Efficiency

logging in at a specified time tackling chores in a particular order tickboxing tasks as complete I did not ever realize how clean inboxes became timely delivery how obsessions became efficiency I’m lauded for I just can’t think away from the screen it is this rectangle which controls life- also makes me a slave of … Continue reading Efficiency

Origin of prejudice

frozen thoughts falling to pieces to reshape, restructure life snowfall of minds I wonder where do they all flow to conceal- pain of losing state in resurrection? catch them young follow around you will know origins of thought, prejudices.   Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge

Destinations

I don’t remember ever seeing a phone booth on this road. Is it real? I can confirm it from Google …. But…. Where is my phone? I kept it in the pocket on the right. Noooo… my coat is a different color. I peep into the glass of the booth door to check my face, … Continue reading Destinations

Starting a journey

The award-winning author shared this throwback pic, during his acceptance speech. “This is where I started my creative journey. Imagination starts with fairy tales, and is partially destroyed when verification attempts fail. The rest of life is about balancing these two aspects.” (279 characters)   Twittering Tale #114

Reconstruction

I claim to be you but only as I see you I cannot get in shape-shifting crevices of your unique mindset I claim to be God rewrite your destiny which you may not want I love to project myself as one living in your skin I claim empathy a much-maligned concept and find a place … Continue reading Reconstruction

Blank pages

The disappearing tail-lights of a car, scar my psyche forever. I think about Sita, who was sent to the forest by her husband, the revered Lord Ram, because a stranger cast aspersion on her purity. She found support in a writer’s abode, who immortalized her life, in the epic he wrote – Ramayana. I think … Continue reading Blank pages

Re-assessment

lazily scanning contact lists on different fora -holiday well spent who would I like to wish and who can be dispensed with? responses measure warmth of all relationships I forgive a few maybe they are occupied - it just shows my love for them perhaps holidays are created to take stock to discard all junk … Continue reading Re-assessment

Goliaths of the Dark

Challenge Poem after the sun departs and we are greeted by constellations or what we could see past the rising light of the city The elitists of the day go home A time of opportunities has gone down with the day But what would the night bring us? The start of a new journey and … Continue reading Goliaths of the Dark

Fuyu No Yama- Winter Mountains

I see your fair face peeping from yellowed pages of the drawing book you once treasured so much- to draw blue mountains in summer winter mountains call we scale through autumnal peaks not sure we’ll make it let us feel the warmth of love once again – before we leave my unstable hands flick through … Continue reading Fuyu No Yama- Winter Mountains