THE ULTIMATE CHRONICLER

Differences dilute,

Disparities converge

When death becomes

The chronicler of

Unforeseen exits

Creating its own

Hallams, Lycidases

And Cymbelines  

For our dirge

Legendary Sen!

Gorgeous Pushkar….!

Your departure

Only tells me

I may also

Become a victim of

The same

Lethal ploy

Perhaps without

An inkling of

Its modus operandi

© DEEPAK NIKUNJ

GHOST WRITER

Some ghosts

Can also write,

Sometimes

In a better way,

But their writings

Bear the names of

Those people

Who give them

Land to live on

Because

Ghosts themselves

Have no names

© DEEPAK DARSHAK 

EXPEDITION

Under the overarching wings of

Political correctness,

Faith  

Has lost its eyes

Minds,

Funded by

New tycoons of

The grand political corporate,

Have set out

To explore

Effective theological herbs

To restore its vision

 © DEEPAK NIKUNJ

HYPOSTATISATION

Causes   

Nurtured in

Dried up complaints

Lack credible sharpness

And get lost in

Translation

The world chooses

To melt for

Eyes

Loaded with tears

Because

They are visible

© DEEPAK NIKUNJ

PSITTACISM

For our catechistic awakening,

As we were told,

He would utter

Some words

And we would

Repeat

The same aloud

With a breathless

Rhythmical discipline

Gradually,

We could only remember

What he said

And what we repeated  

In the museum of

Historical learning,

We are now

Artefacts

Being showcased

To tell the world about

The uniqueness of a craft

That could turn

Wild parrots into

Human beings

© DEEPAK DARSHAK

AIRY STING

The air is

Developing stings,

Rasputins

From

The deserted manors

Are running out of

Stratagems to

Save their

Turgid cheeks

From pinpricks

© DEEPAK NIKUNJ