An upended story

Alone among myriads When words become scattered droplets and reality, some sheer film of mist, A singular reflected ray of light grabs me by the ankle and before vanishing, it says, “look for me when you need me most… If you find me, I am yours to hold If you don’t, you’ll seek me till [...]

In fragile circles

She lay on the bed Her arms extended ever so listlessly Her lips quivering with a waxed passion Her tresses arranged in careless swirls… Her skin radiating a lingering warmth of some passing summer Her singular tear with the ripping force of a bursting volcano… Her eyes searching through the myriad pores on the plastered [...]

(K)not with love…

Somewhere in the space of time our hearts crossed paths Mine was red with passion Yours, dark with desire And it only took us a few moments to realize that while I reddened yours, you had blackened mine… **Posted for Open Link Night‘s 30th week here at d’VersePoets – one of my favorite Tuesday afternoon [...]

Dormant, not dead

Like haunting shadows dancing in dark alleys They spoke to me in hoarse whispers They told me never to let go of them Like famished souls severed from grungy bodies They clutched at my flaming little heart Their sole desire was to seep deep into it There was no escape from their thorny vines – [...]

In a spot!

In this universe drizzled with black and white My mind twirls unsteadily – lost- Looking for something – someone – A tap on the shoulder perhaps… But all I see is a maze before me spiraling inwards Dotted with mixed emotion I continue to fumble – watery eyed – Hoping for a green patch A [...]

In a grey bubble

I heard your voice fade into a lingering shadow of a hoarse whisper I felt your presence melt into a stagnant puddle of diluted memories I watched you slip into the recesses of a pale obscurity Wells have run dry Trails have gone cold Your teacup lay untouched Your chair by the window rocked… – [...]

Stranger in the house

I have seen you precariously follow me on treacherous dark nights, tugging at my skirt on chirpy sun-soaked days I have heard you bouncing right off the tree-lined scape of a valley, call out my name from the belly of an alarm clock I have noticed you curiously peer at me from the other side [...]

Silent desperation

A stormy eve it was when they had to part She leaving him by the deserted shore He leaving her by the raging waves She making her headway into the open arms of a welcoming world He heading back to his clumsy shackles which he called home She promising to return to his modest love [...]

Atlas meets Eos

For a long time now I have been lugging your dead weight around It lies there crippling my mind rending my gut cramping my style weighing me down And yet I cannot leave it behind Although I cannot move ahead I wish you’d just Disintegrate Incinerate Evaporate over the mountains into grey dust beneath the [...]

Smoked pearls

You dance on a glazed iris like a frozen flame eager to burn the very air that breathes life into it You pacify a rigid mind like a cool breeze ready to salve a tense volcano on the verge of explosion You leap into action like a snoozing engine eager to roll at the slightest [...]

Pixelated memory

Gestures flashed like ominous streaks of steely lightning Words rolled like metal beads off a snapped nylon cord Emotions flowed like molten lava from a furious volcano Sparks flew like limpid feathers on a still Autumn eve Silence pervaded like an eerie calm after a brutal raging storm …. Then you were gone…. With the [...]

Unspoken message

His raspy voice beckoned me to turn – to get a fleeting glimpse – of the dead smile that uncouthly flaunted his broken incisor His void eyes stole my attention – made me wince – at the ashen skin that gaily hung from his sallow face His limp gait made me follow him – down [...]

World at odds

Abort violence Nip the weed at its very root so it never grows into a symbol of vile Decapitate terrorism with a heavy axe so it doesn’t dare to raise its ugly head against humanity Make a promise to honor the martyrs with a handmade wreath of bone and deceit interlaced with perfection Rally for [...]

Permeating mist

By the pier I watch the ripples move me I hear them laugh – at my naïveté – I scoop the teacup in my hands I smell its vapors rise – towards my judgement – I witness the boats sway I listen to them complain – about my obliviousness – I devour the vista while [...]

Indelibly stained

You were once that faithful friend with a wooden shoulder to cry on You could have been so much more… Yet you chose to be just a fistful of dead leaves picked and rolled, coaxed and cajoled into a chamber Of suffocation, Of humiliation waiting to be smelt – to be consumed – by a lustful [...]

Arms wide open…

Shush not your footfalls I can hear them move behind the curtain of a timid zephyr Dampen not your warmth I can taste its fullness from the urn of a melting sun Efface not your smile I can see it arc upon the froth of crashing waves Withdraw not your presence I can feel its [...]

Brine and Vinegar

Where smiles flew and teardrops streamed Emotions stood still, pickled in a jar Wars were fought and blood was drained But souls remained, pickled in a jar Words had charmed few shallow minds Yet fear prevailed, pickled in a jar Bounds were crossed, and sanctums snatched But secrets lived, pickled in a jar The sands [...]

Confoundedly simple…

Obscured by laced veils of broken thought I wonder if I want to really be seen Tethered to these pillars of unyielding resolve I suspect the strength of my pliant will Shadowed by a shroud of crystal emotions I search the depths of my hardened heart Strangled by tentacles of unwelcome dreams I gasp for [...]

An uncalibrated shift

First a few driblets Scattered like a misty spray of fate Across hopeful faces in the midst of a drought Then a fragile stream Meandering through mystic woods Gurgling in baby bursts of elation Then a splendid waterfall Cascading with an unstoppable force As strong as the thirst for life Then a determined river Flowing… [...]

Reverse progression

A stray notion that once wandered freely Now wrought Heavily fraught by the gravity of ennui A zealous nerve that once was a messenger Now slain With disdain into an untraversed groove A living cell that once housed purity Now stranded Brutally branded as a chamber of disgrace A solemn mind that once was a [...]

