Tag: life
Picnicking Spirits
The Boomerang Kid
Elusive Melody
(A Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet) Where lies melody of broken heart’s song? In the dullness of heartbeat that ticks by; Held by eyelids from slipping on the sly, Haunting deep down, playing in mind like gong, Forgotten, being stuck in strife for long. Else in the long breath let out in a sigh; Or in the sail of mast which once
» Read moreReaching Out
Such a desolate feeling to have no one of our own, In whom we can confide, all doubts and fears unknown. Someone to hold our hands in times of need and console, Reassure our faith in self and to cajole. Make us some coffee, sit with us, listen handing out tissue, Lives could be saved from mind games fought,
» Read moreSand In My Hourglass
Playing on the riverbed in its sands, Sparkling silver filled in both hands. Shells and sepia we fondly picked and kept, Bathed in gold towards sunset. Each sand grain bore witness to times spent, With cousins in our native on vacations we went. As many stories, as many nights, Games we played their count infinite. Time seemed to have
» Read moreOn the House
84, Charing Cross Road
Bubble
image: google pics Bubble has always been a subject of curiosity, daintily airborne, rising gracefully! Donning a rainbow cape, the bubble rises higher, Clinging onto thin film, its dreams aspire. To reach the skies, its heart is set on fire, Stays buoyed up in the air by trapped in desire. Eyes looking
» Read moreA Night’s Light.
When night shuts me in and shadows are deep I look to the lights that blink in the street, the un-curtained window a light in the porch, the wavering beam from a lone walker’s torch or the far away hills with a dusting of stars.
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