LIFE

The waves,
echoing beyond the shores are heard among the farthest Hebredies
Amid the din of wind and rain
raging around,
they go unnoticed as they dash against the rocks and break away.

But a radiant calm pervades
around the boat,
steered by you,
and I
oblivious of all this
engrossed in my knitting...
criss-crossing the needles mechanically,
weaving patterns i have in mind.

(But who knows what the end will be like?
Is'nt life too a similar pattern with an unknown end??)

Slowly the waves rise and dash against
the sides of the boat,
disturbing the tranquil calm,
tossing the vessel about in the sea.

Like the perennial seaswell
life is lifted up
and dropped again
and threatened.....

amidst the steady whisperof the waves,
they begin growing in size to frightful heights.

You were lost in deep thought
and the smoke from
the cigarette you were smoking
wafted across the air in
circular rings
and this minute's slackness
brought the pattern of your life
to an abrupt end.

Perhaps,
destiny,
willed it.
You were devoured by the insatiable
waves
coming back in quick successions to be seen no more.

I
opened my eyes on the shores

now
I'm a vegetable
animate -yet inanimate
bereft of all enthusiasm
my mind was obnubilated as
my eyes wandered away
slowly
resting on
the unfinished pattern on the knitting needles.

RECIPIE FOR SUCCESS

BLANCH the brain
in boiling hot water.
Peel and Skin the
outer layer!

Sift and seive out
ego,negativism, greed,
jealousy and evil thoughts from
the centre and
stuff it back with
positive thoughts kindness, forbearace
and a quest for knowledge.

Add a dash of intelligence,
and a sizeable amount of maturity.
Bake it in the skull for life and dish out
generous helpings when required!!