Tilted over…

Drawn by a torque into the immense whirlpool of unfrozen memories I observe them drip timidly slip into a pale translucence on the other side Until one pink morn a faint realization dawns while eternity has set in **Posted for the grand opening of dVersePoets – a place for poets, poems and their friends **

On sacred grounds…

A heap of hued notion in the trough of my hand, A pitcher of fluid mystique never to run dry, I build my fortress over a serene shore of midnight dreams Its base sitting cosy in an earthy passion Its defined contours luring hungry waves into leaping up to its demure, elegant lines Its acme [...]

Mushroom cloud of disgust

Together they watch while their sweat is charred but not by toil, while theirs hearts are crushed but not by an angry lover, while their clothes are smeared but not by the spilt pigments Together they’re drowning in a man-made reservoir of hate, Secretly praying for a raft that’ll carry them to safety as they throw their fears overboard, [...]

DE-myth-FIED

Under the old bridge where broken dreams hibernate with moss growing over and a drying river limping by, is a dragon being spawned – ready to spew fire at the first foot that tries to trample it- It feeds on the same broken dreams, growing stronger with every passing moment waiting to unleash itself on [...]

Forbidden landscapes

She watched as honeyed rays dripped with warmth, spilling their zest all over town, painting it gold She smiled as downy soft spores absently brushed against another pollen shoulder (or two) while on their hurried paths to a yearning flower She sighed like the gentle breeze that in its achromaticity, seemed to carry a colorful tune [...]

Chaser of reminiscences

Wading in marshy shallow pools of misery Like a lotus with baby skin petals of white He tries to hold colored droplets of memory In the craving soft hollow of his palm While they slip into dark chambers of fate And he’s left by himself in deserts of time… In billowy gusts that erased his [...]

Singularly enigmatic

Sometimes a mercurial drop In an ebony ocean of fireflies Sometimes a saucerful of cream Waiting to be tasted by lovers’ eyes Sometimes invisible Too tired to acquiesce to a whim Sometimes in full glory With dazzle flowing over the brim Sometimes a silver streak Shying behind a greyzed veil Sometimes a paper lantern Throwing [...]

Under the influence

Seep into my skin Feel your presence thrive in every pore of me Flow alongside my blood Sense it in my veins gush with every glance at you Plunge into my heart Hear it wildly thump with your name splashed across Gnaw at my soul Read deliberately while the indelible ink reveals nothing – but [...]

Restricted release

From the murky cellars of my punitive mind have escaped thoughts breaking loose from every clutch – unhinged and unchained – I desperately attempt to arrest once again managing only to restrain their muffled cries as they pierce through the insides of my brain only to resurface on the waters of reality and swim hurriedly [...]

Armed with poise

His majestic self perched on the edge of life’s roof in the lull of moonless nights Unperturbed He watches the odd squirrel wiggle its way up a tree He wonders if the deadly snake will lunge for the sitting duck He knows it’s now time to announce himself Feared Revered Is he, the silent observer [...]

Spiraling psyche

When it began She felt her fingers just one twitch away from a gripping harness of her unabated restlessness She saw herself just one turn away from a fast gyrating life split with a double-edged knife She felt her pulse just one thump away from being cast with treachery into that bottomless lake of misery [...]

Combustible glory…

Your dancing flicker is like some shrill laugh Echoing in the pitted caverns within my mind Your faint glow is like a moaning ghost Mocking me at my accomplishments now dead Your intoxicating aroma is a buttermilk dream Cascading down unexplored gorges of my heart Your seared wick is that unreachable goal Taunting me to [...]

‘Politeness’ for dummies

When you came to me Asking if I could aid I felt a sense of pride That in me you saw an aide And with no second thought I jumped in on your blade When I followed rules That were made to terrorize I kept saying to myself It’s only to harmonize Not once did [...]

Picture-perfect pair..

He, of a tanned face She, with olive grace Together, making pulses race He, with his vitreous glare She, with brazen flair Together, had a bold affair He, of knightly renown She, in her flowing gown Together, were talk of the town He, waxed into time She, unable to mime Together, displayed for a dime [...]

Fists of Frenzy

Quiet madness reeking of havoc created all sadness in his monitored mind now bereft of any gladness Brutally hacked by a throng of lips hissing and cracked, he tunneled out his way with a soul now ransacked In fits of sanity he dived straight into a well of reality but soon rebounded off fixed high [...]

Plagued cogitation

I Am locked within chambers of your brilliant mind I Am docked into the gravel of a tumultuous kind I Feel paralyzed by the numbness of a thoughtless storm I Feel catalyzed by the inertia of an unquestioned norm I Need sweet release from the dungeons risky and none too porous I Need to appease [...]

Modern sculpture

Chiseled away from the inside out Until all that remained Were vacuous statues with puttied smiles, voluptuous beauty carved pride, plastered perfection and measured intention … while what lay on the ground below Was a muddied pile of discarded emotions, charred heartbeats, shattered desires, powdered sensitivity and smithereens of humility **Despite the “sculpted” nature of [...]

Droplets of Crystal Ink

A syllable calm Like oceans in your palm Spelling tranquil From life’s chaotic quill It left in immense fury in tiny beads of bold red Spraying peace Like a blanket of fleece Quiet splatter On soul’s bronzed platter It hung low in mid-air as if in deep grey thought A serene blot In an awkward [...]

Eternity of a moment

Ten aeons Nine dreams Eight notes Seven seas Six degrees Five senses Four knocks Three sighs Two hearts But only one breath To say I love you… And while a shy moonbeam caresses my windowsill, I am still lying in wait for that one breath from your lips meant only for my skin **Written for [...]

