Dark clouds and thunder, flash of silver lightning. tree swaying against the wind, Brilliant green against the grey heavens. The thump and splat of rain drops, rustling leaves. A mug of ginger tea, and a crunchy cookie at hand. A cool breeze drifting past, leaving behind comfortable silence . Unexpected ...Read More
Pic: courtesy the author Today, I woke up to grey skies and rain. Incessant, revitalising, cleansing rain. Today is not a day to be with people. It is a day to be spent with the self. It is a day for solitude ...Read More
The rainy season is here! Like the poet Samuel Taylor says “Water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink!” Have you ever wondered why there are constant concerns about availability of water in the future, despite receiving good rainfall? As ...Read More
Memory is nothing but a compound a distillation an essence a coming together seeping together staying together of everything that the eyes drank the skin tasted the breath sang the soul heard and never forgot and that is why when breeze mixes with rain you suddenly smell pine needles and distant snow and damp roses and drops of ...Read More
It is just rain it falls in streams, rivulets fills gutters batters shivering dogs and frightened cats and cemented trees gasping for breath on city pavements it falls outside my window waiting for me willing me to walk to the curtains and part them I don't stir and stay glued to my 8:30 pm ...Read More
I am walking on the rain soaked earth, drizzling clouds falling upon me, all I feel, are your last words digging through, My feet walking me into the moisture laden air, While the heart is on its way into the past , losing itself to ...Read More
It is a girl. She is walking down an uneven path on the barren hillside, placing her feet carefully on the loose stones. Her thin brown fingers are curled around some ferns with white spore smeared undersides that she uses to stamp Christmas ...Read More
A-walking, a-humming, The road stretches on, Your twenty-dollar bill, Crumbling in your fingers, Whistling a concerto, You heard long ago, Playing in a dream, Or playing in your head, How does it matter When you won't ever be dead? Down to your last penny, And you throw it away On a man ...Read More
Will you steal across my skies and sing like you did last time? Will you rumble, roar, pour and thunder, just like you did last time? Will you turn dark and angry, grey and blue, and will the sun look ...Read More
The beat of drums, leads the thumping of my heart, The clouds bursting against one another; awaken the heart with a start, The flute pumps waves of melody seamlessly into the air, Peacocks dance in the rhythmic rains, as love pours down, along with ...Read More
This is what she had wanted. With a maddening urgency and desperation, like thirst for water after a long spell of draught. So what if the rains came four months ago, and had drenched her. With moisture soaking into clothes, ...Read More
Have you ever noticed? The way the helmet jiggles when the wearer moves his head to music? The way trees smile and sway after a brief shower? The way generosity meter goes up when the weather is beautiful? The way bikers try to wipe their eyes ...Read More
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