Gauri Poems

K Gauri

07/06/2001

Poet

A Silent girl in the
‘City of Dreams"

"A silent little girl enters the city of dreams,
unaware of its language, race and culture.
'City of dreams', as the name implies, is full of
colours, aspirations and undeniably new people!

The causes of bewilderment were many, didn't she
have answers to any,
"Tumhara naam kya hai?" is all she knew back then,
A corner of the class was her peaceful den.

Can I not ever make friends?
Am I that bad with communication?
Did you ever speak, asked the people who
surrounded.
My importance in school was just mere.
The reason, I understood, was inability to speak in

Hindi and that just brought in fear.
But not everything remains dark forever as my
mother said. There came a competition named
Elocution as the notice read.

I spoke what I felt but not in Hindi. That was my
first lively appearance in front of the same strange
audience back in school.

Who would have believed that I can bag a prize in
a speech competition.
The same girl who labelled herself an introvert
had now known the thin line of difference
between speaking and communication!

Get your point across, enlighten the crowd with
your wisdom, confess feelings to someone special.
The key is to communicate in full sense and not
the language you speak in.

PS: Yes, that girl is me."
#communication #language #publicspeaking

Appa

"Many say that I look like my father,
I love to believe but it’s not just looks rather,
To me, to amma, to Surya you’re the pillar
Of Love, concern, care and laughter
You definitely are a great seller!

Appa I remember how I was nurtured,
When amma taught me to be humble,
You taught me how, no matter what, not to
crumble.
Many a place have you shown me,
But all I enjoyed was your humour
Be it high in the mountains or deep in the sea.

29 cities, 7 states, 5 schools, 2 countries,
You made us travel so much,
You’ve always let our horizon of happiness touch!
But since many years have you been in travel,

You work so hard, you comprise on yourself for us,
You never cry, you never show, you don’t even
discuss,
But don’t you worry appa, I hope to join you soon in
the battle!

Many say that I look like my father,
I love to believe but it’s not just looks rather,
I sometimes ask you to walk a little slower appa,
Be it 2 or 20, I've not let go of your hand,
Slowly and steadily I'm following your footsteps,
I'll surely one day learn to take my own stand.
For you who can say, she's my child, she's like me,
Proudly can you cherish that not just by looks, not
just by eyes,
K Gauri is best as Gauri Krishnamoorthy!"

Be a little happier today!

"We are so engrossed to make everyone laugh,
Though in bits and pieces or however may it be
crappy,
We forget to realise and think about
What makes you happy?

Many a penny can be made by a clown
He jumps, he falls or makes a cute frown,
His peace, his calm has the audience taken on lease,
But does he know, his happiness has a meltdown?

You insult others, you become victims of profanity,
For what? For whom?
Are you destroying your sanity,
But let me uncomfortably acquaint you with a fact
Not by hook or by crook will you find happiness in
your vicinity

Until you realise it's your own responsibility
I hope you get the reference,
Smile a little wider today,
Pray a little longer today,
Spill an extra drop of tear today,
Because what will be forever is just you and
yourself,
Earlier the understanding, better will be your
defence!"

Chitthi Chitappa

"Amid millions of stars in the spirited sky,
Even when an Orion, a Leo and a Scorpio passed
by,
My birth was anticipated by many, was
surrounded, was blessed, was celebrated,
But only you were the shooting star, I could ever
wish for.
Today is not the day to praise my parents,
But the day to acknowledge someone else's
presence, whom I never thanked before.

I am the eldest kid of my home,
my grandparents were rejoiced when it was
known,
When my mother gave birth to flesh and blood,
She stood by, carried me, spilt an extra tear,
When I was trying to walk, to support, my mother
held a hand,

And she with her tender skin and boldly opinions,
taught me how to stand,
Nearing was the day when I had to leave to my
father's place,
She knew it coming, she had foreseen this day,
But she refused to stay and came along, no matter
her career was at stake.
My family believes, I am their lucky charm,
But I want to register this note on this planet,
Any day, any given time,
She is and always be my guardian angel,
Her importance in my life is no less than my
mother's parallel.

Many were the years until I said she is just mine,
But sooner came the day, when she tied knots to
another family,
Now my duty became to understand the new
person who had already caught my mind.

He convinced me that he'll take good care of the
woman who held the position of my mother,
For years had he waited to marry someone amazing
like her.
I've always been so attached to my father as you
might know,
But whenever appa couldn't be around,
Chitappa has been my pillar of strength and
motivation during my highs and low,
Both of you are a undetatchable part of my soul.
And my love for you only increased as you were,
one, two or four.

Will I remember you after you've left this country?
May be only when I visit our native,
Because I share memories with you,
Or may be only when I watch Thalaiva's movie
Because I've enjoyed outings with you,
Or may be only when I'm sick,

Because my cure was dependent on home remedies
given by you,
And finally, most importantly, when I go to sleep,
Because I love you and now that you're leaving,
only in dreams can I see you!"

Coz I hurt you

"I'm busy, Rushing minds, multitasking hands,
When my heart skips a beat,
When the workload spaceship just lands,
And this happens only seven days a week on repeat!