Blushing Blue

Where tall doorways open to a plethora of unspoken powers Where winding stairs lead to a patio of the wildest flowers Where chandeliers of tears hang from arched high ceilings Where closed chests hold a treasure of hidden feelings Where impenetrable ramparts guard all chambers of integrity Where refined tastes coexist with a fine dose [...]

Her fierce stride

Playful That whip flying from her feet lashing at strange empty faces, She moved on undaunted by the impending dark cloud Unpretentious The mahogany dyed odd strands tickling at her naked smooth nape , She moved on swaying to the muted symphony in the air Relentless Those torrential bursts of rain pounding against the tip of [...]

Absorbing it all

sweet scents titillate electric hued butterflies flirtatious blooms call lingering crisp chills from a fading winter night dew perches on blades young birds awaken whistling harmless gentle tunes a lazy oak yawns fresh moments blossom into days of springy joy eyes hungry for more pollen’s in the air time for allergic despair aacchhooo!!!! Scusi please… [...]

Tough weakeners

White butter clouds hanging oh so playfully From silver chords wound ’round sky’s own old pulley Azure heavens crisp and pure as can be Kissed and nudged by weightless zephyrs on sea Caramel swirls of a sweet salted delight Set off alarms, sizzle and make me feel light Milk chocolate layers that melt on my [...]

Nineteen days of…

… highways pot-holed and dusty … memories, some faintly rusty … clutch, gear, honk and brake … Pandus ever ready to take … fresh whiffs of a salty breeze … dense smog lending many a sneeze … batter fried fish and rice … lilting scents and tastes of spice … shops filled with wares I [...]

Diamond-dusted strands

Padlocked doors Unbolted Treasure chests Unlocked Jeweled timeframes Unchained Candied moments Unwrapped Torrential floods Unleashed Into chasms Of a frozen now **Posted for Monkey Man’s Sunday 160 and Poetry Potluck (Week 29 – Photographs, Memories and Nostalgia)** ***And here, I just wanted to let you all know that I am having an awesome time in [...]

Winged Trail

They had told me I would find you in the woods Under a moonlit sky Making love to nature They had told me I would see you in person Soaking in the sun While dancing in wild ecstasy I wanted to find you I wanted to see you To feel you And when the butterfly [...]

Skies, Lands and Seas

Suitcases Set for air Cab races Raising hair Long queues Frisky check Delay blues What the heck! But yon,the smiles Tis no mirage Making dull miles A bon voyage **Posted for Poetry Potluck(week 28) and for Monkey Man’s Sunday 160** ***Sitting with bags stuffed and packed, I’m all ready for my 3-week trip to India… [...]

Perennial waste!

Tall trees sawed and axed chopped and felled Nature choked, uprooted and quelled trampled and then flattened Only to fill a few empty handbags sitting new and pretty in stores Where’s the justice? Someone is too vexed about a bag being taken as one wilted jewel, useless if it does not hold a thing inside [...]

Unwavering valiance

A paragon of hope, A knight of the first order He eyed his prized trophies hanging limp from crusty walls The assortment of knives that swore by so many lives The swords and the shield that told him never to yield He dreamt of past victories Of lands he conquered Of the people he ruled [...]

Cohesive nebulae

Each in their own sphere Some of conscience Some of defiance Some of a fear Some of vain pride Some of dull bromide Encased in a pellucid crust Of shiny crystal shards Of watchful guards Of gathered dust Of a rainbowy blur Of shades of overt pallor Claiming a bill of singularity On processes of [...]

Outbreak of deceit

  Born into a life abrupt of some volcano gurgling to erupt With its molten lava flowing only to disrupt the soothing peace around with its ways cruel and corrupt   **Posted for Monkey Man’s Sunday 160 and for Poetry Potluck (week 27)**

One DROP more…

Many a calamity Until now has befallen The land of the rising sun Lands were erased By piercing calm’s shroud With an atomic mushroom cloud Terrains absorbed Into titanic angry tide To be spit out and cast aside But now I hope we can In this shaken angsty hour Release on it, a four-leaf clover [...]

Tendrils too frail

Despite all the promises made Of never leaving the other To him a farewell she bade For her, he was just another With his desire torn and ground And a heart like crusted earth He chose to listen to the sound Of his whims for what it’s worth Beside a blooming clover’s toe Now patiently [...]

Infinitude of ennui

Drained Of the last drop of moisture Strained Devoid of any psychic fixture Constrained By an invisible boundary Restrained By an intangible quandary Arid Till my pores ooze dust Turbid By the viscosity of disgust Pallid By the fading act of clues Languid As some fatigued recluse Such is my mind When it’s full of [...]

Letter from a temptress

Come Melt your senses On my smooth skin Delve Into my creamy waves I’ll give you a spin Soak In my umber richness Don’t call it a sin Irresistibly yours, Cocoa **Posted for Monkey Man’s Sunday 160, and for Poetry Potluck (Week 26)**

Cosmic connection

For aeons I’ve waited Only for you My feelings unabated In this inky blue I’ve seen your eyes Look towards me Scouring night skies Amid a starry sea Your earthy tether I accept with grace So we’re together On spatial face Finally here you are On wings of hope Unseeing my scar Embracing my scope [...]

Crazy li’l bulb

You may be good for my bloated aching heart But you tend to leave behind a breath that’ll make my senses part You know to add a tinge of lilting flavor to my life But it is quite a daunting task to skin you alive with my blunt knife You’re okay being sliced, shredded or [...]

