Fragments of Peace: Poetic Expressions

By Ashwani Gailey

I was born on 15th August 1966 in a humble family in a small town of Dehradun India. Having parents from diverse religious background lent a cosmopolitan culture within the family. Parents were employed in essential services with variable working hours which required adjustment from all family members. Conscious adjustments created space to muse and observe. Life became a process in the initial years itself. The journey within, lent tenacity of mind, yet the sensitivity of a child seeking outlet from the complexities of social fabric, ran parallel. Wondered how people discover reasons to squabble over trivial things while we hardly have time to share amongst loves ones. Personal views hardly mattered. As the society outpaced me, I tried to outgrow it alongwith its rudimentary beliefs. Maneuvering through childhood, I discovered some profound friends who are there since. Pride of my life, they shape my belief in humanity, over & above caste, creed or religions.
The innate desire to share pains, concerns, take up social causes opened an avenue for taking hands-on healing, driving me to leave the bank. Sharing helped to relate, observe, feel, write and express what is more of human, and lesser of beliefs, in search of finding a God beyond religions. To view with compassion the future of parents, aged, children and fellow brethren.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: May 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781482873368

Ashwani Gailey

Author comes from a humble family based at Dehradun, India, a country known for religious tolerance and diversities. Author’s parents came from diverse religious backgrounds. They have instilled a feeling of compassion, space, and tolerance over and above the individual religious beliefs, encompassing genuine care for parents, children, and human brethrens to make the world a better place for generation to come.

Book preview

© 2016 by Ashwani Gailey.

ISBN:              Softcover              978-1-4828-7337-5

                        eBook                  978-1-4828-7336-8

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

Partridge India

000 800 10062 62

www.partridgepublishing.com/india

Contents

Oh God!

Truncated Peace

Maze Of God

Aborted Nest

Fury of Deluge

Lost Arc

Lizard the Wizard

Anaath – The Orphan

Sentry

Humble Quest

Mother

Joy of Loneliness

Minchoo

Three Seers and A Sage

Timeclock

Balloon Girl

Pauper’s Dream

Playschool

Chaste Beliefs

Last Rites

Spirited God

Father’s Plight

Scrolls of Love

The Plight of Candle

Barbed Wires

The Soular System

Ardent Prayer

Treasure Home

The Road to Heavens Lies Within

Alienated

Thanking a Prayer

Epitaph of Soul

Nootoo

OH GOD!

Before I turn blind with age,

Holy carnages rupture my cage.

Wise men calm me mold as sage,

Let me pen these lines on page.

View these lines as I tire from race,

Paint some purity lend some grace.

Do not taint the canvass of God,

Stains galore beneath unseen blots.

Modern man still seeks asylum,

Running from race or ended to silence.

Not knowing who owns what of this earth,

Having a nation appears mirth.

Bane of