But just as the sun peeps slowly above the
mountains,
Uninformed yet lovely and invigorating
A mere thought of you and memories of you,
Not tenth of a second it takes to leave me smiling.

Music you liked was original,
Books you read were multi-dimensional,
Worrying was just occasional
Appeared strong but I knew you were emotional
and how well you understood me was an
exclamation
But No more can we discuss our affection
Coz I hurt you, and trust me, it was unintentional! "

Dear Mahi...

"The sphere of Indian cricket has blown,
Credits to players' maturity shown.
But we witnessed a period when,
One gone, two gone, all fell down,
There came Mahi from a small town.
The count of trophies is proof of his success,
But how humbly could he say, it is just the process.

A bouncer, a Yorker or a slow ball,
Everyone knew that he's a master of all.
Opening or finishing, that's just a spot,
He can blow your minds with just one Helicopter
shot.

From being humble after winning,
To being passive-aggressive on the field to leave his
haters thrilling,
A supreme example of balance for all.

Many spread hatred once,
You gave them attention not.
They tried doing it twice,
And then they thought,
No captain can ever replace you and never will.
Because to our conscience, we know,
You are irreplaceable still!"

#dhoni #lifelessons #leadership #inspiration

Happy Teacher's day

"Happy Teacher's day.. ?
I know this may sound weird but yes padh aage…

Teacher is not just anyone with a frown,
What if they are like a clown?
Now you know whom I'm talking about,
The clown in my life is you, without any doubt.
In my life, I've always admired the position of a
teacher,
And not by chance, you are admirable as such a
creature.
Been through my laughter, been through my dully
day, you've tried your level best to teach me how to
slay.
Economics to History, Relationship to divorce,
we've discussed almost all,

Irrespective that the time we may have spent be
small.
Not long messages, neither any bollywood drama
today, and oh hello Mr. Rohan Mishra...
Thankyou for bundling me up with experiences,
I wish you a very Happy Teacher's day!"

Irrespective we a friend or a
foe

"A man of moods,
Rather a king of moods I'd say,
Your overwhelming highs and cutest lows
I see the same person, just as we met the first day.

Google says library is:
"a place of literary, musical, artistic reference
materials"
But I've met a person who imbibes this since just a
few years,
He can act, he can write, is he and Mr. 360
synonymous?
But what I do like is his humble kind to leave these
anonymous.

But excuse me, who is even flirting with you I say
I might not know him completely,
Neither do I want to ever may be,
You are just good as you are already,
Not yesterday not today neither tomorrow will
change this I know,
Because I hold greater faith in you,
Irrespective we are still a friend or a foe!"

Loved me enough to let me go

"He loved me enough to let me go
As I sit back to remember, it has been 11 years or
so,
He promised to be there till the end of eternity,
He promised Love, fights, pain, laughter in our
garden will he sow,
But... He let me go coz he loved me so...

Millions of efforts made to bounce back,
How many more came in and came out
we just lost track,
He said I understood him completely,
He believed I made him happy,
Trust, emotions, compassion and feelings many,
Why did you let our strings slack?
What did our relationship really lack?"

Not let go of always...

"The longest of silence is often led to by prettiest of a
reason,
We spoke everyday, we shared everything, we never
ran out of expression,
What could I make for dinner to choosing if you can
be a priest or a great swimmer,
Never did we actually solve each other's problem,
But we made sure to speak it out, laugh it out and
let's not worry about any irrelevant "them".

Two practically sound souls having great time with
other,
Couldn't even the hardest of arguments let our
relation bothered.
You never believed in the evils' eye, Rather comically
but I kept asserting no one can its presence deny.
Sooner enough came a day, came the prettiest of
reason,

Left us shattered, unexplainable, and faintly broken.
Many a day have passed that you left my door,
Here are we saying, "We don't talk anymore"
Many books flash this idea, many may say you should
learn to let go,
Alienating was this thought to me who never
understood to make a foe,
For once, hear me out and if I make any sense to you,
please give it a thought,
As part of basic math we know,
The combination of plusses and minuses gives you null,
But what if you barge with greater positives with all
might and will.
When you had 10 reasons to be worried about, they
helped you smile: bring out the positive,
Family fights, career confusion, your silly mistakes,
never were you judged: reassert the positive,
If just a simple message lit up each other's face like
nothing else: cherish the positive,
If you feel you have initiated the mistake,

If you believe you should not have said that,
If you think all you wanted was a retake,
My dear friend, you still have a chance and it's not
very late
Stay, trust, believe and let them feel your invisible
presence,
We have wished to the shooting star and the long
waves,
Believe for once that more than the problem, what
bothers to them is your absence,
For once, hear me out and if I make any sense to
you, please give it a thought,
We deserve to be forgiven, we deserve to be
together in all simple ways,
And hence, No need to let go always..."

