Katharsis Karicatures

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The last leg of our journey
We are almost there
Believe and deliver
Coz we have stories to share

Wishes are like water vapour
Dreams are like puffy clouds
But unless we get them to rain
We won't have a happy crowd

We have scripts with a punch
And directors with flair
We have actors rearing to go
Coz we have stories to share

Dear God,
We are just a footprint
on your mighty oceans shore
We are just a shadow
in your lights grandeur

Send your showers of blessing
To each and everyone in this crew
We hope to touch the lives
Of our old friends and new

To make hearts feel warmer
To make tears sparkle somewhere
We have touching stories to share
Help us believe and deliver with care
°°°°°°Jibrael Jos 

Sub Division

Today your imaginary group is clearly very strong
But tomorrow your sub group will be painted all wrong

Today they give you a collective sense of pride
But tomorrow they will insult after they sub divide

Today you may even lead a group for their birth right
But tomorrow they will sideline you for your skewed farsight

Tomorrow is coming,  so if
we keep nodding like sheep
Or keep hunting like wolves
fields of blood will we reap
°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Steadfast companion

She removed my sweat and fears
She wiped away all my tears
She stood by me in cold and cough
By my side when things got tough
Whatever the tragedy
Whatever the emotions
My steadfast companion
For all occasions
No melodrama, No ego issues
O my scented box of tissues
°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Immeasurable

Two souls in love,
Expressing in their own way,
Immeasurable, uncomparable
Why quantify it in some way!

If love could be measured in roses,
How many tons do you suppose mom's love would be?

If love could be measured in kisses,
How many millions do you suppose an ideal romance would be?

If love could be measured by the marble on the tomb
How many truck load do you suppose a dog's love would be?

If love could be measured by hours in fond memories
How many months would your one sided love be?

If she believes he loves her more then she is wrong
If he believes she loves him less then he is also wrong

If our thoughts are more sincere than our words
If our actions express more than our kisses
Then and only then our mutual love could be termed strong

Even if I  love her more
in some hypothetic scale
 is it credit to ME
or to HER lovablty!!

But in any case
Two souls in love,
Expressing in their own way,
Immeasurable, uncomparable
Why quantify it in some way!
°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

I will con you, you con them

(A sarcastic take.....)

This scheme is pretty awesome
Just take a bite and see
Once you are bitten
You'll want the world to follow thee

Our ideals will be legit
our business may not be so
Our interactions will be genuine
our transactions may not be so

You give me a hundred rupees
Others will give you much more
This is a golden pyramid, climb on
There is treasure for you in store

You pump up the price
Before you make the sale
You will also make money like me
This brilliant idea just can't fail

The world is a full of cheats
We will stay one step ahead
I will con you,
.............. you con them
°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Jealousy

Jealousy was not the norm for me
Others seeing me would usually turn green
But this time around I was sucked  right in
When my crush held the hands of the drama queen

Boys and men can fall
for the most superficial of traits
Why can't they wait for their true call
Why do they run after these weird dolls

She has neither my looks
Or my sense of taste
How is she able to bait her hook
And turn him into mushy paste

The J feeling is all consuming
A broad stroke of insecurity
A dark shade of anger
A looming tinge of anxiety

Am I inferior or is it
 an inferiority complex
Is jealousy a serious problem
 Or just an emotional reflex

Breathe in ! Breathe out!
ooooooomhmh pheeeeeeew
ooooooomhmh pheeeeeeew
°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Double Dilemma

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I am a hippo-butterfly
with my heavy lightness
I am a lion-squirrel
with my timid fearlessness
I am a  monkeying hyena
with my wicked goodness
Many dilemmas I have overcome
But I am split between the possibilities of what I can become

I am a mighty oak twig
with my brittle strength
I am a bamboo-grass
with my slow fast growth
I am a donkey fox
With a smart ass knoweth
Some challenges I have overcome
But I am still just a shadow
of the person I can become
°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Self Righteous

