Song of my heart

My mind flies, like the bird..
My heart flutters like its wings.
After looking at you today,
My heart could not resist, but sing!!
Out of joy, in expectation,
My eyes looked out on you.
Hoping you would accept,
My love so true...
You were the awaited freshness,
As fresh as the summer breeze!
And I moved in rhythm with the wind..
Danced along your tune, like the trees...
Without you I felt I am nothing..
I wanted the heat of love from you..
to live in this world--
I accept with a heart true!

I love you with all my heart!

Copyright © Archana Bora

A Wish

Fooled my heart,
my honesty and me..
I wish you get the same
what you have given me!
You played with my soul;
you will get it back…
I hope the fruits of your deeds
are packed for you in stack…
I loved you, and
will always love you …
Just hope you face
the heartbreak faced by my heart so true..
Just wish in exchange
of each dream you’ve burnt off…
And the way heartlessly you walked off…
May God give you an equal setback somehow …someday!


Copyright © Archana Bora

Maybe

Maybe it was never what it seemed to be…
Maybe you were not the one for me!
Maybe our meeting was just an accident…
And the romance; a co incidence!
Maybe the love I felt was far too less
Maybe the care lacked on my part!
Maybe God brought us together…
Just to break my heart!
Maybe my destiny wasn’t supportive enough!
Maybe you weren’t prepared for such times so tough!
Maybe you weren’t the king to be close…
Maybe I didn’t realize what I chose!
Maybe the faith I had was too much.
Maybe it was wrong to think as such!
Maybe the expectations I set too high.
Maybe that’s why you left me with a lie.
Maybe life no more wants me to smile.
Maybe alone I have to tread each mile.
Maybe trust means nothing anymore anything any day…
Maybe I’ll stay in this way!
Maybe God forgot to create my soul mate…
Maybe he forgot to put happiness in my fate!
Maybe he forgot I also need a smile…
Maybe it never occurred to him for a while!
“Maybe” is the word all I have in life…
With “maybe” I will have to survive!

Copyright © Archana Bora

Armaan

Aaj armaanoN ki baraat nikli!
Main dulhan bani..
Aankhon mein shabnam..
Aur hontoN par thahri hasi.!.

Main rukti rahi..
Tum aaoge..!
Tum nahi aaye.. chale gaye..!
Aur chhod gaye yaadein apni..
..Jo ab roz mujhe ..
Ashkon main doobi dulhan banaye!
Meri aankhon main shabnam..
Aur hontoN par thahri hasi..
Ab bhi is intezaar main..
.. kabhi to tum aaoge!


Copyright © Archana Bora

Jigsaw

Still wondering what to do...
Still wondering where these pieces belong...
It is very difficult to materialize the dreams...
And understand what the heart longs!

Still trying hard with the
pieces of my life scattered around!
No clue to the happenings...
No voice no sound!

My mind still trying
to solve the puzzle..
My life lying in front of me..
like the pieces of a Jigsaw puzzle...

(c) Archana Bora

Raindrops..

My heart cries in ecstasy...
in pain...
As I see the raindrops...
Outside ... On my window pane...
Memories cloud my heart...
get me to the nostalgic lanes..
Raindrops as they pour..
On the dark lane..
You are in my mind..
I wish you were around ..
the desires lingering still...
to you I feel love bound..
Deep within somewhere ..
you still touch me deep !
I know you are in my heart..
your memories my tresure to keep!
Admist the thoughts as I see...
out the window again!!
I see you walking towards me..
calling me in the rain!


I run to you in the rain..
and surrender in your arms!!

Copyright (C) Archana Bora

The Wait…

I walk..
still alone..
I refuse to stop.
My mind wanders
as I feel the rain..
..its each drop.

Reminding me
of the last drizzle,
I shared with you.
Reminiscences and me
still here,
waiting for you.

Awaiting
the touch,
I still yearn for.
Refusing to part
with moments,
spent with you before.

Wait seems endless
like my love for you!

