Falling Apart

They had cut a cake on the same table, maybe a decade ago. Sandra had lost count of the years that passed by. Life was more about rowing in different directions, and coming back to a central zone of conflict. There was no escape, as they had to manage a terminally ill child they loved … Continue reading Falling Apart

Yarns of Caution

Nature is the highest benchmark for acceptance of change. Seasons just come and go, with a self assurance that their time will come again. How can I be sure that the same season comes back again? The dried leaves and disintegrated flowers will not come back to life. Where do the storms come from? There … Continue reading Yarns of Caution

Belief makes it true

I was told reality is only a perspective, and I believed it. I had to move around the table, see the same object from different angles, and reconstruct a reality I considered comprehensive. bits and pieces from my experience colored the lenses I used So, I am only a character in the story – the … Continue reading Belief makes it true

Lost in time

This is the opposite of Erasure Poems (erasing words from a given para or stanza to create a poem). I have added words to all the titles given in the prompt. Shall we call it Patchwork Poetry?   All that lies broken in the house of bones is the sound of pride and jagged pieces … Continue reading Lost in time

Evil Spirit

A landscape artist had done this arrangement for his parents, long ago. The birth of a grandchild or any happy occurrence in the family was celebrated in that space with confetti, cake and tiny glasses of wine. His mother believed that the fairies had visited. The door of the shelter was never opened. It was … Continue reading Evil Spirit