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Self righteous people are an interesting breed
They find faults scattered like jamun seeds,
With purple flesh squashed all over the street
They find faults in everyone's deeds

In beautiful girls and their cute smiles,
In close friends and their fashion styles
In talented guys and their artistic skills
In elderly relatives and their dramatic frills

Do I fall into this same breed
Cos' I too am quick in spotting a weed
My own faults,  I cover it well
 "I am late because last time you were"
"I am rude because you deserve it sir! "

Self righteous people are an interesting breed
They sanctimonious piety and hypocritical ideals
Ridiculously pompous and very funny indeed
But maybe I too should check my idealistic creed
°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Special Tadka

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Cocum or tamarind,
Raw mango or amchur
Same tangy purpose
but delectably deviant

Kashmiri or Kanthari
Guntur or Bhut Jolokia
Same spicy agenda
But palatably variant

Whether it's dal and white rice
Or fish curry and red rice
Every tadka needs some unique spice
Let your choice result in a delicious surprise
°°°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

False Pride

Dear God
Let me not define myself
based on imaginary lines and shelves
Let me not increase my head girth
for my random place of birth
Let me not fly two inches in the air
For a genetically endowed flair

Let me not inculcate false pride
Based on the color of my hide
Let me not obnoxiously swell
For doing academicly very well
Let me not stand on a pedestal
When I get a chance to lead or make the call

Where my self belief ends
 and my arrogance shows
Where my pride makes way
 For the ego to go blow
Just show me a sign
   To highlight that fine line
or just give me a kick
    If sign doesn't do the trick

Thank You
°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Silent

In silence I stood by you
When you screamed your lungs out
In tears I waited for you
When you scorned and walked out

I was silent not because I am dumb
I stood because I chose not to run
I cried not because I am weak
I waited because I was not done

But now it's too late
My mind just warped
to a new state
I wish you luck, old mate
My life is being sketched
on a new slate
°°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

World Peace!!

Pigeons have become extinct
White roses out of stock
Market is running on bullets
World a clicking clock

Blood flows near oil wells
Gun fires when water sells
Rice makes way for mine fields
War fought to increase bomb yields

Somebody sitting
on a nuclear pile
May one fine day send it
mushrooming to the sky
The world needs
lots of love to heal
But why O why,
do we make her cry
°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Distrust vs Trust

Distrust led to fear
Fear led to hate
Hate led to a crime
but crime went unpunished

Trust led to sharing
Sharing led to respect
Respect led to love
but love was punished

For crime and love
This is hardly fair
Reality is so horrifying
but do we really care
°°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Unix Server

God is like a Unix Server
with a billion processors
guiding and supporting seven billion
dumb human terminals
running in circles on earth

He is not very happy
with overall performance
He is considering a reboot tonight
He will restart only those terminals
which are optimally productive

Please save your work, People!
°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos
Context::
1.Thought "Can God converse with 7 billion people at the same time?"
2. I am teaching Operating System in a college near Malur

Swiss Roll Cake

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Bake a cake
Bake a cookie
Bake a croissant
And you will understand
Importance of the right mix
Impact of the right temperature
And learn time estimation tricks

Project Managers are likes bakers
They get better with each bake
They are a scientist and an artist
blended like a swiss roll cake
°°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Soap Bubble

My life is like
a high voltage soap
These fluctuations,
I simply cannot cope
I want a little less drama
more happy, less sorry

Like a rising soap bubble
with a sweet, colorful story
On an unpredictable path
ending with a pop
A life which evokes
a sigh and a smile
even when it stops
°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Falsified Truth

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How many lies does it take
to make something false true?
Given time we can make
a myth into someone we all knew

Clear documented history
into a cloudy falsified mystery
Education becomes indoctrination
Mentoring becomes monstor-ing

Truth does not always win
In fact in many cases
truth does not even
take part in the races

Two fat lies debating to decide
Who is on the side of truth!
Alas what all lies have I been fed?
And worse how many did I propagate!
°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Memory Format

I remember
each romantic moment of bliss
the coffee shops we did meet,
our special days, the first kiss
the things you told me
and how you told me.

