Connected, yet?

Today’s prompt: Why do you think we feel so bad when we lose someone? Can you truly “lose” someone? I don’t think we are disconnected. It is just that the nature of connection has changed. We do not vibrate to the same frequency of thought any more. Repulsion happens only in the same field. I have … Continue reading Connected, yet?

Contemplation

I wake up early, leave the family sleeping and walk alone for miles on that beach. The morning is beautiful, but the  beach is not. Low tides have left behind remnants of the visiting waves. I see jellyfish struggling for life, and decide to throw back a few in the water. The sight of a … Continue reading Contemplation

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

Then & Now

We are celebrating the festival of Diwali here, in this week. The prompt reminded me of the visits to my grandparents and home-cooked dishes in childhood. As my mother and aunts cooked, we engaged in making elaborate decorative patterns with colored sand, grains, salt or flowers outside the house. Innovation meant using a new material … Continue reading Then & Now

Tentacles of Power

voting rights are illusions of power in common working hands backstage manipulations make democracy a farce keep masses busy invoke suppressed emotions instigate battles they manage wealth of nations we debate inanities politics needs funds business demands high favors manipulations they laugh at our ignorance all the way to acquired wealth   Haikai Challenge #59 … Continue reading Tentacles of Power