Me and Him

 We strike a perfect balance. .

He is a left brain guy and I'm a right brain girl. 

He world is math and logic while mine is filled with imagination and art. 

He thinks with his brain and I with my heart.

He acts his age while I struggle to ever grow up. 

He likes spicy food when I think anything sweet is good. 

He prefers to curl up on the couch while I like to feel the wind in my hair. 

He is an introvert and I, just the opposite; Jiving at every chance.

He likes to draw and I like to paint. He loves music and I love to dance. 

The secret is; We never had to compromise, we just picked up each others interests from the start. 

We followed the momentary instincts and enjoyed each others company so much so that there was never a "my way - your way" but it was always "our way" . 

May Flowers

This sea of sadness seems endless

Turning life cold as winter breeze. 

People falling like automn leaves

As the world watch, clueless. 

All it took was a tiny virus

To bring the world to its knees.

Doors close, flourishing cities freeze 

Leaving fields and parks lifeless. 

An year has gone by 

It's rained sorrow for many days. 

As we learn to adapt to the new ways

We remember our past with a sigh.

Yet we hope for the skies to clear 

And Believe in nature's powers. 

If April showers bring May flowers

We'd soon say adieu to this fear. 

 

Love in Life

 Life is a merciless war field. 

I fight friends and foes alike, 

With a smile as my only shield.

Purpose - a wasteful wit, belike. 

From all the battles fought,

Lessons are all there's to get 

Some learned and some taught.

A few to never forget. 

What hurts the most

Of all the wounds I endure,

Was the love that I once lost.

The gash that'll never cure.

I walked my path alone, in pain 

As empty a heart as void can be,

Thought I'll never know love again.

Untill love found me. 

Oh dragonfly

Oh dragonfly, are you lost?

Resting, all exhaust. 

A drop of life, on a void white wall...

Decieved by the lights, you thrall, in this barren land of concrete. 

At sunset, where shall you retreat? 

Where's your home, I dare not ask. 

For mine stands on the land that was once yours.

2020: Trail of Tragedy.

The year of a pandemic, 

Marked more tragedy

In god's own country.

And all this new gimmick

Has left little realm

For a foreseen deluge to overwhelm.  

First, Mountains moved, sky shattered

Left many lives scattered. 

Buried under landslide,  their souls Searching for light. 

Amongst the screams and wails 

As they moved the mud in pails, 

Uncovered the mortal remains of dreams perished. 

With no time to recover, fate had more to unleash. 

A bundle of misery to release. 

In the dark of the night, 

Came down a flight,

Carrying a hundred hopes

Aiming for a stretch amongst the slopes. 

Coz, storm turned the vision blur,

Skipped half a mile, slipped and slid. 

Off the runway and into the valley it skid. 

So  traumatic that ones words may slur, 

A scene did it  unveil  

That turned a million faces pale. 

And it rained and rained 

for more days and night, 

Drowned the land deep, 

plunging people into heavy plight.

Sure shall this year's flood

Wash the land with tears of blood. 

I

A letter so thin and short, yet powerful.  

Standing on its on, completing a sentence by itself. 

Yet the depth of its meaning is so dynamic,

 it changes its perspective from person to person. 

Who am I? 

Words fall short,

For I'm far and beyond words can ever explore. 

Vegetable Rhyme

Carrot, beetroot, tomato
These vegitables that we grow.
Eat 'em cooked; eat 'em raw
Eat at home or on the go.

Have 'em fresh; stirr some stew,
Juice them up or make a soup;
Daily drink this healthy scoop
For their vitamins make us a happy troop.



(A song written for my son)  

Hang in there my friend (Quintain)

Depression is tough!

Been there done that.

Life will look rough

Hang in there and stir up a chat,

I'll listen, thats the fact. 

I might not be at sight.

But let me know,

Be it an ant bite

Or you're caught in a bear claw,

I care, I'll show.

All I want is you be fine

I'll do whatever,

Be at the other end of the line.

Together, lets cry a river

But alone - never!

   

                            -  Ammu Rajeev

നിലാവ്

നിഷയുടെ നിർമല നിമിഷത്തിലെപ്പോഴോ
തളിരിട്ട ചന്ദ്രിക നീ...
മന്ദമാരുതനോ നിന്നേത്തേടി
ആൽമരക്കാട്ടിൽ അലയുവത്തും,

ചെമ്പകം പൂവിട്ട ചില്ലയിലാരോ
ഒളിപ്പിച്ചു ഒരുകുമ്പിൾ വെണ്ണിലാവ്.

Mazhamukilukal kaitaalam tatti, kunungi chirichora nimishathil

Kalangalolam kaathuninnori bhoomikorittu daahajalam kitty.

Chennai says "thank you" to the rain clouds on 20.06.2019 ❤

Tarakangal

Mazha megha pravukal chiraku kudanjatho

tingal kala-kinnam tulumbiyatho

Vinnil aake velli tullikal chithariveenitha kidakkunnu. 

Infatuation

Like the rose that blushes at the morning sun,

Like the breeze that brushes the leaves for fun,

Like the waves kissing a hopeful shore,

His heart beats for the women he adore.

