He rests under the lush cedar tree, Wearing the armour of bravery, From the cage of time, he’s finally free, Under the canopy of stars, tonight he sleeps. … For long, he fought through blood and gore, Against the times, he waged a war, His sword has defeated many a foes, Before his body fellContinue reading “The fallen soldier!”
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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”
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.
Dinner time conversations
“We’re gonna relocate”, my dad said, Just as mom began serving dinner that day, It was the beginning of December, And yet, a trickle of sweat ran down my spine.. I looked at him in disbelief, then at mom, She didn’t have a word to say, but she didn’t return my gaze either.. “Why?? Where??”Continue reading “Dinner time conversations”
Pain never vanishes
What hurts the most? The goodbye you don’t see coming, The friendship you don’t see ending, The leaf, whose agony of falling, Goes unseen with the wind.. The transient blast of a supernova, The birth of a creation, Who is to measure.. The magnitude of its explosion?? The parting of a dear one, That leftContinue reading “Pain never vanishes”
Winnie’s Sijo
We brought Theo home, a bundle of joy, Trying to get over our loss, in his playful manners… In the graveyard, Winnie lays at rest, forgotten.
Wabi Sabi 