(c) Archana Bora

The stranger’s smile

Stranger!
You make me..
As helpless as can be!
And I return,
a warm smile..
like the one for me!

An unknown face..
but ..
the beaming smile!
Takes my breath ..
Unknowingly,
for a while!

So inviting ..
that it is ..
so hard to resist!
Walk ahead..
don't stop..
my heart insists.


Though strangers..
you feel ...
remote no more to me!
I realise ..
in your smile...
friendship I see!

I walk to you!

(c) Archana Bora

From Water… Transformation to ice

Water..
so flexible,
transparent,
and vulnerable
to deceit!

I had to..
change form..
.. to be hard..
less flexible!
I considered
and changed
my form
to ice.

Now...
my mind
is white,
translucent,
and cold.
Mysteriously
emotionless
it is today!

So hard,
resolute,
and powerful.

I move away.
I move on
as I want,
to be gone!

I realize,
it’s easy
to melt off...
.. to give up!
But then..
hard ice
can break,
can cut..

I decided
to stay as ice!!

(c) Archana Bora

Orphan

I stand
ignored,
unwanted,
dirty and
unnoticed!

I got birth
stayed unknown,
no celebrations,
none to own!

Not of concern,
My existence,
just the soul
my sole inheritance!

An Orphan
that's what I am!

(c) Archana Bora

Dilemma

Dazed..
confused..
still Wondering..
what way to take..!

Life is..
..profusion..
what do I ..
opt for..?

Tricky..
it's each step..
and I know..
it’ll lead to..
..different routes..
.. altogether!

In dilemma ..
Endlessly weighing..
...pros and cons..
and oscillating!

Realizing ..
.understanding..
the need for ..
..unambiguous..
..situations in life!

(c) Archana Bora

Life

A promenade
to walk on
all by myself,
alone!

Maybe
I would reach
to where
I belong!

I dream
to reach
beyond the
horizon!

Hoping that
at the end
of the darkness
I would see light!

I walk on
without
a thought of
what lies ahead!

Confident
with an aim
To conquer
my dreams!

(c) Archana Bora

Fear

Unknown,
unseen,
a dungeon
Just heard of!

What is it?
No one knows
but no one
wants to face!

A taste
No one longs for
An experience
Unwanted!
An emotion
vague
undesired
and waste!

Serves no good
does no bad
Just stops growth
retards one’s steps!

The one to
tread against it!
Makes it to top
takes a lead!
Has no face
neither eyes nor ear!
Just a factor
It’s called “fear”.

(c) Archana Bora

Still cherish..

I Still
remember
your eyes
filled
with love..

when

I turned back
stood startled
to see you
standing behind..
The chemistry
between us
the same!
The closeness
and
emotions
played salsa.
Got wilder
with passion
eager for
your touch.

You came closer
than ever before.
And I
Surrendered
to my
temptation..
finding a home
in your embrace!

I cherish
the moments
I spent
with you!

The essence
lingering still…
and pulling me back
to the
lanes
of nostalgia!!

(c) Archana Bora

Moments with God!

Quiet
I am today..
But inside me
there is
a turmoil..

Like
angry waves
my emotions
raving within!

I step in,
I know
Its your abode
however
I just
walk in!

I stoop
touch
your feet!
Sit beside
and
pour out
all unsaid!
My tears
follow ..
then
subside
as my heart
now
feels like
a calm sea..

Waves
in heart
persist
but smoother..
and emotions
au fait,
Bound in faith
I walk out
with
a gratified heart..!

(c) Archana Bora

Encounter..

Some call it love..
some fantasy..
and some..
The Roadway to Ecstasy!
I was awestruck ..
on my encounter..
I lost my heart..
what could be better!!
I called it faith..
felt in my heart..
I knew I lost..
The game at its start!
As I was in peace & solace..
in this relationship..
I called it "love"..
sweet as Sugar drip!!
I lost my way in love...
& I didn't want a way out..
But one blow of betrayal ..
and a total black-out!!
I woke up in pain..
refusing to leave me ever..
But Memories aren't like people..
they dwell in heart forever!
I crashed in life.. as...
Love walked out on me...
My heart sobbing..
was all that I could see!!
I called it destiny..
I thought of my cursed fate..
Ohh God .. I stood awestuck again..
By an encounter on next date..!!

