Snail

We already know snails are very slow
Reason behind is, they carry along adobe;
placed on their back.

Blessed are many birds and small animals
can get easy food the snail’s predators;
by virtue of slow speed.

Can’t run faster than enemies to defend,
so prefer to live in the shells, hidden;  
at times enemies break.

Sometimes dogs and cats kill just playing,
snails can't do anything except praying;
defend by body colouring.

Not only animals human too is great threat,
capture for own food millions of them;
notice delicious and appetizer.

In cricket only few players can hit a ton,
In laying eggs most of she snails can;
mate  several times a year.

Password of his home

Door of his adobe

As wide as cosmos

Free to all who wish

To reach his home

No security no barrier

No visa or passport 

Still to enter his home

You need  the password

Anyone wishing to see

Gorgeousness of his home

Take this password

and apply your wisdom

Prayer and praise

Affection

Sacredness

Sacrifice

Worship

Obedience

Reliance

Devotion

(C) S D Tiwari

Middle age

Life is also a mathematics

number of breaths are counted.

Maths sometimes works on assumption

let’s presume the life be hundred.

Mid point of hundred is fifty

that must be the middle age.

Till twenty five we fill up the energy

for perfect propelling in space.

Next twenty five climb the hill

attain the adventurous peak.

After fifty sloping down starts

hill’s other side in life’s journey.  

In childhood god is with you

in old age you search the God.

Remaining period been struggling

of your pitch to become the lord.

In evening of life wait for sunset

visiting doctors or consuming pills.

Own energy is now exhausted

depend on wind like the windmill.

The beauty of the morning and

radiance of noon are till fifty.

after fifty sun starts going down

towards the evening tranquillity.

Between adolescence and old

say between twenty and seventy,

second half of it is heavier so

              the balancing point

                                is

                             fifty.  

(C) S. D. Tiwari

Marriage vs friendship

Goal of life is one, that is to live

with comfort and happiness.

Goal of marriage is one, to give

to the other partner love and bliss.

Love does not necessitate marriage

but marriage compels to love.

And for marriage and friendship both
love is certainly a must .

Love is the force of attraction

marriage is force of togetherness.

Marriage is string of love with

socio-legal force to keep attached.

Friendship is a vow to go together,
marriage is a vow to live in unison.
Friend is person who gives the best,
who gives all, spouse is the person.  

Sometimes the situation may arise

a person may be poor and un-attractive;

May not be loved by any one

but may be best for good friendship.

Friendship is a tie of relationship 
that has to go together, the way long. 
Marriage is strongest tie of friendship
that has to long for the life long.

(C) S D Tiwari

Seeing God

The water drops become ocean

once fallen and merged therein. 

Particles of dust form a planet

amalgamated by force of gravity.

Each soul is a particle of Lord

those will be merged back again;

Like the water separated as vapours,

drops, becoming water in the ocean.

Discovered god particle, assumed

they got the God, glad scientists.

They aren’t able to look beyond

to the god himself, who created it.

Each creature is Lord’s creation

he perceives them everywhere.

His devotee is never lost for him

he is also not lost to them ever.

Nothing can exist without Krishna,

and Krishna is the Lord of everything.

Everything is only his manifestation

all creatures and material part of him.

Lord has powers of Omnipresence,

Omniscience and Omnipotence.

But what Lord Krishna himself says:  

Love is his power, most potent.

Lord Krishna is no longer veiled

from the devotees who love him,

who is conscious to Krishna and

knows Lord is doer of everything. 

Cataracts of the pride, anger, lust,

gluttony, greed, sloth and envy

keep impeded passage of the light

clouding the lens of the eyes.

Removing these by faith, love, trust,

loyalty, attachment and reverence;

selfless and intense devotion to God

is easy way to have Lord’s glimpse.

A person in Krishna consciousness

certainly sees Krishna everywhere,

he sees everything in Krishna.

in each manifestation Krishna appears.

Krishna is beyond self-realization,

devotee becomes one with Krishna.

Krishna becomes everything for devotee

devotee becomes full in loving Krishna.

Whatever you do most stealthy

even in the darkest place,

God residing in you, too see

as he was always, there existed.

Everyone’s soul is Lord’s part

body is his material manifestation

he accepts even if fallen in sin

like pearl after polishing is done. 

