Where to plunge?

Go on, this is only your first obstacle,
Thus glittered the first drop from the first cut,
And as I coasted along, another landed,
Go on, the next drop said, and please, watch your step,
And then as I strode came the third, the fourth and fifth,
Now gashes, not the mere forgettable streaks,
Deeper, longer, redder and bloodier, as I stood,
March on, they said, like their fathers, and march on I did,
And then came the stabs and spears, to merrily greet,
Wrapping me in jewels of flowing red, as I now could only meander,
There's light at the end of this dark tunnel, so march on,
They said, and in fine red cloak, march on, I did,
The tunnel ended, and then stood a mountain, for me to climb,
The petrified rocks beneath, adorned many trinkets,
With their many masterly strokes, slashed my sole and heels,
March on, o'er the mountains, there's a brilliant light to see,
They said, I marched on, leaving behind roads of red lanes,
In the end I got to the top, and saw the sun rise,
The sun rose and with its long arms coldly pierced me
Even as I hoped it would embrace and help me heal,
A ray for every cut, gash and wound it set off to probe,
Through my many wounds, my soul's skin it began to peel,
Alas! is it to suffer this shrouding, scorching pain, I winced,
Did I come this far, is this what I endeavoured to gain?
And in what stream of roaring pristine waters,
Should I plunge into, my soul, of all the grime, to clean?

Should I go inland?

Should I go inland? So thought the stranded explorer,
No boat seems to moor, by the creaky pier that ,
I've forever stood on, boats that pass by,
Spout salt water, on me, an already salty soul,
Should I seek a boat on the pier and bear the taunts,
Should I  bear the taunts on the pier, for a boat that'll never moor?
So thought the stranded explorer, Should I just go inland?
So no boats may ever spout for their sport,
Salt, on an already salty decaying soul,
For they know not, what it is to drink more,
Than what their mate can return using pails to the sea,
Should I go inland and forsake the pier,
Who too has taken the salty spouts of sea water,
For no fault of its own, and needing no boat,
For merely being there and merely standing for me.

The Bust of a Man

On a raised fine pedestal,
Of fine stone, clothed in exquisite marble,
Bedecked with ceramic beadings,
Carrying a plaque in fine copper,
With words set in gold and diamonds,
And above it all, a forgettable bust,
Of a man that once lived,not anymore,
Only a bust, not his entire form,
Stands forgotten, as in life,
People walk in to admire the lavishness,
Of all that's around, oblivious of the man on it,
And as they depart and more come in,
The man, nay, bust stands, sans hope or ask,
To be loved over the plaque and pomp,
His heart having been burnt and stashed,
Having become all but a breathing bust,
He stands still in death as he did, in life.

Distance

Maybe the sun,
An astronomical unit away,
Warms more than what's close,
And the moon,
Well not that far,
Cools too, and makes the oceans dance,
Maybe distance is the only thing that counts,
In keeping who matter, as our own,
For it is many feet below and between the fruit and the earth,
To nurture, as roots of the tree, sit the seeds once sown.

Crash into me

When, like a gravity-pulled meteorite,
Will you crash into me, my haven, sublime?
My heart yearns to be scarred and burnt,
To throb in the joy of having taken your fall,
Fear not, that you may land and be shattered,
On solid ground, for I've got many a benevolent sea,
And a lot of snow, powdery, fine and gleaming
For you to land painlessly, that I've let thaw,
For the first time, since when they hardened,
Aeons back, when I hardened, voicelessly,
Like a beggar robbed of his hard begged meal,
So land, without the fear of being burnt,
And without the fear of dismemberment my dear,
So I may, in the crater cradle you'll make,
Let you be, and to all, boast an enviable, dear freckle.

The Resurgence

Once a little lad that hadn't grown any more than little,
Pleaded that God carry him away, and in one roll, skittle,
Alas! The potion killed him, but not as he sought,
It spurred on the fighter and put to rest the distraught,
In time, he grew wings, ran in delight, before rising to soar,
He couldn’t any longer, as he could once, himself abhor,
Past, planets, love and life clipped his wings often, tried to make him budge,
Do you not feel wronged? they’d ask, tempting him to jump off the ledge,
Do you not crave the applause of thousands around, as if not, why you pretend?
Of what purpose is your every doing, if only deafening silence remains in the end?
Why not blind and steal the sunshine from those that laboured to dim your light?
Why not wallow if not wield the sword, you are no longer shining bright?
And just when it seemed they had won and had ushered the monster to end his fight,
He saw his wings emerge, wiser and stronger, to carry him over the abyss of fright,
Every endeavour of his, he learnt was, peerlessly, an end in itself,
Without the din, he knew, in his doings, he found his own thriving self,
For one that isn’t insistent on what’s in the glass, life is always full and well,
To such the glass is always full to the brim with countless bounties, he could now tell,
In time, his eyes could sight the ruthless flames that beneath him gloriously burned,
He could mock them and fly high and away, and they’d give chase, like a lover spurned,
When the fire died and past, planets and people found new orbits to move to, in the end,
He exulted for he had none to fight, none to flee, for which his wings he needed to tend.

Like the autumn rain

It rained sans the customary pitter patter,
As a foggy autumn morning dawned,
Torrents, crashing on branches, the rain bleeding,
Still embraced the fallen leaves the trees once spawned

What do they try to revive and sustain, in vain? I thought
Is it their foolishness to rain on the leaves and not the root?
And why can't they wash the fog, why not render all bright?
Why waste themselves, of the ones that matter, do they not give a hoot?

And then it struck me, Ah! what I fool I've been,
Like me, out of love, they're pouring their hearts, they bleed,
They may not clear the haze of the merciless fog,
But their dear ones, they strive to be with, is it virtue or greed?

Likewise, my heart will continue to send all the love your way forever,
Though it may only mean some smiles, amidst your pain, the incessant haze,
And like the rain, I will continue to pour, for good or in vain,
And I will fall and bleed like them, for you, such is my craze.