ALL POEMS OF TRIBHUVAN MENDIRATTA

Poetry Series
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
- poems -
Tribhuvan Mendiratta (22 May 1959)
Primarily a poet, artist, writer but
with age mellowed down to an educator
with a desire to share life's secrets
so that they don't stumble in dark stairs
Met many travellers during the journey
Some understood yet why they so unsecure
Life is a mystery now it appears clear
situations may be same but reactions vary
Works:
English Guides
Class X - English communicative - CBSE
Class XI and XII - English(Elective) - CBSE
3
A Day Is Too Long
A day is too long
as in an empty station
when the trains are parked off
somewhere else, asleep.
Don't leave me, even for an hour
the smoke that roams
looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.
may your eyelids never flutter
Into the empty distance.
moment you'll have gone so far
I'll wander hazily over the earth,
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
4
butterfly
fly as a butterfly,
breathe as a kid..
hold only the love and the memories...
not so special i am,
only feel and read the pains of the others..
to take off the pains from the others, , ...
and to give them the love which they always dreamed about..
that is the poet whom you see inside me...
nothing more...
not so special...
only human, i am
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
5
Captive of Words
A captive of words unsaid
And lonely feelings
Trying to keep quiet.
What to speak,
Better stay silent.
A Hard day – a tough
Reformatory of words unsaid.
But I'm a fighter.
That's what I am
Grating for a piece of myself
For peace in myself...
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
6
Come Anonymously
Don’t dress me up
Don’t Cover me up
Leave me about with details.
Come to me and anonymous
Shimmering like far off sails
Gliding where the wind has blown.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
7
Endless Heartaches
Heart Says
No heartbreaks today
But it lets me down
And heartaches find their way
I never kept score of
Number of heartaches
Or nights laying awake
Nor the tears that would fall
And whispers that heart would call
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
8
Fading Reality
Reality fades
Fiction becomes truth
Birds hum
An enchanting lullaby
The sky melts
The rain washes
Away tears from my eyes
I hear the colors
Closing my eyes
Making me numb again
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
9
Fresh Pain
Fresh, mischievous, pretty and cute,
Vivacious smiling eyes, a Cat too.
I really want, to take your hands tenderly,
To hold and hug you and make it all right.
Your getting hurt affects me
Who you lost, I don’t know,
But you can give, that I can tell.
Your sensuous side shows when you write,
You are sure to find that again soon.
I don’t want to cause more hurt or pain.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
10
Friendship should not demand
Friendship whether long or fleeting
thank god that we have it smiling
all colours are in its painting
whether it is sharing, loving or hating
Never make it too straining or demanding
Let it flow naturally for a smooth sailing
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
11
Healing Wounds
An empty hand
An empty heart
A vacant look
A vacant spot
A vast void
A deep scar
PLEASE!
Don’t touch
The healing wounds.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
12
Heartless Sleeve
Sitting here
Feeding the air
with hazy blue smoke
I stretch out my heart
and feel
what the eyes
have forgotten
before me an empty
slice of the world
slides under my chin
like moon
and slinks under my collar
tugging my heartless sleeve
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
13
I am a poet
fly as a butterfly,
breathe as a kid..
hold only the love and the memories...
not so special i am,
only feel and read the pains of the others..
to take off the pains from the others, , ...
and to give them the love which they always dreamed about..
that is the poet whom you see inside me...
nothing more...
not so special...
only human, i am
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
14
I am Happy
I am happy and it’s the best way to be.
They can make something out of nothing.
Nothing always takes something
To give forth, to yield.
Those with nothing can’t make
Anything, not to mention something.
But! who are Those?
Busy themselves courting
Nothing with flashy something.
Their trick is something indeed.
Their something is their art
Nothing is special. “Nothing can breed
Something beats Something’s heart.
From naught to dots to a red rose,
And everything mine rendering.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
15
I am like you
fly as a butterfly,
breathe as a kid..
hold only the love and the memories...
not so special i am,
only feel and read the pains of the others..
...to take off the pains from the others, , ...
and to give them the love which they always dreamed about..
that is the poet whom you see inside me...
nothing more...
not so special...
only human, i am
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
16
I am Lost
A day is too long
An empty station
The trains are
parked off Unknown place,
asleep.
