April Challenge Day 30 - Bless Me My Lord

I really want to talk to you,

But I know not what to say

What am I without your grace?

Just a leafless tree, without a trace

You my unlimited strength

There is no one in my life but you

Lonely was I in this world

Lost in this deserted land

Broken were my dreams

Too long a road it seemed

I thought of you only in pain

I thank you for your grace

Let me hold your hand

Guide me through torturous land

Things can change in an instant

Only you know why, when where

You my unlimited strength

What could I do without you

Lonely was I in this world

I thank you for your grace

April Challenge Day 29 Dear Sir With Love

To

Whomsoever

It may

Concern

An expat came visiting me

Clicked he not pictures of me

Instead he went touring my city

Clicking garbage and sewage obscene

He says,

“India is the dirtiest city he has ever seen

Don’t you have enough funds to keep it clean?”

I sweep my eyes over

Not too extraordinary for me

Not the stink

Nor the filth

This is very normal 

I think

Ground is painted artistically red

With Paan stains that my countrymen spat

Browned are the walls with urine and mess

Trees on the road are dusty, never fresh

To discard a paper

No bin for miles on street

It is slippery to use Public toilets

Too much water overflow from sink

Wild pigs, dogs, mountain goats,

And sometimes even cows,

They always sit in the middle of busy road,

Chewing on a cud, relaxed

Expat says,

“Why you Indian are vegetarians?

Why do your people starve?

Catch those fearless

Animals on streets and

Cook them for your lunch

Is there something I could do?

Change habits of my countrymen

If only I could

Give me some solution

My city is no zoo

Give me a clean city

Let me breathe fresh air too

Use our tax money wisely

Show me that you care 

Thank

You

April challenge Day 28 - Power Chair

Ouch!
Said a chair 

To another chair

Move, here comes

Another big butt

With fast glue 

He be 

Stuck to us

For full five year term

April Challenge Day 27 - Cobra

Like ghost in city

In the middle of the road

Cobra screamed “Hello”

Villagers fainted

Cobra looked lost and confused

Hissed "I want some milk"

Milk bottles arrived

Facebook status updated

Three face cobra smiled

April Challenge Day 26 - Sound Poem

Swish swish swish swish swishing

Sway sway sway sway sway-a-way

Shoo shoo shoo shoo shooing

On hills the winds blows all day

Tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet-a-tweet

cooo cooo cooo cooo coo-ree cooo

Peck peck peck peck peck-a-peck

On hills the birds will sing too

Tap tap tap tap tap-a-tap

Zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo ree-a-zoo

Rap rap rap rap rap-a-rap

Dried leaves with breeze will fly too

Drip drip drip drip drip-a-drop

Drop drop drop drop drop-a-drop

Croak croak croak croak-a-croak

Lets run before a frog hops