Half Full

I wonder how

when

You give me half

I feel full.

When you leave

I feel bold.

When you are far

I feel your touch

And when near

Silence becomes

Eloquent.

I leave. You too.

The Rugged Cross

There was an ‘old rugged cross’

On top of a hill

Just as the hymn said.

There the bell rang thrice.

I walked towards the lone mighty cross.

An old man was seated.

Head bent,

With his feeble hands

He kept on pulling the string.

The Priest came out.

“Welcome to the lonely church

The Vicar just died.

We are mourning his death.

But he lived a full life.”

We walked out and sat on a bench.

The Priest and me.

“I had a dream,” he said

“Of the Vicar.

Where he told me

About his Journey.

The valleys, the hills

The silent brooks

The mountains...

He has transcended Time

And travelled through Space"

He also said,

“You shall not fear death

Though its arms are cold

Its heart is warm.”

“Death has a life!?”

I exclaimed.

“I know not,

For, I am still living", the Priest said.

"The Vicar told me

What we fear more

Is less fearful, when lived

You will live to learn

And die to understand this.”

I left the lonely church

With its bell

Still ringing…

And after a while

Reverberating…

The Search

The equation

Is trying to solve; itself.

Too many variables

Fraction. Subtraction.

Yet can see no addition.

When the distance comes near

The near gets so far!

A real conundrum of Time

And Space

And reality.

The Real. The Surreal. The Virtual.

But they say,

The Sun will rise every day…

The Clock will tick

Time will flick

And guide

The Way to the Destined.

To know the Real from Surreal.

So I ask Time

The Real can be touched?

And Surreal felt?

One is existence?

Other apparition?

Time says,

“You will know the difference.”

So I wait.

Relentlessly.

Long hauls.

Oh! it never ends...

Windy, hilly, road.

Time says:

"It takes a life time

To know the Real

from Surreal

They mimic one another

That thou cant tell the difference

Sure you will

Learn the narrow strip

That runs through...

To know the real from surreal

For that

Wait you must, more."