O how I wish if I could
format that part of my brain
flush you out of my system
and disinfect my whole being
just in case a scent or a
molecule of you does remain
°°°°°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael
(Short poems with a sarcastic twist)

Half Sweat - Half Blood Prince

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Harry made a wish
And it didn't come through
So Harry worked hard
Till it became true

Harry was thrilled
at this new found insight
He became a wizard overnight
His sweat and blood
Is his secret potion
His will and resolve
Is his incantation
°°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Unbreakable

 
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Everything is custom made
to handle different levels of pressure
Egg shells are meant to be breakable,
Snail shells apparently not

Cry as much as you want,
be sad for your loss
but know that your inner resolve
is designed to take batterings
and survive high levels of shock
°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos
(Written for my student Amalu,  who with God's grace and her sheer will is bouncing back)

Off Road

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Time goes in one direction
but mind like a splattered drop of milk
I wish I had the gumption
To explore the alleys and take a little more risk

Focus focus,  I kept telling
But is this my life of thrills
Speeding on this highway
Paying tolls and petrol bills

I kept my feet on the gas
And my eyes on the road
I crossed many a milestones
Travelling node to node

They say there is a world out there
Tons of things to do and explore
But will my time just zip by,
wondering the pros and cons in store
°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

What is your number?

Seven never felt he was odd,  he always thought he was lucky

Thirteen never felt he was unlucky,  he saw himself as one better than a dozen

Smallest of the lot Zero and One are running the IT Industry

What is your number?
°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

Hometown

The swing hanging from the mango tree
Was the place to go, when dawn breaks free

I would run to see if any mango did fall
In the night when I heeded my slumbers call

Pockets filled with the morning loot
I would take a bite into one luscious fruit

I was ten and it didn't matter then
If a squirrel had bit it or dashed at one end

In the morning light when the birds do sing
It is fun to let your body free on a swing

Time spent with nature would leave my heart always in a soaring mood
Summer hols in hometown with family
 are the best memories of my childhood
--------By Jibrael Jos

Cross the line

A mother believed,
A father did bless
Their little girl took baby steps.

Doors could not handle her
Windows couldn't latch on
Fans tried to regulate
But her will was too strong.

One fine day
She didn't just cross the line by a bit
But she flew a fighter plane, right across it
°°°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos
(Context: Recent induction of three lady pilots in the Air Force)

Solution

Success is a journey
With no final destination
What ever dreams you achieve
There will be some extension
Ladder that you climb
Is actually an illusion
If you really want to go up
I have a solution

"Just stay healthy and keep your body,  heart and mind in good shape
In terms of happiness
you will definitely overtake
the Audi and the Harley
of this world on the long run. "
               
°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos
     (Overweight Maruthi Owner)
NB: Does not apply if Audi owners go to the gym :-) 

Happily nEver after

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Seven lakh in cash, seven lakh in Gold
"This was the going rate",  the bride was told
The groom sadly realised as he tied the knot,
he had won the deal but had lost the plot
Seven pheras round the fire
could not kindle the love within
Their "happily ever after" died
even before it could begin
°°°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael Jos

The Enigmatic Photographer

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Most search for beauty in the extraordinary
But she finds it in the mundane
Trudging all over Europe,
clicking one day in England
and the next day in Spain

She lives in a world behind lenses
But sees more than we will ever see
We live our life each day at a gentle pace
She lives her life each click at shutter speed

Some capture people
Some frame the landmarks
Some are in love with nature
But she seems to give a glimpse
into the mind of a dreamer
suspended in animation
in the realm of illusions
making sense of the world
like a cannon ball loose

-------By Jibrael Jos
(I wrote it for somebody but this could also be you!!)

