A chaotic mind
resides in an eccentric shell
Intellect redefined
as an anxious gazelle
Push all judgement aside
she wins you over with her quirky smile
Portrait
Compassion
The six sentence story prompt – Rivalry
There was a King. His power was no rivalry on earth and in heavens. He became friends with an ordinary man named Abram so He blessed Abram and his descendants.
Now Abram is long passed but his descendants are fighting in Gaza. In the midst of the crossfire, the oppressed lift up their voices to cry out ‘YHWH! Allah!’ The King has compassion to Abram’s sons and daughters and He weeps.
Earth and Tsunami
She is plain
She is unnoticeable
She is nothing to look at
Whatever she tends
They grow
She is passion
She is overwhelming
She is a beautiful disaster
Whatever she touches
They break
The Three Sisters
The Living Poetry prompt – air, certain, raise
I love watching sunrise over the Blue Mountains.
When the sun bathes the Three Sisters, it raises the thick moist air with full force of seduction.
There is a certain irresistible temptation I correlate with King David.
Bathsheba was alone, but I am faced with three folds.
The Death of A Poet
you were
the assassin of my poetic being
you attacked by slicing a sharp tongue
down the core of my creativity
whatever I inked
post mortem
dripped wasteful words
irretrievable
Forgiveness
This poem is dedicated to my fellow Instagrammer who survived Covid-19 but lost her mother in India. 🙏
Mama
do you remember
we spent long hours
on talking about my future
choice of men
ways to raise my children
and you would be
by my side
to guide me
to help me
Mama
that became just
fractions of memory
all of the sudden
took me by surprise
in such a violent way
I once was a soaring bird
with wings you gave me
Now
I am faltering
failing
falling so ever low
touching the pit
of my existence
Oh Mama
do you remember
you spent hours
on comforting me
nursing my wounds
restoring my strength
But Mama
when you needed me
I was too weak
to look up
I was too engrossed in
my own battle
I lost sight of you
Mama
forgive me
Shooting Star
She spotted the lone star
on a glorious night
She wished too hard
clasped too tight
The star blinked out
into eternal darkness
Omission
I am the chapter
in the whole story
you so easily skip
because
our love affair
is not worth
bookmarking
The Aftermath
Go Dog Go Cafe word prompt – negative, erosion, balance
I look at our past
through sepia negatives
what once was a rock
worn down by the rain of fights
erosion of grief
earthquake of rage
faded into nothing more than particles of clay
on an out of balance
stage of life
I no longer wonder
why you work yourself to death
and I seek solace in the bottles
Remedy
The Living Poetry word prompt - Remedy
He is a remedy for disaster
always in for the spur of the moment
lack of structure
inability to follow instructions
trigger happy is his signature
a tiny cell in the marfia organism
domino effect till the world rots
in total surrender
Flicker of Thoughts 