MY NAME

by Neelam Chandra

My name
Is a glow,
A glimmer
Which shimmers
All around me
Radiating happiness
And love
To all those
Who wish
To accept and hold it…

For others
It is just a useless stone
Lying discarded somewhere…

BLACK CLOUDS

by Neelam Chandra

Do the dark black clouds
Really know
How much hidden energy they have
In themselves?

I believe they don’t.

For if they did
They would not wander
Over the hills and the seas
In quest and pursuit
Of happiness…

After meandering from place to place
When the realization finally dawns upon them
They just summon their internal inherent energy
And generate some
Beautiful drops of rain
Which sizzle and soak
The entire world
In their drizzle and delight
Thus kindling and sparking
A new cycle
Of self-realization
On all those mortals
Who are bathed
By those celestial drops…