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When your world seems to crumble bit by bit But all around you seem insouciant When courage you endeavour to garner Like broken shards of your choicest glass frame But you watch it elude you quietly In Lord Almighty, you must not lose trust For many may have resuscitated With resilience bestowed upon prayers
In a world obsessed with rules and sovereignty Where judgments and opinions reign the society It isn’t easy to create your identity To create your identity, you step out every day, To make your mark, to seize the day I know it comes at a price, I know it isn’t easy … Read more
Today is seventh day of NaPoWrimo. The challenge today is to write out a list of all of your different layers of identity. For example, you might be a wife, a grandmother, a Philadelphian, a dental assistant, a rabid Phillies fan, a seamstress, retiree, agnostic, cancer survivor, etc.. These are all ways you could be … Read more
On fourth day of NaPoWriMo Maureen has challenged us today to write a poem that is about something abstract – perhaps an ideal like “beauty” or “justice,” but which discusses or describes that abstraction in the form of relentlessly concrete nouns. Adjectives are fine too! For example, you could have a poem about sadness that … Read more
When life is pushing you to an end And you cannot endure to mend When courage abandons you in straits And mind cannot contemplate All you need is a transformation You need to rise to the occasion When friends desert you in need And you lose all strength to succeed When … Read more
Do you wear the right attitude? We are controlled by situations which are completely out of our control. Should we give in? Our attitude has ever-lasting impact on our lives.
I witnessed a very unpleasant episode yesterday where I saw a very resilient and independent woman in a pool of tears. It was the most unexpected reaction from a woman of her ability and character that left me scouring for answers even in my sub conscious at night. I would like to narrate the … Read more
thunderous waves never plundered my spirits neither hurricane ravaged my vigour dusk never dawned encumbrance for darkness shrouded my existence unscathed by the disparaging world I was wounded only one time but contusions spurn to heal I’ve been in pain ever since… when your eyes probed mine indicting me of betrayal that moment… that moment … Read more
Some thoughts crossed my mind, so I’ve put them in my native language Hindi. I’ve also translated the same in English. जब किस्मत साथ न दे और हिम्मत भी हाथ छोड़ दे तब भी यकीन रख ऐ बन्दे खुदा की रहमत पर तुझे राह दिखाने के लिए कल सुबह यक़ीनन होगी ! … Read more
you can reach zenith only if you dare to wreck the wall of your fear This post follows the prompt “wall” given by Haiku Horizons for week#175.