Desert Rose

In the desert of the mind 

thoughts spread as sand dunes

that is bare and brown 

and try to dissolve its colour

in the waves of dry ocean.

At times the silent whispers

escape with the despair 

to an unknown horizon

that cart the secret seeds 

of dreamy prairies.

Off seasonal twisters 

triggered by emotions

that swipes life clean 

with its harsh swirl 

that falls on its path 

by the destined storms.

Despite all hostility

a heavenly aquifer 

having a fairy simper 

permeate soft vapor 

that is hidden beneath

in the layers of cold desert.

With sacredness

sensitive heart kiss

all subtlest feelings 

and promise its essence 

that helps in germinate

a unique 'Desert Rose' 

that blooms and never withers 

while withstanding 

insane desert storms...

© Maaya Dev

Beloved I Want Moon...! !

Lying under the star kissed sky

revel in the exotic beauty of full moon.

The astonishing beauty holding stillness 

embracing moment’s glory in tranquility. 

Together me and my beloved relish the awe 

filled with the soft glow of moonbeam.

At once my unfathomable desire escaped

from the grip of a childhood hidden dream.

It came out as an innocent wish of a child

forgetting all realities an adult is aware of.

Beloved! I want moon.. 

It protruded stubbornly. 

Once again I want to live

a thousand lives in each breath.

As one birth looks unfair to live my dreams

for which I would squeeze all the protocols

of rebellious karma and its tantrum

and eliminate the element of time and space

that would block my dream to fortify into existence.

My dream is fully rip

and wrapped in the charm of ecstasy

that yearn to expose to get possessed in euphoria

where no exorcist can make me free of it.

I love to ride my dream and witness the wonders 

Encircling milky way that lay on the universal path.

I wish to get into the secrets of big bang 

that woo scientists since ages loosing their sleep.

I shall crack it with enthusiasm that peep and sneak

and explode all the confusion and curiosities 

that burst as fireworks  in the screams of excitement. 

Beloved! I want moon..

I can not wait anymore

as the similes are making me impatient

and the impulsive longing I carry inside

stepped outside to indulge the exploration.

I have already signed my petition in muted voice

on the paper of my unbeatable faith upon you

with the ink of my sizzling desire of my life.

My heart knows the love flows through your veins 

would cuddle you to fulfill my dream 

and transform my world into a fantasy

where I shall sip each drops of moments 

with a child’s everlasting excitement

that make me live thousand lives 

in the moments as a souvenir.

© Maaya Dev

Wake Up Call....

Awake, 

 yet fast asleep, 

 in reverie, an alarm rings

 Wake up- it conveys frenziedly

 prompting my awareness 

 Lord, 

 obliterate, 

 scars of ignorance

 intrinsic to my being

 Chasten all taints with love 

 Soft breeze,

 brushes my soul

 absorbing all inertia

 divulging chunks of sparkle

 unveiling a panorama of mysticism

 Silence,

 the divine soiree

 distanced all that was tumultuous 

 by fetching an opulence of peace

 Rare occurrence, an elegant souvenir

 Bliss,

 eternal flower

 blooming with purity

 ever reigning in the halcyon

 a virgin arena of dispersed world

 I woke up

 for the first time

 from a long sloth sleep

 instilled with consciousness 

 and an invigorating aroma of substance...

© Maaya Dev

Metamorphosis....

A masterpiece of God's creation, 

bestowed me with marvelous elation.

As I watch the magical process with glory,

A caterpillar turns into a pretty butterfly.

Lover of flowers, prince of garden, 

belonging to eternal spring of Edan.

Delicate lacy wings sway without noise,

Angelic swing is poise with no choice.

Effortless flight, indeed a delicious sight,

Onlooker go unblinking with colour fest, 

Butterfly sips flavour of sweet honey, 

with no hurry or worry, only moments merry. 

A butterfly’s life is short, an irreversible sort, 

yet a tiny fly taught, how to live life a lot.

A sudden vision mirrored of a livid being..

pristine truth surfaced, I am a human being. 

