Vikram G. Aarella

There was a talk among us kids
About the ghost, which we believed,
Resided in the house by the playground
Where an old doctor had once lived.... more »

From the cold deserts of Mongolia
Rugged little men on horses strode,
Rampaging and plundering great lands
Leaving them lifeless and barren to erode.... more »

Don't feel lonely in the fair
We are always here
To charge your energy with care
Without making you bare.... more »

The dirtiest thing in the campus
For which it is very famous,
It smells like a fish market
Making it easy to locate.... more »

The king is on the prowl
It doesn't walk, but crawl
Ordinary prey is not in its mind,
Its hunts only its own kind.... more »

Withstanding the ravages of time
And halting an expanding empire,
Stood the Kingdom of Mysore
Like a dragon in tiger's attire.... more »

Summer was waiting in the wing,
To encroach upon the dying spring,
In a pond I saw this lovely thing
A little brown duckling.... more »

Nothing in him is strong
If you ask me what’s wrong? ,
His both eyes have cataract,
Got eyelids which he can’t retract,... more »

When the streams and lakes go dry
Migrating birds without stopping fly by
When the temperature rises high
When there is not a single cloud in the sky.... more »

The moon is looking lost
In the vastness of the sky
I wonder, if I can get sleep?
Watching this splendour so high... more »

The link between two old enemies
The mighty Severn bridge,
Stands above the estuary
And by the Welsh ridge.... more »

Was it night in day? ,
When nature has its say
Everyone ought to obey
It has to be that way.... more »

In that crucial split second
So many people’s destinies rewritten,
So many lives have changed
So many things forgotten.... more »

Went to a very remote place
On the west coast, with beach full of sands
Where women bathe in sun, bikini clad
And where the big lighthouse stands.... more »

The place is not vast,
But, has got a proud past.
It is a land of mountains and valleys
Also, of ancient towns and alleys.... more »

The mighty kings, their empires,
their ruthlessness, their anger
the prophets who have come and gone
promising us heaven and salvation,... more »

There comes a time,
In everyone’s life,
When you feel
You have had enough.... more »

He sees her in the temple
Immediately falls in love with her,... more »

What the hell was I was thinking
holding a book in one hand,
Trying to cross the little stream
about ten feet which spanned... more »

I am the lock
You are my key,
Do me a favour
And unlock me.... more »

The wallpaper today is stained yellow
but smells good
my razor cuts a square piece off
cardinals sing, blackbirds mate... more »

My dreams are shattered
My hopes are diminished
My heart has been battered
And love has vanished.... more »

When you descend from the heaven
You bring with you, essence of life
You combine that with energy of sun
To make the Earth green and rife.... more »

Lord Vishnu, you are the protector
Of every living thing, on this earth
For good among evil, you are preserver.
For your legends, there is no dearth.... more »

All these days, I had heard and heard
So much of this Celtic-Gaelic creed
Scotland, fascinated me always, because
Of its legends, its history and its breed.... more »