Believe me

Believe me – I don’t want to spike controversies I’m just being myself living to my heart’s content. There may be no tomorrow for all I know my free spirit hits the walls of your cloistered existence wanting to break free. Believe me…….. will you? https://dversepoets.com/2019/03/11/quadrille-75-spike-up-a-poem/

Woman – her journey

PROMPT Twisted out of shape to please others, she did not recognize herself. When she rose on her feet, with straight shoulders and looked in the eyes of the world – the world did not recognize her. She has shed the burden of imposed expectations, but needs to carve out a fresh identity. Will a … Continue reading Woman – her journey

Being a parent

“You are missing out on his childhood,” says Deepa’s message with this picture. We have been in a long distance marriage for the last few months, as careers demand a sacrifice at times. “He is lucky to have you with him, you ever-nurturing Mother Earth!” I write back playfully, “Allow me to be a good … Continue reading Being a parent

Other side of Nothing

The human mind is an extremely busy place, managing a traffic of fifty thousand thoughts per day. Meditation gurus teach about being - rather than thinking or doing, but most of us are unable to silence the busy-ness of the brain. Darkness is seen as pregnant, concealing something from sight. We fear blankness or nothingness … Continue reading Other side of Nothing

Dissimilar

I share a lot with this roaring repository of secrets – waves crashing against the shore, leaving some there in open view, then pulling them back again….  Will anybody ever know the depth of my thoughts or the speed at which I decided to change them? The only difference being – I long for a … Continue reading Dissimilar

Blindfolded

Why do you demand devotion where love should suffice? Blindfolded, I’ll not know anything else, never question – but never enrich your life with my view. https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2019/03/02/weekend-writing-prompt-95-devotion/

Deception

The shadow of the moon danced on the lake. The waves are impressed by unusual display of camaraderie, as the moon aligns with them.. They desire to unite with the object of their affection. They go to great lengths – vaporise to meet the sky and find No Moon there. There is only a Sun … Continue reading Deception

Introversion

my bashful self taken aback by unabashed display of raw emotions calculates the price introverts pay for being what they are an extrovert laughs aloud as he attends a coveted bash misleads the world with perceived influence Perceptions rule the world.....

Accept your guilt

I see the rawness of your base instincts splashed all over – in homes, relationships, streets and respectable institutions. I have subjugated myself to suit your needs because I was misguided about my status in different equations. Bestiality is ingrained in you, because nobody told you it is criminal, and a backlash is possible. I … Continue reading Accept your guilt