Compressed cocoon my domain, shadows forlorn and thick,

restless hermit as I remain, freedom of air I seek.

Metamorphosis only revolution as prognosis, I conform

Old robes shed as I form, new wings sprout what a reform!

I am on a verge of flight, with gusto I fly

and flutter like a butterfly, my dream, I comply.

© Maaya Dev 

God On Earth....

Upon virtues, a blessed soul is chosen on earth who stands unique for the children. Majestic crown named ‘God On Earth’ bestowed exclusively eligible for the most deserved one. Mom, you are that special one the crowned queen. No one is as perfect as you are for that great honour to carry with upmost honesty and responsibility.

Your selfless love flows like ganges towards your children throughout life nourishing and guiding them. The moment you become a mother you transformed from a mere woman to a warrior for your children. You possess the most protective shield called love. Shadows of fear can not penetrate and you make sure you are the safest bunk on earth for them. You tell them stories that are full of wisdom and your lullaby make them sleep peacefully. Your bosom is always warm and supple with love for your children and they often seek shelter and you provide that with joyful pride. Suddenly the meaning of your life changes and you started to dream for your children. You sacrifice everything for their happiness and better future. Your life and dreams revolves around your children. As every breath you take in you make sure your children grow noble, capable, wise and independent. You help to see them dream and instilled confidence to fulfill them with an assuring smile. You spend your youth and energy making them grow properly without any rest or complain.

The day came your sincere endeavor got rewarded. Time flies fast and they grew and stood tall among all as you desired. But the unloving and ungrateful children forgot everything. Your effortless effort that made them talk and walk and face the world independently. They are now beyond your old hands can reach and touch. In your old age you are left alone without any support, concern and love. Your faded sight and wrinkled skin is still eagerly looking for their loving presence and touch. Every day from dawn till dusk you pray for the well being of your children and lives on a hope that they will come to you and become their old age strength till they are alive. But your unkind children live far away looking for an old age home for you. This is how they dethrone the God on earth..

Nature’s Extravaganza.....

Sun appears after a short break

from the trapped rainy puffy clouds. 

It spreads the radiance around

by embracing day warmly.

Clouds deny escaping sky

and hovers on ephemeral height.

The affirming presence unfurls

upon the diaphanous canvas .

Rain and sunshine having a fusion

Rainbow’s passion sprinkles.

A beautiful atypical phenomenon 

displays on the lap of horizon.

Nature’s extravaganza

personify beauty artlessly

A brief amusement danced

in distanced sky..

A real bonanza

World snuggles spree of moments

and enfold the spellbound vision

in the secret fold of memories

to replay in the fiddle of leisure

and get refreshed on the lap of nature.

© Maaya Dev

Life Is An Illusion...

Life is an illusion upon which we float and cling as if it is real and eternal...The moment it drops its illusion we see the truth with naked soul..The realization is an eye opener that we are the sailors on this cosmic cycles and it is vicious..Drop the desperation, attachment, greed, jealous and hatred around and within which causes sufferings to life..Illuminate the light of love and compassion within that is eternal and sail with the power of peace and spread across..let this life be real and let us rip of its illusion from it...

Life - A Paradox !

On the shore of time...

on the waves of life...

we move fast to the unknown.. 

leaving each moments behind..

memories get en-capsuled as routines...

while some remains..some fades..

without our consent..without our demand...

While we gaze back to the cheers and tears..

We feel, it slips through fingers as sand.. 

that can not remain on palm forever..

© Maaya Dev 

Soul Connection....

Out of seed plant grows.
Tiny bud sprouts and bloom.
Destiny weaves some bonds
As if, to conspire its role. 
The unexpected season 
twigs from life's wing
with unknown reason.
The comforting shade 
wipes traveler's weariness
midst of unforgettable
journey towards grave.
Soul is the mirror 
and reflects connection.
A common womb and matching DNA
No more a requisition.
World may label as strangers
as they are blind with eyes
Yet unbroken string are attached 

so truth beneath remains untouched.

