Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Heights”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

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☆ Heights ☆

For heights if you aspire

If high goals are your desire

It is only hard work, toil and perspiration

Which will carve out way for your destination.

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Half”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

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☆ Half  ☆

The frozen evening is buckling her thoughts,

Long emptiness covers the eyelids-

She is afraid to leave it open,

Lest it attack the world with a vengeance,

And if she closes it,

The void powerfully sucks her body,

Fragmenting her into pieces!

She leaves it half-open,

Doing everything partly is the fad of the era;

Words you wish to snarl

Lose their velocity as they glue to your lips,

You dare not let them be free for fear of reactions,

Nor do you let them remain within for the hurt they cause,

And they voicelessly stutter on the pink edges…

Following the trend has only been an easy option,

Only she doesn’t know what to do with the swollen heart

That has accumulated emotions all around!

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Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Growing up”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

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☆ Growing up  ☆

I need to grow up.

My body needs to stoop,

My hair needs to grey,

My hairlines need to recede,

My veins need to come out

From the back of my hands,

My feet need to tremble

While walking,

My skin needs dryness

That refuses the moisturiser;

But more than that

I need to learn

To let go.

Yes,

I need to grow up!

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Hemant Bawankar

☆ Respect  ☆

I’m not

as you are thinking.

You have seen

my body;

the dress of soul!

Don’t respect me

my body

the dress of soul.

Try to search

another side of the wall

hanging between

dress and soul.

If you succeed

then

I will respect you

else

you disrespect me.

© Hemant Bawankar, Pune

Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Fear”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

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☆ Fear ☆

I hear her shower

A million pricking words

All carefully aimed at me

From the bow of her heart-

Some pass on

From across my ears

Without spilling a single drop

Of my thin red blood,

Some pierce me

In my supple chest

Going deeply through my heart

While the others

Remain in its chamber

Like slow poison,

Killing me little by little!

I don’t retaliate

For I can’t see blood;

I silently let the hurt come out

Through the waterfall of my eyes.

Still unsatisfied,

She tries to knock me down.

I simply get up

And smile like a child,

Seeing me unaffected,

She goes back,

Hurt and defeated.

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager,Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Destiny”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

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☆ Destiny ☆

Destiny does its deathly dance-

We remain but a slave in front of the master,

While it secretly rejoices!

Karna, the man with kavach and kundal,

Was the best trained, equipped,

As a warrior.

With Sun God as his father,

Well trained by Parshurama,

Possessing Indrastra,

He appeared invincible.

But when destiny decided to destroy him,

He gave his kavach and kundal inalms,

Indrastra got used for killing Ghatotkacha,

His chariot got stuck in the mud due to a curse

Of one of his earlier lives,

He couldn’t use Brahmastra

Since he forgot its handling due to another curse

And was killed by Arjuna, despite his requesting Krishna

To halt the war.

Feeble we are,

Helpless we remain in front of destiny;

Efforts to train, inspire, prepare,

Are all futile!

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager,Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Death”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

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☆  Death ☆

I’ve lived on the fence

Many-a-times

And also taken occasional plunges

Into the deep seas.

Yes, I’ve died

Not once,

But several times.

Whoever says

That there is no rebirth

Is wrong;

I am good specimen

Of enormous number

Of rebirths!

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager,Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Deadends”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

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☆  Deadends ☆

Imagination,

A master craftsmen, painter and sculptor

All rolled into one,

Morosely paints scenes of dead ends,

Carefully crafts the finishing line

And sculpts your illusion

That sulks dejectedly and tearfully.

You believe in the obscure fantasy

You shudder in the make-believe pains,

You cry and wail,

And are ready to give up.

What is often required

Is just a little courage

To actually walk the road!

Dead ends will always be there,

But within you lights a lamp

Which shall make you push and shove

All the endings,

Transforming them

Into new beginnings!

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager,Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Darkness ”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

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☆  Darkness ☆

Imagine

When the trumpeting rains have shoved away

The vivacity of the branches of the trees

And they are gloomy,

When the sun refuses to show its face

The whole day along

And you terribly miss its beam,

When the footsteps of the darkness

That wraps the night

Are heard earlier than usual,

When you’ve had a hard day,

And someone smiles and asks,

“How are you?”

Just those three simple words,

Set forth a cycle of cheerfulness;

You begin to see the bright stars

And the darkness of the night vanishes

As if it was never there,

The splendid sun inside your soul

Gets ignited, burns amber,

And you are jovial,

From the branches of the trees,

Tiny leaves begin to sprout

Bringing the enthusiasm of your life back…

Tender love, care and fondness,

Can always rejuvenate you;

But then,

Why wait for others to ask you your well-being?

Why not let that splendid sun inside your soul

Be so glowing

That darkness thinks twice before touching you!

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager,Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “A Plea to Santa”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

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☆  A Plea to Santa ☆

Santa, Santa

Do not deny my wish,

Give me a Christmas gift

And let this Christmas eve be different please…

Santa, Santa

I want everyone to be happy and glee:

No tears, no sorrow;

Only contentment and ecstasy…

Santa, Santa

Let there be no gloom;

Please grant me a boon,

Let joy and prosperity bloom…

Santa, Santa

Let there be love and care;

No biases of caste, creed and race,

Let peace prevail everywhere…

Santa, Santa

Let us all join hands;

Form a human chain

Of affection that shall never end….

Santa, Santa

This is what I seek

Let this Christmas be

Different and unique!

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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