Where would the cuckoo bird sing, Where would the rivers flow, Where would the deer gallop, Where would the wild flowers grow? … Where would the butterflies dance, How would the bees collect nectar, When wildfires devour our forests, Hectare by hectare. … When would we realise, How far we’ve come Savagely brutalising the mutedContinue reading “Ecosystem restoration”
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Plant hope in the barren soul
Be a beacon of light In someone’s desolate depths, Be a flare of fun In someone’s glooming grief. … Bring out the childlike cheerfulness, From their dull dreariness, Bring the wandering weary home, And put them to some rest. … Hear them speak About their loneliness, Then hear some more, As they open up aboutContinue reading “Plant hope in the barren soul”
Changing seasons of my heart
People come into your life Like seasons Some just pass by, Some for a reason. … Some feel like walking in summer, Bare feet in the sweltering heat, Leaving you parched and blistered, Agonised and beat. … Some are like the evergreen spring, Spreading the warmth of joy and happiness, Helping you bloom and blossom,Continue reading “Changing seasons of my heart”
Broken lines on a blank page
That is how the gods wrote our story, Equal parts tears and blood, Running between and Connecting the broken lines Or painting red, entire blank pages From wounded broken hearts. … Melancholy verses spill, From a shaking quill In shivering hands, Paper cuts trace Scarlet marks on a blank page, Bleeding poetry into broken linesContinue reading “Broken lines on a blank page”
Parallel
What if The little distance we walked together, We only walked side by side, Like the tracks of a railroad. … What if We were the nerve lines on a leaf, Creating a perfect pattern, And yet living in parallel realms. … What if One of us was the Earth, And the other, the moon,Continue reading “Parallel”
Glass of sunshine
From his chalice of grief, He extracted tears of joy, He knew he couldn’t move mountains, So he collected drops of dew, And cuz he didn’t want her to wane into The darkness of his absence, He poured all his love Into her glass of sunshine.
Old lies in my vase
I refuse to give in, To your acts of deception anymore, To the fabrications You disguised in the silken threads Of falsehood. And I refuse to forgive you For the times you crushed My assumptions Under the parched trunk Of your soi-disant ego. But I’ll also never forget How I let you Plant old liesContinue reading “Old lies in my vase”
Retrouvailles
If we ever meet again, Don’t look me in the eye, I might fall for you again, And trust me, I can’t afford to go through all that pain. … If we ever meet again, And it reminds you, Of the times we spent together, The joy and the laughter, Smile at me, like strangersContinue reading “Retrouvailles”
The distance between you and me
You ask me to measure The distance between you and me. At first, it seems impossible, For days, it made me wonder, And I couldn’t bring myself to an answer. As days passed by, bearing the thought, I missed you more and more, Feeling all the while like We were growing further apart. Until finally,Continue reading “The distance between you and me”
Almost like love
Blushing cheeks and sweaty hands, Heartbeats dance a butterfly dance, Almost like love. … Engraved initials in inky hearts, Stolen glances and hidden love notes, Almost like love. … Spring breeze and sashaying trees, Blossoming lilies in burbling creeks, Almost like love. … Silver moonlight and twinkling stars, Granted wishes in stardust shower, Almost likeContinue reading “Almost like love”
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