Vulnerable visage

I stood there Screaming Dreaming Trapped in my own reflection Or was I the mirror instead? Was I to get some response? Or was this just a sconce? I felt surrounded Alone Forlorn Waiting for a reaction From any “one” distorted figure But all they did was stare Their all-mercurial glare I punched hard Wildly [...]

Placed high

I an iota a truth inside your wildly fertile and lucid imagination not just a hazy hallucination but a soft sensation hardly tactile the demure dainty muse am I **Written and posted for: Monkey Man’s Sunday 160 – for stories/poem in 160 characters or less Poetry Potluck (Week 25)**

Square feet of roofing

He: Change is a good thing when it is for the better She: What use is this quiet if it becomes another fetter He: Our boring lives will now take on a brand new color She: If blue turns to grey, things can only get duller He: Wind plays many tricks on creaky wooden stairways [...]

Muted recital

Fractals of breath So carefully measured Glazed with time Cherished and treasured Released with poise Cosmically sublime In rolling spasms Of a soundless chime Distilled and pure Like aqueous glory Untouched and safe From a misquoted story Caught in space Aloof and withdrawn Amorphous in form Like scattered dawn The uncelebrated magic of a sigh… [...]

Blasphem-ade

She’d wished for a guy, the best under the sun But what she got instead was a diseased rotting lemon She had yearned to live with him in a seaside crib But she soon found herself within hollow walls of a fib She’d once dreamt a dream of being tended to with care Instead, she [...]

High stakes

And as it rolls… This green-and-red sly wheel Spinning crazily, making you spin along Racing thoughts scattered all around the place Now c’mon! Pick your number… place your bets Was it a guess? Some mess? Or signs of deep distress? Eyes dart to and fro, beads of sweat forming your crown “Higher!” A voice screams. [...]

Solemn Plea

If Calvin can be Spaceman Spiff And dodge aliens rough Then I wish to fight My aqua fiends By being Ms. SeaBuff If Tweety tan be In a little tage Yet have the big tat twapped Then I wish to be A butterfly With skies and wind unwrapped Wanna be my Hobbes today? Or my [...]

Vicious ways

Once upon a time There lived a wooden heart He beat on with a thump Tough as a stalwart But time became his foe Rings revealed his age His splinters went their way Brimmed with rampant rage After many wars When mildew he had earned, A match of spite was struck And heart-o-wood was burned [...]

Her quilted quandary

She stood witness To her own demise Her dead dazzle Like pirate‘s loot She watched the world With stifled cries What was once Earth Now shrunk to soot Clogged within And dismembered Her fragments strewn Now fills your urn All greens and blooms Stay outnumbered By ashes grey Left from a burn Ripped and torn [...]

Amber drizzle

Umpteen shades of red and yellow Floating in the dusky air Like a pungent love affair Sometimes hot, sometimes mellow Maple leaves kept flying by Crossing hills and giggling streams Pushed ahead by muffled screams Of winds rushing low and high One little leaf painted red Along with his soaring friend Singing songs in soft [...]

Zone of placidity

pillowing in peace in lulls of a humming mind no chaotic grunge inhaled and infused cool scents of blooming freshness tepid seclusion sans confines, I glide.. Written for: Sunday 160 (stories in 160 characters or less), Poetry Potluck (poetry with a theme) The Haiku Challenge (a haiku a day) Thank you, Leo & Dakshi, for [...]

Quiet withdrawal

Frozen icicles Hanging upside down Clinging to roof’s edge Of houses in Gloomstowne Menacing they seemed Set to stab and kill Ready for ambush In the dead midnight chill Then sunny rays were strewn In the pink of morn And when no one had looked The knives of ice were gone Thawing into nothingness, Trampled… [...]

Preciously preserved…

A tear a wee drop one too many shed for some joy or even some sorrow sheepishly evaporating only to now leave behind a few coarse grains of salt inside a shiny crystal jar waiting to be emptied into a vast ocean of time **Inspired by and written for this lovely image at Magpie Tales [...]

Grim promenade

Ready to crumble Yet never a grumble She greets passers-by That cast at her a sigh Vacant smile on her face Chewing on a patch of lace She strays yet another mile Love to her is now just bile Heart crushed Emotions slushed Her spirit battered And misery splattered Feelings bottled inside In vain she [...]

Caressing by…

like zephyrs that spill moist kisses of sweet Spring soaked by porous walls like leaves that rustle in the midst of amber Fall tasted by blind eyes love swims -&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&–&- Posted for: One Shoot Sunday (where pictures talk…) Sunday 160 (for stories in 160 characters or less…hosted by Monkey Man ) Poetry Potluck (a melting [...]

Mind over matter

  Dancing to quick beats Chancing on tough feats Skiing down those treacherous dips Freeing from the tightest of all grips Despite numerous scars very meticulously hidden Respite and self pity here are stringently forbidden Such is the undying strength of human determination and grit Worthy of stupefied awe, admiration and praise on life’s pulpit [...]

Hidden Scapes

What the trees so strong Could not feel Was a touch so wrong That made her keel What the breeze that blew Could not know Was a chill that grew Behind that door What the birds that chirped Could not hear Was a soul usurped By bouts of fear What the sunlit yard Could not [...]

Behind a screen

A small ‘hi’ popped on a window Set my heart racing skipping a few beats every now and then Melted all worries Sent me into space …and back too… Got my head spinning (not the space ride, but that ‘hi’) Formed a glazed sheet over my round eyes Made my fingers go numb So numb… [...]

