A Search

There is no corner of the mind

Where I can thoughts of myself find

As each day goes rushing by

My heart heaves a deeper sigh

While on my face there is a smile

That lingers really all the while

Though its meaning changes, through the day

Defined by what, I cannot say

And even as I write this rhyme

I sense its rhythm is not mine

What then is the me in me

Is what I always fail to see

Actions and memories constantly blend

Every day, without an end

Till I give up thinking and traverse on

Only to encounter another dawn

That brings the question to the fore

That I couldn’t resolve the day before

And the only thing I honestly wish to define

Is which corner of my mind is really mine?

A Sequel

Today too I missed seeing you

The enigma of your presence still lingering as a memory

While I moved through a city

That too had not still fully awoken

To the reality of yet another ordinary day

That smile, the brief comment, the extended niceties

Awaiting a later occasion, when they could assert their existence

Livening yet another day

A Clandestine Affair

A relationship, a tenuous link

Established through a togetherness that has no significance

A shared smile, remark or gesture

Accepted with gratitude, before moving on

Till the city, with its namelessness, swallows you up

The bond noticed evokes a question

And a deep surprise at our being strangers

An unconscious hope that this exchange though brief

Repeats and gives the day a value

And the city a blitz

With an existence that like a deep buried secret

Adds charm mystery and hope

To an otherwise mundane life and faceless city