Beyond the foliage

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A poem a day, Anything that does to mind, Autumn, Day 3, Dream, Fall, Hope, Leaves, Memories, NaPoWriMo, pleasant thoughts, Reality

Image credits – Kavita

Hidden from the
blank stares of common eyes

Camouflaged
in the autumnal rustle
of percussive willows

I hear footfalls
curtaining everything
that walked
before or after

The raised hair
at the nape of my neck
– just like when you rolled over
to whisper my name in my ear –
scream to me it’s you

Maybe it’s a dream
– or maybe not –

But I don’t want to find out
I like the standing hair
I like my name whispered in my ear
I like the sound of your name in the leaves

**Written for day 3 of NaPoWriMo… And now it’s just 27 days to go 🙂 **

Spires into the sky

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Bombay, By the sea, City, dversepoets, My love(s), New York, OpenLinkNight, Reality, Skyline, True cities, Urban

Photography and image editing by Kavita

Long after the days and nights
have merged unceremoniously
into an eclipse of hardened truth
Long after life has perished
and death has vaporized
into a cloud of tearful smog
Long after voices have dropped
like insignificant pennies
into bowls held by callous hands
Long after dreams have realized
into bittersweet delusions
catalyzed by an ambitious cocaine
Long after the feet have run
beyond those thorny pinnacles
coveted by many a faraway eye

The city still breathes
in her million pulsating hearts
The city still bleeds
into a million curious minds

Mostly thriving
Sometimes conniving
But always striving
To seduce the unknown
To accompany the lonely
To hold back her own

And she lives…
like none other…

*Posting this for OpenLinkNight @ d’VersePoets… my favorite stop for inspiration! *

Fib-woven!

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Blanket of untruths, Corruption, Current scenario, Distrust, Falsehood, Fibs, Friday Flash 55, Lies, Reality, Superficiality

Image Credits: Wishmistress@DeviantArt.com

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

 

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**Posted for G-Man’s Friday Flash 55!! Go check it out for more stories/poems in 55 words!!! 🙂 **

That state of oblivion…

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Assurance, Certainty, Dream, Eyes speak, Forever, Knowing, Love, One Shot Wednesday, One Stop Poetry, Past Present and Future, Reality, Surety

Image Credits: Pulchra @ DeviantArt.com

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 and shy
You loved me… My oh my!
And on this, I was high…

In chill airs, you I smell
And all my fears I quell
From quandaries, I rebel
Cuz in my hopes you dwell
Soft chimes of a doorbell
I break out of my shell
In your arms, I revel
Clinging to you like gel
Enchanted by your spell
I hear my insides yell
You love me now as well
From your eyes, I can tell

My mind runs wild and free
And swims about in glee
While buzzing like a bee
And hugging an odd tree
There’s no reason to flee
For in love’s the way to be
I’m on this frenzied spree
And it doesn’t cost a fee
Sweet you are to me
Like candy or honey
In your deep eyes I see
You’ll still keep loving me

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**Posted for this week’s One Shot Wednesday hosted by Claudia… Please do check out the lovely poetic offerings made here… It’s a certain delight! **

Illusion – In Reality!

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Clock, Illusion, Imagination, Magic, Magpie Tales, Miracles, Monday Poetry Potluck, Reality, Reversal, Rewind, Time travel, Turn back back, Wave of the wand, Z to A challenge

Image credits: Magpie Tales

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 a noose, I would dance

So I dug, fast as I could
‘Neath the floor right where I stood

Tired and torn, I sat to rest
Staring at the looming clock
What I saw gave me a shock
Thought it was some crazy test

The hour hand now moved behind
And mode was set to “Rewind”

On this magic, I relied
Cast away dread, and burrowed
Soon I was on open road
With a new time on my side

There, a man waited for me
In my ear, he hissed “you’re free”…

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** Posted for:
Willow Manor’s Magpie Tales – Week 41
Leo’s Z to A Challenge – Letter I (for Illusion and In reality)
Monday Poetry Potluck – Magic & Miracles, Wonder & Wizardry
Folks, please do check these out!! Trust me, you’ll be glad you did!!! 🙂 **

Unveiled shadows

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Apaarition, Clarity, Ghostly, Magpie Tales, Monday Poetry Potluck, Reality, Unveiled, Vision

Image credit: Willow Manor @ Magpie Tales

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

The phantom flashed a smile
It was without the guile
She knew what she had seen
But how could it have been?!

She feared about the worst
Her heart about to burst
Then loosening that weld
She saw whom she had held

The man sunken in her hug
Was just a faceless thug
And the ghost that seemed to glow
Was the one that loved her so!

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**Posted for Willow’s Magpie Tales AND for Monday Poetry Potluck at Jingle Poetry(THE new community uniting the poets of BlogWorld)! Please visit both of these, and enjoy the other fascinating reads here :)**

The ‘need to know’ syndrome

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A search, Answers, Confusion, Continuity, Dark question, Dumbfounded, Meaningful, Perplexity, Questions, Reality, Surreal, Thursday Poets Rally Week 40, Unanswered, Unreal

Image credits: Shadowtuga@DeviantArt

Is it really morning
Or is it just structures emerging from a pink horizon?
My eyes are wide open
And I am still awake, challenging the sun

Is it really mid-day
Or is it just me feeling the fire within building a fear?
My eyes are watery
And I am still squinting, hoping for the view to clear

Is it really raining
Or is it my tears flowing, drenching me completely?
My eyes are blinking
And I am still gasping for breath, wheezing heavily

Is it really nightfall
Or is it my vanity that has unfolded its dark sheet?
My eyes are darting
And I am still walking into chairs, hurting my feet

Is it really real
Or is it another game of virtual reality without any rule?
My eyes are glazed
And I am still alive, not knowing if I am wise or a fool

The Universal Truth

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Dream, Love, Poetry, Reality, Senses, Surprise, This and that

It is an untamed lioness; so fierce and so wild
It can tease innocence; like candy to a child
It is a fantasy; a figment of your reverie
It lives on; longer than reality
It melts like wax; it is sweeter than honey
It can be a gourd; as bitter as it can be
It makes you do things; arouses your desire
It ain’t no myth; no dragon that spits fire
It is a weakness; makes you cry out in despair
It is a pleasant surprise; catching you unaware
It becomes an obsession; it makes you resent
It induces fear; of treason and commitment
It can be so mystic; surreal in its flow
It has but one name; it’s LOVE just as we know