Squared up

I thought as much you’ll be next fate does not forgive a crime What goes around will come around You may not know it, that’s the trap proof of sin is in the text Inscribed on annals of time shadows are dark, but there’s no sound It reflects all, and keeps no crap In folds … Continue reading Squared up

Mind games

Circa 1990. The trade union leaders are protesting against some perceived injustice. A few officers have been suspended for inappropriate conduct. I find a surge of emotion rising within me, on hearing the chants of unity and fighting against injustice. A few months later, I join the Human Resources Department, and see the union leaders … Continue reading Mind games

Unseen, unheard

islands unto themselves, denizens safe in constructed bunkers… palaces with dirty windows disconnected from the whole   I try hard to peep, to penetrate Walls are thick, guards desensitised It’s a battle to be seen or heard faceless crowds, voices of the soul https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/first-line-friday-june-5th-2020/

Unlearn

“Do you hear the people sing?” I need to find my feet, unlearn a lot … said the puppet who just fell off a string https://only100words.xyz/2020/06/04/three-line-tales-week-227/ https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/first-line-friday-june-5th-2020/

Rules of darkness

light in a window blinds me to unknown, unseen faces unheard voices trapped in the castle awaiting release   their desperation to surpass, to suppress the sole visible figure grows as the New Moon swells in size   the next New Moon sees a new face in the same window claiming spotlight and many others … Continue reading Rules of darkness

Reading

Sharing a few thoughts and techniques on Reading .... A busy mind is not a receptive mind. We read in blocks, and a lot is quickly absorbed, because it is anticipated. At times, these preconceived anticipation can interfere with what the author is trying to say. A small exercise to declutter your mind before reading … Continue reading Reading

Lockdown loneliness?

my friends on the screenhave always been there -when you weren't around to seeNow don't say it's the lockdown'coz you have not seen them before https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/05/26/photo-challe

Living with Insanity

Someday, this will be over– only remembered like some half-felt and fading nightmare. Someday, nobody will believe that it actually happened, that she had to go through the hell they know only from novels or movies. People who see the smiling couple posing for pictures will never know what transpired in the privacy of their chambers. … Continue reading Living with Insanity

Bookworm

shrivelled up crouched in Kindles floating in new forms pages not aligned yet the flow is fine…   crystallized experience garnished with imagination sketches and metaphors concealed identities peeking through from characters   books will never cease to fascinate to alleviate to mitigate pain seemingly intolerable..   https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/05/21/tale-weaver-276-books-21st-may/ Came across this pic of a public … Continue reading Bookworm