Thursday, November 23, 2006

Chopping Wood; Fetching Water

I love haikus, especially when remembered in my aloneness.


Sitting Alone

- Room mates vacationing the Thanks Giving long weekend

- Declined the offers to join them

- Declined couple of invitation from friends and relatives to visit their place

- Unusually favourable weather - replica of the summer of Kodiakanal

- Neither interested nor motivated even to take a walk

- Wondering on my reluctance to go around, in spite of being the most out-going person at home!

- Attempting to unwillingly finish the tasks willingly unfinished and ignored at work

- Peeping into Kamzpuff and Kavimusings when work becomes work

- Wading through a few pages of Passions of the Mind whenever laptop turns disgusting

- Van Gogh or Michaelangelo or Freud, Stone is amazing!

- Imbued in the divine creation of Ilayaraja when Freud is not at his best

- Occassional cooking of the aromatic sambar, learnt from my room mate Satish

- A double Jack Daniell's or Black Label on the rocks, when everything around sucks

- Finally, remembered the haiku .........

Chopping Wood; Fetching Water;

Before enlightenment.

Chopping Wood; Fetching Water;

After enlightenment.

4 comments:

Priya said...

Its cute but ther is a sad feeling being alone....

Shiva said...

Priya,

Aloneness gives happiness. It gives an opportunity to introspect. Only, loneliness is results in sadness.

Deepa said...

Ignorance is Bliss...
To ignore is a Sin .
Enlightenment brightens...
To enlight dazzles .

Shiva said...

A beautiful haiku Deepa. Makes me think profoundly