I picked up the phone and dialed your number There was not a single response from your end I hung up thinking “it’s the usual” And got back to my mundane day You called me up and I said “Hello” And you asked me “how are you child?” I sure felt awkward, but I knew... Continue Reading →
I thought you were the ocean And that you were here to stay But you were a tsunami That swept me up along your way I thought you were the winds of change And no mere summer’s breeze Alas, I should have enjoyed your kiss Without falling to my knees I thought you were every season But you were simply ...
Still above the earth, and very much on earth I look back at my life and feel such gratitude. You have been the earth, that I have traversed My beautiful place where I call home. There were times of unspoken joy and sorrow Yet I felt you in my soul. In my most loneliest moments,... Continue Reading →
Recently I received an idea from a fellow blogger about selecting a particular poem of Rumi and then either following its style and tone, or finding a creative way to respond to it. So, I am giving it a try here. Do leave your comments please. Mystical Poems of Rumi The heart is like a... Continue Reading →
How you feel and what you think It matters to me Why you do what you do and don’t They both matter to me If you ain’t going to speak your mind How am I to know what’s going on In your beautiful mind It matters to me So darling don’t be afraid Just know... Continue Reading →
When the lights turn off And darkness surrounds me I close my eyes and tell myself “Just Breathe” When the ones I love turns against me With lies and remorseful words I close my eyes and tell myself “Just Breathe” When all my dreams are washed ashore No hope that lingers on I close my... Continue Reading →
Many mother’s have lost children After a decade of peace On Easter Sunday , in Sri Lanka, Many more children’s lives were lost A mother, a wife no more Just a woman, trying to make Sense of what happened Reliving, regretting, each second of that dark day of doom 21st April, 2019 they sauntered casually In to the house ...
I’m putting on my suit of armourSteeling myself for your goodbyeFighting not to feel itBiting my lip so I don’t cryTelling myself I don’t need youHolding my head highThough a heavy heart pulls me downToday I’ll hush its cryPromising myselfI’ll somehow be okayTelling my heart it will liveTo love another dayTightening my bootsLifting up my shieldHolding back my heartachePraying the ...
When I can’t sleep, all I want is to listen to youIf you don’t show up, I just listen to you on youtubeWhen my body is battered with stress all I need is youJust basking my skin in you for hours helps me unwind When my eyes are exhausted looking at all kinds of screensI... Continue Reading →
You held my hand and looked me in the eye“Hold on tight. Don’t think too much”Those words were not enough for me to get bySo you came up with a state of mind just for me You said “Think of it as a very high wallI will climb this wall with you holding your handYou... Continue Reading →
I heard to you speak and I saw you smileI watched every single move of yours from afarIt feels like forever though it was just yesterday My soul longs to embrace you and be one with youBut you are always so far away beyond my reachIt feels like forever, but it was just yesterday I... Continue Reading →
What is life, if you cannot breathe the air freely What is life, if life itself comes with a price tag What is life, if you have no choices to make for yourself What is life, if you are paying the price continuously If life was to get brighter and better for you one day... Continue Reading →
Time and again I feel this looming gaze over me Every second of the day watching over me It is such a deep seal that I feel Your obnubilation gives me a creepy feel It may be good if you just let me be Without obsessing so much about me I’d rather let some light... Continue Reading →
Green open palm handMay be more than five, fingersThough many palm lines spanWould one hold, read the palm Slender threadlike tendril stretch, twines around, The climber rise the creeping highSofty stems vine reach up, once moreLush green enjoy the breeze Gleeful small yellow beauty highWelcoming soft sun shine Is néctar of bitter gourd flower sweet tooTell me buzzing bumbble bee…
I will lay myself upon you in sunny weatherLet you float me away just like a featherAlong your ravines and bouldersInto the peaceful banks yonder Take me downstream with all your fallsI’d like the rush of adrenaline in my veinsI can handle the pain and the bruisesI will not mind the danger and the thrills... Continue Reading →
Who inscribed curvy lines, beautiful designson fingersModern day biometric scanners everywhereseeks warmth finger impressionFetch and fly away like a busy bee… Who wrote a big storyin blue eyesLife’s endless journey, many portsiris scanners seeks warmth lookSeamless, that stings a copy too…Fingerprint, iris eyewonderfully craftedWho or how regardless, admireHolds many informationof unique human identity… Though modern technologyable to capture and ...
You look me in the eye and say you don’t love me But you touch me in all the places a lover would touch me No matter where you go around you always return to me What about that then, you and I You tell me I look fine and you love the skin on... Continue Reading →