© Maaya Dev

Autumn Moon...

On the invisible screen
upon celestial wings
twilight of 'Autumn moon' 
Swings gracefully ever
wooing millions and zillions. 
At times she veils behind
the passing clouds as if 
teasing the admiring glance.
She showcases utter simpleness 
in her mysterious smile
the world has ever witnessed.
She clad in groovy glossy gown
and unveils darkness 
through cosmic milky stream.
She personifies romance
in the distance of distance
and flash her clandestine smile.
She is every poet's lover
who often drinks her charisma
and cherish her in silence.
Every onlooker is mesmerised
when the dazzling display of vision 
disrobes all illusory fantasy.
She envisages piousness 
beyond lyrical form
and shines eternally 
in perfect distinct.

© Maaya Dev

Life A Canvas...

Life is a canvas
We are painters
Emotions the colours.
Brush lay on fingers
intent to express 
the undecided strokes.

Clumsy mind, 
the wind that sweeps   
every moment's breath.
Love and compassion,
Jealous and greed,
Anger and hatred
looming over life
Hues of contrast.

Midst of a reverie
remains a reality 
in ultimate disguise
without stroking any clue.
A painter is busy making 
his own painting 
to lit it on his pyre.

© Maaya Dev

Hue Of Love...

My hue of love for you is unique..for you can never search it in rainbows..nor the fragrance you can get it in any flowers...

Wide Awake...

Lying awake on the lap of fresh morning...thoughts of you are fresh like dew on grass tip..delicate and dangling..I fear to touch..what if it may loose its grip and fall..let my heart cherish such wonderful feelings...

A Living Enigma...!!

Woman is subtle, facile,
Eloquent is her language,
Enamouring is her spirit,
She, a real enchantress..!

Woman's heart, a dazzling flame,
Contains warmth of golden mist,
She looms as smoking ember,
Burning, giving and forgiving..!

Woman's soul is effervescent,
She beholds matchless intuition,
Her veil is mystic, demure,
That conceals rhythm of seasons..!

Woman's love is perennial,
Her emotions volatile, ajar,
She carry mesmerising aura,
And converse in poised vim..!

Decipher,  'a woman's life',
It is impregnable, gargantuan !
Her life, she lives valiantly,
Under inexplicable asphyxiation..!

Woman, 'A Living Enigma',
Lives in the evanescence of horizon,
Who swims in unclaimed light..
And shines as an elixir of life..!!

© Maaya Dev

Awesome...!!!

The water is so clear that..

the boat seems to be floating on air...!

Awesome..!!!

Divine Surrender...!!

The moment my soul expose to YOUR love,
Awareness made it shed all inhibitions,
Like petals of flowers that falls naturally,
Krishna, this surrender is beautiful..divine..!!

Bliss..!

You captured me 

without my consent

as if you are me..

this entrapment left me 

in a deep embrace..

I swam in that magical stream..

My joy turned wings 

and flew like a spirit..

it knows nothing, no boundaries..

I landed up in a destination unknown.. 

where I danced in a state of trance...

Perfect Bliss..!!'

© Maaya Dev 

Transition Of Life..!!

Fragile life is dangling on the tread of death...an exit door of soul between each births...The essence of life lies in the supremacy of finding its purpose to erase this transition forever to merge with supreme soul..!

Echoes Of Laugh...!!

Shed the wetness of tear,
With the brightness of smile,
Let the dampness feel the shame,
And never let it return.

Chase the echoes of laugh,
With the fullness of life,
Let the joy fill your moments,
And never let it part with..!!

© Maaya Dev

Change....!!

Challenge of change,
A whimsical chance,
Kept upon the shoulder,
Of human mankind,
Just face it and enjoy,
Grow and learn along,
Rather fear and complain,
Know it as a real blessing,
A true blessing in disguise,

On the way of life..!!

© Maaya Dev

Vicious Cycle..!!

Spring blooms and wither,
Moon wanes and disappear,
The vicious cycle of nature,
Existence with conviction..!!