Shorts::Just the two of us

It was just the two of us but she felt alone
She blew out my flame and cut me to size
But I became happy,
 - - -    because she now had a smile
 "Happy birthday dear"
 - - - - - - - - - - - -   love Chocolate Cake

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael

A sad note

The pen bled blue as she wrote the note down,
Paper felt crumpled and torn,
Tears which smudged the ink really knew,
the pain through which she had gone
°°°°°°°°°°Jibrael

Two Shorts

Three reasons why you must never leave me, you should know
1           2            3            Go!
°°°°°°°°°Jibrael

Somebody told me the secret for improving memory,  but I forgot
....
.... what was I saying?
°°°°°°°°°Jibrael

Shorts::Used and thrown

You may feel he served his purpose
But the chewing gum feels used and thrown :-(
°°°°°°°° Jibrael

Complain

Don't complain about the dark night
If you wasted the light of day
°°°°°°°°°Jibrael

Shorts:: Dark Clouds

It's dark clouds
Which brings the rain
It's heavy rain
Which brings the rainbow 

Single Tool Mindset

I love hammers, I must say
The sculptor and carpenter
Use it in their own unique way

Hammer is perfect
for striking a nail
But using it for everything
Is sure shot recipe to fail

Imagine grooming your hair
without a comb
Imagine shaving your beard
without a razor
Imagine tightening a screw
without its driver

Now...
Imagine a teacher who teaches everything with a PowerPoint!!
---------By Jibrael Jos
(I love PowerPoint too
But using it for hammering
Is simply not cool)

A Key Ingredient

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To earn it,  it takes effort and time
Once you earn it, "life" a happy rhyme

Cannot be sold in shops but
customers expect all the same
Can be bought with money but
banker's like it in their name

Once broken very difficult to fix
Taken out,  relationship goes for a six

A key ingredient for love and respect
If missing, in you everybody does suspect

There are people out there
Who don't have it by default
And in others they tend to
find a hundred faults

They will assign work
But remain tensed till its done
Alone they bear heavy burdens
A cold solitary life under the sun

Except for some therapy
There is no known cure
If you have a serious deficiency
Take time and work on it for sure

It's very important,
Trust me!
If not today,
One day you will surely see
----------By Jibrael Jos

Independence Day

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Every country on earth was once conquered
Every country on earth now feel they are free
But what we define as independence today
May not be the same for you and for me

Some feel equality is not there
Some feel equality itself is unfair
Some feel liberty implies no rules
Some feel Liberty is where we buy shoes

Some feel it implies self reliance
and they should not be forced to do trade
For others it implies either free trade or apply an economic barricade

Some feel self rule is essential and external interference a crime
Others feel how their country manipulated others an item on news at prime time

Some feel their country is trapped inside another
And they will be independent if they break free
Others yearn for a piece of land governed by a neighbouring country

Some feel their country is held in chains by their government
And they will be independent if top layer is pruned from their tree

When a son wants to stay independently
And a daughter wants to live free
How can  millions of people agree on a definition of what is their country

Foreign rule is unacceptable and local governance the need of the times
But do we really need this independence?
Isn't patriotism a figment of our mind!

Shouldn't we think beyond these imaginary lines!
We need a world which is interdependent
Where each others strength propels us to dazzling heights
But keeping the growth and prosperity of each human in our mind
------By Jibrael Jos

Knock on the door

If God came knocking on the door

A Mathematician will wonder what are the chances of this happening
An Accountant will wonder what is the state of his balance sheet
A Salesman will say "O please I am not buying that"
A Religious person will simply not believe
An Atheist will say, "Aah I have been wanting to talk to you"
A young child will say, "Grandma your God is here, I am going to play"
An Engineer will wonder why did God knock, "Aah something is wrong with the bell"

If God comes knocking at your door what will you do/say?

