Lata Ji

Blessed by Roots

And so much grace

You came on earth

To transform music 

And with it 

To transform people

With your soulful voice 

And innate simplicity 

You reached to millions

Not just through your voice 

But also with your character 

That taught us 

How to live with purest intentions

I am sure

You won’t care for a bit 

For this formal glory 

At the end of your time

On earth here

Yet this outpouring of love

That your soul must have felt

Would bring hues of so many deeper connections 

You have made with us here 

With a service like this 

Lata Ji

I am sure 

You are resting In Peace! 

Praj101

Regression

Like a pale decaying leaf

Swirling deep down 

With contemplative agony 

Holding so tight to ground

A sad and mad wind

And even shorter days

A comfort in disharmony 

With its odd whimsical ways 

I stay here for a while

Enjoying  this depressing comfort

A contemplative safety 

In a dry & a dark humor

And once I rest for a Day

Or Months or Years per say 

I grow a little warmer

From colder inner fire

Then blossoms a spring of hope

My soul is ready to explore 

So I sprung out of my shadows 

To reach towards my source

With a swirling swirls of joy

Friendlier hands holding me tight

I don’t even feel shy

In this happy & colorful sight

Yet in midst of these glorious 

Bright and light surroundings

I sense a loss of self

When I step out of my boundaries 

So now it’s time to hibernate

Rest is calling me out

I go back to my inner cave 

As darker just feels right 

This is how cycle circles

With no end in sight

I grow and regress some more 

In these cyclical times! 

Praj101

Where is the soul

With chairs after chairs

And desks after desks 

The dull withered smell 

In Modern office space

No sight of true beauty

A lost aesthetic soul

A placement of plant in the corner 

Yet no warmth-  just cold

there is that dissonant clicking

An energy so ungrounded 

And flashy bold images

virtual world so bounded 

A desperate feeling of stuckness

In a paralyzed life

And where is the soul

Artistically inclined 

We are stroking within

These fuming chemical field 

No sparkle of nature 

No simple organic life

where is our soul 

A deeper connection to places

As we are not enchanted 

Just mechanical in showcases

Where is the soul

A true enchanting experience 

The artists within us

So nurturing and breathing

So where is the soul 

Soul of an artist

Soul of pure breath

Soul of intimate friendships

Soul of fairy lands

Soul of rainy forests

Soul filled with aromas

And earthy magical places

Soul full of love

That grows and glows with laughter

And playful mischievous smiles

dancing graceful heartbeats 

A soul filled with prayers 

A soul filled with gentleness

A soul like a wild wind 

A soul filled with magic 

Praj101

Motherhood

When I close my eyes

I realize 

That I wasted so much time 

Thinking about things 

That are not worth my time

And I feel the need to prioritize 

And kids , my kids is the only thing that comes in mind

As my priority number one

It’s truly a blessing 

With a dash of responsibility 

And a dash of consistent figuring things out

Yet they are here for me

To teach me my lessons

That I will not get from anywhere else

And as my soul becomes fonder 

Filled with absolute love 

And nothing else

I realize that’s how it grows

And though their success or failure will never determine my own self worth 

They themselves are the most beautiful aspect of my life 

So here is cheers to them

Their laugher and love

Their successes and hardships

And I know always in my heart

I will always be their Mommy

And they will always be my little angels

-praj101

Cost of Fashion

 Going on A trip

Or to the party 

Thoughts swirled around

What should I wear

My friends have seen me

In this color and style 

Now it’s time for new set of clothes

Let me go and shop for few

I can’t just wear same as before

My pictures are on social media everywhere

And I don’t want to look so same 

Inner insecurities  make me feel lame 

I shop instead  this lovely dress

Lovely shoes, lovely jacket

And some makeup to go with the whole

Now I feel comfortable and whole

And that’s a truckload of pollution I bring

And some cancer strains for your and my kids

As someone is definitely getting affected by my actions

And as a rule there will be some reaction

Laughing with my friends while partying

Self indulgent and irresponsible is what I am being

I ignore the reality since I can 

Karma is smiling saying maybe in this lifetime 

-praj101 

Oh Self Righteous self

 Oh me and mine

Oh Self righteous self

Are you truly light

As light has no need

To prove itself

My education

My achievements 

My goals and dreams

All can be path

To know higher self

Like a resource of a kind

Yet hey self righteous self

You need to understand

That those that you say 

uneducated, unemployed

In your definition 

Lazy or not kind

Are still divine

Standing in their own light

Figuring there own Karma

And if they are not indulged 

In similar ways as you

Still doesn’t make them 

Any less than you

As in this lifetime

They are experiencing something else

And you may choose a lifetime

Or may have chosen already in the past

That is similar to them

And that does not make you or them -bad or good

These are just experiences

At higher self

We all are divine

And when this nonjudgmental self flows

When this unconditionally shows

In our acts of being

Something much bigger comes along

And that is love

That is kindness

That is strength in unity

That is higher consciousness 

- praj101 ( from the guidance of spirit guides) 

Gossip

 Sitting in a circle

With a group called dear-ones

Speaking from heart

Yet not from soul

A way to feel self

Better than those not there

Speaking with judgement 

About those 

And time has gone

And so is energy 

Behind this 

Idle chatter

Yet,  a karmic implication 

Of each word as vibration

And a lesson of action 

Waiting to reveal

As when we judge

We need to experience 

The similar conditions and situations 

Faced by these

This karmic wheel

Moves on and on

Till we learn 

To be non-judgemental 

Instead, Speak own truth

Infront with transparency 

And that becomes a opinion

Not a gossip 

As gossip is low vibration

Authenticity is high

That’s where an honest & diplomatic

Dialogue starts

A change of game

A change of Karmic pattern

Now alignment starts

To higher dimension

-praj101