Words...

Words chasing in silence..
Yearning of wrapped emotions..
Waiting for a deep embrace..
Yet it remains unreachable..!!

Stillness Of Silence...!!

The stillness of silence,
Sparkles with divinity,
Beholds sanctity,
Bore the whole secret.

'Aum' the cosmic music vibrates,
In the silence, in the stillness,
Is the sweet rhythm of breath,
That synchronises every soul.

The ether of soul is the same ether,
That expanse to the universal vastness,
That fills the consciousness of super soul,
That extends to infinity, to eternity..!!

© Maaya Dev

Divine Abode....!!

Avalanche of thoughts 

flooding and tossing 

in the cold valley of mind. 

It attacks by uneven edges 

in all the seasons insensitively.

A sincere wish 

to silence this tumultuous..

I sought refuge for an arena 

where thoughts never exist.

The strongest desire made me 

fall onto the lap 

of delicate calmness.

It sucked the coldness of clamor 

that was deafening.

A soothing sensation 

I felt never before. 

Unattached completely 

from everything, everyone. 

the sense of lightness 

I experienced is beyond words. 

I could feel invisible wings 

taking me to higher levels. 

on the shore of peaceful lake 

of luxurious tranquility.

It leads to fireworks 

of blissful moments.

I wish to remain there forever 

while making it as my abode..! 

© Maaya Dev

'Time'..An Illusion...!!

Time is nothing but an illusion,
The ticking sound is tricky,
The confusion starts with it,
The division creates chaos,
The altars of 'Present' born,
The 'Past' and the 'Future',
Sole virtual accessible elements,
But we remain slaves to altars,
Physical life belongs to present,
Yet, present is neglected big way,
By ruining essence of life,
A tragedy of sapiens..!!

String Of Life...!!

Unsung notes of music,
Escape with the breeze,
Lost in the distance,
The rhythmic sob plays,
On the string of silence,
In the background of life.

The shadow of memories,
Hidden in the embrace of past,
Shall bring old humming back,
From the breasts of desperation,
Music trapped inside unveils,
Flows and sings to eternity..!

© Maaya Dev

Oh' My Dreams...!!

A sweet feeling 
consumes me day and night,
And follows me 
as a shadow everywhere,
It plays hide and seek 
with my being,
And tickles me '
even in my deep slumber.

Oh' my dreams 
you live thousands ways in distance,
You fills rainbow's charm 
in those moments,
Come and be with me 
dare not to part,
Without you I would end up 
living a lifeless life..!

© Maaya Dev

Eternal Spring...!!

Every soul is an eternal spring,
It emits fragrance of love,
Sings music of bliss,
Spreads breeze of joy,
Contains light of peace,.

It is a floating heaven,
Everyone owns by birth,
That lies in the depth
of divine silence so subtle.

A treasure remains invisible,
Thus make one feels so poor,
Until one finds his own richness..!

© Maaya Dev

Universal Garden...!!

The fragrance of universal soul..
Brings relief to my deep longing..
It holds a lot ecstasy within..
Reveals much without uttering..
My sole search starts and never ends..
Erasing nothingness of time and space..
Till it merges with the flower of eternity..
In the universal garden 
where thousand springs bloom !!

© Maaya Dev

Poetic Glance...!!

My adorning imaginations
You always pass 
in front of my creative eyes
And look at you with surprised gazes
At times I immerse 
in your beautiful thoughts
And miss to grab you 
from my poetic glance
At times I try to pluck you 
to knit a beautiful poem
But often I fail to bring 
your authentic beauty in it..!!

© Maaya Dev

Hidden Treassure..!

Within my reach,
Lay a hidden treassure,
I am fully ignorant of,
It awaits to be found,
Till I have a clue of it !

Guiding Star...!

My tired gaze often looks carelessly,
As if to fathom life's indefiniteness,
But my glittering hope always catch,
A glimpse of a bright light looking at me,
Perhaps a 'Guiding Star' from heaven !

Warrior..!

