do you have an option to stop new starts or restarts? winters roll in with the same frequency as spring mourn or celebrate -summers to find color or an autumn to contemplate new starts erroneous assumptions that life begins at a certain instance on a larger circle of existence Do you have the power to … Continue reading Privileged enough?
rings of smoke twirled around fingers give a momentum never before known I am no Midas but things I touch acquire new shapes and meanings I see the Creator amused at emerging layers…. Did he really build those or they sprout on their own? He touches his heart And calls it art All that his … Continue reading Art
I can’t recall how many tickets have I trashed - travel, entry tickets to events, lottery tickets, coupons. Doctors in the family often referred to certain occurrences or reports as ‘tickets to heaven”. The words that play heavily and incessantly on my mind are “ticket to another world”. No, it is not about death. What … Continue reading Ticket to individuality
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
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/
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
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
It was fun to pose as a frog prince, and let all the young girls kiss me. But then.... I did not turn into a prince. The girls were furious at being tricked, and threw me into the nearest well. I've been unable to jump out despite all efforts. Memories fade, and dreams change. The … Continue reading Frog in the Well
The glimmer at the end of the tunnel is the culmination point. It is the point where stories of different journeys meet and exchange notes. Some find commonalities, and others realize that so much of it was non-existent or irrelevant. Some choose to go back and talk to the path, the branches, the sun and … Continue reading Culmination
The garden fairy looks lonely today. Her friends have not come out to play. The air is clean and pure, but plants and flowers are wilting a bit, despite it being spring. They need water, and the service guys haven’t been too regular. Something has changed about the world. The Fairy Queen knows, but does … Continue reading Fairy Tales
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