Madness...poise heedlessness..choice silence...noise wonderment..belief suffering..relief abandon in patterns fireflies in empty lanterns movement.. stillness stillness..movement Me..You You.. me The quest for more. For less. Flows. And Ebbs. Read More
On her birthday today, I remember 'Alone', a poem by Maya Angelou. A poem that recounts a moment in all our lives when we lie awake at night with a soul niggle that asks, "How to find my soul a ...Read More
Love’s in the air All around you, Encompassing you Body and soul! It’s there in the music Of rustling leaves Chirping birds Song of the waterfalls, Whimpering of the sleeping child; It looks the other way, When you seek it, Only to sneak in the heart unnoticed To seep into each pore ...Read More
It's not love but the story we fall for the story we seek in the mundane, the ordinary, the predictable we look for signs for stars in dust for songs to come alive for messengers to arrive from distant lands bringing gifts of hope, faith and trust of answers to questions dragging their ...Read More
Let your voice for once, listen to your feelings, For words and tears wait for none, Let those eyes be as silent, Else they might voice your bitter heart Yes I remember those sleepless nights, And those lamps, lit with your memories, the black crisp petals ...Read More
The needle point of pain is fire and ice it's the knowing and the not knowing the near and the far presence and absence the found and the lost A pain both old and young that knows how to smile at itself and be petulant. It is home in the cozy grooves of the heart. And then suddenly it melts into ...Read More
When the soul remains shrouded In the dead silence of a few past days, When the heart lies curled up Too heavy to move; When the sky remains overcast With smoking clouds of pain and agony When words lose their meaning And protests their fire; When things remain As ...Read More
Drip faster, dip down low, Let the sun rise and fall as the diamonds glow Beautiful rays, gleaming soft Beneath the light of everything you’ve lost. Symbols of what you’re leaving behind, Moving on, trying to keep up with The pace. Let it go, let them all ...Read More
The clamour of footsteps and raindrops. Buzzing television sets and distant prayer calls. Brain teeming over with emotion; A break - a pause - mind on holiday. Numbness. Car engines sound like guitar strings scratching against chipped nails. But softer - calmer - now they purr like kittens… Red, green, blue - quietly dissolving ...Read More
If only I could… Rewind the track of my life, To go back in childhood, To roll in mud; Hide under beds; To play in the street light; To be dragged home by the ear! ** If only I could… Scramble through The recycle bin of time To rummage for my ...Read More
Life’s sitemap A step-by-step journey; Etched clear and loud, On the clean black-board; Dreams and aspirations – Running after Love…Happiness; ** A yearning for being perfect; Living life by the book; Making everyone happy! ..Utopian thoughts! ** When did I … During this journey Allow others To take control; To over-write their dreams on mine! Fingers that fine-tuned my ...Read More
Purple skies of a moonlit night, Dance of the feral winds, a holy rite. Damp dews and floral ablutions, Music of silence, deep contemplations. A Rising glow..awakening dawn, In the womb of the blue light, are perceptions reborn. Songs of birds at the advent of time, ...Read More
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