It rained today

It rained today…

The skies, all gray
The mood is set,
For us, today.
Is it you or is it me?
Or are these tears ours?
These tears that drop down,
Like wild flowers.
It’s been so long
Since we have met
Still we belong.
Neither your nor mine
It’s ours, this time,
We belong, no need,
To talk or mime…

It rained today…
And I saw you through the clouds
And every drop
That touched my soul
I knew -
It was you.

Wild winds blow
In the cold, we shiver
Fondness in the heart just grows.
The wait was long, but
It’s meant to be
We belong,
You and me…
Out peeps the light
Through the cracks,
And for that single sight
We do thirst.
Like the soothing rhythm of the rain,
Walk this walk
Down the lover’s lane…

It rained today…
And I saw you through the clouds
And every drop that touched my soul
I knew -
It was you.

Welcome to my funeral

welcome to my funeral
been waitin for long
they were gonna bury me, 'fore you came
but how do i go
without even a goodbye
without a cry, a hug, a sigh
without a sign of love
without a sign of pain
without a sign of grief at parting
without at least a drop of your tear , wetting my cold, cold cheeks.


and so, i waited
held on, hung on
but time's running out, love,
and lo! here comes Yama
on his black steed,
oh! curse my bad Karma
doomed for eternity.
i ll b chained n pulled
n pulled n pulled
till the rocks cut into my limbs
as bloody as hell
like a worm cut in two;
i ll thrash n thrash n thrash on the ground
till my heart is plucked out -
n it blasts without a sound:
then, lifeless n heartless, as dead as a stone,
i ll b gone, far far away.


but still some light, somewhere, flickers n moans.
And i'm still hanging on
this one last breath (i had saved it for you)
it seems so late
i'm slipping, slipping away, far...
but no, no, i aint cribbing,
cos death just saved me.
its better to kiss its cold, icy hands
than hear a cheater's song
sung over'n'over again
its better to mercifully kill off
than torture than pain, than hurt ,
you must come, now, won't you?
to enjoy my funeral-
i would be waiting for you, just for you, you know.
to hear your mirthful laughs,
mocking me,
as i lay, six feet under the heavy earth
to see your smiling face
as rats scramble all over me,
nibbling at my decaying self -
but, no, no, i aint cribbing.
cos death just saved me.

welcome dear, to my funeral,
the darkness, the cold, the chill:
does it make you feel creepy, dear?
(think of me, this my home for ever)
in this lovely graveyeard, am cold, damn cold;
wouldn't you for love's sake warm me up?
but, hey! dont answer,
i dont give a damn.
cos i m dead man, i m dead n gone.
but, no, no, i aint cribbing,
cos death just saved me.
yeah, death just saved me.

Go away, my love,
just go, get lost.
but bade me luck 'fore you go,
am going far..
with nerves all numb
n veins that carry warm blood no more
but its not all empty,
as you may think it may be..
there s hurt, n hatred n humiliation,
it courses through me,
it slithers through me,
like a serpent on the grass...
but no, i aint cribbing,
cos death just saved me.
and brought me back for you,
dead and dreary,
and you'll learn to regret, my love,
you'll learn to regret my death.

A lonely man's song

Am stuck, am stuck here
Can't move no more
Neither ahead nor backwards
The centre of a tug-of-war
The eye of a storm
The darkness under the candle stand.

And don't know how,
Don't know from where
The emptiness has crept back inside.

I was not like this
No I was not
I have smiled, I have laughed
I have had friends
Have been happy.

Don't know how
Don't know from where
The emptiness has crept back inside.

Nothing to occupy my mind
Except this hollow drumming
I long to be back in the grind
Of a rat race, of work and play
I want to get back into life.