To dominate is of every one.

To dominate is a part of life

Like water that flows down the slope.

To resist is the first reaction

Like grass that filters the flow.

To cushion is the adjustment

Like sand that absorbs the force.

To give way is the last way

Like land that erodes to let it go.

It exists in all forms among all.

No hue and cry is of any avail.

31.12.2004

Ended of poems of 2004.
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A layman speaks better

We profess our intelligence

By speaking things,

Rarely without metaphor

And seldom define

What a thing is

Except by saying that

It is something else.

A layman communicates better.

30.12.2004

M.S.Subbulakshmi, the singer

.

She was born as a koel,

Brought up among nightingales;

She excelled all nightingales,

And died as if a nightingale,

With no koel there to mourn.

I wish I would die among my folks.

30.12.2004

Holes get filled

                                       

Holes in skills, the voice fills them.    

Holes in voice, the skill fills them.      

Holes in both, the tune fills them.

Holes in all, the figure fills them

29.12.2004

Coin’s two sides

                                           

A lot were dead from tidal waves.      

Almost all were fishermen.

A grief to the humanity;                      

A relief to fish community.                

Two sides of the coin.                        

29.12.2004

The nut and the bolt

The bolt that is not fit with a nut

Is not to be construed as unfit             

But to be viewed as one misfit.

The bolt must seek one fit to it           

28.12.2004