Fall - A Jorio
From knob of green(Catching light, giving life)The tree's soul findsFreedom. Rising while falling!18 January, 2012*************Final Jorio, I promise, for sometime, at least :) Jorio? Cuboid writing,...
View ArticleBereft - Tanka
Gently wafts the mistGossamer veil, upliftingCaressed, wrapped in love-I never knew when you left;Abandonment, now dawns cold.27 January, 2012(Tanka, Japanese lyric verse - Syllable count 5-7-5-7-7)
View ArticleFree
The gust of wind that blewDid not take away the weightI thought it would.If anything, I feel heavierFor the storm, that rained on,Did not cleanse, it only drenched.Heavy, deep inside, with no hopeOf...
View ArticleQuest(ion)ing
I work with wordsWork around themTurn them inside out,Sometimes invert themWithin themselves...Split each one, tear limb from limbAnd share their screaming silencesOr their silent laughterWith...
View ArticleOff-stage
And when the last show has been doneAnd the curtain falls, one last time, on the nightAnd the stage, abandoned, except for those whoLurk on the edges, undoing the glorious garb it woreWhen, the people...
View ArticleA Lifetime of Love
Thoughts gathered from musty corners(Of my forgotten heart, and vigilant mind)Of an aeon ago, tell me how muchHow very much I did not knowHow, I did not live...How very much, I Yearned, to do, just...
View ArticleFlickering Candle, Immeasurable Light
In the deep distant expanseThat I traverse within, I findNo light.The pit, the darkness, sometimesDoes comfort. It helps to know I cannot see.Eyes, inward, heart hurting, seekingAbsolution, from...
View ArticleStuff.
Stuff. I write stuff. In-your-face, sometimes. Tantalizing, to myself. Nerdy, to some.Often, surreal, to all.For, the meaning, the pictureIs hazy when seen through eyesThat do not own words.See? You've...
View ArticleWorded
A piquant thought nudges me-As toWhy words topple into meWhen the clocks tick midnightwards.Perhaps they’re tired of hanging out of reachAnd think I might just not noticeAs they slither down the...
View ArticleMerging - Haiku
Would that I could beA silhouette on your soulFriends beyond sunsets!1 March, 2012On a prompt from Shail Mohan, in her reply on her beautiful post :)Picture, Copyright, Shail Mohan
View ArticleDef-i-ance
Of freedom,Bound withinAcceptance. Not, let freeIn typecast stereotypes.I've wonderedEver so oftenWhat defines me-The willingness to be me;Or the obligation otherwiseAnswers elude.Till then I'm bound...
View ArticleExuberance - Haiku
Bubbling over withSudden sparkles of frothyEffervescent joy!18 March, 2012(Entirely instigated by misplaced exuberance of young girls of my class who indulged in a bit of graffiti in school, and were...
View ArticleLesson
Disappointment has a rancid taste.One you don't expect;One that will, each time,Take you by surprise.No matter that you anticipate,Expect and avoid, simultaneously.No matter that you knowIt will...
View ArticleMy Most Beautiful Thing
In the mosaic of existenceTry as I might, I cannotPick a speck - for eachIs intertwinedThere is blissPure, uncontested;Revelling in a momentLived well;Finding harmony-Rarer than a four-leaf clover-That...
View ArticleImplosion
Why is it that the heavy heartNever slows down, despite my willing it?Why does that indefinable, infinitesimalInfernal lump in my throat still allow me to breathe?Why, even when I drown in self...
View ArticlePiquant
PiquantEdgy. Tangy. Burgeoning with Unvalidated, irreverentemotion. Gladdened by notions.Weighed down by fullnesses.Bound by the limitlessnessesOf unexplored possibilities. I remain. As always,PiquedBy...
View ArticleWedded - A Haiku in Celebration :)
Merging my soul inYours, I’m lost: only to findCompleteness in us.19 April, 2012For 29 June, 2012, when they got married!
View ArticleClouded Hopes
That cloud, it grew, as it passedOver sea, over beach, over valleys and hills...And burgeoning with the heavinessOf promise, or was it warning?It arrived: longed for release.As did she, looking...
View ArticleOne Day
And just when bone deep exhaustionIn my soul clamours for a break from it all...A gusty wind picks up, and whooshes throughThe curtain, that partly opened window;The one I tried to shut. Tight. And out...
View ArticleQuest III
Quelling the panic;The surge of disquiet-I call you. You're beyond reach.(In more ways than one,I think. Suddenly.)Though that knowledgeLapped around the fringes Of the Utopia I lived in...It always...
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