Of all trees i love Gulmohar a lot. Mostly for two reasons - it blooms only in summer and it blooms maximum when the heat is extreme. We used to stay upstairs in Rahul Nursing Home near present Collector office in Bandra east. There was a big gulmohar near Chetana College opposite to our place. I was in Vivekananda Kendra Pune and came home for my MA exams. Month of May was the peak for Gulmohar and the above poem just flowed. I still have the original papers on which i wrote all my poems.
My training incharge, my first Guru on this spiritual path had told us how to draft or write a lettter. He said, you must start writing in your mind as you do yoga, chant prayers, eat breakfast or do sramdaan or attending a lecture. And when you start writing it should be from start to finish without any scratching. The habit still persists and i fill very hurt when i delete any word while typing on computer. Well, this is one of my favourite poems -
My training incharge, my first Guru on this spiritual path had told us how to draft or write a lettter. He said, you must start writing in your mind as you do yoga, chant prayers, eat breakfast or do sramdaan or attending a lecture. And when you start writing it should be from start to finish without any scratching. The habit still persists and i fill very hurt when i delete any word while typing on computer. Well, this is one of my favourite poems -
"गुलमोहर" २७.०५.१९९१
अब के आँगन में पहली बार
खिला मेरा गुलमोहर
ऐसे लाल फूल सुनहरे
जैसे सुलगते जलते अंगारे
कैसा चमत्कार भगवान
कड़ी धुप में मीठी मुस्कान
देख के उसको लगा यूँ
अगर जीवन में धुप बरसे
दुखसे जो तनमन जले
निखर उठना तू भी यूँ
इसी गुलमोहर की तरह-l
अब के पहली बार,
रात की रानी भी महकी
मेरे अमुवा में छिपके,
अब के कोयल भी चहकी
चारों ओर नज़ारे अनोखे
देख देख दिल क्यूँ न बहके
पर -
जब सूरज की छुई किरन,
रातरानी ने ढंका बदनl
जैसे किसी की नजर पड़ी,
रही कोयल चूपसे खड़ीl
पर गुलमोहर वहीँ रहा
कड़ी धुप को हंसके सहा,
भगवन, तुझसे यही प्रार्थना
इतनी मांग पूरी करना -
बरसे जब दुख की आँधी,
तडपाये जब भी धुप कड़ी,
उसका दीदार बनाए रखना
मुझे गुलमोहर बनाए रखना..
मुझे गुलमोहर बनाए रखना..