Crusted with fulfillment

I high in the sky never to deny any of my aspirations, inspirations, preparations lying in wait, rewriting fate with instincts innate knowing it’s ne’r too late **Posted for: Monday Poetry Potluck Sunday 160 (hosted by Monkey Man) One Shoot Sunday**

Naked reality

Ms. Purity was her name In honeyed milk she bathed And in gold, was swathed Much far reached her fame Joyful was this youth… Then came a horrid storm And snatched her near and dear Thus left with a mind unclear She strayed from every norm Then nothing was the same… What was once soft [...]

This cursed boon

What good is a novel idea pregnant with bright promises, if it fails to unravel on reality’s premisses? What good is a wakeful mind open to dreams and possibility, if it’s stomped on and crammed with waste and every triviality? What good is all of richness material or not so tangible, if it denies its [...]

Leading to self…

Clutched in hand Yet engraved in sand Ever under scrutiny Is a stated destiny But on mind’s shore Where thoughts score I find this estuary My very own sanctuary **Posted for One Shoot Sunday, Poetry Potluck as well as for Monkey Man’s amazing Sunday 160!! **

The inevitable detour

Scattered Are the leaves Like random stray thoughts From mind’s sheaves Battered Howling Are the gusts Piercing serene lands Like wild locusts Scowling Thunderous Are these beads Pounding against windows Their vile needs Murderous Blazing Is the fiery snow Turning emotions to ice With its ashen glow Grazing And yet… Unlittered Are the horizons Beyond [...]

Surrender: A self-fulfilling prophecy

The fear of rejection Keeps him from loving So he goes on shoving Aside care and affection Only to further char The depth of his burning scar The fear of a downfall Keeps him from soaring Flying or exploring E’er leaving him to crawl Only to further slide Into dungeons where souls died The fear [...]

Fib-woven!

With facts obliterated, Truth dissipated Into frosty air And Hell’s lair What is now left In a world bereft Is this string of lies As some coveted prize This shroud of mistrust Eyed with disgust Keen to be lifted And shifted Lies unmoved Firmly grooved Whose soul is to sell This, only time shall tell [...]

On the road to…

Was it two centuries past Or just few moments ago When did I first let go Seems like a memory lost Caught in rusty sepia hues Grainy and slightly scratched Tears and grins here are etched Without remorse or rues Preserved in frames of wood Behind thin sheets of glass Or on paper cheap and [...]

A flurry affair…

T’was just another eve A shadowy mesh grew on this sieve The sun now eased its glow And it soon began to snow Then on a cobblestone street As I walked my lazy feet… With your platinum shine Oh so crystalline You drifted up to me Just so I could see You glided on my [...]

Not another one please…

They say The change is astronomical I say Just plain comical They say It’s named Ophiuchus I say Hmm… Hocus pocus They say Twelve + one I say Whatever, hun!   **Posted for Monkey Man’s Sunday 160 (stories/poems in 160 characters) and also for Monday Poetry Potluck! Check ‘em out… and ENJOY!!! **

Clarity in blur

Frozen and suspended Gingerly in midair Soft and breezy Caught between hair Waiting and ready To burst into motion Winged and nimble In fluid emotion Colorful and vibrant As buds that unfurl Tasted and savored In a honeyed swirl Vivid and animated As an expressed wish Compressed and evaporated From slumber’s shallow dish Are dreams… [...]

Euphonically yours…

Every syllable That escapes your lips Is a note intangible That rises and then dips Making ripples in the air In which it resounds Gently ruffling my hair And grazing fluid grounds Before it ricochets Off the highest wall And staggers and sways But prevents its fall Only to find a place In my heart’s [...]

Rhetorically possessive…

Can I say My God is mine When all I see Is me being jostled To the end of his line? Can I say Your religion is mine When here I am Sitting cooped and closed Building my own mental shrine? Can I say My land is mine When I know too well That I [...]

Encore…

Another night so clear Gently drifting by I wipe her parting tear And bid her goodbye A fresh day now here Waits with arms outstretched I slowly daub and smear A past that was etched All that I most revere I hold closest to me And dust off every fear A new horizon I see [...]

Modeled to dead perfection

Fused in stone Sometimes ceramic Cold to the bone And a touch metallic Suppressing a groan In manners emphatic Our sins we condone In an air too static Frozen in embrace Under a thorny tomb Like a tepid womb For muted disgrace Like in a locked fortress That is set on fire We essay to [...]

Mooniacal

Hiding and showing While craftily glowing ‘Tween soft mists blowing You’ve a smile all too knowing ~*~ Humble and coy Making souls buoy With an impish decoy You bestow a mystic joy ~*~ Alluring and urging And well-timed emerging You have our pulses surging In love you leave us submerging ~*~ Glossy and divine In [...]

Unearthed!

Frenzied, I dug Till I felt smug Hearing a clank My anxiety sank ‘Neath muddy fear Sat a new year Waiting to be found Unwrapped, unwound He smiled at me With eyes heavenly I forgot my woes And turned rose Immersed in love I took off my glove Extended an arm And felt his palm [...]

Caution: Anguish ahead!

Please stay away from me I can hurt your feelings …real bad… I can play with your mind like it were a yo-yo I can make you do things that’ll make you plead and cry I can crumple you like paper and toss you aeons away Please don’t come any closer I am a ball [...]

The mood’s set…

Chronic Ebullience Lilting appeal Enamored awe Begs music’s throb Rise in an ecstatic fever Assuaging pain like a sonata Triumph over each win and defeat Illuminations all around extended radii Over and above, where one sees a magic halo New year’s ’round the corner. Enjoy and have fun Sing to the times ahead. Soak up [...]

