January is a beginning, or claims to be so. My dog loves the extra helpings of plum cake, but does not know she has embarked on a new journey. Time is seamless for her. There were times my grandmother couldn’t recall dates, but connected events to the time her second-born had just started walking, or … Continue reading Seasons of life
It is our concept of normal, which restricts and constricts us. And there are so many versions of ‘being normal’, that one never gets around to being totally acceptable. Yet, parents, teachers and priests keep struggling to propagate their own concepts of acceptable behavior. Excellence is deemed to lie in reproducing published answers from a scripture … Continue reading The New Normal or No Normal
Strange are the ways of the world ….. They needed a manmade material to protect Nature from being stripped and eroded, and they invented me. I was hailed as a life-changing invention. I was utilized in everything from containers to aircraft. Today, I am being blamed for not letting Nature breathe. Did they not foresee … Continue reading A journey
shoot the messenger or choose to believe in me I see other worlds sift out truth from falsehood only my color is dark … Haikai Challenge #68
A train of thought piece by Bladud Fleas....
The borderlands grow wider and wilder every year, as the dense fog obstructs vision. It is not a regular, seasonal fog. It smells awful, and is unusually thick with suspicion and distrust. Winter will give way to spring, but the fog is likely to remain. It obstructs budding new talent, who await their five years … Continue reading Foggy borders
Only a lunatic can imagine that – building foundations amidst a psunami, with the sea biting her ankles. She looks for collaboration from submerged life beneath the surface. The movement against women entering a revered temple is in full swing. Two women show the courage to break the law, and unrest grips the town. Yet, … Continue reading Kerala Wall
A penny drops. But he does not bend to pick it up. He moves ahead to grab the gold watch on the mantelpiece. “He controls time now. He can choose to focus on certain parts, not necessarily in sequential order. Doctors call it selective amnesia or partial memory loss.” The seer’s words are ignored as … Continue reading Blackened mirror
A reflection on normalcy … by wonkywizard (Dr. Lim Keng Huat)
MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU ECHOES 419: BACK TO NORMAL
dead bonsai withered
weird to wake up life cycle
wishy washy whine
the gap break and bind
nothing is back to normal
norm is abnormal
fresh look at the dead
new meaning to appease mind
return is reborn
