I grabbed this book on compilations of poems by Vikram Seth called "All you who sleep tonight" from the British Library, Pune. This is the title poem and one of my favourite poems ever. Whenever I read this poem it reminds me of the ordeal of people like me who stay far from their homes and on their own.
All You who Sleep Tonight
All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -
Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.
- By Vikram Seth
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Sepia Tone!

We see the world in the colors of our convenience
No, not by an ethereal chance, more so by a deliberate choice……….
When we are happy, it seems to be all white and bright
And when sadness creeps in, it turns out to be black and dark
Nothing lasts forever, neither time nor situations
Yet we crave for it to be dazzling when in gloom
And spend half of our lives fearing the shadows when it is sunny
While we live and emote in a mechanical world where our perceptions
Are ruled ruthlessly by the despotism of the colors Black and White,
We miss out on the real intangible color of life...
An altering mosaic painted with the hue of bliss and melancholy,
……Cast in a two toned shade of an esoteric sepia grey!!!
........By Me!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
The Mutant Jaswanda........
Bouganvellieas!
God of small beings!
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