Category: Poetry Challenge
Thoughts are things
Thoughts are things Eyes! Instantly identify A tiny black spot From an impeccably Clean, white shirt. Ears! Listen to class. Miss the speech. Hands! Tired to clap. Unwilling to hold. Delinquent fists Relentlessly hurt, hit Seldom fold, and fetch. Arms! Linked with weapons, Unwilling to stretch. Feet! Eager to kick. At other times, fleet. Brain! Left or right Unfortunate guide. […]
» Read moreBring back
Bring back I wonder if I belonged To any continent, To any bordered territory! The answer is no. Thank goodness though, For I belong to the world. Unlike you, you, and you I have a bird’s eye view. If atonement is not Your cup of tea, Then given the chance You’ll rewrite the same story, The crimes will repeat, You […]
» Read moreEmpty words
Empty words How’s it a global village, Where a country’s failure Is another’s success, Not the whole world’s shame? Words, only words For better or for worse, Playing the blind blame game. Ganges is connected to Amazon Like lungs is to kidney Dubai is linked to London Like Surat is to Sidney. Palestine is connected to Hong Kong Like heart […]
» Read moreDouble role
Double role An urchin, with dreamy eyes Is learning to limp. He’s also rehearsing as a blind Child. Double role! Shh! He’s behind a spacious debris, Exposed under broad daylight. Yet safe, hidden, unfrequented — An overlooked green room. He has to perform On the real, certain, Unsuspecting stage Where curtains don’t rise, Nor do they fall. Luckily, he has […]
» Read moreBeyond you
You can snatch my land, My property, severe Everything as far as I can see, But you cannot separate Me from my memories. You can go away For good, asunder All that belonged to us But the stories We wrote together.
» Read moreDifference
Difference Thousand candles Different demeanor Burning… From the same flame. Thousand beings Different tongues Speaking… Of similar feelings. Thousand flowers Different fragrance Celebrating birth… From the same earth. All conflicts end When we close our eyes, Look at the Source With our burning soul, Wisdom surfaces, Difference dies.
» Read more