Male EGO

Sweeping my courtyard early in the morning

Friend asked, from the road near, he exercising

Is your wife with you? Is it ok? everything?
Making tea, me nonchalantly answering

Why are you sweeping? this isn't a gent's job, 

Gent's job? I just want to help my heartthrob

Don't devalue yourself; said my friend- a nob

Onlookers many, agreed with him the mob 

He is right, females do it all with ease, at one go

Performing well, with all the bias they undergo

Privilege by birth, the male hold on to their ego

Ready not to accept, rose the females a while ago

Blame it on the world's design, it's for males

With it came ego- supported by the females

Took a while to realize, now change in the tale

Ego or jealousy, know not, the current rationale

Physically better the males, rest all tough fight

Exploits the softer gender with all of their might

Civilized or uncivilized, no matter day or night

Exists the bias, the ego, this world holds it tight 

Sree...

Listeners

Awesome world this, never left me alone
Everything around talks, even the stones
Debates, sobs, complaints, funny bones
Talk not, listen - look beyond the phone

Listened to my pen, exams weren't a mess
Heard my car, took over in times of stress
Office wall conferred to my career success
Pillows sufficed me with relief in excess

Each droplet of rain has a story to tell
The cloth can teach, fabulous ideas to sell
We  busy humans talk, believe we excel
Rest listen to sight, sounds, touch and smell  

Listen, ready to entice you, the whole creation    
Enjoy the feel, pleasure of communication
Hinders the fun, the sickness- self obsession
Human listeners, a race approaching extinction   

Sree....

Zero Bulb

What is today? - Sunday, Monday or Tuesday   

Does it really matter? for me it's a no workday 

Kept looking at the job websites the whole day

Ad "Online jobs", in darkness- a zero bulb ray

Part time, full time, any time -options in plenty

Easy jobs, perform even with a skillset empty

Must be genuine, ads on websites with credibility

Zero bulb off, it's all for me from the almighty

Make money from home offers one can't decline

A phone call, and got the letter to work online 

To start work pay100 bucks said the last line 

Zero bulb on, enlightened by google- frauds online 

Rightly illustrated, making easy money from home

Fakes make, for else- easy not generate income

Wait, everything will fall in place when time comes

Keep the Zero bulb on, than remaining worrisome

Sree....

Home work

Work from home; schooling from home
Victim house wife, she doesn't feel home 
Surge in the house chores, feels tiresome 
No rest any, crept in more work for home 

Work from home, always busy on telecom 
Figure out the work, require lots of wisdom 
Dress- top half formals, bother not the bottom
Home based period, enjoy!, happen seldom

Mom's mobile phone now the school diary
School WhatsApp pour in, clogs  it's memory 
Keep the phone operational Mom’s worry 
Dad acts like he on Mars, but feels sorry 

Mute camera & mic, kids skills on display 
Music movies games all together they play 
Parents sense it, the kids’ body language say 
Let go, not used seeing kids on a work day 

Sree....

Kerala Call

Lost my job, felt like a blow nasty 
Back to my village back to safety
Village the same, the food very tasty
The feel entirely different from a city

Lush green fields cultivating paddy
The rivers, lakes, estuaries a plenty
The sea shore, the mountains misty
Mesmerize me always, your beauty

Others strive to reach, the life quality
Education the difference in its kitty
Kerala Model works only with unity 
Seamlessly portray during a calamity

Once asylum, now God’s own country 
Hindi, now common, no more mystery  
Opened up, now no more a closed entity
Kept heritage intact embraced modernity

Sree....

Relations

Born free, then many relations take over
Grow up easy not, at times run for cover 
Many more relations, one gets to discover
Sensitive some, around it emotions hover

Cannot pick and choose- the blood relations
Involved in it, lot sentiments, - lot emotions 
Love, respect mutually, leave not connections
Rely to fall back on them, at any condition

Relations stay not same, throughout lifetime 
Conditional some, beware, treat not it prime
Some unconditional, celebrate it as sublime
Maintain relations, toughest task in lifetime
 
Life partner, one’s only non- blood relative 

Can leave, in midst or life together may live

When heart controls the brain, the relation thrive (s)

Forget not, partner’s offer- all blood relative(s)

 
Sree....

