The Silence of Death

There is silence all around

Only silence

Nothing but silence!

The door of the  love hut is shut

And the front yard ---

doesn’t open its arms to me

The rose at the side ---

doesn’t smile to me anymore

The message board looks to me blankly

My deepest heart asks,

Why is this torturous quiet?

Why is this deafening silence?

Is it death? Is it death?

The silence replies, ‘Yes, it is!’

The door says rudely,

“Don’t come here any more --

seeking life!”

Xavier Bage

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Wish I had That Chest

Wish I had that chest
Measuring 56inches
Wish I had that tongue
That all duel clinches!

Wish I had that skill
That twists the words
Wish I had that stone
To kill two flying birds!

Wish I had the hordes
To raise me overhead
I'd be the high heaven
To eat of god's bread!

Devotees to shout my name
On the roads and media
I know they'll all vanish
But I 'll be in encyclopaedia!

A man of clay I'm here
A bag of flesh and bone
Today I move on the earth
Tomorrow I will be gone!

Xavier Bage
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

This Foul Poisoned Air

Lies and twists truths he

Over the speakers loud,

His sins he so cleverly

Hides under a holy shroud!

Misleading the simple folk

To dark forests of doom,

Where they find him a deliverer

 to bring greater gloom!

One lifted over the heads

Above the gullible minds

Has torn the soul of the soil

Thrown the pieces to winds!

How many will be victims

Of this foul poisoned air!

How many years will pass

For our thoughts to be fair!

Xavier Bage

Tuesday, Dec 04, 2018

Enemies Let's Remain

Enemies let’s remain

For it suits us best

That we don’t rest

Our weapons of pain!

If we stop to injure

what will set rage on fire

Our minds in hate inspire

Let not kindness lure!

In wounds let bodies bleed

Let more be surgery strikes

Contempt our fiery heart likes

Bullets and bombs we need!

Doves of peace in death fall

Entangled on border  wire

Let violent words transpire

Our devotees to enthrall!

Xavier Bage

Sat, Nov 24, 2018

Night is Never Silent

An airplane flies in the near sky

Trucks on the road rumble by

A distant train whistles, donno why

Night is never silent , it speaks.

The factories may be asleep

Markets may be dreaming deep

Their noises in busy minds leap

Today and tomorrow within wreaks .

A lonely bird on a tree cries

As the only branch it nests dies

Has seen truth of life and lies

Yet, the  Bethlehem star it seeks!

Xavier Bage

Friday, Nov 16, 2018

Portly Men in Politics

I wonder how the present

portly men in political profession

Do things that are dishonest

Utter words that are false!

Don’t they have  conscience?

The  person on the prime post

Roars, sings in impolite tongue

Holding the devotees in trance

Making them clap wildly in praise

Is  impoliteness in political science?

Xavier Bage

Wed,   Nov  14,  2018

Sardar, You Must Be Proud

O Sardar, aren’t you happy?

Aren’t you happy that your fans

Who rule this nation of one billion and more

Have erected the tallest statue of yours.

Taller than the Lady of Liberty

And reaching higher than the Buddha!

And more sublime than the Redeemer!

Your head peeping into heavens!

You can be seen from  distant kilometers

By even those who know nothing of

Your contribution to the nascent nation

Sardar, you must be proud!

O Lord Ram, aren’t  you exhilerated ?

Aren’t  you exhilerated that  your devotee

The powerful CM has given your capital Ayodhya  

Back to you and assured your milling  subjects

A huge temple superbly majestic in grandeur

An airport to revere your father’s name

All your pains of the  unjust exile and

 the travails of regaining  your queen

from the clutches of the demon king Ravana

are going to be rewarded amply

by the hordes of  devotees of your name!

And they wish your powerful name to place them

On the throne of this land of many religions

O Lord, aren’t you thrilled?

Xavier Bage

Fri, November 09, 2018