Connecting with thoughts - My thoughts and Me

He has his own way with Words Simple yet spellbinding Which bring to life Tales gone dead Enchanting the listener Engaging the reader Into what otherwise would Have been inconsequential Series of words (Drawing you in with its cadence Tugging at your heart)

One of the very few poems which has stayed on with from my school years is the poem "Shabdh" (Words) by Marathi poet  Waman Nimbalkar. I am yet to come across any other poem that captures the strength of words in handful lines. Since the day I read the poem to this day it has never ceased to amaze how he managed to say so much with so little. I remember Vapu Kale (another eminent Marathi writer) mentioning in one of his books that, "Words have more power than all the steam generated by Watt to get the first steam engine running." That is precisely what the poem does. And each time I have gone back to this poem...I have learnt new meanings of communication. Here I am reproducing the English version as I was unable to find original Marathi work. Also unfortunately I happened to misplace the notebook in which I had written the original. Nevertheless....read, reflect and realize the power of words. WORDS by Waman Nimbalkar Words is that set aflame houses, hom...

In all the years that I have lived until now, My quest for words without meaning remains unfulfilled, For I am yet to come across any such words, However what I do come across is " Sorry, I never meant it" "That's not what I said" "That's not what I would ever mean" Strangely enough, on occasions more than one People have just said those words which they never meant too, And that to me would have only been possible if and only if, Words ever existed without any meaning... Unfortunately, they don't... Hence my quest continues...