SMOKE

SMOKE

I can't enter
the sky high mind
of a crow or eagle

but I know
how it feels
in cold-wet air

I have lived
breathless winter
in the open

and no star woke up
to clean the smoke
I slowly became


--R.K.SINGH

MISTAKE

Don't defile
my goddess. you smell
private parts

with sexy
hibiscus don't crack
the centre

take bath first
and then touch Kali
with clean mind

I can't let
your wandering hands
make mistake


--R.K.SINGH

With sudden twists and turns
popping up each new day
life still awaits intrigues
through meandering pathways
I search the golden light
the rising capricorn
held for a Sunday Child

the labyrinths are dark
and scary but I know
the way in is the way out
I can't trip along the way
like others in blind alleys
the guardian angel
leads me to Golden Reward


--R.K.SINGH

BEACH

On the beach
she combs her long hair:
Aphrodite

--R.K.SINGH

HALF-CLAD WOMEN

Collecting
fallen twigs on road
half-clad women


--R.K.SINGH

NOSEY CHILDREN

Parents pelt stones
at the mating street dogs--
nosey children


--R.K.SINGH

Nightly flatulence
a series of nightmares--
sleepy afternoon

--R.K. SINGH