I’ll be right there

Do I need to go the extra mile?Where can I find you online?Maybe you like my profileThere's something to do in quarantine Where can I find you online?I'll be right there where you goThere's something to do in quarantineThere's more in common than we know I'll be right there where you goDo I need to … Continue reading I’ll be right there

Recluse

I knew it before landing in this jungle of well-dressed thorns. They don’t like people who know better than them. They speak to you as if obliging. They probe further to know your alignment to power bases. And that man with one eyebrow quizzically raised… I knew it he will walk away after knowing who … Continue reading Recluse

War

I summon you, Beasts of War! I struggled hard to convince I cried out from depths of my soul but nobody winced… Was it out of guilt or misplaced expectations Which I’ll never fulfil defiance invokes hatred works overtime to make my defences crumble, make me see red It does not happen Loops of conflict … Continue reading War

Loops

freedom of thought thought that scares you you spin stories of horror horror churning within you You - who feeds on sores sores unhealed - throbbing, hurting hurting with ignominy, blames blames that shamed shamed independent minds minds that dared to think think in different directions directions you don’t explore explore - only to hatch … Continue reading Loops

Battles with Peace

those shapes you see on horizonschanging against the setting sunan artist tries to manipulatemy spirit refuses to go straight changing against the setting sunoutlines shifting to accommodatemy spirit refuses to go straightstories in pictures get redefined outlines shifting to accommodatethoughts moving faster than the sunstories in pictures get redefinedYou see a new me, a new … Continue reading Battles with Peace

Perception and perspectives

The profession of astrology has taken a lot of brickbats in the recent past, for their failure to predict the pandemic. As usual, claims and counterclaims continue to crowd discussion space. Many astrologers shy away from predicting death, even if they see it. Some have learnt to put it in a positive or more acceptable … Continue reading Perception and perspectives

Moving away…

I had a life of my own, then...I don't know what hit my worldloud wails demanding somethinglogic thrown to the winds I don't know what hit my worldI just live from day to daylogic thrown to the windsbecame a giant with feet of clay I just live from day to dayI had a life of … Continue reading Moving away…

Cafe

The cafe began to feel like her only real home. The best of her talent is being put to use, and it’s not just about culinary perfection. Organisational tasks from procurement to serving and cleaning up, sales management, manpower planning, book-keeping, managing a decent profit margin and ploughing back a part of the profits in … Continue reading Cafe

Epulaeryu

Photo by alleksana on Pexels.com sealed earthen pots on slow firesblend exotic-nessrice and meat cooked togetherspicy aromaspermeate the airBiryaniSlurp! https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/06/19/lucky-dip-saturday-mix-19-june-2021/

Poetic justice

Photo by Photography Maghradz cultures that reward loyalty, devotion propagate it as the only value to justify breathing -facilitate coronations systems that impose carefully constructed dogmas on another’s free-flowing existence bottle the genie In throne pillars -ask for validation, unquestioning acceptance -Induce guilt for asking questions -drive the weak to uncalled for penitence then the … Continue reading Poetic justice