A Beautiful Morning

A Beautiful Morning (2016)

Six oras top of the hour,chimes the clock
The sun gods and his chariots dawn on a cruise
Another day, and life, snuck on me, I balk
The mystic rays are goading me out of my snooze

On my foot the shoe reads Brooks,  I tie my lace
for a long jog, with some poise some grace
Rise up! No more procrastination I vow
for some sweet sweat on my brow.

One foot out the door, I go west.
I seek pride with every stride and give my best.
Sailing forward, whatever may come.
while my head-phones hum "Tava Suprabhatam".

Also, here is a little bit of context to explain a few things. First even though, the poem talks about me waking up in the morning and going for a jog at another level it talks about life in general. For eg: Just like Nike and Reebok, I mention my brand of running shoes as Brooks, Brooks also means calling, beckoning or enduring. The phrase tying ones laces can also mean picking up after a fall and pretending everything is alright.  In the first line, while Hindus believe the Sun god travels on a chariot the Egyptians believe He travels in a boat, hence the use of the word Cruise in tandem with chariots. The phrase "Go West", need not need any explanation.

Chai (2015)

( When my nieces challenged me to write a poem on Chai , the Telugu colloquial word for which is "Theneru", Silly or not, I came up with this that day).

A ton of bricks, weighing on my eyelids

And the morning drowsiness, I cannot get rid

Trying to colligate the last of the fading dreams

Another day of drudgery in bounds and reams.

Wake up! Wake up! I could hear by Mom clepe

the din of utensils and the shrill of the morning help.

Son, I am making you some fresh Tea.

A sliver of ginger, a cube of sugar: perfect to the “T”.

Like a doe, I spring out of my bed.

To face the day without a dread.

“Theneeru”, chai or what the Italians call a latte.

With every sip,  into an other beautiful day.