

gathered all studies 

studied worldly lessons

esoteric and 

shallow mundane matters

certified you by many

as maestro

but you cared least, to put in canny

usage of so gained or acquired

what's the point 

of being ace, if it's not best practiced

let the world call you "maven" shine as best you can by becoming expert,of particular  subject .............!

©Prasannakkumar

selene..............

selene...........


oh! its so loving
to bath!
I mean - taking
bath - in the full moon
and in the open,
watching
the enlarged presence
large and round object
soul felt over the moon
may be the -
selene ! -
Greek Goddess of moon,
made me feel and fall
for, the natural
satellite of planet
that's mother earth
and as such I always
bathe looking her,
mind becomes
moonlike, with shower
and splash of the water
as my body receives
with every drop giving
the affect of ambrosial downpour
with the growth of close affinity,
day by day, towards her
as a selenophile - a moon's lover..........!

©Prasannakkumar

cycle...........

cycle...............


let's pedal and bicycle
with an initiative
of spreading message
importance of the - reuse

in our lives - present and future,

as not to, ignore the power
of recycle and upcycle
to make the litter and waste - the better
bringing it in use, by processing & making,

it productive as much as you could, but!

it would happen
only if could take action, as a matter of concern to preserve the environment
from destruction and degradation

drive your passion,
make it your motto of celebration,
so, let's join hands & out -reach
to make a resolve as to transform wastage
and garbage,into beautiful creation............!

©Prasannakkumar

pauses..............

pauses.............


hey!
hold on,
behold and perceive
appreciate and catch on
the essence of lesson
that's passed on

pauses and breaks
enhances and enriches
discernment  and vision of life
ponder, study and contemplate in gaps
gasp not during uneven,unrhythmic flows

make the beauty, out of ebbs
and tides, bring rhythm to your life
go on, with divine and pleasant
singing with rhythmic melody

taking, interruptions -"caesura", along.......!


©Prasannakkumar

couple.................

couple.............


happy are the cute couple
blissfully blessed forever
with occasional bicker
crossfire and squabble
made them more care
towards each other
with, agita unloaded
and
uneasiness dispelled
as they sit together
resolving every issue
they encounter
difference of opinions
ceased and eased,
as days passed
cognized and sensed
importance of each other
carried life binding together
by not judging but by honour
lead the journey, hand in hand

happy are the cute couple
happy are the cute couple
blissfully blessed forever and ever.........!

©Prasannakkumar

croon..............

croon...........


as I set to write
words fight to take flight
each word takes pride
giving meaningful tide
waves of thoughts tried
to come out of mind
confused I fumbled
with words being scrambled
failed them being streamlined
storm in brain occurred
with brainstorming for being oriented
to make mind relaxed and poised
drops from eyes trickled
with pleasing tinkle sound
ecstatic state being engulfed
as inharmonic and
incoherent thoughts being discarded
and
I remained to be focussed
with divine thoughts being poured
dance of words started
on the paper as they penned
with lips being lilted
as I started
to croon in praise of lord..............!

©Prasannakkumar

concord............

concord..........


discord and dissension
do we need these?
are we so, hunger for friction
can't we let others, at ease

to practice what they follow,
and live in harmony and peace
do we need to meddle, other fellow
and! what eligibility do we possess

to ask the faith and matters - related
to question superiority and inferiority
we are honoured with so many and varied
beliefs,tastes choices, what not by divinity

to tickle our taste buds, to test
our prudence, how best we harmonize
with other social beings and taste
the slice of felicity and happiness

accepting social customs of others
respecting mutually binding together
in every situation or activity, gathers
unity leaving, misery of communal temper,

off

building friendly atmosphere
of being compatible with all,
to achieve a goal of peaceful
coexistence must be our endeavour

courteous concordance
of preferences and other
that's - Comity, forever
and  a divine order.................!

©Prasannakkumar

seasons...................

seasons..............

autumn and spring
make your life zing
with seasons changing
make your mood rock and swing
enjoying yourself a being
and a part of nature's wing
experience it within and sing
a song both sad and tapping
number, and learning
that sometimes casting
of calmness, sadness is not a glooming
neither, the otherwise being a merrymaking,
just be the witness of joy of giving
of the divine, with its way of making
you balance of every situation, likening
your life to autumn by leafs falling
at the same time blooming
of fresh in the spring
so hop and howl every moment making most of everything and taking
life as, one time blessing..................!


©Prasannakkumar

smile your way.........

​
smile your way..........


smile for a while
for you
loose nothing, nor wail in ail

smile is gifted to you
so beam and cheer
your way always, coz  you

are blessed to spread cheer
smile through eyes
or smile by lips but don't jeer

sneer or snort at others just, see your eyes
always look them,  calming
as you are the one, who could set their eyes

during tough times, on you, seeking
umbrage under your beautiful asset
of smile,& graceful looks, you possess relieving

from pain, so my friend having a great, asset
make it use, no matter you deprived
of material possessions, you are divine, set

your spirit with zesty " smile",  wipe the tears of oppressed
recognize its efficacy, that lifts the mood of depressed...........!

©Prasannakkumar