Can’s bear isolation
Even for an hour
Loneliness will drift
Choking my lost heart.
Do not flutter
your eyes
Into the empty distance.
Do not be so far
That I wander as if lost,
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
17
I an not special
I am not special in any way
Not that a legendary lover....
Not that fabulous a writer....
Not that a stunning poet...
just a normal simple human...
with all what these words carry...
human who holds between his ribs...
a heart which beats with his feelings...
and hold a real heart to love and feel with others...
that is who i am...
flying as a butterfly, , and breathing as a kid...
Holding only the love and the memories...
Feeling the pains of the others...
that is the poet whom you see inside me...
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
18
I Surrender
Whispering your name,
I surrender to you, my mantra
Ravish me with
Passionate eyes
Voice like sweet flute,
Calling my soul
I answer your call.
Stargazing vast Milky Way,
I surrender
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
19
I wear a mask
The kids at school always ask me
Why I am always smiling
I chuckle a little and say
'It is what I always do.'
They accept that answer
But it is not the truth
I only hope I shall one day
Be able to remove the MASK
And reveal the real me.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
20
Just think
Do you remember when we met?
Do you remember what you thought...?
Did you thing what song to me it would be?
Would it be to town with me?
Would it be to call me Honey?
Or Share some food with me?
Or Sent an email to me?
Or share the silence with me?
Just A fun moment!
Or an angry moment?
Else A crazy moment?
I would take it all you can thing.
Just for once please think……..
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
21
Learn Lesson of Love
Blind Yet Magical
But hard to find
A wonderful bliss
Change to be
Whatever want you to be
Unpredictable and Stupid
things it makes you do
It is strange
Ruled by
Heart and not your mind
It’s a lesson
You have to learn
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
22
Learn Love's Lesson
Love is blind
It is magical but hard to find
It is wonderful love is bliss
Can you tell by the touch or kiss?
Love is change to be whatever
That person wants you to be
Love is unpredictable
Stupid things it makes you do
Love is strange ruled by
Your heart and not your mind
Love is a fire that burns
It’s a lesson you have to learn
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
23
Let me be Full of Me
Thinking, breathing, praying; .
Of Life, Love and death.
Of family and friends.
Praying for time with life.
For me, she, children and friends.
To Love, laugh, share and care.
Why is God ready so fast?
Let me be full of me.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
24
Let Me Burn Alive
I Don't want
anything ordinary
Let me burn alive
In heaven of life
Slow and easy
Till I live the life
One moment
of pure bliss
All the time
Anytime
My heart beating
so close to yours
In a dream come true
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
25
Let Me Rise
I rise
Up from a past
that's rooted in pain
I rise
leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling
I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind terror
I rise
Into a daybreak
wondrously clear
I rise
with hopes lived
dreams alive
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
26
Life
Primarily a poet, artist, writer but
with age mellowed down to an educator
with a desire to share life's secrets
so that they don't stumble in dark stairs
Met many travelers during the journey
Some understood yet why they so insecure
Life is a mystery now it appears clear
situations may be same but reactions vary
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
27
Life is a Dream
Dreams do not die
Life is a bird
Broken winged
Still - dream to fly.
Dreams do not die
Don’t let the dreams die
Hold fast
Without dreams
Life is desolate
Frigid – without response
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
28
Like Dirt I Rise
Write me down
With your bitter,
twisted lies,
trod me in the very dirt
But still,
like dust, I'll rise.
Why are you
beset with gloom?
Because I walk like
I've got billions
No- like moon and sun,
Certainty of tides,
I'll rise.
You’ll not see me broken.
Shoulders falling down.
My haughtiness will offend you.
I laugh like I've got gold mines
Shoot me with your words,
Cut me with your eyes,
Kill me with your hatefulness,
Like air, I'll rise.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
29
Lips - Shadow of Smile
Succulent saline
Arched in a smile
Fascinated by mystery
The two
Brought together by fate.
