The one thing my husband has insisted on since the day we came to USA is for me to work on learning to take a break. My cleaning the whole house relentlessly for a whole day after a 23 hour long flight might have given him some reason to worry about my single mindedness when it came to achieving a…
My Christmas story is not a magical one. It spans years of love given and received. Mine originates, not from Father Christmas but from Uncle B. A bear of a man with a hunky mustache and a smile that lit up a room ! From the vantage point of a 2-3 year old girl this man was a mountain of…
Statues lay beholden Still and relentless Embellished in rainbows Flowing waters ankle deep A solace from humid monotony Jolts of cool sprays marvel Mock protests ensue Beings glide, kicking, flicking Splashing, laughing Life pauses in these drops Glistening on the skin The sun thunders in vain Children play Gods Untarnished, untiring Squeals garnish the dull roar The moon will rise…
Life is a wave that can swallow you whole And every stroke we take only takes us deeper still When it gets overwhelming and I am gasping for air You are there to hold me afloat Every single day I find a new reason To fall in love more and more Every giggle and chuckle we share Gives me strength…
So a friend of mine has a perfectly valid question about Beyonce’s get up the other day. – ” If a singer who is a role model of thousands of young girls ( our daughters) dresses up like a stripper on national television, and we object to it, are we being judgmental? Or just bury your head in the sand,…
A life should ideally be beyond love To be living in the moment Most are just in love with being in love The romance, the drama, the tears, the magic Heart meets heart Mostly heart just meets brain Real emotions and fake manipulations Everyone falls in love Either to rise high or shatter the heart Inching forward, getting back up…
She fought, she scratched, her screams unheard Nails clawing flesh pain from pleasure. They kept on with their greed Testing fiercely, limits of humanity The roadside beckoned her last breathes The cold darkness above, the hot asphalt below Willing her to let go Stares passed on, uncaring Till a shoulder came forward for her to lean on Despair seeped through…
Hopes abound we start a journey Rampant notions tripping us often Dust settling on our transparent being Assumptions unsaid, Hurt unexpressed Comes a fork often enough Crossing paths with others different or same Some lighten our load with a smile Others kick up a storm cloud Through it all feet keep moving The world seems to enjoy its pace We…
Tides wax and wane The world spinning insane Jumbled a thought, misplaced a word How feelings go unheard Silent screams go no further Impossible to touch the soul of another A smile. A touch. A sound. Kindness – dew drops in sands abound. Is it that hard to touch the soul of another ? To let them know they need…
Dancing together we walked an expanse Laughter and merriment galore A few tears, heart felt moments too Memories forged forever more Milestones passed so did time Soon we turned into people anew Strangers now with a spattering of words Hopes one in heart we remain true And now I find no link to you No way to look back or…