Long after you are gone

Sorry for the photo quality
Long after you are gone - DOOMSDAY (03 - 07 - 2008)

Long after you are gone

Long after you are gone
I think I can see you around
lots to talk and share
but it would never happen

Long after you are gone
I think those smiles will still be with me
lots to listen to
but it would never happen

Long after you are gone
on a breezy winter night
with the lights still on
I think I will still feel you around

But I was sleeping for long
for one thing I failed to realise -
Long after you are gone
I wouldn't be there for so long

--buddi
1125
09 - 06 - 2008

A phoney attempt...

At the end of this effort
I have a question for myself
what is it, that has come out?

nothing special at all
all is left to be declared 'a PHONEY attempt'
for I can never understand her
"I am far from where they are"

for this person is bigger than life
she is the leaf with a thousand veins exposed
she is smile on my face
she is the Smile

attempt after attempt fails
all attempts, I make, only DEROGATE her
all of it just dissolves away in tears
all of it just falls apart

you could still question
is that all?
I don't want to be CURT
I just don't want to be

but I knew I would never complete
still I know I would never complete

yet I make this MELANCHOLIC effort
when she is still around,
for long after she is gone -
I wouldn't be there for long

for I want to carry ahead
a handful of memories
a handful of blessings
and a handful of lessons
O! she has showered over me a lot
I don't know what to choose

Need I ask for more
need I live to long for more
I do -
the least I can live for
stand for her reason
stand for her

May all her dreams come true
May she get all she asks for
she will lead a happy life
I know she will lead a happy life

I would tell 'her' memories
Please stand by me
for you define me
for you I live
for you make me live

attempt after attempt fails
this was just another attempt

--buddi
0302
9 - 7 - 2008

I wish you were here

I wish you were here

A never ending expanse of water,
caught in between hills of forest green
the horizon missing on every side
the clouds waiting to bless

No human greed to be seen
I am here, it was a splendid moment
all things, all worries seemed to have lost -
their importance, but it wasn't to be so

I wish you were here
this was a place to be
I remember - you asked for it

Every second memories flooding my mind
enjoying every moment of it
I let myself loose
unbounded thoughts, my heart taking giant leaps

Now, I want someone to share with
I wish you were here
you are the one so dear
with whom I can share anything

I miss you now
I wish you were here...
its going to be a long wait
until I meet you

--buddi
1244
07 - 07 - 2008


The picture doesn't really fall into the class of "paintings". But I would like to call it one. Exceptions can be made for me...

1. In the face of mankind...

for an enlarged picture - click on the photo

In the face of mankind...

In the painting you are looking at a man's face from a close distance, then you realize that his glasses show something else. This painting is supposed to reflect the present status of mankind. While one part of the population is dwelling in the cities the other part is living in the country side.

In the city you find tall buildings raising into the sky, sun showing up with full intensity and smoky clouds. The tall buildings are the signs of the so-called modern day development. The buildings are tearing into the sky to indicate the "anything is achievable" state of mind. The view is in such an angle that we can't see the ground to indicate the state of "forgetting who we are". The brightness of the sun and the cloud are signs of global warming and pollution respectively. In the city you can't see any people or trees around to indicate the falling levels of concern of people for one another and ever increasing rate of deforestation.

In the country side, there is a pleasant weather. The showering moonlight lits up the clouds and the sky. The clouds look quite clear even in the night. The house is a thatched one and is poorly lit. The person outside is in a joyous mood and trying to count the number of stars (usually dreaming). The tree is there to show how man can live in harmony with nature. But, one of the leaves is drooping - indicative of the fact of the increasing influence of the urban areas. The left part of the countryside is quite dark, it has been intentionally done to show that there is still lots to be explored. On the whole you see more things here in comparison to those in the city to show that there is lots to learn from here.

The size of the glass in which you see the city is smaller compared to the other. This has been done to show two things - first, the human brain, it is shrinking and is repulsive to outside thoughts and second, their present size, cities occupy only a small part of the land (but they do play a major role in deciding the future). The painting shows a leg supporting the glass in which you see the country side. It indicates that these villages are not able to survive on their own, they need help, they are being demolished by the cities.

--buddi