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ഒരു കുഞ്ഞു മഞ്ഞുതുള്ളിയില്‍
പ്രകൃതി തന്‍ പുഞ്ചിരി കണ്ട ബാല്യവും
മഴത്തുള്ളികള്‍ അര്ദ്രരമാക്കിയ
വഴിയോര കാഴ്ചകള്‍ നിറഞ്ഞ കൌമാരവും
കാലത്തിന്‍ കുത്തൊഴുക്കില്‍ അന്യമായി

അലയും കടലിന്‍ മാറില്‍
കര തന്‍ നിശ്വാസം തേടി ഞാന്‍ അലഞ്ഞു
ആരൊക്കെയോ എങ്ങോ പോയി മറഞ്ഞ തീരത്തു
വെറുതേ എന്തോ തേടി ഞാന്‍ അലഞ്ഞു

ഞാനെന്ന ഭാവത്തിന്‍ ലഹരിയില്‍
അറിയാതെ ഞാന്‍ അലഞ്ഞപ്പോള്‍
ഞാന്‍ നിന്നില്‍ നിന്നും അകന്നുവോ
ഞാന്‍ നിന്നെ മറന്നുവോ

കടലാസു കഷണങ്ങളും പൊന്‍ പണ തിളക്കവും
സമയത്തിന്‍ രഥത്തെ എനിക്കന്യമാക്കി
കാലത്തിന്‍ യാത്രയില്‍ ഞാനെന്നോ മറന്ന
മഴത്തുള്ളിയെ തേടി ഞാനിന്നു തിരിച്ചു നടക്കുന്നു

Seven Worlds

Three of us remaining
Our fates send the four back
There is nothing to worry
And there is nothing to be afraid

We had our chances
And we had our choices
Time and space defined the result
But we walked bravely

Questions were plenty
But answers were unknown
We know we are closer
But we won’t meet each other

Gods Men

They walked around and spilled blood
They tainted minds with symbols
And never let others to open their eyes

There were no questions and answers
It was all rules and walls
Equations were full of nameless variables
And blindness was only solution

They lead the world in to chaos
And took shelter under the scripture
White cloth buried their nudity
They thought they are the chosen one
But they were nothing more than you and me

Mask

They said they know how to deal with the world
They said they know what is good for me and you
Waged war against nations
Made us believe it is to make us invisible

They taught, we are special
And made masks for us
Different colors and different shapes
Easy to choose, easy to wear
Reality was far more complex
It was easy to hide behind masks

The new faces made us invisible
And it could make us closer to dreams
Seasons changed, years passed
We were busy changing masks
And failed to know that we lost our face

Famine

The chef was silent
You were angry
Salt was less and it was spicy
It could kill your taste bud
Something which you can’t dream about

You had money
And they had no choice
There was enough for everyone
But the tags defined where it belongs

You got a new to save your taste
And the meal ended in dust
You made choices
Which kept us starved.

Color of Skin

He was just a boy
All he needed was toffees and stories
The world around him was full of smile
He never bothered to see his image

Stories from far away fascinated him
He felt he could read one day
Days were simple and easy
It started with Sun and over with stars

He picked up a book from roadside
The pictures were beautiful
But the letters were foreign

The school looked big
But the teachers were small
He asked them for light
They said his skin can’t carry the light
He glanced at his image,
He was black but the light was within him

The City

The city that never sleeps
Doesn’t have a soul of its own
Tossing around people’s dreams
And breaking the thread of hope

Someone extended his arms
I thought he was saying hello
But there was a shining knife
He was hungry, he needed money

I was afraid same as him
There was silence but I could hear him
I knew what he wanted, he knew what he needed
He walked away with “papers”
I walked away with peace