I hear a lingering note Descending from crescendo. It’s haunting and taunting, Leaves me strangely wanting… A serenity that I had once known, I don’t like music anymore. The mocking melodies Paralyse my soul, And the meaningful lyrics Remind me of young dreams, Yet unfulfilled and left alone, I don’t like music anymore. … [Read more…]
December 4, 2010
I love her, for she is imperfection, Her nose too big, her eyes too small, Her teeth – crooked, her lips pink, but thin, Yet she loves the mirror, her reflection, She loves herself, her imperfection. I love her for she is vain, The swagger in her hip, the stall in her step, She… [Read more…]
August 24, 2010
Why aren’t there pictures of you and me? Why didn’t we think of immortalizing our time? Our short stint with love and life, Why didn’t we keep our moments alive? Why aren’t there songs written by you and me? Why didn’t we eulogize our special bond? Our childlike games and guileless dance, Why didn’t we… [Read more…]
May 25, 2010
The song of my soul, let it not cause you grief, It is just a part of me, begging to be freed. It’s just a song I made from tiny fragments of time, To make it into one whole, my story written in rhyme. The song is not just words, it is made of tears… [Read more…]
December 1, 2009
I reached the Vora household and was welcomed in with warm words. I saw him sitting on a sofa looking at me with disinterested curiosity. He took off his spectacles to look a little more closely, and then said, “How are you? You met me in the street, no…a few days ago. You were there… [Read more…]
November 22, 2009
My mum was never around to give me advice on life’s problems. I learned things the hard way. I never want to be in a position where my wisdom doesn’t pass on to my children. Life is uncertain, so here is what I’d like to tell my daughter. Dear Darling Baby Girl, Pick a wild… [Read more…]
May 29, 2009
charade, facadeveil, wall,wail, fall,piece by piece, crumbles downtill nothing remains,nothing at all love, hate,deed, fate,fray, graylittle by little, wiped outno remnant to covetno trace at all leave, stay,play, slay,shoot, scoot,the game is over, show is off,no story to narrateno memory at all alone, groan,meet, greet,grow, shownew beginning, it’s back on,protagonist changed, narrator retained,the lights are… [Read more…]
February 16, 2009
A hungry, naked child she saw, She bemoaned at this heartless flaw! “The world is so unfair,” she thought, And tears to her eyes it brought! Lonely and helpless she sat by the curb, Her heart sinking and state of mind disturbed. Then along came her friend, an angel in disguise, He had a strange… [Read more…]
January 4, 2009
The tree, it stood alone against the tide,The only living being left by the sea side,The wave with it took all else that had been alive,Now, stood only this withering oak upright! One look would tell the many storms it had seen,How splendorous and magnificent it had been,Yet now only deathly decay remained,As it bid… [Read more…]
December 31, 2008
Is it New Year’s eve in Palestine?Is there glitter on tanks to make them shine?Will there be no bombing tomorrow?A new year break from spreading strife and sorrow? Will rockets, for a day, not igniteFires that consume everyone in sight!Will trucks of food be allowed inside?Will the war of hate take a pause tonight? Will… [Read more…]
December 1, 2008
What is the cost of life? Who can say? The martyr’s wife? Or the minister who thinks he can resign in shame, To absolve himself of guilt and blame? The cost of life, if you need to know,Ask the terrorist who brought death in tow.Has intentional killing ever brought glory?Is the cost of life just… [Read more…]
November 29, 2008
This day I am enraged at a mighty intrusion,I am damn indignant at this bold intimidation,But how long will I remain motivated to fight?I am only one, how can I help to set it right? I check the news to see if it has ended, I often check,And I beg myself to hold on, I… [Read more…]
October 21, 2008
A moment in time, frozen and paused, Unaware of the strife it kindled and caused, Stood unmoving in front of me, I was sure it was stagnant, it stood to be! I felt indecisive, should I move or stay? But it didn’t move as I inched away. Time should pass, it isn’t meant to… [Read more…]
October 17, 2008
As I looked sun ward by the sea side, I saw the yellow red ball and the orange pink skies, A thought came to me, as I stood mesmerised This could be a sun set or it could be a sun rise! I watched standing still as I knew it wasn’t long, Before the spell… [Read more…]
September 19, 2008
A princess she’d been, with a pretty dress and shiny hair,The li’l girl, who’d been her mother, had taken her everywhere. Then craftily, one day she had been stolen from her home,Thrown down in dust she was, her hair messed and dress torn.A hole was made in her plastic back, and something stuffed deep inside,And… [Read more…]
September 14, 2008
A child he was when he’d heard,That particular name, that very word,He accepted it, as he accepted the rest,With a pinch of salt, with a heavy heart at best. The other boys went to the school he swept,They studied, while at sweeping he became adept.They laughed at him but he bowed to them with respect,That… [Read more…]
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