--------By Jibrael Jos

Anger, Anger

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I lost my temper
and must have looked
like a fool just then
Not the first time
that I messed up
my equation with my friend

Whose fault is it?
Is now irrelevant
How I reacted has overridden
the actual argument
Moral high lost
Guilt is my predicament

There are times
in my anger I blurt out
grudges from the past
It serves little purpose
As it just goes to show
the bitterness in my heart

Chorus:Anger,  Anger
O you poisonous snake
You will by my nemisis
my festering heartache

There are times
When I hurt myself
or break some object
in my hands range
Glue and time can heal most
Accept a delicate soul
Who witnessed my rage

There are times
when the triggers
are actually internal
Hunger,  headache or
an insomniac spell
Which takes my tiny world
From heaven to hell

I worry that one day
I may go completely berserk
I may do something
Which will be irreconcilable,
Irrecoverable
and totally unforgivable

Chorus:Anger,  Anger
O you poisonous snake
You will by nemisis
my festering heartache
---------By Jibrael Jos
(for a play I am scripting)

Helmet(less) Warriors

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We are a warrior
nation of sorts
We take great risk
As we venture out

We abhor armour
And any head gear
We ride out daily
without any fear

Death, head injuries
Don't deter us
Hair flowing, air blowing
We charge on green

Even our wife and kids
Join us in our war song
Without a worry
That things can go wrong

Rules are made
to be twisted and broken
Wheelies are done
and legends are spoken

We speed on one way street
Against the flow of tide
On hazardous roads
We brave hearts do ride

There are men in white
Who try to curtail our streak
When they pull out their book
we become humble and meek
Otherwise we are brave, and fearless
daily new adventures we seek

-----By Jibrael Jos
(Sarcastic take on those who ride on our streets without helmet putting their lives and others at risk)

Waste Paper Basket

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(Inspired by a discussion with a few friends)

My life is like
a waste paper basket
With unfinished stories
scribbled and thrown

Old love stories
Are in there somewhere
existence of which nobody knows
And birthday cards
from those friends,
who now I consider as foes

There are wish lists
which have become catalogues
And some shopping catalogue
which have been added
in my wish list too

There was an old photograph
torn in half and discarded
Which is now taped together
and sits proudly on my desk renewed

I have a shredder
But secrets still get out
Since some I don't really feel
like shredding.
And then spend my weekends
for hours rummaging,
to get a glimpse
of that discarded note
that old friend once wrote

I sometimes have an urge
To light the whole thing up
But then I realise
These tiny scraps are part of me
Without them who will I be
My handwritten phone book,
My old "I love yous"
Post-Its and boarding pass stubs

Maybe one of these days
A story will complete :-)
Until then my life is like
a waste paper basket
With unfinished stories
scribbled and thrown.....
-------By Jibrael Jos

Dr Mosquito

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(for a children's play)

Kill was his call
Death it could have been
I had to take evasive measures
Before I was crushed to
smithereens

I flew and dived left
The hand was close
but he just missed
The wind threw me off course

My whole life flew past me
I missed the garbage bin
From where I came to this earth
The place, the smell
Which defines my birth

The way I dodged
The bats that moonlit night
Still gives me creeps
When I sleep during the light

I am a resilient mutant
to the repellents charm
But the thunderous clap
Can inflict great harm

What he does not realise
If I do not inject him tonight
He will not arise from his sleep
He will never see the morning light

I and my sisterhood
 are the only antidote
For the disease that plague
humans on planet earth

"Malaria is a disease"
thinks this primitive being
It is the healing
 after we injected
them with the cure

We are likes nurses
But they hurl at us, their curses
We are the angels
But they equate us to vampires

This is my last assignment
I am out of here
No more social service
Let me grab my friday beer

Cheers Mate,
I am Dr Mosquito
From Acapulco, Mexico

----By Jibrael Jos
(for a children's play)