Tryst of body and soul
Silk and lace,
In the shadow
Of your smile,
Where rainbows meet
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
30
Little Things are Bigger
A mirror is a bad omen
It's a piece of useless glass
Like a stray thought
Is a sight of god
And sometimes
it's soap scum down the drain
Finding gold is nothing really special
But coins in the sofa are always miraculous
To find a soulmate is a dream
But a secret little kiss
In a room full of strangers
Fills me forever
With such little things there's nothing bigger
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
31
Loneliness
Share of heartaches
no need to count
laying awake
walking those floors
tears falling till daybreak
loneliness all my way
being alone
it followed me home
Atleast loneliness is my own
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
32
Lonesome life
Lone some life lacks luster
Let me lay lavender layer
Lest Love looks lean
Lest life leaves long lines
Life is just a Love's LOAN
Let lips linger Longer
Let LOVE Leather Laughter
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
33
Love Happens Everyday
Why Love someone;
Who doesn't care?
You will be just crying
And never get anywhere?
Falling in Love
Doesn't pay
It hurts like hell
It causes heartache
Why then;
It happens everyday? .
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
34
Love is art
Love is not art;
some say
Then Art is not love
And If art is not LOVE
There is neither Art
Nor is there any LOVE
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
35
Love them while they still are
Always love your loved ones
And show them how you feel
before it's too late..
You will never know
when they will be gone
from your embrace..
If you were given a time
to bestow petals
of everlasting compassion & love
to your love ones,
today is the day.
Love them while they are still here...
TRUE AND CARING LOVE
IS VERY HARD TO FIND...
ONE SHOULD BE LUCKY
TO FIND THAT
BUT WHEN IT IS IN FRONT OF THEM,
PEOPLE BECOME BLIND.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
36
Love without Vision
Embracing a soul
Love without vision
Achieve a purpose
Share emotions
Confide within oneself
Breathe with a flower
Sharing its beauty
Through self expression
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
37
MEASURE OF LOVE
Loving to not loving you,
Waiting to not waiting for you
The heart moves from cold to fire.
Hate you deeply, and hating you
Measure of my changing love for you
I do not see you but love you blindly.
Light will consume it with its cruel ray
I am the one who dies,
The only one, in fire and blood.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
38
Mirror Eyes
Glass so sparkling and fine,
To quench thirst,
Loving smile
A Rosy promise fades,
And sheds,
With solitude tears,
Sprinkle figment,
Love pigment In dry lips linger,
And rhapsodize,
Eyes encircled with tears,
Fragile Rosy image,
In fragile mirror,
I gaze
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
39
Murder in Womb
Why you didn’t
Want me.
You didn’t even
Give me a chance
May I thank you,
For sparing me
From this cruel world.
I wish I could’ve
Been someone,
If you had given me
A chance to be me for once.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
40
My DOLL
The skin of porcelain
Not a blemish
Eyes enticing marbles
And hair silky soft
What an amazing figure
No imperfection to be found
Fragile but divine
Soft to eyes and to touch
Rosy cheeks and petal soft lips
To hold softly and not to drop
Pity to those who let drop
Such a doll and still do not cry.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
41
My epitaph
here is a smell of religion
in the human behavior called murder
Speaking of which I remember a movie called
'Murder Without Passion'
My epitaph is decided
...'My life was beautiful'
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
42
My Motherland
I vow to Protect my Motherland
fighting
writing
for victory
with brains
...grains unity and INTEGRITY
with this knot of unity
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
43
My sewet friend
Welcome my sweet friend
You have strange and sensuous
Old world charm blended
perfectly with everything delicious
How fortunate to have my hand
dipped in a meal so sumptuous
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
44
My Smile
My smile.
Something people loved but mostly envied
It came so fast and so soon,
Full of life and happiness, .
From eyes – stretching to cheeks;
Whether bad or good day, it killed the blues
Always had it on my face anyway,
You could hear it in my voice,
Showing that I loved you and life,
I greeted everyone w with it on face, .
I showed it at any place,
Have you tried to see smile behind my smile?
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
45
Nectar Of Love
Thinking about it all day
What to make of you
All night long
Got my motor running
Now I want to show it to you
Give it to you
Surrender like I never have before
With all my heart and soul
Mould me
Bend me
Anyway
Anywhere that you want me
Whatever it takes
For a taste of nectar of love
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
46
Nothing Special
Nothing is special
You won’t hear me speak, or
Notice my presence beside you
When I am gone
will my departure even register?
I already know the answer..