Quarantine

Funny but, miserable the humans' plight
PPE's, now a must for boarding the flight
Corona surged far far ahead, in this fight
Rare, a species threatening human might

Embassy chartered flights, the only option
Online forms filled in, to nullify any objection
Departure, plane, arrival, forms at all locations
Same forms smiled again at the emigration

Filling forms, now clear on my forward path
Never before so self aware, a nice aftermath
Travel day is history, ended it with a nice bath 
To follow rules of quarantine, we all took oath

Quarantine, countdown started from day one
Corona controls planet, for others set the tone
Wish- kill Corona race, sympathize with it none
Till killers arrive, quarantine- keep living alone

Sree....

Arabian life

Plan I did not ,the life in Arabian land

Hesitantly arrived to find gold in sand

Not gold but found many of my brand

With all developed human relations grand

Formed friends, felt knew them beforehand

Personally witnessed my family expand

And from me emerged a dutiful husband

All in a blink, now leaving the land of sand

Why leave? asked self, times a thousand

Goodbye easy not, lot efforts it demand

Physically move out, face not' reprimand

Take memories along, from this wonderland

Change is the constant, need not withstand

Control, let stabilize. till then self you remand

Gold right in front, leave not one’s own land

A fact of life, takes a while to understand

Sree....

Mallu's Gulf

Childhood query, what will you be in future life?
Driver, nurse, doctor, engineer, teacher, house wife
None to gulf, thank god, teacher's sigh in relief
No madam, these jobs we shall take up in gulf

A mallu goes first, all else simply accompany

Soon ensure a community built for his company

Malayalam works here, need not learn language any

Dhdhubai, Gaththar, Ththammam, examples many 

Mallu's normal life- earn a degree fly to the gulf

Fail to earn it, still falter not in flying to the gulf

Fail tenth or twelfth, Gafoorka* ships them to the gulf

Kerala fail not, donate a person-per house to the gulf

Drop down list of country, "Kerala an option available, 

Lost bet to an Arab, to prove him wrong I wasn't able 

Confused, Is it a country? matter not, we comfortable

Move not from gulf till events turn wholly unfavorable

Sree...

* travel agent

Omega Curve

Perform, but perish, courtesy -the omega curve

True this, a corporate fact- one get to observe

Move on, let it not weaken any of your nerve

Even the best doesn't get- what they deserve

Half fit you better, with all the talent you have

Seventy sick leaves, better for next year I save 

Absence, from work, basis of the rating I gave

Boss's word's was enough, normal me behave    

Little did he fathom, the arrival of a pandemic

Opportunity for HR, their actions super sonic 

Promptly executed, as if waiting for the epidemic 

Lay off, me busy exploring the world dynamic 

Was never in my agenda this part of the world

Enjoyed the place, leave with emotions untold

Know not, what is in store- another life to unfold 

Wait for me- the omega curve, a friend very old  

Sree....

The Real Virtual World

Suddenly a freeze- stopped the human brain 

Countour a small hiccup, brains down the drain

Nothing left in right, nothing right in left-brain

Stop not for long, starts the virtual apps rain

Earth-a place to be in, plenty happening in actual

Slowly took us over, our own ideas conceptual

The world shrunk in no time, a change perpetual

Virtual world a reality, real-world now virtual 

Desires put in practice, mirrors the real world

Everything just a click away, avail sand to gold

Life in loneliness, though many friends to behold

Get used to it, here to stay for sure, this world 

Express easy, no more introverts, extroverts all turn 

Emotions to emoticons, some fake- some burn 

Virtual world' a reality, gives many - a heartburn

Let brain control, else to the real world no return

Sree...

