AND THE REST, GENTLY TO SLEEP LAY-A Poem by me

AND THE REST, GENTLY TO SLEEP LAY-A Poem by me

AND THE REST, GENTLY TO SLEEP LAY-A Poem by me

AND THE REST, GENTLY TO SLEEP LAY

.                     By Deepak Menon

Can meanings, we, from words glean?

Words that are meant to let us know,

What we can never hear or dream,

Words meant to raise or lay us low,

What we can see, of intents unseen

From words uttered not to let us know,

Is but a fragment of a forgotten dream

Words wrapped in magic gowns of snow,

Lily white in nether worlds so dark

Showing glimmering rivers of feelings,

That words like crawling maggots park

In minds deep recesses,with meanings,

That silently reverberate with truths

We think we know but are not sure,

For words are carriers of those truths

And themselves the beckoning lure,

Concealing meanings in shimmering hazes

Compelling reason and ignorance,

To lose themselves in speakers mazes

Of meanings construed as deliverance,

For, meanings from words we do derive,

But in a parochial, limited way,

We hear what we need to survive

And the rest must always hidden stay,

So let's not peer too deeply into the meanings,

Of words we hear along life's way,

Lets glean what we desire to sooth our feelings!

And the rest? - Gently to sleep lay.

Wopswede, Germany - Deepak Mashinder and Abha visit

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Wopswede, Germany - Deepak Mashinder and Abha visit - July 2011

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Wopswede is a lovely little town near Bremen in Germany - I. Mashinder and Abha visited it and spent the entire day walking around it - savoring the flavor of the times and Abha bought lots of beautiful little souveniers from the quaint little old times shops there. It was a really very happy and satisfying day and reminded me of the good old days when things were beautiful and life was simple and uncomplicated. Good friends are really a gift from the Gods.

Wopswede, Germany - Deepak Mashinder and Abha visit

Wopswede is a lovely little town near Bremen in Germany - I. Mashinder and Abha visited it and spent the entire day walking around it - savoring the flavor of the times and Abha bought lots of beautiful little souveniers from the quaint little old times shops there. It was a really very happy and satisfying day and reminded me of the good old days when things were beautiful and life was simple and uncomplicated. Good friends are really a gift from the Gods.

BREMEN - ABHA MASHINDER DEEPAK - JULY 2011

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Mashinder dove us in his car to Bremen - and on the way we enjoyed the impeccable German landscape - precision is the word that comes to mind when one thinks of Germany and we arrived at Bremen in good spirits. It is really a very fine city! We roamed all around the town area and savored the wonderful architecture of the buildings. many many wonderful statues, beautiful gardens and flowers, fascinating bylanes of old Bremen where there were quaint shops -each different from the next and each selling its own brand of goods. The cobble stones and the bicycle tracks were so nice to see. And the discipline amazing. No one - I repeat - No one every violated a traffic rule even though we seldom saw the traffic police!

BREMEN - GERMANY - DEEPAK ABHA MASHINDER JULY 2011

Mashinder dove us in his car to Bremen - and on the way we enjoyed the impeccable German landscape - precision is the word that comes to mind when one thinks of Germany and we arrived at Bremen in good spirits. It is really a very fine city! We roamed all around the town area and savored the wonderful architecture of the buildings. many many wonderful statues, beautiful gardens and flowers, fascinating bylanes of old Bremen where there were quaint shops -each different from the next and each selling its own brand of goods. The cobble stones and the bicycle tracks were so nice to see. And the discipline amazing. No one - I repeat - No one every violated a traffic rule even though we seldom saw the traffic police!

My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews

This is one of the most wonderful songs of the immortal Musical :-
The Sound of Music - and it is a lesson to all of us - always remember
your favourite things and you will never feel sad .....!

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And this is something about the great bank where I have worked for over 30 Years!

Berlin, Germany - Abha Rumi, Mashinder, Karan and Deepak - July 2011

Mashinder with his wife Rumi and son Karan, drove us in their car to Berlin and it was really a wonderful city. The Autobahn ride was in itself an experience as always. They took turns driving and finally after driving through wonderful countryside all like paintings of the masters, we arrived at Berlin. We first walked through a wonderful park with beautiful flowers and a great Old Windmill right out of Cervantes. And then we took a bustop tour of the great city of Berlin! We saw the Berlin wall. We saw the beautiful buildings. We strolled through amazing Malls. We saw wonderful architecture, We walked all around the famous Checkpoint Charlie where the Russians and the Americans came face to face when Berlin fell during the Second World War. There are no ends to the wonders of Berlin steeped in History. I will try to add more to this blog as time passes - but one is well advised to read the History of Germany and the 2nd World War too and then go to Berlin and savour its flavor!