When you go away they notice,
If they only knew
I was already gone
I close my eyes and sleep,
the morning is no redemption
I just want to be free
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
47
Nothing Special About Me
Stars in the darkest skies
like the flowers in the wild
the leaves that fall in autumn
from the tree
I think it’s their colors that amaze me!
thinking back on old times
I write poems that mostly rhyme
reading things with my meanings
I write poetry to express my feelings.
I dance even though I am not that good
I like to laugh and joke around
I listen to songs I love the way they sound
I like spending time with people
I care I also love going out
There is nothing special about me
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
48
Out of Nothing
I am happy as I can be.
Making something
Out of nothing.
Nothing that sees something
I Can’t yield.
Who are Those?
Busy courting Money
With flashy something.
Nothing can breed
In me anything
That breaks someone’s heart.
Naught to a red rose,
And everything
Mine rendering.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
49
peom i write
My life has been the poem
I would have writ,
But I could not both live and utter it
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
50
Rosy smile
Glass so kind and fine,
To quench thirst,
Loving smile signal
I recall…
Rosy promise,
Fades,
And sheds,
With solitude tears,
Sprinkle figment,
Love pigment
In dry lips linger,
And rhapsodize,
Many words to say,
To stony lass,
Eyes encircled with tears,
With shock heart thrill,
Fragile Rosy image,
In fragile mirror, I gaze
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
51
Score of Heartaches
We are frail;
Love will mend that
Which is vulnerable
Don’t keep score
Of heartaches
Every one has
Share of laying awake
And of heartaches
The loneliness that follows home
And the heartaches find their way
Lonesome share of heartaches
Don’t keep score.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
52
Scream the Feelings Out
I want to be a poet,
To scream my feelings out
All my feelings brimming
The words, The passion
Stifled there.
In a tangle of words
I always felt I had it
To use words that sing
To disregard each disaster
Poetry forces me to remember
The things I really should forget.
We are living still.
To see
The heart burning in blazes.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
53
Shadow of Smile
Lying down
On silk and lace,
I see the love,
In the shadow
Of your smile,
I may come to know,
And understand,
Where rainbows end,
I may be with you,
My love, my friend
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
54
Silence and Alarms
What is the morning news?
Delete the headline and the views.
What a collage of violence! ,
Like the colours without the hues.
Just flesh and blood in your arms,
The mix of silence and alarms.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
55
Silent Spaces
Life is an unconvincing metaphor
Used against me with simile
Left begging for more.
But just the silent spaces,
Sharing time with anonymity
And impressionistic faces as company.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
56
smile
smile behind a smile
is like a butterfly
dancing around roses
not in the least minding its thorns..........
having the dark clouds
... passed over sun
is giving its naughty smile
spreading its warmth and happiness
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
57
smile behind a smile
I Try to Imagine
How a smile behind a scowl looks
And I do
We have all seen that
What I would really like to see
Is a smile behind a smile
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
58
Smiling face Rosy Lips
Sweet smiling face
Flowing black hair,
Flying in the fair weather,
Looks like an angel
When Rosy smiles she smiles,
That is the happiness of life.
No, other damsel can be so sweet
The Rosy lips with deep eyes?
In the sight as lover
She is the one none other,
Rosy lips with dreamy eyes,
Sweet echo of Rosy voice-
A bell to hear and rejoice.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
59
So Many Years
So many years
I've been on this earth.
What's so special about that?
Nothing, nothing that special.
Such a long period
I've been on this earth.
I have accomplished many things,
but others have accomplished more.
Quite a huge opportunities
I've got on this earth.
What's so special about that?
Not much, not much at all.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
60
Soft as Cotton
The vibrant colors display passion for life,
A slight accent from native tongue adds to exotic style.
She struts and strides like the waves along her shores.
Her hair smells of fresh cut sweet smelling flowers
That can only be found deep in the bosom of forest green.
Oh, how I love the sight and the feel,
Soft as a newborn and silky as coco butter.
I am into a spell with those seductive eyes
That pierce into the soul, and lips that feel like virgin cotton to the touch.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
61
Spontaneous Expression
A Smile is unique to humans.
Nan be genuine or fake, mostly fake.
Can be innocent or flirtatious, mostly so.
