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Prayer

Smattering, our word stock, dear! Umpteen Thy names, we revere. Immense Thy glories and grace.  Jargons...sketchy for Thy praise. Linking with Eugi's Weekly Prompt Linking with Scripture and a Snapshot

Song of our life

 Eventually,  the spotlight shines on us. Jingles resonate,  excerpts from life. '' ''  Mayhaps symphonic sonnets...  perchance dissonant dribblings... ...  we decide our echoes.  Linking with Weekend Writing Prompt #259 Welfare unto all  Rab rakha 

Up the mountains

 Up the mountains,  far, far away,  'neath a sloping green roof,  inside the mahogany walls,  Amma lives. With endless stories in her kilta,  fresh green apples on the table, and prisitine snow outside. Wrinkles, of course, where smiles were,  fine folds of skin,  creases,  telling that she has seen it all,  the summers, the winters...  infinite vagaries of weather. And that she is not done yet. Sun-kissed,  stubborn and spirited too,  spontaneously swirling to the traditional beats, there's a purity in her laughter. That's her world precisely.  Her hill, her orchards and her people. And that's her life. Simple. Joyous. Welfare unto all Rab rakha 

Surroundings

 Wind-chimes in the verandah have started singing the sunup song.  Discarded ones hung on the curry tree, are jiving too, albeit gently.  And the lawn is spotted with tiny little winged friends.  Beautiful. Distinct.  I don't even know their names.  Some have a magnificent tuft.  Some have striking colors, some, a mesmerizing plumage.  Each one busy, singing it's own song.  There,  midst the frangipani and electric power pole,  a squirrel is creating ruckus, Constantly gnawing and squeaking. Its tail going up and down in tandem, with its chatter. And the greens are, literally, swaying to this outstanding composition  of mother nature.  And attuned to this riveting opus,  is the mortal man's daily routine.  Someone is praying.  Someone is sweeping,  dusting and brooming. Someone is busy managing the laundry.  And someone...  well, someone has already begun  the day's dash. I have also atte...

ਥਾਂ (Place)

 ਮੈਂਨੂੰ ਲਗਦਾ ਸੀ ਘਰ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ ਸੌਖਾ ਨੀਂ.  ਬੜਾ ਸਾਰਾ ਕਰਜ਼ਾ ਲੈਣਾ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਐ  .  ਸਾਲਾਂ  ਤਕ ਯੱਭਣਾ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਐ.  ਇੱਟਾਂ, ਮਿੱਟੀ , ਗਾਰੇ...  ਤਿਣਕਾ ਤਿਣਕਾ ਕੱਠਾ ਕਰਨਾ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਐ .  ਬੜੇ ਪਾਪੜ ਵੇਲਣੇ ਪੈਂਦੇ ਨੇ .  ਫੇਰ  ਜਾਕੇ ਚਾਰ ਦੀਵਾਰਾਂ..  ਤੇ ਇਕ  ਛੱਤ ਲੱਭਦੀ ਹੈ. ਇਕ ਘਰ ਜੇਹਾ ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ.  ਫੇਰ ਇਕ ਰਾਤ  ਮੈਂ ਤੇਰੀ ਬਾਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਬੁੱਕਲ ਓਹਲੇ ਆਈ . ਕੁਛ ਦੇਰ ਅਸਾਂ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ ਟੀ. ਵੀ. ਵੇਖਿਆ,  ਗਲਾਂ ਕਿੱਤਿਆਂ,  ਤੇ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਕਰਦੇ ਕਰਦੇ ਮੈਂ ਸੌਂ ਗਈ.  ਤੇਰੀ ਬਾਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਾਲੇ  ਹੀ .  ਉਸ ਰਾਤ  ਮੈਂਨੂੰ ਉਹ ਥਾਂ ਲੱਭ ਗਈ  ਜਿੰਨੂ ਲੋਕੀ ਘਰ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਨੇ.  Welfare unto all  Rab rakha 

Sunup songs

Birds flutter, greens dance to symphonic sunup songs, resonant reggae. Welfare unto all  Rab rakha 

Impromptu

Just like that, you walk into my life. Chance meeting. And you decide to stay back. For a little while. And then extending your stay. And just like that I pick up my pen. Impromptu scribblings about us. Gradually becoming a book of poems. Like our eternal echoes. Linking with Weekend Writing Prompt #258- Impromptu Welfare unto all Rab rakha

Unedited ramblings - Nature

 There are these subtle simple laws of nature. So easy at first sight. And then you look deeper. Just a little below the surface.  And it's astounding elements  reveal themselves. What appears so simple has a layer of surprising elements throbbing at the core and working in perfect synchronization.  Every component that is there is a masterpiece in itself.  Not just unique.  But also a powerful display of what nature is capable of. We, mortals, mostly,  undermine this fact. Looking only superficially. And trying to win it over with our sciences. But every time we try and play God, nature hits us with something so unbelievable that we are left dwarfed in our efforts. These are times when we feel absolute surrender to this magnificence,  Complete submission to the might of nature.  Life, almost entirely, is a rare artefact... Picture prompt : https://www.digitalphotopix.com/amazing-nature/weird-nature/ Linking with Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to...

Maa

 You secretly tie all my problems in the cornermost edge of your tippet. Secured thus, I luxuriate in your shadows. Your tippet must have grown heavy, stretching, drooping from the side,  where you secure all my concerns. But I haven't seen you complaint. Ever. ਤੁਸੀਂ, ਚੁੱਪ ਚਪੀਤੇ,  ਮੇਰੀਆਂ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲਾਂ ਨੂੰ,  ਆਪਣੇ ਚੁੰਨੀ ਦੇ ਕਿਨਾਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ ਦੇਂਦੇ ਹੋ।  ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ ਹੋ,  ਮਹਿਫੂਜ਼ ਹੋ,  ਮੈਂ, ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਪਰਛਾਵੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ,  ਆਲੀਸ਼ਾਨ ਢੰਗ ਨਾਲ ਜੀ ਰਿਹਾ ਹਾਂ ।  ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਚੁੰਨੀ ਭਾਰੀ ਹੋ ਗਈ ਹੋਣੀ,  ਓਸ ਕੋਨੇ ਤੋਂ,  ਜਿੱਥੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਮੇਰੀਆਂ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਫਿਕਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹੋ,  ਲਟਕਦੀ ਵੀ ਹੋਣੀ ਹੈ,  ਜਾਂ ਫੈਲ ਗਈ ਹੋਣੀ ।  ਪਰ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਵੇਖਿਆ ।  ਕਦੇ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ। Welfare unto all Rab rakha

Luminous

Like radiant, luminous streak, of shooting star, you cross my life. In that miniscule moment, my love becomes my prayer. Believe it or not. But you light up my life. Linking with Weekend Writing Prompt 257 - Luminous  Welfare unto all Rab rakha

Birdbath

 Welfare unto all Rab rakha

The lawn

 One thought. Many ways to put it. Two I have attempted. Save water. Save earth. Welfare unto all  Rab rakha.