Destiny is full of surprises!!

(c) Archana Bora

Destiny

Thinking
and trying
to visualize
and understand
the life ahead!

Rolled within
a small fist
or then
written on
the forehead..
they say!

On the books
written
by people
or then..
laid
on cards
to read the same.

Destiny!
A mystery
I wonder
how so
it is simple
to read !

(c) Archana Bora

A Loner's Poem

Relationships,
bonds,
sentiments,
I understand none!
Unseen,
unknown,
I haven't met
either one!

I thought
I understand
in depth..
what and how
they are!
Alas!
I realise
I don't know
even one!

No bonds ever,
no relationships
or any attachment
worth a say!

A loner
here I stand
alone..
All by myself today!

(c) Archana Bora

Karma

‘Karma’
They say..
Work
expect nothing
do good
think radical!

Thinking..
I am here
for what!

Reasons
don’t seem
enough
convincing..

I act
with
prudence!
An effort
to reach
the unreachable..
to acquire
the invincible!

(c) Archana Bora

Stranger

He passed me
and
swung my heart
into rapid beats.

I couldn't help
the urge
of my craving soul
to feel
the quintessence
of his masculinity.

As he rushed
in the
moving traffic..
and left me
with a
realization..
the need for
his touch!!

Still wondering
how to
describe the
emotions
he left behind
unknowingly!

(c) Archana Bora

Unspoken Desires...

A need
for closeness,
and affection
and commitment
and love
Sweet nothings,
tender emotions!

So many
shortcomings
and
no fulfillment
because
you fail to
understand
what my
desires are!

So many needs
but no words
to put it
across
to you
any day!

So,
Silently I await
a day
when you
understand
all my
unspoken desires!

(c) Archana Bora

Temptations

A huge crush
and intense desires
and I give in
to my temptations!

I woke up
early morning,
with memories
lingering..
..of your caress
and touch
and the smell
of your skin!

I accept
its impure,
it’s a sin
But,
resisting you..
so hard
it has been!

I cherish the
lingering moments still!!

(c) Archana Bora

Hopelessness

Had a thought
dreams can come true..
But now feel
I need to rethink..
Re-evaluate
each step
I took and
plan to take!

Endless attempts
innumerable failures
Still trying..
against all odds!
Now,
Just awaiting
a day when
all my hopes
evaporate
and die!

(c) Archana Bora

A thought about life…

They say,

Live life
with an urge
strong
to achieve!

I have it
in my mind
in my heart!
Term it
..a wish,
desire,
aspiration,
castle in the sky,
a day dream!

Sounds perfect
at commencement,
but never is,
as it flows
away with time
to extent
where
it gets
way beyond
reach!

Imperfection,
in-consistence,
I feel
best describes life
and subsistence!

(c) Archana Bora

Query

Days mundane
fleeting by.
Time so cruel
drifting past!
Thinks of none
both hand in hand
pass me by..
as I wait
and
watch helplessly!

I try to read
between the lines
of destiny
in my palms..
and find
a way out
of this
indecisive
phase of life!

I look to God
for help
and try to
figure out
if the
wheel of fortune
truly exists!!

(c) Archana Bora

Intezaar

Hai.N hum duur sahi, par dil aapke karib hai..
Yeh ehsaas mere dil ko azeez hai!

Ek zamana tha jab yeh karibi be.asar thi,
aalam hai yeh ab, intezaar hai, aap kab qareeb ho.N.

Aapke ek nazar ko ab hum taraste hai.
Intezaar hai, kuhuda humpar phir kab mehrbaa.N hoga!

(c) Archana Bora

Zindagi mujhse yuu.N

Kyo.N zindagi mujhse yu milti hai bar bar?
Na de ek pal ka sukoo.N aur na dil ko qaraar!