Correct Mistakes

Growing up I made lots and lots mistakes

Later learned to learn from the mistakes

Wiser, when learned from others' mistakes 

Look up to people- only for their mistakes

Me turned pro, now all mistakes I correct 

Thought my teen sons, I need to correct

Tried, but they very sure they are correct 

Gifted me a mirror, said, "first self you correct"

Saw an old man, saw myself lean and pale

Complicate simple things, no time to exhale

Messy, the life I live, forgot even to smile

Changing self was not easy, it took a while 

Now, others' mistakes I let go, self I focus

No more anxious moments, sleep in surplus

Smile returned, "younger", the body status

Shiny face, mirror gave the needed impetus

Sree.....

Diplomatic Kid

Woke up hearing my little one laughing out loud
Saw a smiley little face, “me” a father very proud 
Day began positively, like sun coming of the cloud(s) 
Later, asked the reason, again he laughed out loud

Cheerfully, he started unfolding a story unheard
He- a very talented story teller I always admired  
“I saw you turning small, no mustache, no beard
You were in nappies, he narrated a story, bit weird

"Years passed by, I grew big, but- the reverse you did
Continued his narration the little one, his looks candid
Shall tell stories,  spent time with you, said the kid
Live your heart out daddy, I ensure none shall forbid

Reality strikes, forced me out of my fantasy world
Trying to escape,  to the office work- myself I hold
Suddenly flashed, the reasons made up, excuses I told
Awesome kid, his smart diplomatic teachings I behold

Sree….

Lock down

Daddy, I put my school near your office
Held an Ipad my little one, I failed to notice
Adjust with him, and to work pay justice
Virtual the world, suddenly I feel -"a novice

Boasting on; shall never succumb to despair
The reality: fear even to go down the stair
Life in here, altered much beyond repair
Insecurity crept in, the feel is in the air

Advises, instructions plenty, wish I elope
Where to?, just stay home- with lots of hope
Frantic search is on, for sure- the cure to pop
Else, Corona rule, spare not even the pope

Changed our living sense, this silly virus

Stay alive the motto, rest all just a bonus

Strike back, in human intelligence- the onus

And restart with all its flair, the human circus 

Sree....

Survive - The Lucky

Busy highway traffic, car into it I squeeze
Stop at checkpoint, control not the sneeze
Move, said the cop, corona in the breeze
Deliberate, show not, limbs were to freeze

Way back from work to home,a long drive
Temporary feat with car, adrenaline I thrive
Parked car, walk, in thoughts corona alive
A truck, life in me it was about to deprive

Felt like an amateur fight the undertaker
Unaware, risk my life and look like a joker
Gave up, he missed me by just a whisker
The almighty put all the luck in my locker

A truck then, now a tiny virus to pull down
Serious contender,made this world its own
Live sensible, worry not on the unknown
Survive, the lucky a fact very well known

Sree....

Corona The Goon

Can this corona fight a lion? asked my little son
Corona is small, I said, now having all the fun
Small? then why worry? his query, in me it spun
Small ones are more danger, intended no pun

Waking up, first act check the global death toll
New syndrome, faster than the nature’s call
Infected numbers, criteria for nations' status poll”
Corona, “you beast”- made the humans stroll

Poke into human’s life, prick the arrogance balloon
Hurt humans pride, the bloat to come off soon
With it fall human ego, which rose beyond the moon
This time, the act is by Corona”- the virus goon

Mini creature take on the powerful, world it shook
Spread across the entire planet, no time it took
Is it end of an era?, predicted by the holy books
Beware humans, it is more serious than it looks

Sree

Unfinished Work

Alone in office, working late, felt nothing wrong
Suddenly, heard a beautiful voice singing a song
Found her, asked, “ what makes you stay long? "
Unfinished work, said her,“ wait to take you along"

A minute flashed in my mind, thoughts awesome
But said, "let’s meet later, now got to go home"
No son, your life’s done, now with me you come
"I am death", said her, the voice now worrisome

How can it take me ? Unfinished  jobs a plenty
"Finish it", said her, " you have minutes seventy"
Cannot finish, even if you give me years twenty
Makes no difference, you have to leave empty

Too soon but reality, now wait for me the ultimate
Need more time, need to spend with my mate
Strived hard to finish all work, all my time it ate
Unfinished the work remain, realized it very late 

Sree....