Signing off…. ‘rishi

Signing off….

'rishi'

Waiting for the day that will have

24 + ⁿ hours;

with the different dimensions of sleep

categorically excluded.

Waiting for the Day when 

sleep would allow me to stay wide awake

within its all too dark boundaries

and lead me to the shores of infinity.

Waiting for the Day with rhythm, rhyme

not just for their sake,

but, in their wake

making way for a quantum leap.

Deep oh deep -

at this very moment a volcano could be

all set to burst

inside the sea in Lakshadeep;

Oh! there is a beep in my mobile’s ‘Profiles’.

Of course having nothing profane.

All too sane

it condenses the lengthy ringtone

into a mere beep- what a sweep!

Enthralled I marvel!

Sleep overpowering, never to unravel

 its mysteries

Histories

Geography, Science, Philosophy _

God, how desperately they cling to ‘selfie’! 

All in a nutshell _ My Brain

Its grains, the atoms

with photons, electrons contained

waves, particles _ in sum

what is happening in the ventricles…?

How to know… where to go…

What to do…. Who are you…

Me you he she they

Go all the way

To nowhere….

Truth or hearsay

Filled with shades of gray

All through the night and day

Life remains hidden and throbbing....

Not knowing whether this is dawn

Or night yet to be gone?

As usual I have to sign off

Wondering whom to thank

What to say – ‘see you’, , ‘goodbye’‘so long’

‘God’  or ‘Big Bang?

My mind remains blank.

‘After all vacuum is no vacuum’ _

Assure atoms.

Sitting on the cosmic wall

Humpty Dumpty sing in chorus :

“This life has everything in

Fifty-fifty mode;

With everything at one go foretold, untold…

Keep trying, to decode”.