Years passing by

Unfulfilled desires - hopeless Vacillating action plans - rudderless Wishes and prayer, floating in air - baseless Xerographic copies of a lost past - meaningless Years gone by - accretion of memories - futureless Zillions of dreams haunt – but I am now lifeless   Meeting the Bar at dverse

I cannot be an island

Do I call it a fog or haze? It forms a barrier between my eyes and the world around me, but leaves a small part exposed. Does that object have a fog-proof veneer around it? Or my vision can selectively penetrate certain objects, to leave out others? Is it a kind of 3D projection, or … Continue reading I cannot be an island

Laying to rest

A long-raging controversy on bamboo being a grass or tree ends today. The Government has modified the Indian Forest Act and classified bamboo as a type of grass. My botanist husband, having supported the opposite notion, is not looking too happy. He still thinks it is political and business convenience, and not a result of … Continue reading Laying to rest

Not again

On Sep 11, 2017 I wrote UNCONDITIONAL Paws hugging me at end of day take forlorn moods to bursts of joy winging on love unconditional I live again   The flipover today CONDITIONAL moments of terror will be stories tomorrow scars  will fade away I live – but wish that history not repeat itself again … Continue reading Not again

Helpless

I see masks being peeled off revealing hollowness beneath confidence crumbling to fall in heaps on slithering ground   I hear insides screaming on being scooped out but getting cleaned up in the process   I feel the helplessness on being sucked into quicksand of life   (44 words) Quadrille #64

Pandora’s Box

What is happening in the background? Whose voices are those which stop you? let disapproving monsters go Pandora let loose evils but managed to lock one Hopelessness – observe how hope still rules the whole world Joy!   Weekly Tanka Poetry Prompt Challenge #112