Waiting for Godot

Peace will descend tonight from Heaven, and all will be well with the world. Are you sure of those spirits up there – can they even hear our voices? Well, we need to ask the clouds and the sky about how much permeability they offer…. Then what gives you that confidence of tonight? Actually, confidence … Continue reading Waiting for Godot

Twist of Mystery

Going far, going farInto a brave new worldCarrying the gist of meAnd my memoryTo be valued or discardedAs scraps of history Going far, going farOrwellian documentationof phenomenal imaginationsurpassed by the real worldchallenged by the Future-laughable limitations Going far, going farwhere the terms have changedI discard history, memoryto invent a new metill I un-see my old … Continue reading Twist of Mystery

Phenomenons

my lifea miraclebut so elementaluniverse -just phenomenalmingle what kindof beings areextra-terrestrialDo we appear phenomenalor they? Moonwashed Weekly Prompt - Phenomenons

Shade of the Oak Tree

The imposing façade succeeded in concealing long-standing conflicts in the family. But the patriarch’s death suddenly brought it all out in the open. “Find a place for yourself and your families. I’m selling this house.” The matriarch dropped a bombshell on unsuspecting generations. They had come to take this house and the identity it gave … Continue reading Shade of the Oak Tree

Warmth

diwali brightensthe darkest night of the yearheart-warming visitsmessages from kith and kinlove enough to last winters 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge

Thaw the Blues

The holiday resort boasts of having a frozen chamber – in a country that sees snow only on mountain peaks. Her boisterous teenagers come out with shades of blue on their skin. It has been a tough battle keeping them in. Yes, snow would be the easy way out, even if it was artificial. “Mom, … Continue reading Thaw the Blues

What are you looking for?

Halloween and Ouija boards bring up so much. I almost empathize with the soul’s struggle to express itself without a voice. Ouch! It lost its vocal cords, but not its vision and need for expression. I am grateful to be a soul in a physical existence, with a clear or unclear objective – to experience … Continue reading What are you looking for?

Deep inside

God, show me your faceI want to believe in youdon't peep through flowersshow your art; jump from the skystraight into my doubting heartI hear the heartbeat louder Sunday Confessionals

Behind the scenes

loud mind-beats disrupt quietEach person wondering…What are others pondering?A dollar for your thoughtslet me sell you something, but what? strategy wrapped as ideology?business disguised as a revolution?unsheathed hunger for powercleverly masked as a savior? devices, apps are only toolsyou don’t see you are wiredyou press fake buttons to playfollow our commands to staywithin the periphery … Continue reading Behind the scenes

The Brick

The brick sailed through the airIn search of an abodewith honest wallsintegrated roofrooms flowing into othersto explore mindsetsaccept diversityunify improbable mates the brick reached the woodswhere it was accusedof dividing spacespromoting ownershipinciting warbeing immobilewhen opinions need to shiftor minds need to meet the brick – now porousby its own defeatinvites builders for trialthey retract; for … Continue reading The Brick