Har baar ek hi mor par la kar chho.D de.
Dil ke zakhmo.N ko bas kuredti rahe!

Ek lamha khushi ko tarasti huu.N har soo.N.
Kyo.N zindagi tu hai aisi, main poochti hoo.N.

(c) Archana Bora

Waqt ki aandhi …

Waqt ki aandhi main sab bikhar gaya,
meri neend mera kuch baaki na rahaa.
Kho gaya sab us veerane main,
jise log sannata kehte hain.

Mere khwaab mere na rahe..
sab chhod gaye mujhe.
Is mor par jab aur
ab kuch dikhta nahii.N.

Dhoond rahi huu.N ek kinara
is aandhi se bahar.
hogaa kahii.n to,
yahaa.n nahii.n to kahii.n duur!

(c) Archana Bora

Craving…

Your thoughts linger
with faded memories
of the moment
I spent with you!

Time crawls
in expectations
and my
heart tremble.

In desperation,
I stare the sky above
and I capitulate
to my emotions
running wild inside!

Unconsciously,
naively
my tears run down!

Staring at the moonlit night
my nostalgic mind,
craves for a moment
with you again!

(c) Archana Bora

Ummeed!

Tum poochte ho kya chahiye..

Tum to ameer ho,
waqt ke khazane se
kuch pal tumhare pyaar ke,
thoda sa apnaapan
aur ek vaada zindagi bhar ke saath ka de do!

Tumhare pyaar ke shabnam ke intezaar mein
registaan si meri zindagi...
Kuch yaadein, kuch hassen sapne de do.

Tum kehte ho aaj
jo mangungi milegaa!
Le lo apni baahon mein,
ke dil ko sukoon mile.

Ummeed hai jab kaha hai tumne,
to phir,
aaj de doge mujhe jo mere dil ne chaha!

(c) Archana Bora

Tu kaun hai!

Tu kaun hai...

Mere dil se pooch,
har dhadkan mein naam hai tera.
In aankhon se pooch
jisme intezaar hai tera!

Pooch in raaton se jo,
jaagti hain mere saath!
in barsaat ki boondon se
jism se jo takraati hain !
Bayaan karengi vo lamhen
jinme intezaar hai tera!

Uss aaine se pooch,
jisse baantati huu.N tanhaai apni.
aur pooch uss chadar se
jise intezaar hai silwato.N ka!

Pooch unn khayalo.N se
jo uljhe rahte hain lamha lamha tujhse!
Pooch is zindagi se
jo tere bin, ek sifar si mehsoos hoti hai.

(c) Archana Bora

The Writer's Block

Wondering
what I write..
thoughts bare
and
my mind empty!

The sheet
of paper
lying
untouched!

I scribble..
but
words saunter
in and out
my empty mind.

I stare
helplessly!

(c) Archana Bora

Stranded.. (a friend's poem )

In midst of compulsion
in confusion,
stranded I am.

Bound to ties
Bound in frustration
stranded I am.

Breaking bonds
but building bridges
stranded I am.

Trying to break off
but bound by chains
stranded I am.

Alone to face
the ferocious waves..
Stranded I am.

(c) Archana Bora

Life.. A new perception

Moving at a snail's pace,
scores of people
bid me a farewell.

I depart
and reach
the “door”
where
the mortal meets immortal,
and
what lies beyond,
not a soul
could ever decipher!

The soul
unaccompanied today,
after leaving its mortal cover
wanders in the cosmos.

I comprehend “life”

A mortal body,
innumerable pains,
insignificant worries
and
an aimless struggle
till death with no escape!

Copyright (c) Archana Bora

Possessiveness

You treat me

like

a doll of clay..

Without

a concern

that

am a human

you deal with!

Mould me

everytime

in the form

you desire!

Thinking least

about the

mayhem you set

then in me!

Trying

in desperation

to find a way out!

Am trapped

in the maze..

of your heart!

Set me free

that’s what I plead!