A drop into vacuum

Gaunt shadows lurking all about With hollowed eyes, they sought me out I drank my fear, drifting afloat Time and again, I clutched my throat Their silent whispers filled my ears Louder than shrieks, they seemed to pierce I found myself submerged beneath the surface, Unable to breathe in the midst of this race. The [...]

Faint blur

faint shadows dancing behind smooth flimsy curtain ghoulish puppetry thunder and flashes whizzing past turbid waters ripples created Images of precious past.. **This haiku set has been posted for Monkey Man’s Sunday 160!! For more tales written in 160 characters or less, please visit his blog… ** *** Also posted for our lovely Monday Poetry [...]

Someplace covert

It was right here Till some time back I kept on toying with it But it cut me some slack Yet I’m certain it was scared When I was set for attack And so must have fled Ne’er to come back My mind’s lost! Now here I am, searching Hoping it’d cut me more slack… ***Posted for [...]

From within a cradle…

Sing me a lullaby With your sweet voice And drown down all echoes Of even the most thundery noise Weave me a blanket Of your soothing arms And hold me close to you Far from world’s grave harms Breathe me a kiss Of your tender care And save me from dying From an attack of [...]

That state of oblivion…

I dream of days gone by When moments would just fly Its charm I won’t deny And gravity I can’t defy From the corner of your eye You’d watch me touch the sky I’d raise a hue and cry But you wouldn’t breathe a sigh There was no need to lie We were so young [...]

Sewn together…

One day in January None too ordinary Down came a fairy And got us to marry We began to worry Oh it seemed so scary But now we’re merry With another anniversary *~*Posted for Monkey Man’s Sunday 160, : Stories/poems in 160 characters!! Also posted for Lady Nimue’s Month Challenge (for January, which also happens [...]

Shaped to disfigure

Harmless and tender Malleable as putty Innocent victims Molded to imperfection Driven into a spitfire A march towards doom Rousing the vilest vengeance Values forsaken Furious contempt pouring Froth of hate over the earth Worshiped with fervor Like a god too hard to please In mind’s skeptic eye Gingerly treading rough paths Follower or fanatic? [...]

Definitely not rusty!

An afternoon of white Mountains wrapped in snow We had nowhere to go It left us in a plight But that wasn’t a reason To hate this lovely season So armed in winter gear We stepped out without a fear Grunting, huffing, panting We got up to the peak Our legs feeling too weak By [...]

Disparate parallelism

Where minds escape Into a picturesque scape Of waterfalls and butterflies Touching rivers and skies And ripples of reflection Stream into a collection Of clouds of reality Or vast oceans of duality Where hearts descend Into a treacherous bend Unfolding into an abyss Emitting a cry and a hiss While constantly falling Deaf to the [...]

Almond drops…

A fluid pearl Whipped in a whirl Formed in the oyster of an eye Expelled with a sigh At first signs of a mere whim Rolling in a stream slim Salty… unstoppable **Posted for Sunday 160, hosted by Monkey Man… For more stories/poems written in 160 characters or less, you REALLY MUST check this out!! [...]

Permanence (in)variance

Seasons change Even friends estrange Mysteries unravel To places we travel Paths make a bend Mistakes we amend Cells mutate In circles, we rotate Rise in demands Heck, even Universe expands A different breath From life to death In these winds blowing fast Does anything retain worth? Your parents, your past, Your very date of [...]

Early retirement

It’s 5pm now… The City’s already lit in her full glory It’s 5pm now… A new start to another night’s story It’s 5pm now… Color’s been stripped off a short day It’s 5pm now… Bright yellow’s turned to somber gray It’s 5pm now… A sweet cool has transformed to a freeze It’s 5pm now… Muffs [...]

Under Arrest

Ensnared In your eyes Letting out sighs Suppressing my cries Love, I dared : Slave To your whim For peace interim Chances are too slim Odd I behave : Jailed In your grasp Tight as a clasp I can but only gasp Senses derailed : Detained By your passion In a marked fashion Mind knowing [...]

Bronzed, Burnt and Broken

He strode Sassy and smart But rode Aloof and apart He ascended Golden and great Later descended Insignificant and irate He drank Hearty and hale Then sank Pathetic and pale He remains Frigid and forgotten With pains Rancid and rotten Like the dying chalice In the nook of the room With its look of malice [...]

Fading Fall…

Amber red leaves drifted Over graves unmarked As they gently lifted Unsung spirits parked Tranquil zephyr blowing Softly hummed a tune Showered kisses glowing Up towards the moon Days and nights went flying With sweet scented hues There is no denying Autumn’s wild-eyed muse Now the shades are leaving Towards some new place Whilst the [...]

Illusion – In Reality!

Late into the night it was Well beyond midnight I thought In chaos, some peace I sought But feared it was a lost cause So I scampered and scurried Of fleeting time, I worried This was my only big chance Just a few hours until dawn Then I would be dead and gone And from [...]

Housekeeping!!!

Scattered and discarded On weathered cranial floor Lie memories unguarded Behind a broken door A stench daring to rise Is filling up my room This I sense and realize It’s time for mop and broom I sweep and swab and preen Do away with litter Now my mind is sparkling clean I’m my best janitor [...]

Kiss n tell

A li’l treat as the symbol of pure creamy love as sweet as rich honey soft on lips, melts to touch leaving traces in the heart of desire for some more tender lusciousness     **Posted for Leo’s Z-A Challenge (letter K)… You’ve GOTTA check this out!! **

Lifetimes away…

This wee passing boat Paints a lacy trail Leaving me to think Of a moment frail… If only I’d seen what that did entail Birds are soaring high Crying with delight Taking me way back To a glorious night… If only I’d heard My own sighs of fright Forceful roaring waves Lash out like a [...]

