COAXIAL
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Manas Bakshi (India)
Nothing begins nor ends
At human desire alone....
An untimely unfurling and fall of a flower
Can't override the spell of a seasonal spur,
May also face a raging gale
Crushing so many things at a moment!
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Rush hour.
All in haste to cross a road,
Reaching the other side is the target
--
Hurry up, before the signal's green.
Stranded vehicles screeched to a halt,
Hands on the gear and steering,
Foot on accelerator --
Are all at the driver's command
Or, somebody else's?
An unpredictable force
Acting always from behind determines
Who will reach the destination
And who will be hit midway....
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Another world
Beyond this phenomenal one
One craves for
Seems hidden somewhere in the Universe --
It urges upon mind to see
If it can reign this contingent world
Manifest in the frail embodiment
Of five elements
Before everything's done to ashes.
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