My aching arms stretch to embrace,
My dreams which is afar, unreachable,
But I refuse to surrender my helplessness,
And my 'WILL' stands with me as a 'Warrior' ! 

Farewell...!!

I recognise your firm footsteps,
Fading in the passing distance,
It makes my bossom so heavy,
and ends in an inevitable farewell !

Melody Of Eternity..!

Drifting on the tides of time,
Sailing beneath the azure sky,
A fragile life lying so below,
On the bank of mortality !

Promise of a delightful soul,
Floats in murmuring breeze,
It's perfume spreading trance,
A haunting melody of eternity !

Sweet Indulgence..!

In the sweet leisure of flying hours,
Dream whispers harmonious verse,
Under azure sky of steep height,
It sings with an undisturbed delight !

Facts...!!

Eyes cant lie,

It reflects truth..
Heart cant lie,

Actions confirm feeling..
Words cant lie,

It carries emotions..
What adorn your lie

Is your sweet words..
Lie will rule until

You lack a conscience..

Night's Passtime..!

When sleep refuses,
to caress my eyes,
my desire slyly listen,
to the stars whispering.

Their blinking glitter,
reaches me quitely,
to share their secrets.
My wonder keeps me awake !

Voyage..!

I am on a journey ,
To rediscover myself,
I uproot myths, exit flaws,
From the threashold of,
All false conditioning,
That made me unreal..
That gave me false ego..

Illusion..!!

Alone and yet not alone..
Lost and yet not lost..
Adrift in mixed blending..
Everywhere at once..
Yet nowhere at all..

Shades Of Joy..!!

No joy starves in silence,
Overwhelming cheer,
Hunts for a heart,
To get nourished with laugh,
It fleets in shade of echoes !

The Enigma..!!

The glorious soul glides,
Through the trivial life,
 The ordeal of the death,
Faces the fragility of life,
It fails to outlast mortality,
The enigma of universal law !

Transparent Beauty..!!

Love ! Hey transparent beauty,
You are Truth, You are Divine,
The mysteriousness everyone chases,
What a magnetism You hold...!!

When You extend your embrace,
In all directions, to all beings,
It elevates an instantaneous glow,
An unknown, undefined grace !

You are impartial, inspirational,
Your language is unique, universal,
Words often lose its meaning, as if,
To reign in your own glory..!

© Maaya Dev

Divine Transformation.....!!

Let me be a melting camphor in front of you,
Oh Krishna! How I wish to vaporise in your devotion,
My only wish and purpose of life, I do realize.

My senses silently listen to your rhythmic beats,
That I breathe and it flows in me every second,
Even in my unawareness I drink that awareness.

For your irresistible presence for which, I die,
I wonder, I was ever a peacock feather, you adorn,
Perhaps, ever a flute, you sing and never part with..

How many births I must have taken to live my wish?
Or, I must have been your Sudhama or your Gopi ?
I wish, had I ever been your Radha or your Meera !

Sometimes how I just love to let myself plunge,
Deep into the abyss of your bluish oceanic love,
To swim in that unknown joy of ecstatic bliss.

Your melodious flute is the recurring wave,
That sedates and in which I dance soulfully..
Your divinity cleanses all dirt of sins from me.

Oh my Lord ultimately.....
YOU transformed me to your worthiness...!!
Hare Krishna.....!!

© Maaya Dev

The Lotus..!!

We own a pond of heart within,
Albeit full  of our numerous sins,
Yet, a lotus is about to bloom,
In the depth of serene silence.
Lotus seeks for its lost identity ,
In the solid darkness of ignorance,
Yet no dirt ever dare to impure,
the divinity of the gentle petals.
The destiny of pure lotus is certain,
It cant remain in its confinement,
It tenderly seeks a way out,
To emerge as a winning spirit,
It awaits for the glimpse of light,
For a perfect flowering of bliss.
Sweet fragrance of pious lotus,
carry the truth of our existence,
It unfurls to sanctity of nothingness,
when soul put forth its infinite rest.


© Maaya Dev