Lord consciousness

attains his communion,

love faith trust his peek

(C) S D Tiwari

Independence Day Prayer

Greetings on India’s 66^th

Independence day

On the occasion, I pray

For peace and prosperity of India,

For sovereignty of India,

For better economy,

For people’s true autonomy,

For wellness of her citizens,

For rejoice of all  Indians

On the occasion, I pray for:

Freedom from inequalities,

Freedom from injustice and poverty

Freedom from scams and scandals

Freedom from classification of people

Freedom from dirty politics.

Protection of human rights,

Better law and order situation,

fearless, safe, healthy, happy all Indians.

(C) S D Tiwari

Independence day prayer 

O God! on this occasion 
grant my nation

Freedom from inequality,

freedom  from poverty,

freedom from scams and scandals,

freedom from division of people,

freedom from corruption,
freedom from abomination,
freedom from bullyism, 
freedom from nepotism,
freedom from dirty politics,

freedom from unfair justice.

Better law and order situation,

fearless, safe, healthy, happy Indians.

O God! on this occasion 

grant my nation

Peace and prosperity,

the supreme sovereignty,

better economy,

people’s true autonomy,

wellness of citizens,

rejoice of all  Indians.

  - S. D. Tiwari

Greetings on India’s 70^th Independence day

Arranged marriage

In the arranged marriage, become;

groom prince and bride, the princess.

Many other people do work -

to make their relationship a success.

Parents, guardians who loved you
they are dedicated for your well being.
A socially protected life of you, 
they always wish and try to bring. 

The marriage is solemnised  

in created atmosphere of joy and bliss.

Relationship between two families,

arranged marriage tries to establish.

With more experience and knowledge

parents and guardians decide better.

They know what is good or bad

for their beloved son or daughter.

ln love, lover thinks it own victory.

In arranged marriage, spouse as gift

They too feel interference in decision

and there freedom is infringed.

But you can’t break walls and roof

for the freedom of light and air.

Love is like flow of water in river

without two banks it may scatter.

Love that grows in adolescence is

sometimes immature driven by emotions,

They get difficult to distinguish between

true love and their infatuation.

Love does not necessitate marriage

but marriage compels to love one

You may love many people or things

but of them, can't marry everyone.

***

Love depends upon attraction.

Who are poor or not much attractive

may sometimes not be loved by any

and would be left unmarried

In ancient days kings and rulers

used to keep many wives.

Sometimes they kidnapped girls

poor and weak lovers deprived.

Lord Krishna

O my Lord! O my Krishna!

Krishna! Krishna!

You are the embodiment of love

you are the divine joy,

you are protector of the religion

all pain and sin, you destroy.

O my Lord!  O my Krishna!

Wicked and cruel king Kansa

put your parents in prison.

You released them from jail

appeared as Vishnu’s incarnation.

O my Lord!  O my Krishna!

As child you led cow herds

had great love for your mother

Grown with magic of your flute 

as hero loved by peers and others

O my Lord!  O my Krishna!

Kansa sent sinful Putana to kill you

by feeding breast’s poisoned milk.

She herself was met to her end

you sucked blood, failed her trick.

O my Lord!  O my Krishna!

He was desperate to kill my Lord

So he sent many other demons.

You defeated all of the demons

killed his wicked men one by one.

O my Lord!  O my Krishna!

Supported villagers and the cattle,

lifted mountain to make it shelter,

You killed poisonous snake in river

where cattle used to drink the water.

O my Lord!  O my Krishna!

You blessed, who followed the truth

taught Arjuna lessons of truth and war.

You turned  result of Mahabharat war

into the victory of righteous Pandwas

O my Lord!  O my Krishna!

You come on earth again and again

to save it; in various incarnations.

Without you my Lord! I am nothing

in this universe, nothing can happen.

O my Lord!  O my Krishna!

(C) S D Tiwari

Bees, tanka

get bee’s three in one

honey wax pollination

despite risk of sting

let’s care them, they keep busy

in food production for us

Ravindra Nath Tagore

A golden brain, nuggets of gem studded,

talented to peep into the celestial world,

discovered colourful flowers of words,

squeezed the nectar, on papers he laid .

Plucked the flowers of several precincts

adorned to become crown of the nation.

Rules India; ‘Jan Gan Man’ his creation

exquisite gem of gems, unique and distinct.

Took off, noble work of the nobel laureate

to soar above globe and subsist  in hearts

of every Indian, world’s writers and poets;

done in the field of literature, the noblest.

Tagore, a school of wisdom, the philosopher

revealed glimpse of Indian great mysticism and culture.

(C) S D Tiwari