Between you and I

Between you and I,
Rivers and mountains lie.

And roads and bridges set us apart.
To you, all my thoughts depart.
In vain I extend my hand to touch
Your milky hands, your silky hair.
But I know I cannot do much,
For this distance that we share.
And so I sit back and sigh.
Between you and I,
Rivers and mountains lie.

Break free the shackles that bind you.
Let love be your force, let it find you.
Come out running into my arms, my love.
To me, this day, your love you prove.
Tonight, let us not shy.
Between you and I,
Rivers and mountains lie.

You know not how so much I crave you.
Come to me and let me, darling, have you.
This world shall go on with its crap and nonsense.
Let's forget it for a while and make love immense.
Just you and I, baby, and no one else.
Switch off the lights, the noise, the bells.
Let me find your eyes and you find mine.
In darkness let our limitless love shine.
Between you and I,
Rivers and mountains lie.

~ Praveen Singhmar

Naked sky

Let us come
Out of our shells
Out under the naked sky
Let's dismiss what we
Find difficult to hold
Let go of the insecure heads
Of dark doubts of dismay
Let's uncover the masks
We so beautifully placed
On our imperfect faces
Of clowns and puppets
Let's master the art
Of bare truth
That singles us out
To meaninglessness
Of existence

~ praveen singhmar

A New Room, Not Of Her Own

After the isles and the mountains
And the woods and the water,
She's locked herself into pains.

Now she's not one but two
And moves in pair, she
Now thinks in pair too.

And while once she'd flow
Aloud all day, all night, she
Now sobs low by her pillow.

And her moods no more
Fickle; pensively passive,
They stay down to the floor.

-- Praveen Singhmar

#feminist #poetry

Virat: Grander Version of the Tendulkar Run Machine

From the under 19 world cup win to the test captaincy of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli's success has just gotten steadier with time. Amidst all the name and fame, the one parameter under which Kohli has never compromised is his run production. In all three formats of the game, Kohli has now achieved a batting average of over 50, which is spectacular.

We certainly see a glimpse of Tendulkar in Kohli when it comes to records. But I believe this latest version of the run machine shall supersede his ancestor, both in terms of run scoring and influencing team success, save any act of God disrupting the present flow of runs. Kohli appears to be a better version of Tendulkar on two counts. One, his ability to deal with stupendous pressure as a captain. In fact, his performance has enhanced drastically after the captaincy. Another is the fact that Kohli is a go-getter, a winner with every grain of optimism inculcated in spirits. Whereas Tendulkar appeared more inclined towards individual achievement, we find Kohli full of enthusiasm towards collective team effort and success, which makes him a better leader than Tendulkar. Their record as captains is self-explanatory of this fact.

Leading a new team full of youngsters, Kohli is on a winning strike against the ongoing test series against England. He has also scored three test double hundreds this calendar year with one more match to play.

After Tendulkar, Kohli has certainly formed the backbone of Indian cricket, and what makes it special for the nation is the winning attitude that MS Dhoni had injected into Team India, Kohli is taking it to a grander new scale. History is being created, and this run machine appears to outrun all milestones.