The
Poetry of Abhay Kumar
Grandma
Grandma you may be gone
But you live for me
in the shining sun
in the glowing moon
in the twinkling stars
in the blowing wind
in the falling rain
in the smell of the wet earth after the first rains
in the fairytales
in those ripened guavas in my and your orchard
in the sweetness of those sugarcanes
which grow in the field
where I walked holding your finger
in my thoughts of the most beautiful lady
grandma you are always there
your body may be gone
but you live in me
and my stories
which I'll tell my children
and your great-grand children
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I
believe
I believe time ceases to exist
When mind is lost
In thoughts
I believe fate does not exist
Until we aspire for something
I believe the world is more honest
Than corrupt
I believe that human beings are basically good
It's not in our nature to sin
I believe God exists
In you in me
In everything we see
I believe spirituality is stronger than religion
As it connects us to God without any mediation
I believe everyone falls in love
Though may be for a while
But for some it lasts the life-time
I believe we will live
Though many dooms day prophets won't let us believe
Through all difficulties and pain
And see ahead
Better days
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 Abhay Kumar was born in Nalanda district in Eastern
India in 1980. He was educated at Delhi University(DU) and Jawaharlal
Nehru University(JNU)in New Delhi.He joined the Indian Foreign
Service(IFS) in 2003 and was posted to Moscow in 2005.
He is a writer-poet-diplomat and is currently serving India as
Consul of India in St. Petersburg, Russia.
He is the author of "
Enlightenment- Poems for heart,mind and soul"- a collection
of more than a hundred poems that have been read and appreciated
the world over. His poems "Smitten by Green" &
"I Believe" have been published by the Forward Press,
UK in two separate anthologies titled" Natural Spirit"
edited by Michelle Afford(2006) and" A Moment of Déjà
vu " edited by Annabel Cook(2007). His poems "Hero",
"Child within me" & "It's never too late to
try again" have been published by Bolokids.com, a poetry
website for the children.
His latest book "River
Valley to Silicon Valley"-Story of three generations of
an Indian family; has been published by Bookwell India in May
2007.Since then it has been translated in Russian and Hindi.
It is also being translated in Korean language.
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