Never to belong, never to be one,

All shall fade before it's begun. 

Kanikonna

Medamaasa maanathinu ponnaadacharthum poove

Tanga tenmazha pole pozhiyu

Taazhe mannin manam tulumbu.

തണലോരം

കുയിൽ പാട്ടിന് ഈണം ചേർന്ന്
വീശും ഇളംകാറ്റിൻ തലോടലിൽ ഇക്കിളിപൂണ്ടു നിൽക്കും
തളിരിലകളിലാകെ തങ്കം പൂശുന്നു സന്ധ്യയ സൂര്യയൻ.
പുല്കൊടികൾ പട്ടു പുതച്ച
 കുന്നിൻചെരുവിൽ നിഴലുറനിറങ്ങവേ

നിലാനിശയുടെ വരവറിച്ചുംകൊണ്ട് 

മുകിലുകളും യാത്രയായി. 

A life well wasted

I can talk non-stop

But not with a mic in front.

I love art and craft

But none that can be sold.

I can write beautifully

But cant let anyone read.

I can churn a joke about anything in my head

But I'm scared of you laughing at me.

I can sing pretty well

But only in my most solitary moments

I sure loves to dance

But I get cold feet.

I have cracked every single interview and tests

But I have no job or salary.

I have dreams of empowering the less fortune

But cant get out of my own misfortune.

I have ambitions to reach the sky

But my feet are chained to earth.

The only achievement is 

A life well wasted.  

നഷ്ടപെട്ട കാമുകി

ഒരു മയിൽ പീലിയിൽ വിരിഞ്ഞ മിഴിയിൽ നിൻ ഓർമ്മകൾ ഒളിപ്പിച്ചു ഹൃദയത്തിൻ താളുകളിൽ ഒന്നിൽ സൂക്ഷിച്ചു.

ആകാശം കാണാതെ വെയിൽ സൂര്യയൻ ഏൽക്കാതെ മറ്റാരും അറിയാതെ ... ഒരുപക്ഷെ നീ തളിർക്കുമെങ്കിലോ?

ഇടക്കൊന്നു എടുത്തു നോക്കാൻ കൊതി തോന്നിടുമ്പോളും കടിഞ്ഞാണിട്ട് മനസിനെ ശാസിക്കും, അവളുടെ ഓർമ്മകൾ സ്വാതന്ദ്രമായാലോ എന്ന് ഭയന്നു.

എങ്കിലും, അത് വെറും തൂവൽ മാത്രം, നീ എന്ന സത്യം വിദൂരത്തിലല്ലോ, എന്നോർക്കതിരുന്നില്ല പിന്നീട്.

അന്നെന്റെ പ്രണയവും മരിച്ചിരുന്നിരിക്കും. അല്ലെങ്കിൽ എന്തെ നിന്നോർമ്മകൾ എന്നെ വേട്ടയാടുന്നില്ല?

Not Misfortunes.

Life had its share of mischiefs with me.

Mischief, not misfortunes.

Friends took me for granted.

Available any time -

A shoulder to cry, and helping hand, partner in crime.

Yet, 'favours' weren't reciprocal.

They chose the way their luck played.

But mom told me not to step out of my line.

To be be straight forward and shine.

When in fact, experiences robed me off my sheen.

I was labbled, bullied and billittled.

For beliving, for behaving and being forbearing.

They made fun of my appearence,  my attitude, and my thoughts.

Even those memories hurts.

Yet my mom said, forgive and let go.

And I lived with the burns ever after.

Continued my quest for better friends, for freedom.

Gently brewed my wisdom.

Not misfortunes but life's mischiefes.

I didn't let any of it weigh me down.

I smiled, walked by and laughed with them.

Quietly turned them into lessons.  

And preserved their essence.

I didn't let their actions grow on me.

I grew instead to rise above them. 

Sacrifices and forgiveness are my traits - Habits hard to leave.

It's not misfortunes, just lifes mischief.

And I face them and move on.

For they dont have to define me, I found new meanings all along.

Words of a Classroom

Through the years, children comes and goes.

Good or bad, I remember all of those.

Some leave their names, some leave scars

I keep them all to see them return one day.
Some comes back as failure and some as super stars.

And run their fingers on what they've left behind.

Some shed tears and I've seen some smile

I don't judge, just watch meanwhile.

They walk through the ground and the corridors,

Peep through the windows and open doors.

Sit on a bench and gaze at my black n white walls.

Their names itched on a desk like how I'm itched to their memories.

Here's where they made friends and foes.

Apart from poems and pros,

Here's where they learnt life lessons.

And found new dimensions of emotions.

It's a joy to know my worth,

As a classroom, as a second home.

30

Brisk walking towards thirtys,

In search of new aims and hope.

But lost my smile somewhere in the mid twentys.

Without it how am I to cope? 

Fair and Absolute

Theres no wind stronger than my sail.

Theres no tide tougher than my will. 

Theres no journy crucial than my pursuit.

I keep going, I'm my captain - fair and absolute.