Meandering paths

Image credits: Photobucket.com Ecstatic with clean joy Singing some happy tune Light heart ready to buoy Up to a smiling moon This sudden pang of love Drives me madly frantic With warm rainbows above I’m on trips romantic But somewhere down the road A fear of loss set in It built a fine abode Put [...]

A girl named “Anon”

Reflecting as I cry While pressing to deny All charges slumped on me That scare and horrify I strain to nullify Inside a glacial tear Safe is the gnawing fear ‘Cause I’d want none to see Those lies I buried here Incisive as the spear Without a rue, I preyed Away from paths, I strayed [...]

Far from sanity

Oh.. your gaze Has me in a daze Sets senses ablaze In a perplexing maze Oh.. your smile Leaving me senile Of no intention vile Making me feel servile Oh.. your touch It’s just too much Racing heart I clutch It invokes feelings such Oh.. your dream Like a fluid stream Musical it may seem [...]

Brightened up!

Festive is the mood Crackers bursting, smiles floating Not the time to brood Aromas adrift Tastebuds tickled by sweet treats All senses too swift Celebrating life Joys and cheers spread across Forgotten is strife Earthen lamps flicker Lining doors and windows tall Stars indoors glitter Glowing completely Homes, bodies and hearts alike Happy Diwali! **A [...]

“In your face, mister!!”

I was snoozing like a child Picking up berries wild I then turned to my side Letting slumber take a slide Now half asleep and groggy It appeared all too foggy Yet I saw him standing there Sir Rooster, in mid-air A broken crown he wore No no! This was no lore I rubbed my [...]

Yikes… it’s creepy!

Yon are masks that terrify Yellings loud that petrify You try so hard to pacify Yet don’t seem to mollify Yaks and beasts big and hairy Yanked and pulled by fiends scary Yokels and clowns not too wary Yearn to see a sweet fairy Yellowed eyes one can’t deny Yowling into midnight sky Yielding to [...]

Slowly and surely

Relentlessly abiding By rules guiding Sometimes chiding The ones presiding Always riding Along waves tiding Mind deciding Between thoughts colliding Unsteady striding Despite passion subsiding Falsely priding Whilst shamefully hiding Casually avoiding One’s self blindsiding Snidely siding These rulers deriding Albeit providing One’s attention undividing Slowly sliding Down paths dividing Unwillingly residing In societal backsliding [...]

Game for one

It started with just some pride And vanity on the side Then arose the lust to grow In whose name began this show Right ahead, envy emerged Clouds of green billowed and surged Joined hands with greed for more And made the mind numb yet sore Weapons were now used and blunt Anger assumed the [...]

School for the brave

Groping about in dungeons dark Crowded by tears, I found no spark Tornadoes swept across my face From muck and dirt, I had to race I wish I had my lantern here The tunnel’s end would then seem near I knew it hung against the air While I just sank in deep despair Hands clasped [...]

Stoically yours

Planting As roots Are my feet Into the ground. Branching As shoots Are my limbs Across the span. Growing As moss Is my dress Over my trunk. Flowing As wind Is my hair Across my face. Teeming As bees Are thoughts Across my mind. Burning As fire Is my soul For us to meet. Spilling [...]

Necessary or Accessory?

The soldier with his grit of lead And armor made of pride When faced with wars of pure hatred He simply cannot hide And marching on, he roars in vain Cries not, despite the pain The prince with all his swords and knives Can’t ward away this harm When dark angels reign over lives And [...]

Ever after…

Oh Soul of Radiance Friend of the stars You fill the dark sky Oh light of my life Fight your wars with your head held high May your renown spread upwards to the sky I call to you Please come to me To hold me close Your voice in a chant Raise your sword to [...]

Silent smile

Night now unfolded Opened like a vast canvas Smooth galactic plane Diamond dust sprinkled On a sheet ebony blue Gleam intensified Watching Luna smile Revel in her own glory True heavenly bliss Past present future Written between shiny dots Many tales revealed Reflected below On glistening waters black Sight never to miss Dreams floating right [...]

Every minute or so…

Time had slid right by Like sand slipping through fingers She did not know how. Harder she tried to hold tight Faster did it seem to slide Now sitting, wishing She were shaped as the hourglass But knowing better. It is blood that flows through her Not fine and pure as that sand But time [...]

Without punctuation

The gates have shut Walls have risen Kicked in the gut In this mindless prison I feel remorse… I confess Bound and gagged Chained and beaten My body dragged And soul all eaten I am punished… I bear No ounce of scope For my release Within, I mope While on my knees I need freedom… [...]

Unveiled shadows

Locked in tight embrace His shoulder held her face Beyond, a midnight sky Through windows standing high On opening her eyes She saw a spectre rise Cloaked, it loomed ahead A body, then the head The eyes that held her gaze Now set her soul ablaze She stood there paralyzed ‘Is this him?’ she agonized [...]

Celestial Affair

Silver slim crescent In indigo, slow ascent Wisp of misty scent One grey streak cuts thru’ Painted with the darkest hue For moon, that’s not new Shy? So am I. **Posted for Sunday 160 hosted by Monkey Man.. Check out what the other writers/poets had to say in 160 characters.. **

“Trust me”, it said!

Image Credits: Google Images I leaned against the wall Tried to hear what it said Its silence, hard as lead Making all my spirits fall I stared at the ceiling Knowing not what to do Your games of peekaboo Playing at my feeling I tried to smell the air For traces of your scent To [...]

