In between

exquisite emotions wrapped in wordiness unwanted diversions tangential absence....   what does it take to fully have me - pregnant silence torturous expectation....   the unspoken does not exist for you the spoken loses potency for me verbosity is your expression being dumbfounded – my misfortune   BrewNSpew Cafe  

I negotiate life

This is a poetry form 'Freku' propagated by Ronovan at New Form of Haiku & Poetry   the moon is still dark night moving towards dawn adept at hiding underlying dark stories of those who escape other worlds are few all in the glare of the sun balls moving on orbs to prove universal truths, protect … Continue reading I negotiate life

Kelpies

changing shapes in water changing colors at night we let people inside us to discover their might   hollowed legends reconstructed for pleasure we look up to see heaven down to earth, at leisure   we cannot help being evil reversed hooves - do our speed belie each time - a human turns Loch Ness … Continue reading Kelpies

House of Mirrors

He is flattered seeing himself replicated all over. This man speaks his language, another walks like him. A few others dress differently, but their acts are modelled on him. Imitation is the shortest route to success. Diana is different. She finds it painful to suspend her thinking and speak a borrowed tongue. No wonder she … Continue reading House of Mirrors

Flawed laws

Genius leaves a mark, but does not change the world. Numbers matter. It is cowed down by the exponential power of the generalized mean. Those who want to rule the world, understand this phenomenon, and exert all effort in controlling the masses. The classes will not be influenced easily, but their power can be nullified … Continue reading Flawed laws

Unstructured

“I’m depressed, because I can’t resolve the complexities of life.” “Certain things make sense only in their integrated state. You cannot simplify the process by separating them.” “Like what?” “You delete people like vowels from your life, and the messages become difficult to understand. The consonants have substance, but cannot stand on their own, without … Continue reading Unstructured

High-profile

The funeral went by in a waltz of shiny cars, black suits, and choreographed tears. The paparazzi is in high gear to cover the event. It will attract eyeballs at least for the next one week. The successors wear suitably sad expressions, but their minds are spinning at high speed to formulate strategies for the future. The … Continue reading High-profile

Contradictions

a lighthouse on a boat sailing, talking to the waves drawing secrets of the ocean to weave a wisdom of my own a strong fortress with liquid hollows aligned to outer currents aka tides to the moon unveiling magic static illusions- of giant wheels lugging corpses of dormant life   Meet the bar - at … Continue reading Contradictions