Writer’s Thirst

  is it ice catching fire or my imagination?   I will taste smoke today to quench never-ending thirst for new challenges   is it ice catching fire or my imagination?   I will reinvent life to write a new story satisfy the nagging urge of making life worthwhile   is it ice catching fire … Continue reading Writer’s Thirst

Deep pockets

-biological warfare -a conspiracy to induce mayhem in markets buy low for long-term prosperity -marriages break down claustrophobic with too much togetherness in stressful times   authors spoke long back scripts written now for many more blockbusters to come   all is well that ends well for certain deep pockets   https://onewomansquest.org/2020/03/16/v-j-s-weekly-challenge-88-domino-effect/

Layers

a part of the whole a whole divided in parts I deny connectedness by letting smoke envelope my existence, letting it define my incompleteness, creating illusions of wholeness.   masks I wear conceal vulnerability while labelling certain parts of my animal self attributing it to another species masks let me live in peace with my … Continue reading Layers

Slayers

stacking chocolates in the fridge heading to the kitchen to grate cheese for a pasta sauce while the cake baked in the oven is bliss   drooling over the scene that would follow on the dining table I check my phone and am deflated instantly   It is the diet app sending notifications I can’t … Continue reading Slayers

Cyclic

entitled presumptuous on being God’s gift to the world camels killed, then fowls and pigs flashing monstrosity wounding existence strategic intelligence walks on two legs We own the planet…   a teeny weeny virus with no wings or feet holds civilization to ransom confined, constrained living in fear dying ‘coz you’re less important than the … Continue reading Cyclic

Unburdened

freshness of outlook makes me what I am propels me ahead to unknown destinations   How I wish mornings did not carry burdens of past nights feet not shackled by lost battles failures and slights   How I wish I could carve a day with a new Sun on a new planet partner with aliens … Continue reading Unburdened

Deception

It was big then. But her influence eroded over time. all that I valued, admired changed forms lies pulverised at the feet of those I used to abhor fame scares… It is history, and history can be rewritten. interpretations live neither aspirations nor actions I cannot change the world worlds can change me What kind … Continue reading Deception

Afloat

song of silence vision in darkness taste of winds smell of solitude propels   someone caresses my soul in this desolate place and it is certainly not hell   I think Nirvana is near If I keep floating in ether but cannot tell… https://amanpan.com/2020/03/09/eugis-weekly-prompt-song-march-9-2020/

Dissolution

dissolution in the unknown disowning all I’ve ever owned   discarding heavy feet skies do I meet turbulent greys recede colors meet and greet   dissolution in the unknown disowning all I’ve ever owned   rainbows have shades not seen in a paintbox I’ll mix and match more for the ultimate detox   dissolution in … Continue reading Dissolution

Stirring Minds

a mind stir propels awakens the dormant catalyses action creates forward motion yet scares …   when I know not what lies within what monsters I awaken or goodness I invoke   I’d rather show new paths to follow be better than one has ever been https://dversepoets.com/2020/03/09/quadrille-99-poems-stirred-not-shaken/