Republic day

"Not a day or two, did it take to make the nation,
Today we've gathered to acknowledge the efforts
put into the world's largest constitution.
Right to freedom, equality, speech are few of its
composition,
On the occasion of 73rd Republic day,
Let we citizens engulf in our country's pride and
passion! "

The Chosen One

"Silence for a while and the world labels you
aberrant,
Your knowledge, your words could be too abrasive
for everyone to understand,
But what makes you, You,
Is whatever you like to do.

Try not too hard to be abreast of everyone,
Keep doing what you do, be true to yourself,
The world will continue to spread abhorrence,
Few may abase you for nothing,
They may abate your strength, coz you are

“THE CHOSEN ONE"

The heart or the brain

"Knowing what you do,
Or doing what you know?
Who makes the ultimatum?
The heart or the brain?
The answer helps your problems refrain.
How do we make choices and where is the meter
of sane?

Do what your heart says,
Caution! It may hurt you too for 273 days,
Do what you love or
Love what you do, is all that mind knows,
Hundreds of battle has it also lost,
But forbears to express its deepest lows.

Be a wise man,
Experience all you can,
Either life is too long to get a tan
Or too short since the year 2019,
To escape a travel ban "

Tough for Imitation

"I finished watching a thriller series a few days back,
I was glad that I watched it,
Though it was not on my priority stack.

Many many days later when I think of the
experience,
I'm trying to understand the importance of
perseverance.
Trust me when I say, I speak what I feel,
And many may feel, What's a great deal!

Give a thought,
When you have to meltdown according to the
situation,
Even positivity has room for Abation,
Problems will not arrive only on invitation,
But we all hold a true personality,
which undeniably is tough for imitation! "
#personalitydevelopment

Understanding us

"Neither a metre apart, nor a mile,
I accept your problems, your fights and your smile,
The first poem I wrote or the song I sang,
I want to traceback to you always like a
boomerang.

Everyone understands me, I mark them by percent,
They know my laugh, they know my cry,
But only can you understand my intention, my
frustration in many moments spent,
You be my dazzle, all I need is you consistent.

There will be your story, and there will be mine,
At times, to discuss, to recognise, we'll not even
have time,
I know we are stuck, amid a turmoil
But i promise to make up, whatever we may spoil."

We spoke everyday...

"Did the world talk to me that way,
Since the very first day, have I heard your say,
Across seasons, through the year from June to may,
Your speech, your texts, your emotions, your fray
Without you, even in other's conversations I feel
how we spoke everyday

Was it the effect of us being so absorbed,
Not just in weave of words but our feelings
feathered,
Your 'Haaa' to world's Yes, Your 'By' to other's bye,
To let go of your memory even in atoms, I wish I
try,
But failed are my efforts, tired is my heart,
To understand your absence and we have to
silently passby. "

What are we?

"We did not have the best of starts,
Neither did I, nor did you,
Ever expect us to play important parts
Or still, do we do?

I yell my heart out, I murmur my silence,
I hold not the fear of being judged,
But surely you never miss a chance to make fun of
them all,
If human psychology were animate, you pose a
good stall coz you understand them all.

A day full of thoughts,
I truly will not fail your trust,
So I repeat, A day full of thoughts,
Of course not about you,
Of course not with you,
And of course not because of you,
But It's definitely an effort for you,

To keep you posted of my life updates,
To tell you how happy or sad I am,
To make you laugh at my silliest mistakes,
Because those few minutes of laughter is what I
want to be or maybe…
what I am already..."

What expectations cost you?

"Many a people weave their failures with words,
Blaming expectations to be a reason,
Obliged to let go of beloved as quick as birds,
With pain, with frustration, our own expectations
form the beacon.

Didn't we talk every now and then before,
Weren't we bothered of how we were to each other,
In a string full of memories, gossip and laughter,
Sadly, unintentionally and eventually had
expectations on the level master.

It's said that it gives only pain,
How didn't we realise quick that our relationship
may go in vain,
Didn't it take time to change our 'I love you' to I will
miss you,
Have you now known what expectations cost you? "

Your known anonymous

"More that you gave me time to think,
I never thought we'll end it in just a span of a
blink.
Your words and thoughts have so much depth,
It's now just hurting me as daggers of truth,
You're a wise man, you're a knowledge dam,
I credit my poems majorly to you,
May be I can get featured at least as an anonymous
poet,
In one of the uncommon bibliothiques,
As a person who praises the big man which you
will be by then,
As I may not be of any concern more,
I'm still in denial that forever have I lost you.
I don't express self-pity here,
I understand its use is just mere.
I'm a person of gut and grit, always trained to
bounce back,

I'll not be a star but an entire galaxy and be at the
top of the stack!

You spoke of replacements of people in life,
I will always fail this one belief of yours,
As no one have I met and no one can care for me so
much, my life I bet! "

I know you are a poet
who shines when there

is sadness around,
but with this gift I
hope you learn to
write when there is
happiness around
because there will just

a few ounces of
sadness and tones of
happiness in your life

Best of Luck



Gauri
Krishnamoorthy

Relationships are like blank
cheques, you have to fill the

amount of love in it.

When life offers you something
special, take it and run in

whichever direction it leads you
because no one knows next time
when you are offered something
special will you be able to run

toward it or not.