Shashi Gupta

Frozen I am, with a glass in my hand,
Is it the wine or my pain that won't let me move? 
Heavy is my head, I seek a place to rest,
Yet my limbs carry me, like a zombie I move.

Numb are my senses, yet in pain I am,
Seeking a place to rest my weary soul.
But search though I do, I always come up
With doors that lead up to you.

Unlocked I have, the doors I had shut
To let escape the dense rain clouds
A good drench I know will wash away forever,
The pain, the tears, the burns in my soul.

Shashi Gupta

Like molten glass, under the blazing sun
The sparkling waves, sway to the sound of the sea.
The sea gulls above, dive to catch some fish
And into the cool sand I dig my feet.

On the far horizon, a lazy ship drops anchor
And with total abandonment, dances on the waves.
My heart reaches out, to be one with the waters
And rock to the music of the far reaching sea.

A pretty shell scrunched under my foot
A clump of seaweed, washed ashore.
Stay safe all fish, your life is in the water
And on the beach, I breathe deep.

Shashi Gupta

I saw and heard, as life passed me by
I felt the pain as you broke my heart.
I thought of ways to turn things around
But all I got was an aching heart.

I tried so hard to slip past the gloom
Turn on the light for all was grey.
I tried to smile though my heart cried out
Give me release from these chains of pain.

And then one day it was all so clear
Nothing was going to take the pain away
I lost all strength that Id hoped was there
And sought out the easy but inevitable way.

A chair was all I needed to be tall
A rope to adorn my choking throat.
Just one step off and there I hang
Like a pendulum on the grandfather's clock.