Taj – I Wonder

Of the things that take you by surprise, visiting the Taj Mahal did it to me multi-fold. I am glad we decided to travel; it was worth all the trouble. It was not part of our plan. Well, nothing was part of the plan, and visiting Agra from Jaipur was definitely not on the list, especially after long travels. The whole visit made me re-live reading (or watching the movie) the book – ‘The Book Thief.’  

The Beauty Beyond

I could not stop myself from crying after I completed ‘The Book Thief.’ And then it happened many times in that week. The incidents flashed by, making me live in an alternate world altogether.

Well, so did Taj. After the entire visit, as I sat looking at this miracle, clueless and feeling nothingness (of-course of myself) admiring the beauty, it was everything more than what you see in the picture. Or in a video. Or listening to someone talk about it – like this. It’s more than a white architectural marvel. I am not sure if everyone would take away the same I did, but what I did, was for me and was only for me.

I wonder, 
For where I stand,
For what I am,
Because I know,
Truthfully, 
I am not-a-thing!

There is a center line, everything else is symmetry, and it’s fourfold. There is an optical illusion and a plan to make it come alive. There is purity that reflects on the banks of the river Yamuna. A dedication of more than many thousand who made it come alive. We live in a generation that is scared to commit a deliverable for months, which needs basic skills and minimal commitment. Everything falls apart to the ground, making us feel diminished for the devotion that was put for years into making this marvel what it is today (or once, ages ago). It needs more than love, more than anything, to make this come into live and up. More than anything, to admire, it needs one to be in a state of acceptance with an open mind of what we are today (honestly, I don’t think we are any) and what that once was. The whole lot has to be lived, being there, right at it, for all that I cannot pour in the right words. I am still looking at the photographs of the designs carved on it and looking ahead to research its meaning and sources.

I could not stop myself from imagining the completed Black Taj Mahal and not just the foundations and a sight where the shadow of both falling in the river Yamuna meeting the tip points in the waters.   

Onism

It’s April of 2022 and Day 15 of the A to Z challenge. This year, I am doing the theme – “Wordy Wonders.” I am selecting words that have deeper and graceful meanings, from across the globe and an eight-line poem along

Day 15 – Onism

Origin: Danish

Meaning: Awareness of how much little one will get to experience the world. It is the frustration of being stuck in one body that inhabits only one place at a time.

Poem

Let  the lights touch you,
Let the flavors turn you,
Let the feels consume you,
Let the aura desire you,
Let the roads call you,
Let yourself out,
Out and naked.
Let the Onism haunt you.

They have it in rumors that, the more we live, the more we decide to live, the deeper and meaningful everything gets.

Word Pronunciation: ON-is-em

Numinous

It’s April of 2022 and Day 14 of the A to Z challenge. This year, I am doing the theme – “Wordy Wonders.” I am selecting words that have deeper and graceful meanings, from across the globe and an eight-line poem along

Day 14 – Numinous

Origin: Latin

Meaning: A powerful, personal experience of being overwhelmed and inspired, where it makes one fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted. It literally translates to divinity.

Poem

Someone took the stripes,
Someone wandered colorless,
Some lost in time,
Another celebrates myth,
A stranger so friendly,
A hope in burning flames,
There are days and
I am Numinous.

The often numinous we feel, the often life is on a rollercoaster ride and that definitely needs to be celebrated. Being open and inspired is always a way of living.

Word Pronunciation: nU-mi-nus

Déjà vu

Its April of 2019 and Day 04 of A to Z Challenge. I am doing Foreign word/phrase a day and 8 line poem for it.

Word/Phrase: déjà vu
Language: French
Meaning: a feeling of having already experienced the present situation

Poem:
in a parallel universe,
is another you,
the unstoppable you,
the youthful you,
the unexplored you,
sending the high tides,
waiting to make you feel,
déjà vu.

Interpretation: 
The parallel universe here is our ambition and life goal that we dream of. If we work towards it diligently, that possibly is the best form of déjà vu. You aspire, you dream and one fine day, you stand to witness it with utmost satisfaction.