You have a knack!...

dont you have a knack

of running on my mind?

when i close the doors

secret windows you somehow find!

and when i close the secret windows

and secure my mind for sure

you seep in through the li'l cracks

and run my thoughts impure!

is that what Elvis picked -

when he sang "devil in disguise?"

for when you sneak in to my mind

i am no longer sane nor wise

Elvis really sang his mind

and mine sings in chorus too -

"wise men say only fools rush in"

and that's why i fall for you!

now as i start to count -

one and two and three...

of the times i've fallen for you

i lose count in the counting spree

okay, one more time...

one last, that it would be

i will free fall once again

for you, my cup of coffee! ;)

- DA, 05/17

The street car named Desire!

The streetcar named desire

ran me over, ran me to ground

with thoughts so precise

and views so profound

or so i thought...

I still couldn’t stand my ground,

couldn’t throw up arguments

for desire ruled the roost

crazy's the case i present

or so i thought...

I still couldn't make a point,

still could not say no

i fancied myself a chance

for i had a reputation to show

or so i thought...

and zealously tried to fight it -

fought till i could no more

for now, i give in to desire

there will be more wars in store

or so i think.. ;)

- DA, 05/08/2012

Tum...

kisi botal mein na samaaye

aisa nasha ho tum
jamaaye rakhe mehfil hameshaa
aisa samaa ho tum

ab iss nashe se nashaa kar lein
bass itna kara do tum
aur is same mein samaa jao
bass mehfil mehkaa do tum!

David Antony, 04/04

(#random attempts at hindi verse...)

She Doesn't Even Know!...

(So my biggest crush is going away today - and i know she is...and i don't even know her name.. so this goes out to her :-) ....)

she says good bye today

to people around her

and i feel it weighing down

my heart, my smile.... oh! and

the best thing is?

she doesn't even know!

it was serendipity

even before i knew what

the word meant or was supposed

to mean... she happened to me

and the funny thing is -

she doesn't even know!!

she doesn't even know

that someone admires her

and smiles at her joy-inducing smile

adds her to the count of little joys in his life

and now he says a muted good bye,

which, she will not see… not know!!!

David Antony, 

04/03

The Spelling Mistake...

he spelt it wrong, your name

first time around and then

he faltered with the punctuation

but did he get the meaning wrong?

or did you notice only such things

like grammar, but not the lyrics of the song?

maybe!

you spelt it right, his name

every time you did so

and never faltered with the commas

or with the million rules of grammar

but did you convey what your heart said?

or just noticed how much and where he erred?

maybe!

maybe you both got it wrong

first time around and every time since

and maybe you spoke on different planes

and thereby thought about different stakes

maybe you were an adjective as in the thesaurus

and he was just a spelling mistake...

The Walls...

all around, four walls

silent, gazing, unmoved but there

they have seen people come and go

and they have only been fair

to hear, not hear

but stand still, at ease

and speak or not speak of

what transpired - tumult or bliss?

if they could speak

if they could tell each other

what they thought of some

and what they thought of the others

would they speak of the people

the ones that came in and walked out...

would they speak of the silence

and how some souls ramble about?

joined shoulder to shoulder

looking at each other night and day

would they talk about the lonely eyes

that stared at them from near yet away

about the passion shared,

and would they speak of the throes

the gasps and the shudder and the whispers?

would they talk about everything they've heard and known?

of the lonely soul that longed for company

the listless couple that longed to be alone

of the kindly soul with a smile of gold?

and the cruel man with a heart of stone?

would they cry with the broken hearts

and shed tears of joy and sorrow as shed?

launch sighs at the sighful moments

and shudder as they see things they dread?

they might, they might not

we dont know but people, they

will come and they will go - journey

through their lives and at some point stay

enclosed by these walls, looking up, wondering

do they see and hear me? will they

talk about  me when am gone?

they might, they might not - that's all i can say...

David Antony

03/21

The Search...

Why do I look for you

In the streets, in the sky?

..in everyone I see

in the clouds passing by?

Why do I crane my neck

to look for you in the flowers?

And stare at my watch,

finding you in every moment, every hour?

Why do I look everywhere

when I know you are on my mind…

..and in my heart, isn’t that where I should

look and isn’t that where you, I’ll find?

David Antony

03/21