Coz its love

not possessiveness

I need!

(c) Archana Bora

The eyes

Astounded
I stood
in front of her..
Unable to even
recollect
who am I!

Her captivating,
enigmatic,
deep hazel eyes..
peering through
the dark veil..
eyeing me!
I wished
deep
in my heart..
the time
comes to
a standstill!!

I craved
to lose myself
in the depth
of those
big beautiful eyes!

She left
a trail of thoughts
as she walked past!

(c) Archana Bora

My mind today!

I realize
its still in my mind!
Hurting me!

Each moment
a torment
still afresh
in my memory!

Though I try to forget
its all in vain..
My desires lie slain
to death
by destiny
with no signs to let it live again!

No hopes now persist
my destiny resists
and I wonder if
I ever see the sun again!

I move to a point
of no return
as I feel my life
is an
aimless, endless run!

(c) Archana Bora

Commiseration

Wishes
transformed
into
fears in life!

Distorted,
misinterpreted,
wasted
and
blown away...
to a land
of nothingness..
like the
serene,
silent
marooned deserts!

Life resembles
a satire
of destiny.

The castle
of my desires
after a
jungle fire
is wrecked
and
in ruins is
left behind!

Each dream
my child,
of nurture, of care...
dies premature,
leaving me nowhere!

I mourn !

(c) Archana Bora

Introspection

The urge

for your touch

still persists!

The desperation

I feel

exists still

and

I can't resist.

The magnetism

draws me closer..

Still feels so strong.

I try to realise

where and what

went wrong.

Do I blame you

or myself

for our fate

or something else.

No answers

I find

from my heart,

and I give up.

I revert

and tread back

into the lanes

of nostalgia.

With memories

of you

my companion still..

I think of you again..

My only love in life!

(c) Archana Bora

Silent conversations with a Stranger!

I see you
watching me,
admiring me,
everytime we meet!

I read
your eyes,
as they linger on
when I move,
and then stop,
with a smile
as our eyes meet!

Each glance
we share
has so much
to convey..
I hope we
confess
this someday!

Stranger,
my heart
skips beats
whenever
I see you..
The search
for perfection
ends at you!

(c) Archana Bora

Fire

Fire..
.. red..
burning wild..
and hot!

A bonfire..
..with stacked..
reasons to be..
alight!

So eager..
.. to just swallow..
anything..
cruel lust!

I burn..
In fire ..
of passion..
..so wild.

Nothing can..
pacify,
the urge within..!
and satisfy..
..the unrest..
in my soul..
after you played..
game so foul!

It still burns!

(c) Archana Bora

Emptiness…

Wondering what to do about…
The emptiness you left behind!
A void so large,
Nothing of its kind!
The emptiness so vast…
Extends as the oceans deep!
Waves of turbulence move on,
Like the water in a creek!

The turmoil so hard to hide…
The pain refuses to subside!

My mind rebounds back,
To the nostalgic lanes dark!
Wherein the bare facts of deception;
Stands naked stark!

The untrue emotions of yours;
Still hurt my soul inside!
Your lingering memories …
Makes it difficult to survive!

The emptiness in my heart,
Has become an inseparable part!

(c) Archana Bora

Love

Love is deep I realized

and its roots penetrate deep through!

Love stays I realized,

after I failed to ignore my heart so true.

Love is pain I understood,

as moment, without you, was turmoil to bear.

Love is life I realized,

as alone my heart refused to steer.

Love is ecstasy I realized,

when, in love, I cried in sheer bliss.

Love is caring I realized,

after we shared a passionate kiss.

Love is honesty I realized,

to you I could never lie.

Love is forever I knew,

as your essence stayed......

..though you bid me goodbye!

I love you forever!

(c) Archana Bora

Afterthought

The fresh morning
the flowers on
the crushed bed ..
and
I open the doors…

To my new life,
a translation
of my identification,
in the world!

I no more am
the little girl,
I used to be
a day back!

I feel matured
multiple years
overnight!


(c) Archana Bora