It can disarm without any arms.
Let it be spontaneous,
To show gratitude, not to win a favour.
It is expression of one’s heart.
It is something that is everyone’s part.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
62
Succulent Lips
Succulent no crease lips
Saline by sea breeze
Arched in a smile
Fascinated by mystery, the two
Are brought together by fate.
Tryst of body and soul
Two pieces of one heart become whole.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
63
Suicide heart
suicide heart be your e-name
but it is heart that prompts suicide
keep heart safe ins your cupped hands
Don't let it fall to break into pieces
Don't let it be stolen lest others break
so that you say then you are not suicide heart
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
64
surrender
Sweet surrender………….
he folded all his fear
into a perfect rose.
He held it out
in the palm of his hand.
...She took it from him
and put it in her hair
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
65
Sweet smile
Mesmerizing smile;
The luscious red lips
Striking white teeth
A face with its own style
With that soothing smile.
I am her desert, she is my Nile
Will she flow in me with her smile?
I want to live on a lonely isle
With her smile at every mile.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
66
Tangle of Words
I am a poet,
Screaming my feelings out
My feelings brimming
The words, The passion
Stifled there.
In a tangle of words
Let me use
The words that sing
Disregarding each disaster
Poetry forces me to remember
The things I really should forget.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
67
Tender Touch of Eyes
Thinking all life long
I want to surrender
With all my heart and soul
You may mould me, bend me
Whatever it takes
For the nectar of love
And taste its goodness
Just r you and me
With, roses and caviar
Tender touch of eyes
To make the day bright
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
68
Unsaid Song
Obsessed with the song of Life
That won’t last long.
In love with complex simplicity,
That I know is all wrong
But how to leave everything unsaid,
To tell you explicitly
I must just leave it unsaid.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
69
Unveil my heart
I carry your heart in my heart
I am never without it
I fear no fate
I want no world
I don’t wish to unveil any secret
I can read the soul
I can enter the mind
I carry your heart in my heart
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
70
Vibrant passion for Life
Your vibrancy displays passion for life,
An accent from native tongue adds exotic style.
You strut and stride like the waves along the shores.
Your hair smell of fresh sweet smelling flowers
Found deep in the bosom of forest green.
Oh, how I love the sight and the feel,
Soft as a newborn and silky as coco butter.
I am into a spell with those seductive eyes
Piercing into the soul, and lips
That feel like virgin cotton to the touch.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
71
Wanna find True Love
If in the soul of men,
True love you wanna find,
Get past the beast within,
You better stand your ground.
Bred into these men,
Hormones get excited,
When they look at the lass,
She feels slighted.
For he is just a man,
Nothing very special,
Maybe she’s the one,
Make sure you hug her,
Then maybe just maybe,
You’ll find what you seek,
And hope this time,
For love you to keep.
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
72
Whispering Heart
Embracing a soul
Sire a seed
Love needs a vision to
Share emotions
Confide within oneself
Kiss a fruit
Breathe with a flower
With your hearts delight
Respect all life Bring about peace
Seek compassion
through self expression
No need laying awake
Listening to whispers
That heart would make
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
73
Words Are Nothing
The words are
Nothing but bird language
Small birds come up to me, but
Eagles and hawks just watch cautiously
With their sharp eyes from high up in the sky
Even though my language is clear
No one responds
A few did
But they're all gone
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
74
write me if it rains
seem bored a bit! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Rain depresses some times.
Where in the world has everyone disappeared on a cool Sunday? Just could not sleep.
Got up and started on my journey. whew! what a blog! Any one really wants to write
can write me
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
75
Write your Heart
Mischievous, pretty and cute,
Smiling eyes, Vivaciously a Cat too.
Your getting hurt affects me
Who you lost, I don’t know,
But you can give, that I can tell.
Your sensuous side shows when you write,
You are sure to find that again soon
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
76
You are My Light
I’m burning up
With sweaty palms
A hazy sight
Fever all through the night
With flames inside
Help me tame this fire
I don’t need the sun
You are my Light
More so Fire
Tribhuvan Mendiratta
77
Your wish
To accept your wish as a command
I need only myself to reprimand
For pestering you so often
Let it be an issue forgotten
Tribhuvan Mendiratta