Ghosted

Did anyone notice I'm missing today?The garden is blooming, butterflies at playGrass covers the few footsteps I left behindNo grudges against me, no axes to grindIt will grow anyway; and branches will sway Let me crack open the sun and weighGravity weakened; I’m turning greyI'll mingle with clouds, take time to rewindNo one knows I'm … Continue reading Ghosted

I to Me

Dear MeWish we could connectdecades agoacross timeI’d have let you in onthings you did not know,helped you reach better decisions.So that I, today….Could have lived in peace Poetics - for the love of letters

Baggage

migration-search for certainty-pasturesgreener thanhome - yet unanswered questionshaunt wanted baggage. Moonwashed Weekly Prompt - Migrate

Freedom

When a memory looms larger than the person or incident, it is time to identify the parts within you that hurt. The cure lies within me, when I expend energy in apportioning blame. I thank fate for the comfort and softness of the quilt as thoughts of cold enmity freeze my brain. Will I, can … Continue reading Freedom

Never Retire

homecomingunder dark shadowsthe sea callsfrom its depththere's quite a lot left to sharedon't call it a day Photo Challenge #491

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #307

Welcome back! PROMPT #307 I give you 10 openings or endings for your piece this week to be included in your piece at the beginning or end. Find a way to include it in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, poetic prose, prose poetry or alternating prose. Choose any one of the following prompts. He smiled as he … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #307

The light never goes out

Day ends, eyelids droop but no sign of peace;Stay awake, dream big or face nightmaresLay fears aside wrapped up in warm fleecePray and believe; someone up there cares Write on subconscious walls; enter new realmsLight fades from skies, redefines its credentialsQuite a phenomenon it is – illuminated dreamsNight falls only to display light’s infinite potential … Continue reading The light never goes out

Pomegranate Kofta

mash potatoes, mix bread and cheesespice it up, stuff pomegranate seedsshape a cutlet on an oiled palmroll it in breadcrumbsconsign it to hellof smoking hot oil watch the golden orbemerge from hellbe dunked in gravyonion, cashew, spiceand all flavours nicelaced with manna from heavenpomegranate juice it takes its place on the tablebecomes the hostess’s prideit’s … Continue reading Pomegranate Kofta

Flamboyance

don't take offthe flamboyant coatit will takeyou on roadsto success and joys remotelet you ride with gleeall that youthought was beyond reachshow onlywhat you wantconceal the jittery nervesenjoy the limelight Moonwashed Weekly Prompt