If only he had spoken..

Black orbs, deep-set looks Sallow, sometimes bearded Looking left and right Never a smile For quite a while Done in a few strokes Sitting too still, staring hard As I paint some more Feeling a rush This flying brush Wherever I went Those eyes kept following me What should I do now? Will this e’er [...]

“THE” first story

She was pretty as can be With soul sweet as cake But she loved to be free And rules she had to break She was asked not to touch The tree that bore the fruit But her heart was racing much And longed to grab this loot She gaily walked and picked This sumptuous mass [...]

Darkest light

The blackness of night Glorified By the glow of a moon Sanctified And drizzle of illumination Mollified Soldered by reflections Deified Revered by souls Terrified With an innocence often Vilified By hypnotic gazes of shadows Petrified Infused with million sparkles Purified Eventually, depths of which Verified Here is a night Gratified Leaving us all Satisfied! [...]

This serene volcano

With a pounding heart And a racing pulse In whole and in part This sheer impulse While unto you I dart In the core of your palm Ocean of your eyes I sense a floating calm As I release sighs Like rendition of a psalm In a tight embrace As you are holding me I [...]

Unknown (A known ?) trajectory

From deep down, to top A steep precarious tread Peak is right ahead From ashen to glow Streams of heart and soul emerge As rich passions surge From darkness to light Watching the expanse unwind Candles lit in mind From out there to here A prize well deserved and earned That past has been burned [...]

Soft whispers

Winds were howling Trees were scowling He could sense the pain Then he heard it again “Sshhh… don’t be afraid…” Swallowed in sweat Feeling cold and wet He was looking all around Feet barely touching ground “Sshhh… don’t be afraid…” He then sat huddled Thoughts were muddled In this shadowed house He felt like a [...]

Painted Plain

I’m awake A wall I view Not fake Of pure blue Where am I? I’ve no clue A dragonfly Afar it flew A drone I hear And then I knew It’s the sky clear Azure in hue **My entry for Monkey Man‘s Sunday 160!! Check what these writers could write in 160 characters (or less) [...]

Mr. Question – Ms. Answer

From what place? From corners of a mind, Where thoughts interlace In what way? In manners by which Many hearts will sway For which one? For souls that dare To shadow the sun Till what time? Till the day when There’s left no rhyme To where next? To galaxies of verses, Governed only by text [...]

Step on it…

Come on, my dear, rest on me For I’m as plush as can be Repose upon my fibres soft Soon I shall take you aloft Now that you’re here and perched Pardon me if I lurched I have begun this jolly ride ‘Tween white clouds, you will hide Farewell to ground have been bade My [...]

Raging embers

A seething bright flame Of rich orange and red Up now, is my game Helpless, I fall on bed I twitch, cringe and frown Shut my eyes for a while In this fire I drown Towards it, I’m servile Trying hard to think Of ideas light and mild Driven to the brink Of a world, [...]

Peaceful descent…

She slit throats just for fun For paltry sums, she would stun She called handsome men her hun Then threatened them with a gun She was known as the Betrayer The Nabber, the hired Slayer Of sin, she had on a thick layer But now, she was getting grayer She knew, however hard she’d try [...]

From my easychair

Growing drops On my window Hand in hand Down they flow Beyond them Clouds billow Threatening Loud and slow Silently, I watch the show Bound within Nowhere to go *Posted for Sunday 160, hosted by Monkey Man. Please do check out the creative reads by the other writers-poets here…* **A VERY COLORFUL AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY [...]

Satiated? Hardly!!!

Love they felt Hearts did melt Passions were spelt How romantic! Vows were read They stood wed Their wishes fed Glowing faces… Toasts were sung Cheers were flung Together they clung Party time!! Plop! He fell What the hell! “Ring that bell!” He’s gone… She slowly smiled A temptress wild Her avarice piled Rich widow!! [...]

Mysterious Route

A moment of intense heat And then he was born In no time he grew Began his journey on. He pondered all the time Of where he would end up He’d move, and would pause Restless as a pup. And then all of a sudden A coarse blanket fell Over his frail body Sweeping him [...]

Just until…

Tick-tock-tick-tock Awake in bed I lie Letting out a sigh Sleep I so deny Tick-tock-tick-tock All is calm and still But I feel the chill Mind working like a mill Tick-tock-tick-tock Yet another flash Burning like a rash My thoughts seem to clash Tick-tock-tick-tock His breathing sounds so clear By my side, right here The [...]

That Social Worker…

She spent years spreading love Like a flowing river She was sincere as a dove And a generous giver She filled us up with life Until our thirst was quenched We sploshed without a strife She watched us getting drenched She asked nothing in return But a little care Cuz with cracks in her turn [...]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Wearing Taj Go British Raj Cotton wheel Bolly-reel Farming pride IT-ride Bombay to Mumbai Madras to Chennai You’ve come a long way India, Happy Independence Day *Posted for Sunday 160, hosted by Monkey Man. Please do check out the creative reads by the other writers-poets here…* **Today is 15th August, the day when India and [...]

Free… Found… Forever…

A starless night No one in sight I was lost alright On sandy shore With waves that roar My hopes, they soar Squinting my eyes I watched him rise From seas to skies One swift glide Him by my side My pain did subside Two spirits embrace Hearts out of pace Returning to undead space… [...]

Shaded in Love…

He tousled my long flowing hair And then played with a strand I sensed a start to this affair ‘Twas Heaven here, on land I was reborn… He ran his hand over my brow To his warm touch, I froze My eyes saw his desire grow I simpered and went rose I was shy… His [...]